Starting the build of FFR5140 [Archive]

michael everson

12-25-2011, 05:51 PM

Today I started working on FFR#5140 This is the kit that was for sale in TX. I am planning on using a donor for this build to keep the cost down. I hope to do this car complete for less that $15,000.00
My Donor is a 20,000 miles 1994 Mustang Cobra that was crushed by a tree in Hurricane Irene. I paid $4000.00 for the car and have sold almost $3000.00 in uneeded parts so far.
I plan to use the Donor engine, suspension, gas tank, Pedal box, brakes and many other parts. Possibly the wheels too, to save money. I also picked up a used Tremec 3550 for just $400.00. I hope to sell the Mustang trasnmission to recoup some of that.

Here is a picture of the kit as it sits in my garage. Untouched since it left FFR in 2005
As you can see from the pictures, the Frame will need to be powdercoated before I can do anything with it.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02120.jpg

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I am into the kit for a total of $6400.00 including shipping and new FFr lower control arms.
The kit came with body cutouts, Street Performer seats, 351 Headers( which I sold)
and dual powder coated roll bars. setup up for 4 link, and I think I will just keep it that way.

Here are some of the donor parts that I started prepping today. All parts have been bead blasted and powder coated by me. What a pain, but beats buying all new stuff

Here is the bbell housing for the Tremec. Blasted then powder coated silver

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02111.jpg

Pedal box all stripped and modified. then powdercoated black

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02113.jpg

michael everson

12-25-2011, 05:52 PM

Clutch fork powdercoated

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02114.jpg

Donor spindles blasted and black powder coated

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02115.jpg

The donor Cobra brakes were powdercoated white. I started stripping them in preperation for Red. Lots of work removing the old coating. Here is a picture of the before and after

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02117.jpg

Here is the $400.00 Tremec 3550 I opened it up and it looks pretty good inside. Time will tell

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02112.jpg

michael everson

12-25-2011, 05:52 PM

This is what the donor looked like before the teardown. Too bad, it was a nice car. Someone spent a lot of money on this thing.
It came with 30,000 in reciepts.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/KGrHqUOKpgE6VJdTjBOtLPmeg60_12.jpg

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bil1024

12-26-2011, 07:26 AM

WOW! Poor donor, but it will live again in the roadster. Keep us updated Mike, will be following with interest.

michael everson

12-26-2011, 06:38 PM

I spent the day today stripping the white powder coating off the front calipers and recoating them in red. What a pain getting the old coating off.
They look really nice now. I am reusing the old pads as they are practically brand new. Will save a few buck too.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02123.jpg

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Here is a picture of the massive rotors that are drilled and slotted. They are made by Bear racing. They look brand new

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02116.jpg

Next I will tacke the rear brakes. Here is a before picture. I hope to have them all stripped and recoated by the end of the day tomorrow

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02126.jpg

michael everson

12-26-2011, 06:38 PM

After the brakes I will start on the rear 8.8 axle assembly. It already has 3:73 gears, an Auburn diff 32 spline axles and a bearing supporting cover. I think I will just clean it up as best as I can and paint it with POR 15 black and be done with it.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02125.jpg

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Here is a shot of the engine after the supercharger, intake and drive system was removed. I am going to convert to a 87-93 timing cover and front dress. The engine only has 20,000 miles in it but the block was never painted, so its a little rusty I will clean it up and paint it without disassembling it.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02127.jpg

skullandbones

12-26-2011, 10:19 PM

You did good all the way around!! Now that's the kind of donor you need. I like the supercharger, too. Good luck. WEK.

michael everson

12-27-2011, 05:09 PM

Finished up stripping the rear brakes and powder coating them red. Here is the before and after

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02126.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02129.jpg

While I was at it, I took apart the starter which functioned perfectly and blasted and powder coated it as well Before and after

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02132.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02133.jpg

michael everson

12-27-2011, 05:10 PM

Here is the before and after pictures of the rear end. I spent the day dissasembling it and then scraping, grinding and sanding all the rust off of it. I then coated it with a few coats of rust inhibitor which will need to dry overnight. It will then be coated with POR 15 black.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02125.jpg

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I also cut off the quad shock brackets that I will not be using

Here is the final result on the rear end. It was painted with Rustoleum Enamal with a brush

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02181.jpg

More progress to come later in the week.

WIS89

12-27-2011, 06:11 PM

Great work, and what an amazing donor car! Great find, and what a terrific head-start, albeit with a little time in the weather from the looks of things. But you are making short work of the efforts of Mother Nature!

I hope you keep us updated. Really a nice job, and I hope to follow along! Well done...

Regards,

Steve

Scott_Samson

12-27-2011, 06:26 PM

Hello
I looked at the same donor car. I made some offers but he would not budge. That was my final straw and I went with a full kit...LOL I am glad you got a deal on the donor and the kit. We are pretty close let me know if you need some help. I pick up my kit in March 2012. 351w 435 hp ordered from the Engine factory.

Scott

michael everson

12-27-2011, 07:50 PM

Scott. I got almost all my money back on that donor purchse selling stuff that I wasnt going to use. It turned out to be a pretty good deal
Mike

michael everson

01-01-2012, 05:03 PM

I got the engine pretty much ready to go in. I just need to order some pulleys and install them. I painted the block and then powder coated the lower intake, valve covers and the alternator. Looks pretty good compared to waht I started with

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02140.jpg

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michael everson

01-01-2012, 05:04 PM

Here are the befoe pictures on the alternator. It was chrome plated, which was peeling off and looked terrible

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michael everson

01-11-2012, 08:44 AM

I didnt do an update this week because no real progress was made. The frame has been sent to the powder coater and I hope to get it back this week. In the mean time I assembled the shocks, assembled the headlights, installed weatherpack connectors on the head lights and tail lights. and reassembled the rear end. As soon as the frame is here I will be ready to go. Hope to have it complete by April.

NICK C

01-11-2012, 09:54 PM

With all your hard work cleaning up the donor parts, I can't wait to see your final product. Very nice work. Keep it up. Nick

azbruin

01-12-2012, 03:03 PM

Mike, really great progress. I'm struggling with the teardown on my donor! Seems every part wants to fight. It's nice to see how great you can make these parts look.

David Hodgkins

01-12-2012, 09:49 PM

Great thread Mike! Still planning on doing a 4-link?

:)

michael everson

01-13-2012, 05:23 AM

As much as I hate to, yes going to stick with the 4 link I have everything I need and it will be cheaper then upgrading to the 3 link. Also this frame does not have a mount for the arm that attaches to the bannana bracket
Mike

bil1024

01-13-2012, 07:27 AM

Are you going to do the coilovers ?

michael everson

01-13-2012, 11:35 AM

Bill. Yes. Coilovers are a MUST.

michael everson

01-13-2012, 04:59 PM

I was hoping to get the frame back from the powder coater today, but that didnt work out. It will be done on Monday. So that gave me a little more time to do other stuff
I unpacked the front upper control arms to install the ball joints and here is what I found. They already started to corrode. They were well packed in plastic bags and bubble wrap. Still moisture must have gotten in.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02182.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02184.jpg

I decided to take them apart and (you guessed it) powder coat them.
Here is the final results.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02186.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02187.jpg

They look so much better. The powder coating should look good for years to come. The CAD plating that the vendor uses doesnt hold up very well.

I also cut and powder coated my donor fuel filler today and modified my street performer seats for a better fit in the chassis.
More to come tomorrow.
Mike

Avalanche325

01-13-2012, 05:14 PM

Michael,
How did you find the salvage donor? I am looking for one and have seen a couple good fully running ones waaaaay far away. Did you use a web site..........or a chain saw, maybe?

michael everson

01-13-2012, 05:34 PM

I found it on Ebay. It just happened to be the next town over from me. Try Craigslist as well. Tons of Mustangs on there.
Mike

michael everson

01-14-2012, 05:16 PM

Spent some more time on both my drivetrain and front suspension.

Here is the mostly complete drivetrain. I have installed everything I could that wont get in the way of the installation.

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http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02192.jpg

This should move the Roadster right along.

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http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02188.jpg

And here is the front suspension all bolted together. Nothing is tight in case I need to remove any parts to install them on the chassis. This will save me lots of time once the chassis arrives. I know everything fits together and works as it should.

GWL

01-14-2012, 11:59 PM

michael everson

01-15-2012, 07:01 AM

George I have an Eastwood powdercoating gun, a home oven and thats it. Workds great. I use both sand and glass beads depending on the parts condition.
Mike

WIS89

01-15-2012, 10:55 AM

Michael,

I have really been enjoying reading about this build and following the restoration of the different parts. Thanks for taking the time to document everything.

Powder Coating-What kind of equipment do you use? Oven? What blasting medium are you using on the aluminum and or steel?

Keep up the great work, George

I was going to ask the same question George. Clearly he was doing too many parts too quickly to be outsourcing...

Mike-

Does it cause any harm to the home oven, and how has your wife been with you using the family oven to "cook" your parts?

Your powder coating looks great! It makes everything look very finished, and professional. When you consider the before and after effect, you really nailed it with the excellent powder coating. As I mentioned earlier, you have one heck of a donor, and your efforts to make the parts look so nice should really make a big difference later!

Are you going with a manual steering rack, or electric power steering? Also, I like your heads, but I think chrome would look better and match the rest of that fine engine a little better. Just my opinion, feel free to ignore me!!

Love the build, and thanks for posting so much info! I have been following along with great interest, and am quite impressed! Best of luck as you continue!

Regards,

Steve

michael everson

01-15-2012, 11:06 AM

When I say home oven, I mean a "home style oven". I picked one up many years ago on the side of the road.
I am using a manual rack but power brakes. I may consider power steering if I can find a deal on a electric power steering unit from a Hot Rod. I mounted one in a customers mark 2 and it works great.

WIS89

01-15-2012, 01:49 PM

Mike-

You know, I actually thought of that possibility after I posted, and feel pretty stupid now!! While I suppose you could use the kitchen oven, it was pretty obvious after I considered the question. I know enough about your skill level and quality of your work than to ask a question like that. Sorry!

It's good to know that you like the electric power brakes. I am considering this in my future build as well, simply to avoid the small loss in HP, if nothing else.

I think there's a lot of folks using manual steering and seem quite happy, even the folks racing their roadsters. I think I will likely do similarly.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, even the stupid one!! As I mentioned previously, I am really enjoying your build!! Great stuff!

Regards,

Steve

michael everson

01-17-2012, 08:28 PM

Got the frame back from the powder coaters today. $400.00 to sand blast it and $250 to powder coat it. Not too bad considering what it looked like.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02195.jpg

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I started by installing the F panels and the fire wall. Here is my firewall. I use this technique on most of my Roadster builds. First I copy the firewall out of a piece of aluminum that is the same thickness. Then I cover the first one with Dynamat. Then the second fire wall goes over that to form a sandwich. Makes for a stiff, quiet and cool firewall.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02197.jpg

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michael everson

01-17-2012, 08:29 PM

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02199.jpg

Here is the firewall in place with a firewall brace in place. I plan to Cleco everything until I am sure I wont need to remove it.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02200.jpg

I then proceeded to install both front suspension units.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02201.jpg

After that I powdercoated and installed the Breeze front battery mount

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02203.jpg

Thats all for tonight. Maybe more tomorrow
Mike

Tpa65cpe

01-18-2012, 02:34 AM

Hey Mike, been following along and am impressed with the attention to detail so far!! Keep up the great work and please keep up the pic's !! Thanks a bunch Tpa65cpe

michael everson

01-20-2012, 06:51 PM

Lots of progress today. Here is a list of what I got done today

Installed the complete steering system
Installed a power brake booster and pedal box
Installed the Under dash filler and Firewall
Fitted and drilled both foot boxes
Fitted and drilled both floor pans
Cut and fitted insulation for driver foot box

Here are some pictures of my progress

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02214.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02205.jpg

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michael everson

01-20-2012, 06:54 PM

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I also got the rearend installed. Still waiting on coilover shocks to finish it up

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02211.jpg

michael everson

01-21-2012, 06:01 PM

Spent part of the day today drilling and installing the complete passenger compartment. Also installed all the trunk aluminum except the floor. I will need that out to run wiring and set up the hidden trunk hinges.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02221.jpg

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michael everson

01-21-2012, 06:02 PM

Also got the drivetrain installed. Went right in with just me installing it. Lots of progress.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02217.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02216.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02223.jpg

Here is a shot of the transmission tunnel with one of the cross bars cut out for the mid shift conversion

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02222.jpg

azbruin

01-21-2012, 06:59 PM

I found mine on Craigslist. I only had to look for two days and there were 4 or 5 local in the $2K-4K range - all running.

michael everson

01-22-2012, 08:00 PM

Spent the morning running brake and fuel lines. The brake system is mostly done except for the remote resivour. I am looking for a Mercury villager part to handle that.
The fuel lines are all run and just need to be connected to the tank. I dont plan to install the tank just yet though. Will only get in the way of other stuff.

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michael everson

01-22-2012, 08:00 PM

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michael everson

01-29-2012, 06:40 PM

Today I mounted the body so I could take care of some items that required the body in place. Mostly the trunk hinges. Its much easier to set them up with the trunk floor out so thats what I did. The body will come back off so the rolling chassis can be finished up. Here are some pictures of how I did the Breese hidden hinges. I will let the pictures tell the story.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02232.jpg

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Here are a few pictures of the hinges mounted to the chassis with Vise Grips. This lets me move stuff around before I commit to drilling the holes.

Here is the inside of the trunk lid.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02236.jpg

michael everson

01-29-2012, 06:41 PM

I cut the aluminum liner away so I could glue the nut plates directly to the underside of the trunk lid.

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This is the near finished trunk lid. I will do some more filling and sanding to make it look pretty.

michael everson

01-29-2012, 06:42 PM

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Here is the trunk lid reattached. Pretty clean install.

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I also managed to get my Street Performer seats mounted. I am using the Breeze mounting kit which makes it very easy.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02247.jpg

Here are the seats bolted in the car.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02248.jpg

I also mounted the FFR supplied radiator and used my (replicaparts.com) nose aluminum in place of the Factory Five pieces.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02249.jpg

More to come next weekend. Hopefully start wiring it.
Mike

michael everson

02-05-2012, 06:09 PM

Spent some more time this weekend working on the car. I got the fuel tank installed and hooked up.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02257.jpg

I also started the wiring this weekend. I am using a Painless 12 circuit harness for the body stuff and a Painless engine harness to handle the Engine. Here are some pictures of the wiring.

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These pictures show the mounting of the Powered trailer adapter. For those of you that have not used one of these, it allows all four tail lights to work at brake and turn lights.

Here is the wiring behind the dash in its early stages.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02263.jpg

michael everson

02-05-2012, 06:10 PM

Pedal box and fuse box area:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02261.jpg

Front of car:

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Rear wiring:

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michael everson

02-05-2012, 06:10 PM

Once all the wiring is complete, it will be covered in wire loom and secured in place.

Here is the mounting of the Maxi fuse and my 2 junction boxes. 1 for 12 volt live and 1 for 12 volt keyed.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02264.jpg

I found that the FFR supplied E-brake cables were too long not allowing the Brake to engage. So I made up these spacers to take up some of the slack. Works much better now.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02250.jpg

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CraigS

02-10-2012, 05:13 PM

Dang, I need a lathe too. I had the same problem years ago when I converted to discs. My fix was to cut the cables and shorten them using cable clamps. Works OK, the 5 times a year I use it but your spacer sleaves sure are nicer.

michael everson

02-12-2012, 06:28 PM

Had a very busy weekend. I got so much done on the car that I dont believe it myself.
Here are pictures of the firewall that I insulated and then mounted the EFI computer to it.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02266.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02265.jpg

I made my own mounts that are padded so that the computer does not vibrate.

The engine is completely wired and plumbed, and I made the first start. Every thing went perfectly. All lights, directionals, horn etc work great.

michael everson

02-12-2012, 06:29 PM

Amazing how neat you can make the EFI wiring when you start with an aftermarket harness. I used a Painless engine harness. It went together very well. The only thing I had to do is lengthen the O2 sensor wires. Here is a picture of the main harnes where is exits the interior. This is all the wiring. Looks real clean.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02279.jpg

I used a FFR radiator withe a Breeze Fan shroud. An adjustable temp regulator handles the fan.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02273.jpg

This picture shows the starter install and wiring as well as the fuel lines running along the engine.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/FFR5140/DSC02278.jpg

BTW all of this had been done since January 17th when I recieved the frame from the poweder coaters

first time builder

02-12-2012, 07:50 PM

Mike what did you do after you cut out the 3/4 tube for the brake booster ? I tried to see in photos but couldn't.

Kenny

michael everson

02-12-2012, 07:54 PM

I bought the support bracket from Whitny motors.

first time builder

02-12-2012, 07:55 PM

Ok I knew somebody made one but didnt see it in your photos.

Kenny

michael everson

02-26-2012, 06:53 PM

I was away last weekend so not too much progress was made. How ever this weekend was a different story. I have the interior and dash completely done, body completely mounted, all splash panels installed and new wheels and tires mounted. Basically other than a dozen or so small things, its ready for the body shop. Not bad for about 6 weekends of work huh?
Here are a bunch of progress pictures.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/DSC02296.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/DSC02295.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/DSC02294.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/michaeleverson/DSC02310.jpg