Started this mess by buying a parts car out of a field, that has just turned out to be too good. 1970 car, cleanish, meh rust, 200 I6 and C-something transmission. 500 bucks, you come get it.
Got there and found this:

3 flats, fronts are "new tires man" and off the rim flat.
Still, not bad.

Ernest and I get told "It'll run if you put fuel in the carbie man, but I dunno about anything else"
Well, what I heard was "It has a brand new racing engine, built C4, and Winters Quick Change in the back", so naturally I handed over the cash, and we got in this car that was sitting in a field for years, and coaxed it back to life over the next 5 hours, then drove it home. With no brakes, then 1 brake, then by the time we got to the crash site, 2 brakes.
Once at the crash site, swapped on two new front brake hoses and bled out all four drum brakes, and bam, less shitty brakes.
Naturally, this car is far to good to be a parts car, so the floors will get fixed, the patina sealed in, and we're going to do 13's for 1300 bucks. Time to raid the parts bin and see what's left over from old junk:
-Running (mostly pretty good, no smoke, 90K miles) 200-I6 engine, with the small-valve log-intake head. Original steel shim headgasket, so ready for unlimited boost.
-4 wheel drum brakes
-Holset HX35 turbo that was given to me a few months ago, no housing contact, V-band flange cracked off the compressor outlet.
-2" mandrel bent exhaust section leftover from teaching my cousin to weld
-T3 flange cut out on the waterjet at work
-Most of a ford EDIS-6 ignition system, just need a timing controller to drive the EDIS module, I can build that.
Then, on a parts run down to pick up some parts for the drag monster maverick, we got (For free, still)
-Motorcraft 2100 2-barrel carb, 1.21" venturis, off of a 390FE
-Battery tray apron section (Attached to the 30$ core support, but the apron was free!)
So total cost, so far, is still 500$.
After pulling the carb, and dropping the holset on there to see how it'll fit:


The A/C will get pulled and we're gonna bolt the compressor straight to the intake, then put a flex joint in the exhaust. The carb will get slipped onto the front of the turbo, and the crappy hood that is a bit too rusty will replace the nice-ish gold/primer hood that's on the Space Ghost. The "HOLSET" will be right front and center, so gonna paint that bright red, and put a red flag on the wastegate tower since it sticks up so damn high.
I'm thinking this should go 13's, so we're gonna try to do it for 1300$. Currently it will do a 19.5 at 76 MPH.
Got there and found this:

3 flats, fronts are "new tires man" and off the rim flat.
Still, not bad.

Ernest and I get told "It'll run if you put fuel in the carbie man, but I dunno about anything else"
Well, what I heard was "It has a brand new racing engine, built C4, and Winters Quick Change in the back", so naturally I handed over the cash, and we got in this car that was sitting in a field for years, and coaxed it back to life over the next 5 hours, then drove it home. With no brakes, then 1 brake, then by the time we got to the crash site, 2 brakes.
Once at the crash site, swapped on two new front brake hoses and bled out all four drum brakes, and bam, less shitty brakes.
Naturally, this car is far to good to be a parts car, so the floors will get fixed, the patina sealed in, and we're going to do 13's for 1300 bucks. Time to raid the parts bin and see what's left over from old junk:
-Running (mostly pretty good, no smoke, 90K miles) 200-I6 engine, with the small-valve log-intake head. Original steel shim headgasket, so ready for unlimited boost.
-4 wheel drum brakes
-Holset HX35 turbo that was given to me a few months ago, no housing contact, V-band flange cracked off the compressor outlet.
-2" mandrel bent exhaust section leftover from teaching my cousin to weld
-T3 flange cut out on the waterjet at work
-Most of a ford EDIS-6 ignition system, just need a timing controller to drive the EDIS module, I can build that.
Then, on a parts run down to pick up some parts for the drag monster maverick, we got (For free, still)
-Motorcraft 2100 2-barrel carb, 1.21" venturis, off of a 390FE
-Battery tray apron section (Attached to the 30$ core support, but the apron was free!)
So total cost, so far, is still 500$.
After pulling the carb, and dropping the holset on there to see how it'll fit:


The A/C will get pulled and we're gonna bolt the compressor straight to the intake, then put a flex joint in the exhaust. The carb will get slipped onto the front of the turbo, and the crappy hood that is a bit too rusty will replace the nice-ish gold/primer hood that's on the Space Ghost. The "HOLSET" will be right front and center, so gonna paint that bright red, and put a red flag on the wastegate tower since it sticks up so damn high.
I'm thinking this should go 13's, so we're gonna try to do it for 1300$. Currently it will do a 19.5 at 76 MPH.
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