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Except for the A/C belt I think I'm actually done under the hood for a while?

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I know the factory heating system in my car was worn out. The fan sounded terrible and I'm sure there was other crap wrong with it, but when I drove the car this past winter it took forever for it to get warm... I test drove the car with new V/A heat set up... wow... I was roasting after a few minutes, now it was about 60 degrees out, but still!

I may be rained out for work tomorrow, so I actually hope to find a good A/C shop to get the system evacuated and charged!

The bad news... the weather is looking terrible for thurs/fri/sat for the tour and board meet... If it's going to be raining a lot I'm not driving this car 800 miles in the rain, I'm not one of those "my car can't get wet" guys, but it's just not worth the risk... I hope they just end up being pop up showers, fingers crossed.

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Snuck in on me... yeah... I actually had nightmares of him ripping through my bed or the floor boards... chucky scared me too. Creepy little bastard...

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Yes!

I HAVE WORKING A/C!

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Congrats!

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She's not going to make the tour :(

She's overheating in traffic with the A/C on. Small block ford overheating strikes again!

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Have you had time to measure head temp, verify t-stat opening, etc?

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You probably know this.
Clutch fans always have some slippage.
Some mfg specify slippage of std duty vs hd etc.
If you could temporarily install large mechanical fan w/ at least 5 blades and good pitch heat transfer will improve.
I didn't notice if your radiator has new core?
My small radiator was modified from 2 row to 3 row.
I didn't notice if you removed coolant plugs on either side of block for proper flush.
On one car I put an elec fan on front of radiator to assist mechanical fan.

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Radiator is a fairly new 3 row, very clean when I emptied it.

I thought about a pusher fan, but the hood latch assembly is only about an inch from the condenser and it's right down the middle.

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Dang man....sorry you couldn't get it there...just think we have a whole year to wait till the last minute, try to fix something else that's needs fixin' and go on HRPT2014!!!:lol:

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You want to talk about pissed? The rain didn't help either. I worked 8-12 hour days at work, and then another 3-4+ in the garage every night, plus weekends, and I got it done, I was done on Monday... I couldn't bring it with it overheating, too risky for that many miles! I got my Taurus 2 speed fan and my super expensive bad ass controller should be here in a day or two!

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Any luck getting it cooled down?

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I started an awesome new job on July 1st, so I've been a little busy.

About the overheating... Yes and no...

Brian of DC Controls pissed me off. I ordered a 2SP controller from him, same one I ordered for my S10 years ago that worked awesome. I sold the S10. I wish I had yanked the controller and put the clutch fan back on!

Anyway, I know he's a one man operation and busy... so I waited 3 weeks after I placed my order and sent a polite email asking for an approximate time. No response. Waited two more weeks and sent a similar email, again polite, but did state that I would be forced to file a paypal dispute before my 45 days was up, clearly stating ALL I WANTED was an update that he knows I paid and I will get my controller, I even mentioned if it took a month more it would be fine, just let me know it's coming. No response.

Filed a paypal dispute, clearly stating in the dispute I would drop it if he would just contact me to let me know my controller was coming. No response. I got a refund about a week later with no response/explanation from him.

Asshat. That's not how you run a business. I found a new guy that claims to be just as good/better as brains controllers and I hope to get it soon!

http://www.madenterprise.com/All_F150.asp

But to answer your initial question... kinda. I bought a new rebuilt distributor. When I removed the old one someone had done some "work" to it and one of the springs was too large for the weight, as in, the weight could almost fully open before the spring even got tension on it. I experimented with timing a bunch and from the V-M board they suggested manifold vacuum instead of ported, and I stuffed pipe insulation between the radiator/core support and condenser/core support openings and after all that, I got it to where it would only get up to about 210 in traffic with the A/C. Now remember, it has NOT ben all that hot this year, it's only been hitting low to mid 80s so I still need a more permanent fix (cross fingers on new fan controller!) but I got it so it's been drivable. Even took it to Clemson and back last weekend and it's been to a few shows.

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I moved much closer to having the interior done. I finished the rear 3 point seatbelt install, rebuilt both back window with new rollers and greased everything really well. It's all back together.

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...and kinda started on finishing up the dash. I got one of the vents painted and on. Gauges are painted/hooked up and on.

Once it's all in, it's coming apart for paint. The dash looks like crap. I think it was the only part of the car that was never repainted and it really shows.

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...and I've been going back and forth back and forth on wheels... I'm usually pretty decisive when it comes to things, but wheel choices are VERY LIMITED on 65/66 Mustangs UNLESS you want to roll the fenders.

Based on my research 4" BS on 7's and 4.5" on 8's will just barely clear depending on tire, and some people still rolled their front fenders due to a slight rub. The 67's up are fine because they're a bit wider, but the 65/66's will rub. Even the wheels on my car now rub a tiny bit, mostly because the tires are way too fat for the rims (were on the car when I bought it.)

The vast majority of aftermarket wheels use the BS's above. I actually called and talked with the showwheels people in California. The 5x4.5" lug pattern wheels were actually specifically designed for the 65/66 mustangs. The BS is 4.25 and 4.75 for the 7 and 8 inch wheels, respectively. I know it's only a 1/4" but that's the difference between a slight rub and no rub at all.

Then my next problem was color. I liked the anthracite, but didn't think gray would look good on a cream colored car. So those were out. The car on page two of this thread is what really pushed me to black (that and they were about $15 less per wheel than the polished... and I don't like polishing stuff anyway...) So this is what I hope to have at my door on Thursday.

*Also* I do hate that it has the damn showwheels crap engraved on the spoke, but I think once they're on the car, it won't be all that noticeable.

I went with 17x7 fronts and 17x8 rears for $596 shipped to my door with caps and lug nuts from Ronsrims1 off of fleabay. The showwheels guy in cali was going to "give me a great deal" at $728 without lug nuts, and JD wheels had them for around $656 with caps and lugs shipped to me. The showwheels guy was great, gave me a lot of good info, but I don't get why his price was over $130 more without lug nuts than what one of his distributors sell them for? I definitely wasn't getting the wholesaler price :lol:

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Those wheels are going to look sick on that car :metal:

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Thanks! I think they will. Now I've got to pick our the right tires! Front will be 215/225 45/17 and back will be 225-245 45 17, been looking at a bunch of pics, may be 215 front and 235 rear.

Kinda odd, almost feels like an honor to have you post in my thread :D

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Everything is looking great man! Love those rims :).... Im in the same boat even though I have a 67. Had to use spacers for the Bullitt style rims and i have to get tires on them. Im probably going to go 225/45 in the front and 245/45 in the rear.

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225/245 seems to be the most common combo. That would be a +/- 25" tire in the front and +/-25.5" tire in the back. Are your rims all the same width?

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yeah I have the 17x8 all around

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It is an honor ;) Nah. I'm just a dude playing a dude pretending to be another dude. -R.D.J./Tropic Thunder

I like the hot rod look of slightly taller sidewalls in the back.

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Lookie what showed up... :D

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sweetness!!!

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I know! They even came with hair nets!

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I'm bringin' sexy back... yeah... you other Mustang's don't know how ta act... yup...

EDIT: Had to add a pic to this... kinda retarded without it! :lol:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1377745315

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Really? I expected a pic with that comment......

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The damn things won't load... I thought they did... I even resized them... arrrrrrgh!

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lol gotta be small....

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No, I'm getting something about a security token when I try to put them up on another site...

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Just took a computer restart... pain in the...

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I absolutely made the right choice. I wish it was out in the sun, they look killer on the car.

I figured out my tire sizes. After a ton of reading, you apparently want your tires a little wider than the wheels, duh, and being that my actual wheel widths are 7-7/8" and 8-7/8" I'm going to go with 205/50/17 front and 235/45/17 rear. That will give me 8.07 & 9.25 inch widths and 25.07 amd 25.33 inch heights, respectively. So they should fit the rims nice, tuck the wheel wells, and the backs will have just a touch more height. My stock tire size is 205/70/14's which are about 25.3" high.

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Nice!!! They are gonna look awesome...Look awesome on for sure....

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So yeah, this happened today...

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the wheels look good, glad I was able to give you some info about sizes...I ended up putting #620 springs in the front of mine, and cut half a coil off the front springs to get it down a little....

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I went with the same tire in the back that you did, 245/45/17 on an 8" wheel. For the front I went with 215/50/17, which makes the front tire about 1/4" smaller than the rear.

My wheels were 17x7 w/4.25" BS and 17x8 w/4.75" BS, which is about 1/4" MORE backspace than most people have and my tires STILL rub!

The back is fine, except the factory quarters had nubs that stood out an inch into the wheel well past the inner lip (2 of them), once I bend those up a bit there should be no rub in the rear.

My fronts JUST BARELY rubbed at the top, and that was only when pushing it into curves that were also hills (causes suspension to dip) I wish I had gone with 205/50 and 235/45, but too late now, so I'm going to have to slightly roll the front fenders at the top.

Performing the shelby drop should help, as well as rebuilding the front suspension, which is completely shot. I was going to drop the nose some, but really like how it sits now. The shelby 1" drop really only drops the nose 3/8 to 1/2" according to most. But after I replace my sagging old springs it will probably be where it is now.

I'm really happy with the price as well. Shopping around I got the wheels for $596 and with discount tire's sale today, I got the "better" cooper tires for $475 mount and balanced. Looking at the old tires, I was going to have to replace them soon. They have an early 2005 date on them and are starting to get a little bit of dry rot.

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looks awesome!

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I am loving this Mustang, I have actually had in the back of my mind doing a Mustang after my truck. Always loved the 69'. So that leads to a question:

Is there a Mustang online forum equivalent to ours here? Something with good folks, good write ups, etc.?

I ask because I have been reading on our forum for about 2 years before I even owned my project truck now. Helped me gain a lot of basic knowledge, so I could hit the ground and not fall on my face haha.

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http://www.vintage-mustang.com/
http://www.stangfix.com

I get more answers from stangfix but i get more replies to my build on vintage-mustang. So I use both, they are full of knowledge

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The wheels look nice on your Mustang!