Ford reintroduces the 1965 Mustang

[morfiend]

I cant wait tto see it done Skuzzy!


  BTW,your spot on with the fox platform and granada,I built fords back in 77. We changed over from the mav to the faimont/futura which is a granada with different side panels.....

  The fox platform was used to make almost every small to midsize ford through the 70's on into the 90's. Once frontwheel drive took over things changed but from 78 model year to around 85 model year it was just a matter of what side panels were put on the floor to make the different fords and mercury's.

  Atleast as far as rear wheel drive goes.       I'd add for it being so long ago you still remember the parts catalog pretty good!    I expect building the Cobra doesnt hurt remembering what goes where!




   

[icepac]

Please tell me where I said I did not swap out the spindles.

That is implied when doing this swap because you cannot fit calipers to drum brake backing plates.

For the sake of skuzzy, I guess I should mention the specs. and measurements of every single bolt, cotter pin, pinion depth, brake stroke length, until a simple post mentioning a relatively easy upgrade becomes bloated to the point of being unreadable.

BTW.............I just performed a very similar upgrade to my 1967 fastback with 428 cobra lemans engine and top loader.

You're barking up the wrong tree of a resource that could help you greatly on your cobra kit since I have experience with factory 5, superperformance, 260 cobras, 298 cobras, 428 police interceptor cobras...etc....and build the fastest cars in the world for the people who can afford them.

My employers have been billing customers $160+ per hour for my services and have been since 2009.

Not a brag......just an indication as to where I am concerning skill level.

[sluggish]

Icepac...  It's probably your video card.

[Skuzzy]

icepac, I am not challenging your experience nor expertise.  If someone comes along and reads what you said and then they try to go out and do it based on what you wrote, they would be in for some surprises.

That is the only issue I ever had with what you were saying.  I do not mind if you think I am pretty anal about these things, because I am anal about these things.

I envy you get to play with the high performance toys.  It was always my first love.  I just could never figure out how to make a living at it.  My Cobra will be my 23rd build from the ground up.  All of them are Lone Star Classics.  My engine build will be number 102.  All Ford small blocks.  I also work with a team who participates in the Engine Masters competition.  

With my new engine, I am fabricating my own intake manifold and fuel injection system.  While the injectors are off the shelf, the controller is all mine and the camshaft is a custom grind.  I am tossing everything I have learned about small block Fords into this one, and then some.  I am not going for super high performance as much as I am going for the best efficiency and reliability I can manage.

[icepac]

Efficiency is the new "high performance".

It seems 95% of custom car shops ignore that aspect as well as emissions.

We use Motec and Big Stuff 3 engine management but I think carefully tuned factory ecus are the ticket except in extreme applications where you need peak and hold injection drivers and an idle pulse width narrower than a factory ecu cannot output.

Factory ecus have far more diagnostic capability and utility than most every aftermarket computer.

[Skuzzy]

Efficiency is the new "high performance".

It seems 95% of custom car shops ignore that aspect as well as emissions.

We use Motec and Big Stuff 3 engine management but I think carefully tuned factory ecus are the ticket except in extreme applications where you need peak and hold injection drivers and an idle pulse width narrower than a factory ecu cannot output.

Factory ecus have far more diagnostic capability and utility than most every aftermarket computer.

100% agree.  The only reason I am doing my own is so I try some things I have wanted to try but was restricted by the aftermarket and factory ecu's.  The aftermarket is evolving in that area, and it really is starting to move well towards having solid products for the high performance builder.