couple pics of a little of the work ive done so far.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p71963412f1544b1825d6c47ad3ea0862/fbe31e1a.jpg
since this is a street car, has to have speakers. As you see the holes for the 6x9's. Cage is only about 30% done, going to be a full 12-14pt cage.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pc692f53371b81eec5eabec947064f651/fbe31e16.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pac8349c101e77a8020fe0552a9f49c26/fbe31e10.jpg
Cowl hood is made from sheet styrene, .020" thick.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p1d3487148f67cf4c2433926d7c51c5c8/fbe31e0f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/padadd769fa222a061606166cf756c062/fbe31e14.jpg
motor is from the 01 Lightning kit (5.4l motor). Will have a custom box intake (with the lower half of the intake in the picture), custom turbo setup, with custom FMIC and piping.

Now to just find the turbo so i can start putting the motor together.

damn thats a big cowl hood... :eek: what is that mustang based on? The Revell '93 Cobra?

yeah. I actually still have the cobra wheels on the tree, in perfect shape.

The original cowl i made was even bigger, this one just barely clears the intake im making for it (box upper). I might actually have to drill a little hole in the top of the cowl, to clear the piping from the IC to the TB.

man keep me up to date with this project , it looks killer already Later David

Looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bigthumb: :spit:

Originally posted by tc3house
Looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bigthumb: :spit:

yeah!

so it has a lightning engine, the lightning already has a supercharger and you are adding a turbo is that possible??

im not using the supercharger setup. Its just going to be a single turbo 5.4l motor.


Heres some pics of some more of the motor work.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pc19b2f2ab032ba714cd1a57a006b064d/fbe20fe5.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p66b8414b0a6428a213d53388e10498d5/fbe20fe2.jpg
(intake was made out of half the original intake, and .020" plastic styrene)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pf08c60cce1946f366d77d7ff45f7483b/fbe20fe0.jpg
turbo manifold was made using a longtube header i cut down, and bent plastic from the parts tree :)

Wow....I've always wanted to see the 5.4L OHC engine in a Mustang....that's what I love about scale modeling....just because somebody won't do it in real life doesn't mean you can't do it in scale.

Originally posted by BullittStang
Wow....I've always wanted to see the 5.4L OHC engine in a Mustang....that's what I love about scale modeling....just because somebody won't do it in real life doesn't mean you can't do it in scale.

actually i know of one foxbody (87 LX Coupe) thats getting a 5.4l motor put into it. Gonna be a nitrous motor though.

But there are a couple of SN95 & 99+ mustangs with 5.4 motors.

Some more pics of some more work, mostly just the turbo setup, and cage is what ive been working on.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p7b07f64f857fe11f0ba15e72efefc466/fbe17b5d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p63cbd1029ebd53248adb7e7528355352/fbe17b63.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p7ac59026f085f0ff130782314c551d1a/fbe178ae.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p4f441d98448117074d1bee5010aa919c/fbe178ab.jpg

next work for the motor will be finishing the intake, fuel rails, spark plug wires, custom belt/pulley setup, and wastegate.

DAMN THATS GHETTO! :thefinger where did you get that turbo?

Can't wait to see it done.

Originally posted by CamaroSSBoy346
DAMN THATS GHETTO! :thefinger where did you get that turbo?

whats funny is, i decided to go through my misc junk boxes, and found two different turbos, one a little smaller then the other, so decided to put em both together, to actually look like a real turbo. The worst part about mounting it, was thats the only place i could put it, so it would fit under the hood, and it looks like i might have clearance problem for the lower pulley with the other headers & piping being run to the turbo.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pa4c600de57c466f4ae0d4ba3148596d2/fbe1604b.jpg

Nice scratch building here! Awesome 5.4 93 Mustang here my friend! I hope you get to fit the turbo in alright, I had big fitment problems with my Civintegra.

You should mount the turbo in the front so it goes thru the front of the car wen the nose is on...like the drag cars do

Mate,that is awesome:22yikes:
Love the work your doing here,nice job on the cage,motor will look
pretty sic when finished:devil: Great work on the turbo set-up...
Cant wait to see finished product

cheers stump:aus:

Originally posted by Blowncivic1320
You should mount the turbo in the front so it goes thru the front of the car wen the nose is on...like the drag cars do

i thought about that, but there would be no place for the radiator. Remember, im building this as a street car (will have a system, amp, 18's or 20's (dont know what size they are?), etc.)

I did change around the turbo setup though...here is the final placement for the turbo..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pc3d91059246287e7f61c219d2d9977b8/fbe11931.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pdb8e8351988102e24306d69f18555216/fbe1192f.jpg
(you can see how close the crank pulley is to the piping)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p2416e2fa31f5831469f58785a006337e/fbe1192c.jpg

some more update pics. This is pretty much how the stance is going to be.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/pff3a51318274f09b8da2d93a5d71c978/fbdf7def.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p6fa46c02bca0f437d8689c086434ad39/fbdf7de9.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p78af2580fad21f82ea5b110f2993acd2/fbdf7deb.jpg
(Brembo Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors, which will have "stainless" break lines)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid66/p6179e5216db3e43381f1bc84b0ec45df/fbdf7de8.jpg

still need to do some work on the body, and some more work on the cowl hood.

Going to be painting the car orange as well.

MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! Sweeeeeeeeet................like candy.:licka:

thanks. This is the first model ive built in over a year, and hoping it comes out real nice (which IMO it already is).

After this, there will be a matching mustang, but a 94+ mustang with a twin turbo 302, and setup for drag (slicks & skinnys, custom 4link suspension, etc.)

looking good, i love it! i love that turbo too!

Wow really nice! Keep us updated

Dave

the turbo looks better now, not in the middle of nowhere...great job so far
by the way i love those wheels i want them soooo bad

looks sweet

but what rims r those

theyre awsome!

i dont know what wheels they are, or what kit they are from. All i know, is its from some Curbside kit that i bought a long time ago.

:22yikes: awesome

Love those rim but I think they would look better on something diffrent
like a lower truck! but thats just me...

Originally posted by Slipknot
Love those rim but I think they would look better on something diffrent
like a lower truck! but thats just me...

i had them on a Chevy truck (some snaptite kit) and it looked sweet. But i decided to put skinnys & slicks on it, so i had these wheels laying around. If i had a nicer set of wheels, id use them, but now i like the look of the car with these wheels, so im gonna keep them.


Just making it like a nice street car, with some nice size wheels. Like a friend of mine w/ supercharged 01 cobra w/ 18's (478rwhp) and a friend with a Buick T-type on 20's (500+rwhp)

Here are some more updated pics. Started painting the body. This is 2 coats right here, no clear coat.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p17b17d5a8ef13583ba2584c642b4d547/fbd4c93b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/pfcb57826c975d472d7d9fff31fe859a5/fbd4c939.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p39e1a83bc05baaefed251e615fd0e1e9/fbd4c938.jpg

Color is: Dupli-Kolor "Hot Rod Green".

Thats a really cool color, Cant wait to see it assembled now
are you gonna do some accents of that color on the engine and interior?

Originally posted by Blowncivic1320
Thats a really cool color, Cant wait to see it assembled now
are you gonna do some accents of that color on the engine and interior?

the parts that will be the same color are:

Valve Covors
Cage
Frame
Brake Calipers
Trim around the subs & 6x9's


The only thing i now regret doing, is painting the body, because i need to drill two holes in the firewall, to run the piping from the throttle body to the intercooler, but hopefully drilling the holes wont chip the paint.

Here are some updated pics of the interior. Speakers still need to be painted, and im probably gonna end up putting "leather" material down in the back and on the floor in the front.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/pa96a7b78685645d5de1e720dfbac443b/fbd463fe.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p2059fafa53e49eb53db9e2dceacc3249/fbd463fc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p81489792339d8b4ec9d42fe640ebd92c/fbd463fb.jpg

Still need to put the 6x9's in, the Amp, Guages, and shifter w/ linkage.

Very good! :cool:

i like the color, just it looks like the paint is on too thick and seems like some of the detail is gone, but it just might be the pics :biggrin:

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2::eek2: :eek2: :thumbsup: :eek: :eek: :iceslolan

What a weapon! Never seen a Mustang model look that good! You should get some chrome paint to do those wheels in, make them look like real dubs! Thats the only suggestion I can say about it. Hope it's finished soon.

paint does look a little thick...

No, the paint isnt thick... when i sanded down the body after primering, I took the lines out.

Maybe its just me, but i like the look of the body being real sleek, like a door slammer, so it not having the body lines and cracks for the doors, really doesnt bother me.

Remember, always supose to build a model to YOUR likings ;)

Originally posted by Mopar Muscle Maniac
What a weapon! Never seen a Mustang model look that good! You should get some chrome paint to do those wheels in, make them look like real dubs! Thats the only suggestion I can say about it. Hope it's finished soon.

I would definetely do that, if i had the paint, or knew where i could get the paint. I was thinking about having them send out to be chromed.

You have any pics of things painted in the chrome paint i could check out? And the name of it?

Thanks

thats not orange! :eek7: looks great!

Originally posted by BaNe
thats not orange! :eek7: looks great!

:( I know. I wanted to paint it orange, but when i went to Discount, they didnt have any orange, and didnt feel like driving to Pep Boys :rolleyes: So i got the green.




BUT... my TT 94-95 Mustang will be orange, with the came kind of hood, black, and setup for drag :iceslolan

Originally posted by YJGWRacing


I would definetely do that, if i had the paint, or knew where i could get the paint. I was thinking about having them send out to be chromed.

You have any pics of things painted in the chrome paint i could check out? And the name of it?

Thanks

You should be able to pick up some Chrome spraypaint in a hardware, I don't know if you can in the states but you can here. I don't have any pictures of things sprayed with chrome, I don't know the name of the brands you got over there either, just check around.