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Weather warming up a big. Gonna be able to start working in the un heated garage again.
I have a couple patches to do in the floor pans and while I'm there with the interiour stripped I'm thinking of doing some weld in connectors.
This isn't gonna be a race car but also not going to be a numbers matching resto. Just a fun project to drive and enjoy.
I can't find anything direct fit. any tips or how toos? Anyone here made some from scratch before?
Let me know how you make out, never heard of anyone doing it ! would like to know the gains, could always go on VCTI & ask ,
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After driving Glen's Bird, car is very tight. Unless you've got floor structure issues, don't feel it needs em.
^^^Some how that didn't sound right
He likes it.
I bet ...lol
I did the front half on my Fox from scratch. You need a grinder, a cutoff wheel; a wire wheel, mig welder and some .125" wall 1.5x2.5 or so rectangular tubing. If you can post some pics of the underneath, some will chime in. Will really depend what kind of structure there is to weld to. SFC's need to be as long as possible in order to be effective.
A couple of issues, problem I see if your doing it, is even the muffler clamps hit on turns going up a ramp etc, (normal is 6- 7") they are so low to start off with, add a couple of bodies and a trunk full of road pops & they are slammed, + the undercoating (soundproofing) is fairly thick, unless of course it has fallen off due to rust etc, lots of grinding involved, & like ZR said not sure of the gains ,but as mentioned would love to know, but if you have never driven the car it would be a mute point.
I have had my steering gear box reworked to change it to 15-1 ratio, solid bushings mounts, new sensa matic shocks, + H/D sway bar for the front with poly bushings & a dual master and cylinder brake set up ! its really coming around never going to be a road racer , but that 390 has some push and allot of folks are surprised when I put my foot into it beside them for a car the size of an air craft carrier she got some moves and is a dream to drive on the highway at 70-80 MPH !
Enjoy !
BTW~ I put a post up on VTCI to see if anyone else has done them and if any real gains or issues were encountered.
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Steering box mods we did to Glens should be on your absolutely must do list. Took it from a decent enough to drive car to one that all but steers itself, yes made that much difference. If you need a source for the box mods, shoot me a pm, he's in Markham.
Something as simple as a new intake really wakes the 390 up in both performance and fuel mileage. Ford missed by a mile on it's design.
Global West is were I got my old Falcon stuff.
Maybe something there will fit your needs?
I was very happy with the quality of the product
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