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[Elysian]

Radiator is fitted. Took some cutting, welding, priming, Plastidipping, and trimming but I'm pretty happy with the fitment.






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[Elysian]

Another big day working on the BMW... Started the final oil pan mods.



I had to chop the bottom off to remove the extra 1 5/8"/41mm of sheet metal that was hanging below...

[Elysian]

Trap doors arrived. These will finish out the oil pan mods.

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[Elysian]

Oil cooler, dual oil filter relocation kit,, Motorcraft oil filters, and Wilwood clutch hydraulic reservoir arrived. Oil pan trap doors should be here tomorrow.


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[Elysian]

Not surprised you're considering dropping the "budget" part of the title No such thing as a budget big power build in these cars, so much has to be reengineered

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[Elysian]

Dropped the upper intake manifold off with the guy who runs the fabrication shop at work. He's going to cut a flange out of 1/2" aluminum that he'll then TIG weld to the stock throttlebody flange,...

[Elysian]

Love the 3d printed ring tool.

[Elysian]

I accidentally stepped on it, so was fortuitous ...

[Elysian]

That's largely similar to how I've been going about it. I usually block off a morning where I figure I'll work on it for a few hours, then a few hours turns into 9-10 because I'm having fun.
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[Elysian]

Good progress. I hate those little bolts on the rotors.

[Elysian]

Yes, the Terminator X Max supports drive by wire out of the box....

[Elysian]

Got quite a lot done today. Started off by removing the motor and working on the clearance in the tunnel, finally got it to where there is no rubbing, and the motor is as far back to the firewall as it...

[Elysian]

Today is a great day.

The Holley Terminator X Max kit has arrived!






I also received the drive by wire throttlebody, the drive by wire pedal...

[Elysian]

Euro grills and headlights came in today.

Starting to think about what I'm going to do for the paint, and thinking a wrap might not be a bad idea for the near term. Red, of...

[Elysian]

The barrels I need to make my wheels wider arrived today:



Inspiration:

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[Elysian]

Project creep is gonna be my doom

Decided I want drive by wire... Which isn't even an option for Fords because the Holley Terminator X Max only supports GM throttlebodies and pedals......

[Elysian]

I've got an Ireland Engineering sway bar kit. I've looked at several different variants of the flipped swaybar. I'm going to get the suspension in place and figure out where the bar needs to sit, then...

[Elysian]

Motor and trans are back in, though they will come out again as there's still some rubbing unfortunately. That's my fault for using a non-standard T5 (from the 3.8l V6 Mustang instead of a V8 Mustang...