Foxy Green Foxbody Build

My air cleaner arrived today, but as usual, more fitment issues. I need a dropped base for hood clearance. I have 3 different bases here, and none will work.

The closest fitting one, the top of the filter itself rides on the choke linkage and the vent tubes. I originally thought it was only a vent tube problem, but after putting some modeling clay on there to see what was hitting, it's all boogered up.

I bought an air cleaner spacer on Amazon, we'll see if that solves it.

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89 Fox 351 said:
Throttle bracket installed. Since im kind of a whore about neat looking wiring under the hood, i decided to use the underside of the throttle bracket to tuck some wires. I used 5/16 eye bolts and fiberglass heat sleeve to run a few wires.
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I also installed 4AN line for my oil pressure gauge instead of dicking with that plastic tubing that will dry rot. I was going to run copper lines but was advised not to do that either

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the eye bolt idea is slick.
 
Patriot Racer said:
I don't remember, but do you have dropped motor mounts?
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No. Originally tried UPR solid mounts, couldn't get the engine to sit properly, installed OEM convertible mounts. The convertible mounts looked identical in size to UPR.

also to note, my oil pan is only about 1/4" from k member, so any kind of engine drop would screw something else up
 
89 Fox 351 said:
No. Originally tried UPR solid mounts, couldn't get the engine to sit properly, installed OEM convertible mounts. The convertible mounts looked identical in size to UPR.

also to note, my oil pan is only about 1/4" from k member, so any kind of engine drop would screw something else up
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What k-member do you have. Every mustang I've ever had used dropped solid motor mounts and it's close to the oil pan, but clears. Barely, but it clears.

The other option is stop fighting it and get a real cowl hood. Or just cut a hole in that bad boy. :)
 
Patriot Racer said:
What k-member do you have. Every mustang I've ever had used dropped solid motor mounts and it's close to the oil pan, but clears. Barely, but it clears.

The other option is stop fighting it and get a real cowl hood. Or just cut a hole in that bad boy. :)
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UPR K member. I intended on making my own motor mounts but that'll be in the future. Just going to shim transmission instead.
 
For oil pressure use a electrical gauge with pressure sending unit. Those mechanical gauges are a disaster waiting to happen... have seen 1 car burned to the ground because of them
 
Mister3 said:
For oil pressure use a electrical gauge with pressure sending unit. Those mechanical gauges are a disaster waiting to happen... have seen 1 car burned to the ground because of them
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Ive seen one burned because of an electrical one.

I'll stick with all mechanical. I've heard stories of both and I'll let you know if i die
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Why? You damn well know the way this car is going im going to have a catastrophic failure on startup. Trying to prolong my excitement.
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You're saying it's a reactor and we should watch the news for the full China Syndrome melt down.
But don't worry, we are here to help you through these rough patches in life.
 
Attempted to set valve lash today, but there's some weird shit going on. Some of the poly locks sit way deeper than others. The rockers look crooked on a lot of the valves, but the sharpie marks look fine 🤷‍♂️

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Also, a bit of a recap, the last engine builder didn't set lash properly, as i had the intake valve on #1 hanging open.

Today i also found that im pretty positive one of my pushrods weren't seated in the lifter cup.

What in the actual fuck?

I also noticed i have no o-ring on my distributor (and none in the box)
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Attempted to set valve lash today, but there's some weird shit going on. Some of the poly locks sit way deeper than others. The rockers look crooked on a lot of the valves, but the sharpie marks look fine 🤷‍♂️

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Also, a bit of a recap, the last engine builder didn't set lash properly, as i had the intake valve on #1 hanging open.

Today i also found that im pretty positive one of my pushrods weren't seated in the lifter cup.

What in the actual fuck?

I also noticed i have no o-ring on my distributor (and none in the box)
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You'll get it sorted, just take deep breaths
 
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