epiccc win for me tonight!!

wishIhada5.0 · February 8th, 2012, 10:45 PM

So I finally got my cobra tank and pumps in tonight...sounds easy right? Not when you're OCD like me lol I resealed the whole catback, painted it flat black and cleared it up to the weld right behind the hump, then I polished and cleared it back to the tips. I also touched up some undercoating here and there. Im not trying to talk it up but holy shit does this car have clean tin under it! Not even a spec of rust anywhere!

I also took apart the rear brakes and re-painted calipers (red), brackets (gloss black), and rotors (flat black) and then cleared everything. All I have left to do in the back is put the brakes back together, polish the tips, align them and level them.

On to the fun part though...the tank/pumps

Both were bought from the corral, tank from texas and pumps from chicago so needless to say the tank was spotless! I sprayed it flat black just so that bright gray color that it originally was wouldnt stand out like a sore thumb lol The moron that I bought the tank from was either in a rush or a few fries short of a happy meal so he decided to cut all of the hookups off of the evap. system lines that tie in with the existing lines in the car... jagoff

so I had to use the evap. system off of my GT tank...which ended up being ok because the one fitting was in a different spot than the cobra tank anyway and wouldnt have lined up with the rest of my stock GT setup. I must have drawn the short straw in the gene pool with the pumps/hat too. Again the guy was either in a rush, didnt have the right tools, or needs to be beaten because he decided to cut the line that comes out of the hat right as soon as it goes from braided to hard line. I found out quite quickly why he thought that was a good idea...the tangs on the inside of the quick disconnect were bent to hell and back and there was no way at this point that even the propper tools (which I have) to take it apart were even gonna remotely work lol So I ended up taking tin snips and cutting the bell on the fitting right at the hat until I could pull the little tin basket with the retaining tangs on it out. the line came off like butter then...go figure lol

As soon as I tie up the few loose ends back there its on to the cams!

sorry for the long read...Im just excited to be making progress

Ill say what I know at least one person is thinking...... COOL STORY BRO!

NickPohlAandP · February 8th, 2012, 10:48 PM

You painted the exhaust? Cleared your exhaust? Did you use high temp stuff... I hope?

wishIhada5.0 · February 8th, 2012, 10:59 PM

fuck no...I used some interior latex and a brush...should I have used high temp?

(yes I used high temp...im not quite that stupid lol reps for asking the obvious question

)

NickPohlAandP · February 8th, 2012, 11:01 PM

I've never seen clear high temp. I would've gone with the latex and brush LOL

wishIhada5.0 · February 8th, 2012, 11:17 PM

Search: rustoleum | Engine Paint | AutoZone.com

now you have

1996 GT · February 8th, 2012, 11:21 PM

Duplicolour makes it also!

NickPohlAandP · February 8th, 2012, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by wishIhada5.0

Search: rustoleum | Engine Paint | AutoZone.com

Cooooooooooool

number1gt · February 8th, 2012, 11:27 PM

Lol don't we all get excited

wishIhada5.0 · February 8th, 2012, 11:54 PM

its the little things in life..... lol

bullitt02875 · February 9th, 2012, 12:08 AM

I just did this swap also and I'm wondering...where the hell did you put the ground wire on the float? Haha my gas gauge is stuck on low fuel I just okted it right to the hanger that's where they usually go? Any have an idea where it is supposed to go?

Sent from my Autoguide iPhone app

02NightRider · February 9th, 2012, 12:12 AM

Was it the stock tips that you polished?

wishIhada5.0 · February 9th, 2012, 12:13 AM

I couldnt tell ya...I just made sure all the lines were on and secure. I never even thought to look at the grounds or anything on the float...it all looked to be in order and stock as a box of rocks to me

lol

wishIhada5.0 · February 9th, 2012, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by 02NightRider

Was it the stock tips that you polished?

no...magnaflow 3.5" single wall tips...they had some light crap on them from last summer and I never bothered to clean them when I parked it in september

02NightRider · February 9th, 2012, 12:16 AM

Oh, could I polish the stock tips?

They are ugly.

wishIhada5.0 · February 9th, 2012, 12:20 AM

If you wanna take the time to hell yes! 120 to 400 to 600 grit to scotch brite will get you a nice satin finish at the minimum. If they are really shitty start with 80 but thats extreme and its gonna cut in to the tips pretty good. If you want a more polished look just keep using finer and finer paper up until scotchbrite.

02NightRider · February 9th, 2012, 12:25 AM

Yeah I will probably do that one day. Also not sure what this sotchbrite is that you speak of..

number1gt · February 9th, 2012, 12:28 AM

Hmm I wonder about that ground wire, me and my friend installed a 255 pump in his car and now its stuck low feul

wishIhada5.0 · February 9th, 2012, 12:31 AM

Redirect Notice

its like the rough side of a dish sponge

lol

40thGT · February 9th, 2012, 12:36 AM

Any Pictures?

02NightRider · February 9th, 2012, 12:36 AM

Oh ok lol. Thanks for the help bud.

February 8th, 2012, 10:45 PM	#1
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	epiccc win for me tonight!! So I finally got my cobra tank and pumps in tonight...sounds easy right? Not when you're OCD like me lol I resealed the whole catback, painted it flat black and cleared it up to the weld right behind the hump, then I polished and cleared it back to the tips. I also touched up some undercoating here and there. Im not trying to talk it up but holy shit does this car have clean tin under it! Not even a spec of rust anywhere! I also took apart the rear brakes and re-painted calipers (red), brackets (gloss black), and rotors (flat black) and then cleared everything. All I have left to do in the back is put the brakes back together, polish the tips, align them and level them. On to the fun part though...the tank/pumps Both were bought from the corral, tank from texas and pumps from chicago so needless to say the tank was spotless! I sprayed it flat black just so that bright gray color that it originally was wouldnt stand out like a sore thumb lol The moron that I bought the tank from was either in a rush or a few fries short of a happy meal so he decided to cut all of the hookups off of the evap. system lines that tie in with the existing lines in the car... jagoff so I had to use the evap. system off of my GT tank...which ended up being ok because the one fitting was in a different spot than the cobra tank anyway and wouldnt have lined up with the rest of my stock GT setup. I must have drawn the short straw in the gene pool with the pumps/hat too. Again the guy was either in a rush, didnt have the right tools, or needs to be beaten because he decided to cut the line that comes out of the hat right as soon as it goes from braided to hard line. I found out quite quickly why he thought that was a good idea...the tangs on the inside of the quick disconnect were bent to hell and back and there was no way at this point that even the propper tools (which I have) to take it apart were even gonna remotely work lol So I ended up taking tin snips and cutting the bell on the fitting right at the hat until I could pull the little tin basket with the retaining tangs on it out. the line came off like butter then...go figure lol As soon as I tie up the few loose ends back there its on to the cams! sorry for the long read...Im just excited to be making progress Ill say what I know at least one person is thinking...... COOL STORY BRO! __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer Last edited by wishIhada5.0; February 9th, 2012 at 12:28 AM.

February 8th, 2012, 10:48 PM	#2
NickPohlAandP I like boobs!!! 2000 GT convertible dunno Join Date: May 2011 Location: Brooklet, GA Posts: 2,827 iTrader: 2 reviews	You painted the exhaust? Cleared your exhaust? Did you use high temp stuff... I hope? __________________ Last time you voted to prove you aren't racist. This time prove you're not an IDIOT!!! My Garage--->http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...-member-46919/

February 8th, 2012, 10:59 PM	#3
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	fuck no...I used some interior latex and a brush...should I have used high temp? (yes I used high temp...im not quite that stupid lol reps for asking the obvious question ) __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

February 8th, 2012, 11:01 PM	#4
NickPohlAandP I like boobs!!! 2000 GT convertible dunno Join Date: May 2011 Location: Brooklet, GA Posts: 2,827 iTrader: 2 reviews	I've never seen clear high temp. I would've gone with the latex and brush LOL __________________ Last time you voted to prove you aren't racist. This time prove you're not an IDIOT!!! My Garage--->http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...-member-46919/

February 8th, 2012, 11:17 PM	#5
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	Search: rustoleum \| Engine Paint \| AutoZone.com now you have __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

February 8th, 2012, 11:21 PM	#6
1996 GT Traction...? 1996 GT/ 2008 GT Vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,207 iTrader: 0 reviews	Duplicolour makes it also!

February 8th, 2012, 11:27 PM	#8
number1gt Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 mustang gt Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,896 iTrader: 1 reviews	Lol don't we all get excited __________________ Rock stock

February 8th, 2012, 11:54 PM	#9
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	its the little things in life..... lol __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

February 9th, 2012, 12:08 AM	#10
bullitt02875 Regular 2001 Bullitt Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 108 iTrader: 0 reviews	I just did this swap also and I'm wondering...where the hell did you put the ground wire on the float? Haha my gas gauge is stuck on low fuel I just okted it right to the hanger that's where they usually go? Any have an idea where it is supposed to go? Sent from my Autoguide iPhone app __________________ 01 DHG Bullitt Stroked, Forged & Blown Built Rear, Viper T56, Suspension, Drag Radials 374.6 rwhp 374.4rwtq @ 4.6L 10psi Now 5.1 and 15psi, no idea on the numbers!!

February 9th, 2012, 12:12 AM	#11
02NightRider MM's Slowest Member :( 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 905 iTrader: 0 reviews	Was it the stock tips that you polished?

February 9th, 2012, 12:13 AM	#12
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	I couldnt tell ya...I just made sure all the lines were on and secure. I never even thought to look at the grounds or anything on the float...it all looked to be in order and stock as a box of rocks to me lol __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

February 9th, 2012, 12:16 AM	#14
02NightRider MM's Slowest Member :( 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 905 iTrader: 0 reviews	Oh, could I polish the stock tips? They are ugly.

February 9th, 2012, 12:20 AM	#15
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	If you wanna take the time to hell yes! 120 to 400 to 600 grit to scotch brite will get you a nice satin finish at the minimum. If they are really shitty start with 80 but thats extreme and its gonna cut in to the tips pretty good. If you want a more polished look just keep using finer and finer paper up until scotchbrite. __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

February 9th, 2012, 12:25 AM	#16
02NightRider MM's Slowest Member :( 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 905 iTrader: 0 reviews	Yeah I will probably do that one day. Also not sure what this sotchbrite is that you speak of..

February 9th, 2012, 12:28 AM	#17
number1gt Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 mustang gt Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,896 iTrader: 1 reviews	Hmm I wonder about that ground wire, me and my friend installed a 255 pump in his car and now its stuck low feul __________________ Rock stock

February 9th, 2012, 12:36 AM	#19
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February 9th, 2012, 12:31 AM	#18
wishIhada5.0 April 2012 ROTM 2002 GT, True Blue, Stick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: About an hour east of Pittsburgh Posts: 4,083 iTrader: 0 reviews	Redirect Notice its like the rough side of a dish sponge lol __________________ True blue crew founder/member #1 378/442 rwhp/rwtqon a Mustang dyno cams are in..#'s coming this summer

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