2005 Clutch & New Motor
Updated 9/10/05
Well after an unintended break in progress on the car I have started working on it again. The new disc brake posi 9" rearend is installed, as well as the subframe connectors, new carb & intake, March aluminum pulleys and the new fiberglass hood. I ended up with a 4" louvered cowl hood from Maier Racing, looks very nice. I also have a set of glass front fenders with the 3" flares built in from Maier. I want to make the rear flares to match the front ones and also to fit the tires I want to use.

I should have the Tremec installed in the next week or two as soon as the new clutch stuff arrives. I am putting in a Hays 11" aluminum flywheel along with a scattershield. I ordered a really nice Hays 11" SFI rated pressure plate & disc, should work really well. I have started on the installation of some of the roll cage as well as the new seats. The water/air intercoolers are finished and I am in the process of mocking up the air box they will be going into. I have all of the flanges to start making my exhaust manifolds for my GT-32 turbo's. I will post some pics of the new changes soon, Thanks for stopping by!

Updated 10/22/05
Well I got the car running finally a few weeks ago, things turned out pretty nice. The pulleys look really good. I had to re-fabricate the AC mount to get everything to line up and also to lower the compressor to make more room for the turbo on that side. I also made the rear transmission crossmember for the Tremec. The new plasma cutter works great, what did I ever do without it.

One thing I couldn't do was install the new camshaft I had bought. It was a flat tappet cam with about .525 lift and the press in rocker studs on the stock heads don't like the springs you have to use. So I started looking for a set of inexpensive heads with screw in studs or pedestal mounts to use. I have a new set of aluminum AFR 205's already that I was going to use when I built a new motor, but the valves won't clear the pistons in my existing motor.

Anyhow, while I was looking for a set of heads I found and ended up buying a new 306 short block with DSS Pro-Lite racing pistons, a set of used GT40 heads on it and a new B303 roller cam from a guy on EBay. The pistons are their -13cc blower/supercharger pistons and the really cool thing is that I can use my AFR heads with them. I am going to sell the heads, rocker arms & cam from the new motor. Then I am putting my AFR 205 heads and a custom Comp Cam designed for the turbo's with .555 lift, 224 degrees duration & 115 degree lobe separation on the motor and swap the new motor into the car. With the AFR heads I will be at 8.8:1 compression and with the new cam & the turbo's this thing should really make some power. I am waiting for the new parts to get here and hope to swap out the motor in a couple of weeks. Will drive the car without the turbo's until I finish making the turbo exhaust manifolds. Below are some pictures of some of the new stuff.

The upper left picture shows the new Hays 11" racing clutch, aluminum flywheel & the scatter shield, all SFI rated. The other pictures show the Tremec trans adapter on the scatter shield and the new disc brakes on the 9" rear end I just installed. The last picture shows the new pulleys and new AC & alternator brackets.

These four pictures show the new short block with the GT40 heads on it as I bought it and then a pic showing the new O-rings on the new AFR heads as well as the new dished pistons. The new motor also came with ARP head & main studs. I will be swapping the intake, oil pan, timing cover & water pump from the old motor onto this one whan I make the switch. Will probably swap in all of my new MSD ignition also, it's not doing me any good sitting on the shelf!

Updated 11/6/05
Well, still making progress. Sold a bunch of stuff on EBay and have ordered all the parts needed to finish getting the new motor together. Ended up going with all new Comp Cams valve train. Comp Pro Magnum roller rockers, beehive springs, Comp roller lifters & pushrods to go with the custom ground Comp camshaft. The top end should be really solid at high rpm's, pretty stoked!! The entire motor should actually handle high rev's really well. The DSS piston's used in the short block are 160 grams lighter than stock EACH! That adds up to almost 3 lb's lighter just in piston weight. Then after you remove a ton of weight from the crank to get it balanced again you end up with a really light weight spinning assembly. I also picked up a DSS aluminum main support system to help beef up the bottom end. I should be able to wind this thing up over 7 grand if I want to. Can't wait to see how the powerband turns out with the camshaft & heads combination. The pics below show a comparison from the AFR springs and the Comp Cams beehive springs. Pretty dramatic difference!

Updated 11/20/05
Well, still waiting on some parts, but I am making some slow progress. The last couple of days I have checked all the clearances on the bottom end, everything looks great. So I have buttoned up the bottom end including the new main support. I have also installed the cam and the gear drive. The gear drive was kind of a pain, part of it my own mistakes but finally got it installed and it should work fine. Oh, also finally got the gear on the distributor changed to match the roller cam. Andy let me use his press so I could fart around and line up the new gear with the hole already drilled in the shaft. MSD tells you to just drill a new hole at a 90 to the old one, but I think that sucks. Anyhow, took a little longer but lined up the old hole and everything fell right into place. These Ford motors sure seem to have a lot of weird little things I am learning, I guess Mopar motors are built for dummies to make them easy to build!!LOL Some pics of the new stuff are below.

2003 & 2004 Intro Page/Page 1
2006 Intake & Carburetor Modifications/Page 3
2006 New Motor Modifications & Assembly/Page 4
2006 Turbo Exhaust Manifold Fabrication/Page 5