Fuel system begins

Got my fuel tank setup today. Installed the new level sender and a new Pro-M fuel pump holder / fuel pickup. The Pro-M is designed for high horsepower cars with larger-than-stock pressure and return lines. These are the same size my entire fuel system will be… 3/8.

So the fuel tank is in and secure. Tomorrow brings some items being delivered and hopefully my powdercoater is done.

Starting to build!

Big day for the Boss 427 as she starts to get her parts bolted on. Today I installed the rear axle and suspension. I upgraded to spherical bearing, solid rod-end lower control arms for something more solid and adjustable.

(info overload alert) This is a 3 link rear suspension. It uses all solid rod-end connections and a coil-over-shock suspension.  Very adjustable and very solid. The rear axle is from Moser. I’m running a 3.54:1 gear, which will work great with the torque of the 427W and the .62OD TKO600 transmission.

Also managed to get the steering rack installed. This is a brand new power steering rack, which I will need for the large front tires I’ll be running. The centering of the rack came out perfect, no adjustments needed.

Headed out Sunday am to meet the Capital Area Cobra Club for breakfast, then will be back in the garage. Thanks for staying with me for updates.

Sheetmetal work

Spent 2 days fitting and drilling all of the engine compartment aluminum. These parts are all going out for powdercoat. Used all of my clecos, which are spring-loaded pins used to temporarily hold sheetmetal in place.

Also gathered all of the bare steel pieces (hood and trunk hinges, exhaust brackets, etc) and had those ready for the powdercoater, too. The steel will all be gloss black, like the chassis.

More this weekend!

Big Day… removing the body

With the help of 2 friends, Chip & Bo, we got the body off today and onto the body buck. The body will live the next few months (at least) on this support while the rest of the roadster is being built.

Next I marked all the aluminum panels where they overlap and where they will be mounted to the frame. Then I removed all the temporary screws and removed the panels. Now I’ve got the bare basic frame. As Bo said, “Like an artist’s empty canvas”.

Tomorrow I start drilling and temporarily reassembling.

Breakfast with the CACC

Met some new friends  from the Capital Area Cobra Club this morning at Boatyard Grill in Eastport (Annapolis). Lots of good people and a few very nice cars. I was the slowest one to eat because I was talking so much. Lots of experience building cars here. Looking forward to getting to know these folks better.

Here’s a video of 3 of the cars leaving. 2 Cobras and a Daytona, all Factory 5’s. Yes, there were spectators, thats who you hear speaking.

Shock assembly

Started putting together the coil-over Koni shocks today. Found I am missing 2 snap rings for the front shocks that are not listed on the inventory. Will get that taken care of. Otherwise, got all 4 shocks assembled with no issues.

Inventory

This is just part of it all…

First things first… I need to do a complete inventory of everything F5 sent me. There’s 37 pages of stuff that needs to checked and its all packed in 21 boxes. I’m not even touching the car itself yet. So Inventory, inventory, inventory.

Plan right now is to be done inventory by Monday evening when Chip & Bo are coming over to help take the body off and get it mounted on the body buck.

Update 10:30pm Friday night: Inventory complete! No missing or wrong parts. I think tomorrow I’ll separate some parts for powdercoating and maybe assemble the shocks.

The Boss 427 Arrives from Factory Five

Today, the actual Factory Five arrives…. Yeah, I’m excited. And I just about went bouncing through the yard when this rig backed up to my house…

Then he opened the rear doors and there she is… “Boss 427”

With the help of the driver and my friend Chip (Mustang Man Extraordinaire), we got it unloaded and into the garage. We also moved the 20-something boxes of parts into my sunroom.

9042 is home

Assembly of the Brakes

So I’ve got the rear axle… and I’ve got the brakes… time to put something together!

Started by assembling the front brake hats to the rotors. Torqued with loktite and installed safety cables. This is a new, more reliable version of safety wire used on aircraft.

Safety wire in place

Assembled the rear brakes on the rear axle. Pretty easy stuff with no issues, except I need some thicker washers to center the calipers. Then test fitted one rear wheel to make sure there was no interference. Looks good!!

Its on the way!

Just got the call! My car is loaded on the Stewart Transportation truck in Massachusetts and will be delivered Wed, Feb 15 between 11 & 2. I’m taking the day off!

Few things have happened

I have fixed a small coolant leak at the heater select valve, and replaced the power steering pump with a unit that is setup and dyno’d for flow and pressure to match the Fox Mustang steering rack. Also has a reservoir mounted right to the side of the pump for excellent fluid supply.

威而鋼的副作用

我治療背痛已經有20年了,我見過許多因為服用高劑量威而鋼後出現肌肉酸痛需要到醫院接受治療的陽痿患者,各種年齡和不同嚴重程度。

  • 壯陽藥的選擇技巧

樂威壯的效果

即使兩次服用的劑量合起來不超過20mg的安全劑量,大部分陽痿患者每次服用 樂威壯都會想到服用10毫克效果夠不夠?需不需要增加到20毫克?吃最大劑量會不會損害人體健康?