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I did something very similar with a 70 fastback. It was a 10 second pro-street car with not a stitch of interior. Redid the car and made it something fun to drive around. Cool build!

 

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Glad to see some progress. If you need wiring diagrams for the 92/93 I can help you out. Mines a 93 and I have the mitchell, ford, and other versions that float around from time to time.

 

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Here ya go. Let me know if you need something else.

 

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Not a problem! You might not live next door but you are a fox/mustang guy, so I'm always down to help out with the proverbial "cup of sugar/wiring diagram" lol. Feel free to ask for others if you need em!

 

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I need another cup of sugar/wiring diagram. Do you happen to have the wiring diagram for the rear harness that controls the tail lights?

I went to the house last night before meeting up with some friends so I did some looking around for a bit. I looked everywhere for maybe a ground I missed or some kind of clue and came up empty handed. I was a pretty short visit so I didn't get to do much. So now I'm just figuring how I'm going to start tracing all stuff to get to the bottom of the problem.

Here ya go buddy! See attached.

 

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Great work. Glad the diagrams helped out some.

I would vote no on the airbag system. My car is relatively intact on the system so I maintained it.. but lets be real. The airbags in these cars are not very likely to deploy. The agents in the bag are dried up and probably DOA. Mine is all there and "works" but meh.. I wouldn't waste my time installing it if it was already out. A good harness belt (maybe a three point?) would suffice for proper safety since the reeled OEM belts are supposed to be paired with an airbag.

 

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Yep. The reel is designed for the airbag or it's not. I think it has to do with the amount of force and how much it locks. If I delete the airbag stuff out of the car I'd certainly make the jump to non-air bag belts. I've seen too many folks get hurt with the wrong belts in the wrong application.

 

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Hell yea!

As far as the connector goes, let me know and I can try to find you something in the diagrams/OEM manual I have. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a jumper harness in there that you're missing.

 

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I vote Cobra. I like the cleanliness of an OEM look. The average foxbody is heavily modified and different. Makes sense to be different by staying relatively stock looking lol

 

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I'm with you on that I think the Cobra intake was one of the better looking ones you could get for the fox body. I'm looking at getting it ported not sure it can flow enough for the 347 without being opened up.

I think it will struggle up top, which is generally where you find they lack the umph required.

However, that lack of top end flow means more bottom end grunt as intakes tend to trend to one side or the other. And Torque is where the smiles are made. Plus you're taking the competition level of the car way back and enjoying it more for it's driveability.

I wouldn't loose sleep over a properly worked cobra intake over say the TFS R.

 

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Peter,

I never actually bothered to ask, or perhaps never saw where you said it, but I'm curious how much more streetable you plan to make it. Will you be doing insulation, carpet, full interior, and peripherals? Or is this kind of a street/track build where you dip your toes int he water of both?

Glad to see the progress though. Around this time of year it's hard to accomplish anything sometimes.

 

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Looks great. Do yourself a favor and Ohm out the dash frame to see if it's a true ground to the battery. I checked mine and it was, but I've seen issues before.

Do you have the plastic bracket for the ECM? I noticed it just hanging. If you need one, I have a spare.

 

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That shortblock is a thing of beauty. Those are such nice blocks and internals.

One thing I have yet to conquer on my own is dialing in a cam and degreeing it. I know how it works, I know what to do, but I've never attempted to do it. I've never had a motor that really would of benefited from it. Hell, I was half concerned my setup now was one bad day away from bending a valve haha! But I'm glad to see yours is coming along. Before you know it, it'll be making good power.

 

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I keep wanting to flare my car, but then I stop when I realize the work involved. Then I forget, and start all over again lol.

I need to work on fender clearance on my car as is, but I really would love to square a set of 315's just like you plan. I can only imagine how much of an improvement in front grip it provides.

 

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Now that I'm starting to get far along in the build of the new engine there are a few things I need off of the old motor so last night I decided to start tearing it down to get it ready to remove in the next couple weeks.

I was planning on using the stock valve covers but found out last night they won't fit. I'm starting to look into options now which ever way I go I'm probably going to have to raise my upper intake to clear they which I didn't want to do but I should have enough clearance to the hood. I looked at a set from ford but I don't think there going to be any better. I also looked at spacers LMR sells but there $149 I can get a set of Holley or Anderson motorsports valve covers for that much.

Definitely only go with a heavy cast aluminum cover. The sheet metal ones LMR sells leak worse then a 350 SBC. I would run the spacers. I'm committed to my OEM covers haha

 

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What exactly keeps you from running them? Was it the baffle or just simply they run into the cover? I cut my baffle out and die grinder the china wall out of it, smoothed the corners out and boom, went on without a hitch.

 

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Peter, make any headway on the flares? I can't help but want to just buy the full quarters/fenders from Maier and then body work those to not look like ####. But it's a 50/50 shot honestly either way.

 

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Peter, definitely changed out the salt and pepper shakers if you can. Made a huge difference on my car, and after checking resistance across the connections I eliminated all of the gremlins that plague our cars.

Everything looks great though! Can't wait to see how it runs.

 

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Pin-Deu...-IAAOSwnCFaHLJp:sc:USPSFirstClass!29414!US!-1

Those. They work great, and are very robust. I have an extra set in the garage for when I do any other major wiring projects on the car.

 

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Hey man.. spray can paint jobs are the truth for engine bays. Mine has held up well.