TKat13's Mach1 Build Log
Figured I would share my on-going build log with the guys/gals at M1R, the folks here have seen my car go through most of its stages so why stop now. :)
Reason: Car is slow. (98k miles, still runs better than new, but still slow) Logic: I was either going to buy a new car or take that down payment and put towards rebuilding the Mach into the car I have always wanted. Eventually, I chose to apply the money to a rebuild. Bottom line, I have yet to get tired of the Mach, this is the first car that I have kept this long and I still enjoy it. Other than it being so slow. So, I am setting out to resolve the core issue I have with the Mach. Answer: Make it fast, but still retain daily driver status. It will be a real daily driver not one that could be a daily. Budget: Let's just say I have already blown the initial budget, it was set at 10k, lets just say it will be less than buying a new loaded GT. I am fortunate enough to have this opportunity but this is only because I have not had a car payment since 2009. I am the original owner. In other words, I have been saving for this moment. :) Turning Wrenches: I take pride in doing as much as possible myself to the car. However, I am also smart enough to know when it is best to enlist the experience of the pros. I would like to say I have done everything, but that is and will not be true. HPP in Lewisville has been a huge help in selecting parts, building the pieces of the puzzle that I cannot afford to mess up and of course Manny will be tuning it. However, I will do the install of everything in very cramped area of my garage. Log Plan: I will keep the next post updated with as many specifications as possible. If I change my mind as I have done many times then I will update the main post of the log. Well, that is the idea anyway. |
TKat13's Mach1 Build Log
The Plan:
Replace the Motor, Transmission, Driveshaft, Rear End and add a power adder. I met all but one of this forum's requirement to post here so 3 out of 4 wins. I will add more details as I progress, please be patient. Motor (HPP Built Longblock): Teksid Block .20 over Forged Stroker Crank (5.0 for final displacement) Forged coated pistons, w/file fit rings, compression spec'd by HPP, 9.8:1 I think) Oliver Billet Rods (budget buster) ARP bolts and Head studs throughout (wow, I learned bolts are expensive) Heads fully ported Custom HPP spec'd Billet ground Turbo Cams Canton 9 quart oil pan/pickup Billet oil pump gears Transmission: TH400 built HPP Spec'd torque converter (turbo application) Hurst Quarter Stick Shifter Trans brake Prothane Trans Mount - 7-1604-BL Lokar Dipstick - TD-3350400FM B&M Super Cooler - 70274 Aeroquip Startlite -6AN Hose - FCU0620 Aeroquip Fittings - Pressure relief valve, drains back into trans pan. New driveshaft for this application Summit G4890 9" fan Derail adjustable thermostat controller/relay Tee Fitting for temp sensor Rear: 31 Spline Moser axles 31 Spline Diff 3.08 Ford Racing Gears All new bearings, races etc Ford Racing Girdle Axles tubes welded with HPP support arms, also tubes straightened by HPP Wolfe Race Craft lower control arms Prothane Rear Upper Spring Isolators Rearend Gear/Diff Install by HPP, rest by me. Power Adder: Upgraded to Precision 76mm Turbo. 70mm turbo On3 kit, forward facing with larger intercooler. Headers ceramic coated Hot side of turbo ceramic coated (hate rust) Boost Controller Electric Cut-out on down pipe Fuel System: HPP Triple Hat - More info soon, this is the big momma of fuel systems. I do not want to buy a fuel system twice so just going big first. Three Walbro 465lph pumps, E85 safe. Interior Upgrade: O2 Gauge Boost Controller Gauge/interface Pioneer DVD Radio and Amps ( Did I say this was a full make-over?) Front Suspension: UPR K-Member (really wanted MM but not compatible) Prothane Steering Rack bushings. UPR A-Arms MM Coil-Over kit Misc: Poly Motor Mounts from LMR Prothane TH400 Transmission mount + Custom built cross beam. Parts Left on the car from previous mods: H&R Rear Race Springs MM Caster/Camber Plates MM Bumpsteer kit MM Steering rack bushings (Update, could not use, does not work with the UPR K-Member) MM Sport Struts and matching Rear Shocks MM Full Length Subframe connectors Magnaflow cat-back |
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Congrats! :CHEERS: Im looking forward to reading about your build.
I just about have my Mach paid off. Then comes the task of saving for my build similar to yours. |
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Step 1:
Buying the parts. This is more of a show and tell session. It is exciting to have parts show up. FWIW, I have purchased 90% or more of my parts from HPP via Brad, he has been either cheaper or at least match any price I find. The best thing is HPP really helps explain every part I buy through them. Very nice to have a face to a purchase. It is also nice to be within a few miles of their shop. I just can't say enough great things about how that entire shop has treated me through this long process. I have been buying parts since March. Again, thanks to the guys at HPP, Manny, Brad, Brandon, Chris, Scott and Jay. Here are some Suspension Parts: UPR K-Member: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...EE1E0B6941.JPG UPR A-Arms: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_...B18ECB7C4A.JPG Front Coil Springs that come with the MM Coil-Over kit, these are 350lb https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9...629F4F5057.JPG MM Coil-Over kit, this kit is very nice btw. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S...F2B2A1327D.JPG |
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Your gonna love it! cant wait to see the power this monster will make. How much boost you gonna run?
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I'd go with a return fuel system and e85. quite a build! I'll be interested to see how it turns out. Thats quite a parts list.
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Here are some pictures of the Turbo Kit. This is the On3 forward facing kit with the larger intercooler option. If there are specific pictures of parts that anyone wants to see just ask, now is the time before they go on the car.
Intercooler: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...9DFEE77BC6.JPG Another pic: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7...89FD64EA46.JPG Turbo Kit Expanded view, in the bubble wrap is the slot style maf sensor and pigtail adapter. I let the tuner pick the maf sensor: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-z...492478C0B1.JPG Pictures like this shows me how bad I need to clean my garage, yikes! Piping: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...0339EC368B.JPG |
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More Piping:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p...3C04C5F997.JPG Turbo when I first unpacked it, literally. Pig tail, maf and mounting plate make another appearance: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q...7014BF9710.JPG I had the hot side of the turbo ceramic coated, looks better and will not rust. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S...03F5C0AA22.JPG With the flash on... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...090F7FF8B5.JPG |
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Exhaust Headers as I unpacked them from On3:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B...E354628D7B.JPG Same Headers after getting them Ceramic Coated: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...737782CB58.JPG I should have not shown these, proof that I am the one that scratched the table! Don't tell the wife. Moser 31 Spline Axles with 3" studs: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...187A806449.JPG Ford Racing Girdle: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...62635D3345.JPG |
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Diff:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-b...23B764DF25.JPG Here's the Mach letting Mother Nature supply the bath. View from my office at work, I caught myself daydreaming of building the car so I took a picture. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...69234D258E.JPG The '11 GT belongs to a buddy at work. There are 7 people in the office, two of them have '11 GTs, one has a '99 GT 2 Valve that makes 730 RWHP and of course my Mach. The guy that owns the '11 next to the Mach also has an 8k Mile '03 Cobra and an '88 GT. I think this group has an affinity to ponys. :CHEERS: |
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wow this looks like a fun build..subscribed.
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That would be nice having a bunch of friends or co-workers with the same taste of cars. Everyone at my work bashes on American cars. They like to drive torque-less euro cars and none of them will race me when I call them out. :) |
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Looking forward to your build.
Similar circumstances for me. I would love a new 5.0 but I have not grown tired of the Mach either. Have a few plans myself... Good luck with the build |
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That build looks intense! That'll be crazy. Are you in the Lewisville area? I'm literally about 10 minutes away from HPP. I don't think I've seen another single Mach around here though.
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Looks like a lot of fun. I went the other route and added a lowish miled Whipple Terminator to my collection. I figured I might as well have another car while I was at it. I'm sure you're going to get more performance out of the deal. Looks like a ton of fun. Congrats! Make sure you get some good vids!
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very nice!!!!
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sweet build so far! keep it coming!
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As a quick update, I just ordered the TH400, Shifter, bell housing, converter, flywheel, dipstick and all the other related items. So this completes my drivetrain purchases. Now just waiting on delivery. The heads are near completion and I hope to post some pics of the porting job. To keep my car on the road I started with known good heads. Now the bad news, it appears as work has me booked for a large amount of travel over the next few weeks so progress will slow. But, that is ok as I am waiting on parts anyway. I hope to remove the rear end this weekend, strip it and take it to HPP to have the Axels welded in their jig. Once I get it back, sandblast and paint and rebuild everything including new bearings. What is the best paint for the rearend? Looking for a Matte Black. |
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I had to take advantage of the 80 degree weather in Texas on Sunday so I removed the Rear and gutted it. I will be dropping off the rear to HPP today to have the Axels welded in a jig. As you can see from the pictures it is a bit cramped in my garage. The 'Cuda is consuming a good amount of space (this is the next project).
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u...o/IMG_0803.JPG Here are the 4:10s coming out, 3:08s going back in this weekend. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j...o/IMG_0807.JPG Yes, they are for sale as well as the stock axels and diff, the diff was rebuilt about 20k miles ago. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...o/IMG_0806.JPG And now it is empty. Not very exciting but I will post more as I rebuild the rear end. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F...o/IMG_0805.JPG Can't really work on it during the week so the Mach is out of commission until next Saturday. My wife, the trouper she is attempted to help me lift the loaded rear on my stand, but it was just too much. At least she tried. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...o/IMG_0804.JPG Now I just need to figure out how to remove the ABS rings from the axels, any ideas? |
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I used a press to remove and install my abs rings
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Quick update, since I pulled the rear I decided I should upgrade the lower control arms so after much research I decided to go with a set of Wolfe Race Craft lowers. Recommended by HPP but after comparing them with others I was sold. Even better they are not only made in the good USA but close to home in Texas!
Here's a quick picture: http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/21/aqugy9eh.jpg They are only 235.00. |
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I finally ended my 7 week travel for business tour. It was a complete pain being away from the home for so long. I had a day here and there to work on the Mach but to be honest getting motivated was pretty tough knowing that the next day I was flying out to another location. Anyway, I got a little to report, but not much.
I did get my rear end housing back from HPP. I had the tubes welded up and had them add some additional bracing. One of my tubes were tweaked pretty good, but with their jig they were able to get everything back to spec. This weekend I cleaned it up and painted it with a high-temp epoxy paint. 9 years of daily driving it pitted the metal pretty bad, not sure why Ford does not protect these things. Anyway, it looks much better. The housing is empty and the rear cover will be replaced with a girdle style, I just used the stock one as a cover for when I sandblasted and painted it. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p...o/IMG_0915.PNG Welded tubes: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Z...o/IMG_0915.PNG Bracing + (ugly toes): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...o/IMG_0915.PNG Next in line is to fix my press, I forgot that part of it bent when I replaced my ball joints months ago. urg.. Maybe tonight I will stop by the hardware store and pick up some steel and get welding. 90% of the Harbor Freight press is good, that 10% is what failed and it is very easy to see why. Not sure why they used a different material on the press bar. (of course a good amount of this was user error... . |
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Update on the heads; took a couple quick pictures of the ported heads, the custom turbo billet cams also arrived this week.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...o/IMG_1735.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-b...o/IMG_1735.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...o/IMG_1735.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S...o/IMG_1735.JPG Still working on the rear, need to adjust the pinion depth, when I went to pull the bearing off of the pinion I discovered that my press was a bit small for that huge pinion gear on 3.08s. So, I could not press off the bearing. Threw the towel in and HPP has the rear. They will set the pinion and install the diff/backlash etc. I will complete it from there. Bottom line, I am working to many hours and don't have much time left over. Hope to have it back in the car this week. |
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