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    Well I have been working on the car now for 4 yrs. It seems like it never gets done. My wife found it for me after my Lightning was stolen and it was never found. My wife met a man in his 80's and he was telling her that he had a cherry car at home. So she went and looked at it and bought it for me. She had my kid drive it home. It was a fuel injected car. He told his ma that the clutch slipped badley and he took comprssion checks and she neeeded new rings. So we drove it around for a while and had fun. So then we decided to pull the enginge and clutch. So we took everything out that we needed and put it up on jack stands. Checked everything out. the gas tank was rusted so we took that out with the fuel lines and trashed everything. Who ever wanted the parts go for them. The raditor went and so did the wiring. So we checked the brakes to see how they were and they were okay. The drive shaft was the next to go and of course we took the trans out. We didn't have alot of money so little by little we bought stuff. 1 st thing we did was wire brush the undercarriage and get all the dirt off of the bottom. We went to a Auto store and found spray paint in a can that was a close color to the car. We painted everything under the car so everything was nice and clean. We bought a fuel cell gas tank and installed that of couse we painted it be fore we put it in. We bought stainless steel gas line the flex kind so we could run it the way we wanted to. We got a electric fuel pump and installed that. Next we changed the rear end to a 3:73 and painted the whole rear axel. we did not paint the gas line. We bought a new drive shaft a lite one and new universals. Our close friend was murdered and he was building a Mustang to. So his dad gave us alot of stuff. He was my second son knew him from birth. I couldn't handle it. I was in shock for a long period of time. So everything that was going into his car came to our car. The trans was a Cobra and the cluth was big time heavy duty. They gave us a nitros kit so we ran new lead from the trunk to the front of the car. My kid then went to the computer and found DDS and they talked they built the motor. It was really re-enforced for the brunt of racing. So we had that shipped home. Now this is taking months and months to do.So with all the engine wiring gone. I made up a harnes with everthing I could think of front and rear more wire than we needed but you never can have to many spares. Then my kid who works for Ford checks out the best heads we can get cause we are going to push 12 to 1 compression. A friend say to watch the nirtos cause you can blow her up easy. So we got the whopper heads. Cost a big buck. So we didn't have a engine stand so we had to buy one of those. My wife is coming un glued cause we are spending money and I am never out of the garage and always dirty. Plus I have all the other duties to preform. the lawn,snow,grandkids,etc. and of course I am in charge of the vacucleaner. So my kid goes out and buys all these gauges and where to put them all. Of course we have to have the best computer and coil and spark plug they make. We dump the radio cause its taking up room and we need room for the gauges and switches. So we put the short block on the stand and install all the stuff. One of the biggest things was the starter motor cause we have full lenght headers and they are going right by the starter motor. We install everything you can think of the electric water pump, the high rise intake manifold and the all the other stuff. We slide her in and then we have to button everything up clutch and trans cross members tie everything down super tite and install the raditor and all the wiring plus put the 750 carb on top of it all bring in the fuel lines and look and see where the nitros would go. We are still there right now we might not even run it.
    We go back and start wiring everything we took the battery and put into the trunk and its in a special battery box with a disconnect on it. We have a fan that runs all the time and the box is vented to the ouutside. The computer is up front on the Trasmisson mound and has two fans cooling that. We can control the heat of the engine thru switches The water pump pushes big time and the raditor cools big time and the fuel pump pushes big time. We had to get a high rise hood cause the intake manifold set high also the carb is no baby neither is the air filter. We then went bak and tied the axel to the frame so we would ruin the rear end. Next thing we bought was 10" slicks and wheelies up front. The cam is so big it just shakes the car and of course every one looks cause the idle is high and the vette guys just listen and look. Guess what is killing us fuel she is suppose to run on 100 0ctane. We do not go to the Woodward cruise. They ripe you off and my wife would have to go with 5 gal cans in her car. I just stay at home. Its all built up now few changes a good wax and cleaning job is next then it will go to the Grandkids and I will push up dandolines:bigthumbsup
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