1988 GT w/Terminator Swap

[john mac]

mosly stock build, planning on putting the miles on her.. all street with a/c. ported eaton, dunne rite performance harness, built 4r70w. stock 03 k member with PA performance chromoly spring cup fox length control arms. glenns performance fox body fuel tank to house 03 04 dual cobra pumps. the old setup.

 

[ModFoxMustangs]

Damn John this looks sick... Very nice and clean...

 

[john mac]

thanks man! hopefully it wont be too long before i can finish her.. i have everything for the swap, besides the tranny, but, its in the freight companies hands now.

 

[ModFoxMustangs]

@john mac keep them pics coming and hopefully nothing goes wrong.. Heard horror stories about freight companies..

 

[john mac]

will do sir! man i hope everything gets here in one or two pieces.. haha ive had tons of stuff freighted to me and have had good luck thus far!

 

[Zvines1290]

thats engine bay is super nice!!!

 

[john mac]

bought these wheels for the fox. 2008 gt50kr 18x9.5.

how she currently looks..

 

[john mac]

 

[Red93stang]

Nice fox John! I'll be paying close attention to your build. I'm doing the same build as you know and I'm sure I will have plenty of questions for you. Are you going to be running the fox interior?

 

[john mac]

hey bud, yea ill be using the fox interior, down to the ol aod shifter. only non oem interior will be the gauge cluster, going with mc machine cluster with autometer's and a innovate g2 wide band. 03 cobra a/c evaporator and a set of Mercedes Benz front seats i made brackets for.

any questions man, just ask. ill post pics and whats going on as i progress. its mostly 100 degrees plus during most the day out here in west texas, so its brutal doing anything out in the shop!

 

[Red93stang]

How did you fit the 03 evaporator? Did you just put it in the fox evap case?

 

[john mac]

what i should have said was fox/sn95 hybrid. used a fox evap and had a ac shop tig weld the cobra evap fittings on. making sure the bends are clocked correctly for the accumulator/hose connections. ive read where the cobra evap will fit, but you have to "clearance a few small places.

here is a pic where a guy clearanced his firewall for the cobra evap and heater core. not sure if it is necessary or not.. some guys use the sn95 heater box, but the easiest way, for me was just make a hybrid evap and call it a day.

 

[Red93stang]

Thanks! I was looking at mine last night and I came to that conclusion as well. I'm going to take it tomorrow to a local mod shop to have him modify the evap connections.

 

[john mac]

well i got the transmission yesterday from the shipping company! sweet! now just waiting on some custom supercharger work. since my last posts, i have changed the blower of choice.. i have purchased a 2014 gt500 tvs unit.

and also upgraded to the ford gt pumps and modified fpdm. cant wait!!

and got the gauges wired up as well!

 

[ModFoxMustangs]

wow, very nice... Can't wait to see the progress..

 

[Svt Fox]

Why not relocate the accumulator under the passenger side fender and run custom lines?

 

[john mac]

true, if i didnt already have the dash back in and mostly complete, i would relocate it to the inner fender. maybe next time, good idea! well a friend
of mine and my brother gave me a couple extra hands to keep from scratching anything with the install. here are some pics!

most of the underbody stuff is finished, only thing i lack is the driveshaft. wiring for the US Shift trans controller is finished, along with dunne rite's harness and instrument cluster. now to work on mounting and hooking up the radiator, condenser, PS cooler, trans cooler and HE. need to order electric fans of some sort. and get the blower back from the machinist!

 

[john mac]

pushed her out of my airplane hangar today to wash her off! a little dusty from being parked in there for the past 3 years. waiting on blower and driveshaft now! last two pieces of the puzzle!

 

[Bill]

I like the looks of the piece holding the radiator. Did you fab it or buy it?

 

[99 big red]

3 years? Oh man I guess I don't feel bad now I'm getting to the 3 year mark with mine as well.
Car looks great!