OK ... not a 'Stang ...

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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
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just its HOTTER Cousin :evil:

Everyone meet Franki. She is my '69 Cougar.

Mod List so far:
-Swapped in 351C (From 351W)
Stats: .030 over, forged pistons, Lunati Voodoo CAM, Edelbrock: intake, 600 CFM 4bbl, and dual roller timing chain, high volume oil pump (Yeah I know I know), billet Dizzy, Hooker Hedders (LT), and electric fan conversion.

-Swapped in t-5 (From an FMX 3spd auto)

-Custom true dual side exit exhaust

ok now for the project info: last spring I purchased the Voodoo CAM, electric fan, new dizzy, & Coil. The CAM I put in when I originally built the Cleveland (Edelbrock real mild power at 1500 irc) was chewing up dizzy gears. After the second gear was wasted I checked out the old dizzy and found "alot" of vertical play which I figure was my problem ... OK time to get a new dizzy!! well I decided to check out the cam gear and, you guessed it, SHOT ... DAMMIT !!! ok time for a new CAM too ... jump ahead I have the parts I am bustin ass makeing GREAT progress and WHAM ... the shelter I had over the car fill with water, failed, and dumped the water into the engine compartment, into my open intake. The intake sent the water into my heads and into a couple of the cylinders. I found this out right before a trip we were going to take to VIR to watch my Brother-in-law race. SO at 10PM I started the teardown. I had to take the heads off to clean out the cylinders and check everything out. by 12 midnight I had the heads off the water dried out and the block soaked down with oil.
And there she sat just like that until this past weekend. I want to Thank Tim (timspony) for helping me load her up and transporting and Kyle (Kylejb266something something) for the use of his garage. YOU GUYS ROCK !! :headbang:

OK Pictures here
 
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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
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Step one: replace the steering box because the old on had alot of play in it. This was easier with the heads off ... it made loading the car on the trailer a little tougher though :idk:

Mission accomplished ... the "new" steering box is swapped in!!

Step 2: install heads .. the Driver side head went in NO PROLEMS AT ALL !!! the passenger side ... not so much (see head gasket carnage) ...

step 2a: install starter before the passenger side head goes on (with yet another new head gasket) tonight (1/19)

Step 2b: install passenger side head without dropping it on the new head gasket :rolleyes: tonight (1/19)
 
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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
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jmiller said:
Well it's your thread, so jack away!
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Jules :nono: ... more progress!!

I got the starter installed (it's SOOPER easy with out the hedders in), I put the tranny bolts back in (I was going to pull the engine for the CAM replacement originally) and got both the heads torqued down !! while I was torquing the drivers sdie down I noticed that the engine was sitting a little closer to the Drivers than passengers side so I investigated and found a broken motor mount :mad: ... new one purchased and pushed to the top of Thursdays list of shi.... stuff to do
 
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