What an awesome build! I saw some of it on FB, and was really impressed! I can't wait to see how it turns out when you're done. It's nice to see someone with the skill and ability to get a build like this done. It's way out of my league, but it looks like a lot of fun!!! Subscribed!
Because the Coyote engine is so massive, there is no room for a brake master cylinder in the stock location. It needs to be moved outward 3 or four inches. This means the brake pedal needs to be moved accordingly. To further complicate things, I will be running a manual transmission with a hydraulic clutch. The stock brake pedal hangs on the right side of the steering column so using it was not possible. In the end, I found that a set of 68-ish Camaro pedals works perfectly. The pedal hangar needed to modified to move the pedal mounting position outward to line up with the brake and clutch master cylinders. The firewall needed to be "flattened" out in order to mount the master cylinders and a new holes needed to be drilled. The inner fender also needed to be modified to allow room for the clutch master cylinder.
Unfortunately none of the original floor pan was usable with the new frame so a new floor needed to be fabricated from front to back. Somehow I'm going to have to figure out how to make all this look presentable with carpet and such.
Great builds Nash510! Your really in a unique league of builder/fabricators in my opinion. I consider your work among some of the best on this forum --- sure there will be a lot of subscribers -- me among them. I have seen personally one Maverick/Comet vehicle w/ a mod motor; that was in Dubuque Iowa a few year ago at a Mav/Comet Gathering. As far as I recall, it didn't have AC, can't recall if it had Pwr steering. How long has this build been in the making?
Thank Mojo! You're very kind. I think I saw pictures or a video of the car you saw in Iowa, green right? It was very nicely done. I purchased my car in January 2014. If I can keep after it I hope to be done within the next 6 months.
Yes, that is the car I am referring too! Your really serious abt this project to get it all up & going in the time-frame of about 18mos. from inception. I really, was not being kind -- "telling it like I see it". What I see, seems to be superb craftsmanship. The work done on the Falcon seems to bear out the level of detail and precision you apply to the projects. Are you in the automotive business or do it purely as a hobby?
Thanks Mojo. I'm actually a semi-retired CPA. Yep, a beancounter. I've been working on cars for as long as I can remember though.
If you had said you were a custom car builder, I wud not have any doubt, you were exactly that. Nice/Welcome to have you on this forum and will be following the project w/ great interest.
For the fuel system I am using a 20 gallon aluminum tank from Summit, a FAST in-tank fuel pump and an-6 lines. The tank had to be modified by installing a new filler that is off-center and to the rear of the tank since the stock filler would be covered by the spare tire. I also needed to make a hole for the fuel pump and fabricate a fuel pump holder that would also seal where it enters the tank. There were three fittings that had to be added to the tank - a fuel feed line, a fuel return line and a fitting to seal where the fuel pump wires enter the tank.
Tabs were mounted to the frame against which the front upper edge of the tank rests. Similar tabs were added at the back and the tank is held up the same way as the stock tank is, with straps. I had to fabricate the straps and the mounting points.
The fuel filter will be mounted along the passenger frame rail (the filter in the picture is not the one I will be using).
