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  • Blazerteam
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    I like the project too,and dig your garage ;D.No hole in the ground effect there..just nice and light.

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  • Russell
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    Have you tired to turn the motor over or are you waiting to see what's in side?

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  • JOES66FURY
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    I like where this is heading..cant wait to see more

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  • fast Ed
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    So yesterday (Sunday) my friend Greg Judge, who does some Solo I and track days in a Fox, came over to check out the car, and lend a hand with some wrenching. I think that he's at least as excited about the build as I am! LOL

    Anyway, we didn't do a whole lot, just chewed the fat for a while, discussed the plans for the car, and then decided to get the engine out and up on a stand so it could be diassembled for inspection. It had been sitting in the car for an unknown period of time with no intake in place, so who knows if any critters decided to take up residence in the cylinders, or worse.

    The spare (86) engine that I had picked up just in case the 90 engine in the car was going to take too much work to become operational quickly:



    Engine bay of the car as received:



    A/C compressor and P/S pump out of the way, ready to come out:



    The engine was just sitting on the crossmember, not bolted down, and no trans in the car, so it was quick coming out:



    A few more detailed shots of the engine bay, look how clean that firewall and trans tunnel are:





    Up on the stand, ready to be dug in to:



    Even has some new urethane engine mounts ready to go:



    Up on stands, waiting to have the suspension and brakes blown apart:





    Super clean floor pans, already has some bolt-on frame connectors installed. Haven't decided what exactly to do with them yet, may just leave them as is for now rather than welding them, in case they are going to cause a hassle for the vintage race rules:





    The greenhouse behind the shop where we put the car to work on it ... was a beautiful sunny day, even though it was around freezing outside, in the greenhouse we were down to shirtsleeves, almost felt like ants under a magnifying glass ... quite nice on a cool spring day actually:




    I'll post some more up when I get the heads off the engine this week. Hopefully it is going to be useable, we'll see how it goes. I have a freshened set of E7 heads with good valvesprings coming from a guy off the Corral.


    cheers
    Ed N.

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  • Huskinhano
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    I've got a T5 bellhousing that was sold as used to me but I can't find any indication that it was ever bolted to a motor. No score marks from bolts heads, no grease, ect. I also have a brand new block plate with some light surface rust. I don't know what shipping would cost but if your desperate for one, let me know, maybe we can work something out. I want to clean house. I bought it for my 66 when I was thinking of going T5 instead of Toploader. If I go T5, I'll use an adapter plate. The problem with converting a T5 bell from a cable to mech linkage is you end up not being able to find a boot to cover the clutch fork opening.









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  • fast Ed
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    G70+ is a pretty wide category that encompasses everything from Showroom Stock cars all the way to something like an IMSA GT car from the late 70s. The trick is that you are supposed to prepare a car to a set of rules from a specific race series from the 1973 - 1989 time period. In my case I would be choosing the SCCA Escort Endurance series rules from 1989 to prep the car to, so it should remain largely stock by that set of rules. Putting it together as a Saleen, taking a 50 lb. weight penalty compared to a regular 5.0L, allows me to run 5-lug 4-wheel disc brakes, and then I should also be able to get away with the 65mm throttle body, 1.72 rockers, 3.27 or 3.55 gears, and FMS shorty headers, since those were all pieces that came on the late 80s Saleen production cars.

    If I do make it out for G70+, Mt. Tremblant would definitely be on my list at some point. I've crewed up there a few times in the old Firehawk series, but never have driven on it. Can't be any tougher than Mosport, right? :P


    cheers
    Ed N.

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  • Darren N.
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    Very cool!

    For the VARAC Group 70+ class, are custom parts legal? I know you mentioned that any parts need to be of the car's era but do the parts have to be off-the-shelf?

    This looks like a lot of fun. I think I might check out the class at the Spring Classic in Mont-Tremblant, QC at the end of May.

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  • fast Ed
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    Nope, no trans unfortunately, just the manual pedals swapped in, and a hole in the console where the AOD shifter was. Luckily by best friend Stu has a decent T5 collecting dust right now that I can use, just have to grab a bellhousing, separator plate, and decide on the clutch. If I end up going to race in VARAC, I will need to swap that out for a scattershield, mandatory on the V8 cars.


    cheers
    Ed N.

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  • Russell
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    Great find! did it come with a tranny? I look forward to seeing it go back together.

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  • fast Ed
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    Yup, I think it was a good price, considering the excellent condition of the chassis. The engine that had been dropped was sitting for a while without the intake on, just as you see in the pics. It was supposed to have roughly 60,000 miles on it as well, so I'm hoping that it won't take much to make it a runner. We yanked it out yesterday, and got it on a stand. Going to pull the heads and oil pan off for further investigation, more pics to follow.

    I think that I have a local guy who wants to do the taillight tradeoff, which probably makes more sense to avoid shipping costs and potential damage. If that falls through I'll let you know.


    cheers
    Ed N.

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  • 1988montecarloss
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    nice score, if you still wanna trade those GT tails for my lx tails let me know, ill get some pics of my lx tails if you want them

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  • Huskinhano
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    Looks like you got a good deal. What kind of shape is the motor in? It looks as though there is some surface rust on the heads as though the motor has been exposed to the aliments. Man do I miss my 85, 5.0 5 speed LX.

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  • horsewidower
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    Man I like this idea. Very nice.

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  • CTX-SLPR
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    So that's what the original application of the Sanden 7176 Compressor was!! I know it's a hijack but what years came with that compressor because I'm planning on using one and that line/adapter block is perfect for how I want to use it!

    Congrats on the car, looks like a nice start for a track/street car and I'm digging the theme you're headed towards with that Saleen racer.

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  • Teddyzee
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    Looks like fun, again!

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