Does This Count as an Engine Mod?
9/2/14, 07:55 PM
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9/4/14, 06:16 AM
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11/4/14, 03:19 AM
#153
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At Cars & Coffee in Austin in October, one of the staff caught my arrival (please, no comments on my parking job, I fixed it as soon as I realized I was crooked). Please pardon the video title as well. It's not my video and I didn't post it:
And he caught my departure (no burnouts):
Cars & Coffee is this weekend, and
Since completing the swap, I've decided to put power steering back in the car because my wife wants to drive it, and there's no way in hell she'll be able to steer the car the way it is now. I have all the parts (2009 rack, Fox-body pump), just have to have the lines made. I'm going to try to make the steering swap next week. If anyone is interested in buying my Flaming River manual rack, I'll make you a screaming deal on it.
I went to a car meet on Friday, and when I raised my hood, I discovered that the Cobra oval air cleaner was sitting sideways on the carb. The reason was because the offset air cleaner stud broke off right at the carburetor. Fortunately the air cleaner wingnut was tight enough that no parts fell into the carb. When we were putting the motor into the car, I had purchased both the Cobra air cleaner and a standard 14-inch round air cleaner (just in case the Cobra air cleaner hit the hood), so I'm using that for now. What's really cool is I found a black air cleaner element which goes with my general black/aluminum under-hood color scheme.
Finally, it took a couple of months, but my wife noticed the increased fuel costs (I was filling up with premium three times per week, and twice on heavy car meet weekends). We're talking $40-60 per fill-up, with a monthly average of about $400 (5-6 mpg). She reasoned that since I was spending more than a car payment on gas, she would get a new pickup truck, and I would inherit her 2011 Explorer as a daily driver. Twist my arm. Please. So, as of a few days ago, my wife has a 2011 F150 (with just 16k miles on it), I have a 2011 Explorer, and my Mustang has been relegated to "pleasure use" in auto insurance parlance. Believe me when I say I'm glad of that because I was deathly afraid that some idiot would run into me on the morning/afternoon workday commutes.
Overall, it's been a freakin blast to drive, and it gets more attention than most other cars. I still haven't gotten a chance to put it on the dyno.
At a car show I attended a couple of weekends ago, the local Shelby club invited me to join.
And he caught my departure (no burnouts):
Cars & Coffee is this weekend, and
Since completing the swap, I've decided to put power steering back in the car because my wife wants to drive it, and there's no way in hell she'll be able to steer the car the way it is now. I have all the parts (2009 rack, Fox-body pump), just have to have the lines made. I'm going to try to make the steering swap next week. If anyone is interested in buying my Flaming River manual rack, I'll make you a screaming deal on it.
I went to a car meet on Friday, and when I raised my hood, I discovered that the Cobra oval air cleaner was sitting sideways on the carb. The reason was because the offset air cleaner stud broke off right at the carburetor. Fortunately the air cleaner wingnut was tight enough that no parts fell into the carb. When we were putting the motor into the car, I had purchased both the Cobra air cleaner and a standard 14-inch round air cleaner (just in case the Cobra air cleaner hit the hood), so I'm using that for now. What's really cool is I found a black air cleaner element which goes with my general black/aluminum under-hood color scheme.
Finally, it took a couple of months, but my wife noticed the increased fuel costs (I was filling up with premium three times per week, and twice on heavy car meet weekends). We're talking $40-60 per fill-up, with a monthly average of about $400 (5-6 mpg). She reasoned that since I was spending more than a car payment on gas, she would get a new pickup truck, and I would inherit her 2011 Explorer as a daily driver. Twist my arm. Please. So, as of a few days ago, my wife has a 2011 F150 (with just 16k miles on it), I have a 2011 Explorer, and my Mustang has been relegated to "pleasure use" in auto insurance parlance. Believe me when I say I'm glad of that because I was deathly afraid that some idiot would run into me on the morning/afternoon workday commutes.
Overall, it's been a freakin blast to drive, and it gets more attention than most other cars. I still haven't gotten a chance to put it on the dyno.
At a car show I attended a couple of weekends ago, the local Shelby club invited me to join.
Last edited by jsimmons; 11/4/14 at 03:23 AM.
11/4/14, 04:16 AM
#155
FR500 Member
11/15/14, 10:01 AM
#159
Cobra Member
Thread Starter
Power steering has been added back to the car. The hard lines that came on the rack had to be replaced with custom lines because the ones that came with it were positioned incorrectly to allow the rack to fit (and looked like crap besides). We also had to clearance the oil pan with some judicious hammer work as well as grind a little off the rack (this was all because I'm using a Moroso 7-quart pan instead of a stock unit.
First, I had to buy a 2005-10 pressure line, a return line fitting, and the bracket bolt from Ford. This is because unlike all previous Mustang models, the 2005-10 rack does NOT accept threaded flare fittings. Instead it's a push-in setup with a bracket on the pressure line that attaches to the rack with a bolt.
Next, I had to get a 1993 Fox Mustang pressure line because I needed more hose than the 2009 line had, and I wanted to be guaranteed that the fitting would thread into the pump.
So, we cut the 93 hose as close to the rack fitting as possible, and cut the rack-end fitting off the 2005 line about four inches after the 90-degree bend, took some measurements, and then took both pieces down to a local hydraulic supply place to have them assembled/crimped.
For the return line, we cut the hose off the 2005 line and just used hose clamps to connect them to the 2009 return fittings and at the pump.
We ended up with what looks like a factory installed hydraulic power steering setup in a 2012 S197, my wife can drive the car now, and I don't look like I'm wrestling a water buffalo when I'm trying to back into a parking spot at a car meet.
If anyone is setting up a s197 as a drag race car with skinnies on the front, I'll make you a real deal on a n almost-new Flaming River manual steering rack (with appropriate steering shaft knuckle).
Next up (next week) - replacing the driveshaft.
First, I had to buy a 2005-10 pressure line, a return line fitting, and the bracket bolt from Ford. This is because unlike all previous Mustang models, the 2005-10 rack does NOT accept threaded flare fittings. Instead it's a push-in setup with a bracket on the pressure line that attaches to the rack with a bolt.
Next, I had to get a 1993 Fox Mustang pressure line because I needed more hose than the 2009 line had, and I wanted to be guaranteed that the fitting would thread into the pump.
So, we cut the 93 hose as close to the rack fitting as possible, and cut the rack-end fitting off the 2005 line about four inches after the 90-degree bend, took some measurements, and then took both pieces down to a local hydraulic supply place to have them assembled/crimped.
For the return line, we cut the hose off the 2005 line and just used hose clamps to connect them to the 2009 return fittings and at the pump.
We ended up with what looks like a factory installed hydraulic power steering setup in a 2012 S197, my wife can drive the car now, and I don't look like I'm wrestling a water buffalo when I'm trying to back into a parking spot at a car meet.
If anyone is setting up a s197 as a drag race car with skinnies on the front, I'll make you a real deal on a n almost-new Flaming River manual steering rack (with appropriate steering shaft knuckle).
Next up (next week) - replacing the driveshaft.
11/15/14, 01:20 PM
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