Been busy the last 2 days, getting ready to paint my firewall, and man it looks like im parting the car out, as much stuff Ive taken off

Well A/C is history, my IC is thicker than hell and probally wont have room for it with the AC there , I mounted the oil cooler and working with placement on the IC. I had it mounted once but I had the AC stuff in the way and it was kinda crooked so anyways heres some pics

 

Another one

Oil cooler mounting

Let me know if this placement looks ok?

 

Homemade blocking plates I really suck in the custom fabrication department so bear with me

 

are you going to try to mount the ic in front? i guess you could tilt it forward depending on the size. i can't wait to see this monstrosity this weekend.

 

by the way, i have access to the plasma torch here. if you want i'll bring in my calipers, etc and draw up that opening and have it cut with the torch.

 

what color u paintin the fw , Im going with high gloss black with blue accents

oil cooler loos great (how are you mounting custom mounts?)

keep us informed

 

My grand dad has a plasma cutter , thanks tho

Im gonna paint this thing before I mount anything up there... Thats the big next step and sanding is a pain in the ***!!!! I hate it ...

 

From this angle, it looks great.

 

I made the mounts outta just flat weldable steel you get from lowes, it was 3/4" wide and about 4 feet long, just cut and bend the way you need it

Its a shame I cant work on the car today, I got a 95 Lincoln Mark VIII in the garage now, its getting a Viper Alarm/Remote start, excelon cd player, 5 band kenwood EQ, 2 Excelon amps, 6 speakers in the factory location, a 10 disc changer, and got to build a box for 2 15 JL w3's So Im gonna be busy rest the day and half the nite

By the way, the FW will be painted yucky old Tender Blue Mettalic I think on the car tho Im gonna add some silver or blue pearl to it then maybe I will like it... Everyone knows Im not a fan of tender blue

 

Thanks for the compliment but I still suck at it, and see the OLE mikey trademark? HINT: Hylomar I love that ****, too bad they dont make twizzler's in that color

 

Must be nice to have the knowledge to install all that and still done by the end of the day.

 

Well about 10 to 11 hour job, and I get $500 cash

So its worth it.. I have to work fast Im the only installer our store has. So I got to be FAAAASSSSTTT.

Well anyways, Im done eating, its time to go back to work. See you guys tonite

 

haha, need a sidekick?

 

That monster is beautiful....man, I wish I could afford one...

 

Mike, it is looking good. Give yourself some needed credit. You are doing a great job.

I just thought about it and you know what? With you having a Mark VIII at your house with your RX-7's, you just about duplicate my fleet!!

Weird wild stuff.

On a side note, so much for my plan to meet you, Jeremy, and V8kilr this weekend. Boss sprung working on Saturday on me, so now I am off today (Thursday). Not enough time to go to Eddyville, come back to Owensboro, and then race in Indiana. Guess I will have to just autox in Lexington on Sunday, and hope to catch everyone next time.

Later,
James

 

Well the Lincoln wasnt mine Just an install appt. I got a 2003 surburban now, Im doing 2 mono block alpine amps, 2 audiobahn 18"s, 3 tvs (1 in the overhead aftermarket console), DVD w/navigation, 4ch alpine amp, seperates front and rear. Lot of work to do, this will probally be a week long job, so Ill be busy too

I catch ya at one of the meets this summer hopefully. Thanks for the kind words, I dont give my self credit sometimes, well at least I wont be one to brag