How Cool Two

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

With the hot weather generally staying with us in the UK the we had a loyal customer brought his pride and joy back into us with a requirement for a little extra cooling which we will get to shortly. We are starting to upload some videos to the WebShop to show the parts working like the our LED indicator lamps which can be found here. We are expecting more of these to be uploaded shortly. Thanks to one of our regular customers who asked for a video if we had one, so we thought – lets add them to the WebShop so everybody can see.

Customer Cars

We recently custom built a performance engine for a customer who has brought it back to us for its first full service with an additional request for some ‘extra cooling’. There area number of things that can be done, the first being the radiator. The more rows the radiator has the better the cooling as more air is drawn over the pipes. We removed the old radiator along with the shroud and battery tray as the new radiator wouldn’t fit with the standard battery tray.

The radiator was straight forward along with the new shroud.

There are few other things that can be done to help with the cooling, like better fan blades, bigger fan blades, spacing of the fan to the radiator, water pumps, coolant type etc. depending on what your engine needs and budget of course.

Did You know?

Every now and again when we sell a new radiator fan get asked, “Why are the fan fins set a disproportionate distances?” The answer is quite simple – noise. The uneven spacing changes the harmonics and makes it more pleasing to the ear. The uneven spacing of the blades doesn’t make any difference to the efficiency of the air flow if you’re wondering.

’68 Coupe Braking issues

A customer had asked us to sort out the braking issues on their car after a new master cylinder had been fitted by another garage. Nothing wrong with that of course, as long as they know what they are doing. It became obvious that this garage didn’t and this setup could have been quite dangerous in a real emergency.

The brake lines were fitted the wrong way round. The picture on the left below is how it was plumbed in by the other garage, on the right is the correct fitting along with some of Yogi’s signature plumbing. The new lines not only look better as they fill the void, but they are higher quality lines with new fittings.

If you’re unsure – DON’T mess with brakes. That’s all we can say on this one. check that the garage you are taking your pride and joy to actually know what they are doing. Needless to say that the car now stops how it should do after a couple of little adjustments were made. Another happy customer. 🙂

’69 Stop & Go

Here we have Lance’s car into us for some more little tweaks, although he did say he wasn’t happy as he got caught in shower on the way to us and the car got wet. Although we think it was just an excuse for him to get the cleaning stuff out again!

The car already has an Holley Sniper kit fitted and he loves it. What we fitted now is a new throttle linkage to keep the throttle cable straight, just because he can. This should give a slightly smoother feel to the loud pedal.

With the throttle sorted, we also fitted a Radium fuel pulse dampener and a billet Holley ten micron fuel filter.

All well and good having the performance there, but it’s always advisable to match the power with the appropriate stopping power. With that in mind Lance went for EBC Redstuff performance brake pads.

His old pads were removed although they had little wear on them.

Now that the new pads have been fitted we have already been told by Lance, ‘after the pads bedded in, there was a noticeable difference to the stopping power for sure.’

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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How Cool?

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

As the hot weather continues in the UK we had a timely special order arrive and spent a couple of days fitting it. We have a sold a couple of these air con units in the past and had the car trailered back to us shortly after for us to complete the install for them.

Customer Cars

A ’65 fastback was due an upgrade for a bit of cool air inside the car. This is not the most straight forward of processes as there are lots of steps involved.

First up the radiator needs to be drained and an ideal time to check the quality of the coolant, if it’s even remotely dirty, or hasn’t been changed for a few years now is the time replace it.

The centre console has to be carefully removed as they can become brittle. Removing the inside of the glove box can make life easier when removing the heater matrix box. Dislodge the cowl rubber collar as they are more often than not stuck in place.

The heater pipes can either be cut or uncoupled from the engine block as they need to be pulled through the firewall as they are attached to the heater matrix inside the heater box. There are four studs and nuts that hold the blower motor motor for the heater box in place under the dash.

The aircon kit has just one or two bits to fit.

There is a knack to fitting these kits, so we won’t be giving all our secrets away. The unit will bolt into the same place as the original unit, but this time the heater matrix will come through the firewall.

We have our own reinforced compressor bracket which we use as it’s a bit more substantial. The unit can be a awkward t get in place and bolt into place on your own. Route the pipes round the back of the engine ready to be fitted to the pump unit.

Next up is the radiator and the plumbing. The good thing is that these old cars already have the space to be fitted and cut outs, so it’s just a case of bolt them into place.

Condensor and the rest of the pipework to go in place then the wiring to integrated into the wiring loom. If there is a standard two-belt crank pulley system that will need to be swapped for a three-belt system. The belts will need to aligned up so that they run true to the centre of the grooves.

Ducting under the dash for the airflow isn’t too bad making sure that you don’t kink or split the pipes. The coolant radiator can be refitted and plumbed back, mix the correct antifreeze and purge the system of air.

Finally fill the system with the refrigerant and test. The car was taken on a road test to make sure the compressor was working as it should and the belts seat correctly on the pulleys. On the odd occasion the radiator fan may need to be upgraded if the air being pulled through both radiators isn’t enough. So far it looks OK with the fresh coolant mixture. The final look of the kit doesn’t look wrong or out of place in the engine bay.

As these cars only tend to come out in the nice weather, having a working cold aircon unit makes for driving these cars that little bit more comfortable.

Stay Safe & Keep Cool!

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Trust Us

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

We’re back this week after a week off for the UK’s Father’s Day, although the work didn’t stop in the workshops. After we had posted about the phenolic carb spacers and the benefits of low heat transfer we have sold out, but more are on order and we should get some within the next delivery. We have had a couple of emails to say that the spacers have helped with hot starting since they have been fitted. We would say that if you are fitting a 1″ spacer, make sure there is clearance under the hood first.

Customer Cars

The ’67 has come along as planed and no problems that we haven’t seen before which are simple enough to fit. We have a few little tricks for panel fitting, we can’t possibly divulge on how we get these sheet metal panels together like a satisfying Lego kit. We take measurements twice and fit once.

The trunk drop offs on the rear chassis legs are tack welded into place then the inner and outer wheel arches fitted.

With the wheel arches welded into place, the rear quarters are test fitted and they fitted fine with only a minor tweaks to be made, which we expected from experience.

All sheet metal is the fully welded and spot welded where it should be, with Yogi doing his thing.

The rear quarters and rear light panel dry fitted and ready for the full welding.

Our Intellectual Property:

We’re are not sure if we have had one person sending us multiple emails from different accounts, or the emails are genuine asking for us to post our tracking settings for the classic Mustangs. Sure you can get them from various websites, but remember one thing. Those settings were for USA roads and the tyres of the day. We have taken considerable time and effort to get the tracking right for the UK roads and modern tyres. We are very sorry as we have mentioned in the past, it’s not something we are going to share as it’s our hard work, trial and error to get them right. Posting those tracking settings would be like Coca Cola posting their recipe! If you get the wheels aligned properly, it will make a big difference.

Trust Pilot:

Mustang Maniac can now be rated on Trust Pilot. There are a couple of five star reviews on there at the moment, but it shows an average of 3.7 stars. Even our most basic maths deems that to be wrong. There must be a reason for it somewhere. We try our best and if you think we do, show us some support.

Pets and hot weather:

Don’t leave your dogs in the car even for a few minutes. You know how hot it gets when you get in a car after it has been in the sun for a while. Imagine sitting in that car with a fur coat on and no air. The temperature of a hot car can reach as much as 40°C when outside temperatures hits just 21°C, posing significant risks to a dog’s health and wellbeing.

If you see a dog in a car that is in distress, try to locate the owner, if they can’t be found. You should call the police or an emergency hotline such as the RSPCA’s 24-hour cruelty line – 0300 1234 999 to report the situation. If the dog is looking critical try to open the door, but the dog could be in distress and lash out. As a last resort smash the window to save the dog. BUT, it is not legal to smash a window as it would be classed as criminal damage. Yes, you could argue the case in court, but you can’t take it for granted that it was the right thing to do.

Stay Safe & keep your pets Safe!

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Hot Stuff

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

The hot weather has finally landed at the Mustang Maniac yard which we are pleased about. Yet heat can have a negative affect on fuel in a carb system, which we will get to a little later.

The yard is getting another tidy up to make space and a little bit or reorganisation. Some of the sheet metal storage has been moved around again, not a quick job as you can’t afford to damage it, and the storage also needs to be a controlled environment to stop rust.

Customer Cars

The warm weather makes rust coating much easier as the windows are open, a fresh breeze for ventilation and drying. All makes things dry much faster.

The ’67 fastback is getting the red oxide coats to stop rust appearing from the inside out.

We’re almost at the point for fresh metal to be welded and brazed in place. Then the slow process of paint prep.

Wheel Maitenance

When you have your rear brakes changed or adjusted make sure there is grease where it should be. These shoes are designed to move on the rear plates, the heavy metal on metal could make an unwanted groove as the picture below would start to show. The correctly grease will also ensure that the brakes don’t seize. The last thing you want on any car.

Here the grease is applied where it should be, not on the shoes faces themselves!

Rough Running

We have a loyal customer bring their car into us for rough running issue and and a possible starter motor. We had a look at the carb and adjustments, that soon told us that the carb was worn and we couldn’t hold a stable setting. We removed the carb to find that the gasket needed replacing as well. We have also swapped out the smaller metal spacer for a phenolic heat resistant 1″ spacer. These spacers help to prevent heat from the hot engine being transferred to the carb which can cause fuel evaporation. These 1″ spacers help with a smoother air fuel mixture, which in turn helps with more power and mid range torque in the four barrel hole configuration.

With the new shiny Edelbrock carb chosen click here, it was fitted and tuned for the for the 1″ spacer, purchased here. The owner will notice a smoother power delivery while driving with this new improved setup.

The car now sits at a nice stable idle, when we took her out for a quick road test, there is a much more positive feel to the power band. This wasn’t a cheap fix, but a gradual loss of performance is difficult to detect as you become accustomed to it.

Remember:

If you’re out in the hot sun don’t forget the sun screen, and keep an eye on the pets for any dehydration symptoms.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Future Of A Car Show

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

Last week there was no blog as we were at the Enfield Pageant of Motoring our local show. In the couple of days we were there was some confusion around who was delegated to taking the photos of the show. This only came to light when we were preparing this post and asked for the pics – as a result we have none of this show, which is a bit of a balls up to say the least. We are putting it down to the fact that we had a great time in the nice weather, no rain for a change and we had lots of people to talking with us. We had some customers showing their cars with us, our cars and some new visitors that came to see us. We even had a couple of people trying to buy cars of us at the show. So a big thanks to everybody who stopped by and said hello.

It looks like that the Enfield Pageant in that location could be the last one after 44 years. Thanks to the London mayor Sadiq Khan, Sad D!ck Can’t has decided he wants to expand the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) as far out to Enfield and more. So the revenue that the massively popular show brings in to the community will be lost from that location. Who will want to pay £12.50 just to drive to the show, then pay another £5 to enter with their car? Even worse if you turn up with four adults in a car for a day out, that’s £10 each + the £12.50 which will probably be more next year anyway. All of a sudden it becomes an expensive day out. The ULEZ is being expanded to cover pretty much all inside the M25.

The initial reason for the ULEZ is that the air pollution is bad from vehicles. We suspect that more people are dying everyday due to knife crime, drugs, gang killings or grooming gangs than there are people dying from car emissions. Perhaps Sad D!ck should concentrate on sorting out his out of hand crime wave, and leave the cash cow motorist alone. We would be interested to see what you guys think about the ULEZ and it’s proposed expansion is effectively killing of car shows. Would you go if you had to pay the extra charges? It goes up all the time, where does the money actually go? We are seriously thinking will it be worth it going forward. Perhaps we should get a big car transporter, wedge as many cars on there as we can and pay once.

Park & Pic

‘The Onion’ was back with us Saturday morning, just to pop in and say hello and have a cup of tea with us. She’s still looking and sounding as good as ever. We asked the owner about his FiTech as he has had it for a fair while now. He said “All the thousands of miles I have done so far, it hasn’t missed a beat. One of the best upgrades I have put on it.” Our thoughts on these kits is exactly same, they are getting better as the software matures and they self learns over time.

Customer Cars

The ’67 is having the back end stripped away and looks like we have found some good metal. The car has been in the UK since it was new, so it has been exposed to some rather harsh elements over the years in the UK.

The rear chassis rails are good, but the drop off metal wasn’t. We will treat all the surfaces with red oxide as we usually do to prevent rust worm going forward.

So now we have a good idea of the starting point, we just need to tidy up before we start to put the metal back together again.

The irony of this picture?

We have literally swept many cars up this way, and this certainly won’t be the last. Some of the metal was in a pretty bad way.

Adam took a quick video clip of the thin tin, noting that ‘That’s gone a bit thin then, looks like we might need a new panel!’

With a lot of new sheet metal being required we delved into our own little stock pile.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Check Up

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we have had a car in for a a repair and sold parts for a similar problem. We’re talking rubber fuel lines that perish with the nasty E10 fuels forced on us. Here are a couple of facts about the storage life of the ethanol added petrol. When E10 is stored under shelter in a sealed container it will last one year. Once a seal is broken the fuel has a storage life of six months at 20°C or three months at 30°C. Here is the worrying part; the storage life of petrol in equipment fuel tanks or your car – is one month! When your car has been standing over the winter, the Ethanol content of the fuel will start to break down the rubber and seals that are in contact with the fuel, especially on older rubber.

We strongly recommend you check all rubber fuel hoses for damage before driving after a long period of hard standing. Once the system has fuel being pumped around you could develop a leak, depending on where the leak is, you could end up with a fire in your pride and joy’s engine bay. Or you could end up with a a rather large puddle of standing fuel which has all sorts of consequences of its own.

We suggest that if your fuel lines are looking old, cracked or damaged in any way what so ever – replace them. We stock Ethanol proof fuel lines 3/8″ here or 5/16″ here. Once the hoses have been changed to the ethanol proof style rubber, the E10 fuel should be fine in your car, apart from maybe a little timing if your car is sensitive to the ethanol.

Customer Cars

The ’67 Fastback that is having new rear quarters has been stripped back even more. We could end up taking the back completely off the car if we can’t find a solid starting point for the rebuild.

Obviously when we replace the quarters we put them back how they are supposed to be fitted, braised. We will bring you those pictures nearer the time.

The rear light panel has seen better days and the dreaded rust worm has had a field day at the joints. Nothing we haven’t seen before and she will be as good as new again. This type of work is time consuming and the attention to details, even those you can’t see makes the difference a few years down the line.

WebShop

We have started to get a few of our original Carbs refurbished ready for sale or fitting a little later on to our projects. This particular carb 4100 has been fully reconditioned for a customer and will run as good as new. The brief was to keep it’s patina so it didn’t look our o place going back into the rat style engine bay.

As they are a loyal supporting customer we obliged and got it done for them. The customer was happy as it arrived sooner than we expected back to our offices. The bonus was it arrived neatly packaged with one of our own ready for stock.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Holding His Own

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

A short post this week as we didn’t have Yogi in the workshops. On Friday this week the boys came out to play for the Mustang Owners Club who had arranged the annual and private race day at Santa Pod. Yogi again got a couple more trophies for his collection with a best time of 11.2seconds for standing 1/4 mile on the day. Yogi thought there was more in the car, but yet again the traction issues from launch are still there. The weather was not kind and rain stopped play before he had the chance to try some different launch techniques. Well done Yogi.

We do have a video of his run against a modern Mustang. What would you rather have; a modern or a classic that can still hold its own on a drag strip some forty decades later?

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Our Crown

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

With all the royal coronation all but over and done with in the UK, we had a slightly quieter day in the offices on Saturday. This gave Adam a chance to get out some new stock blocking up the waiting area of the offices. He hadn’t had time to update the stock on the WebShop stock lists when they came in, but should now be up to date as you read this. We also had a few emails this week after we mentioned that we have some sheet metal, as we said before – yes we do have a stock. However the sheet metal is for our select trade members, our customer car projects or our own projects. We have to thank a customer we shall call Adrian, for his kind offer to swap his kidney in exchange for a 67 front fender. We did decline, as we think he would need it for a stiff drink after he finds out the cost of one now days compared to pre Covid prices!

Customer Cars

A customer wanted a replacement engine for his ’65 Tribute. This engine is “warmed up a bit” as Adam described it, and we don’t mean by temperature. The heads are made by AFR along with a couple of ‘other bits’ too.

He will certainly notice the difference that’s for sure. Like all our rebuilt engines we gently run them in, checking temps and some timing for stability. All on our engine test bench, although it’s not a bench exactly more of a movable rig.

Clutch Adjustment

A couple of weeks ago we posted about a clutch judder issue that we were going to have a look at. We found that a dowl had been missing and an element of play had crept in. A replacement set of dowls we have could have been taken straight off the shelf, but we needed something else.

We have these dowl pins which have an 0.007″ offset which are adjusted by an Allen key. These pins are a must for easier alignment when installing the bellhousing on your engine block. They contribute to fewer shifter problems and maximum life for your bearings and transmission. They can be found here, or if you have bigger issues the 0.014″ pins here.

They did what we expected and hugely helped the clutch issue. The conclusion in this case is that 0.007 of an inch is important and size does does matter for offset.

Our Cars

At the same time the customer’s 302 was being rebuilt we had one of our own 302s being restored at the same time, both were delivered back to us at the same time. So while the customer’s engine was being being run in and checked, we prepped our own for the same process. Again we broke the engine in with an hour or so monitored running in on our test rig. We know our engine looks a mess with old valve covers and our old test shorty headers etc, Once we want to use it, we will then paint it and add all the nice bits back on it, or maybe what a customer wants. For now though, it’s off to storage in our Aladdin’s cave of engines.

WebShop

During the week we had a customer pop into the offices for an order pick for the first time. The customer had seen our WebShop service obviously, but didn’t expect to see the extent of our stock as Adam and the customer went of to get the bits from the yard storage areas. As Adam prepared his bill, the customer was having a cup of tea and chat where he said, “you need to call yourselves WebSupermarket not a WebShop”. He spent more than he expected too with us, which is always a risk when you see just what we have on the shelf(s). He walked out with a big smile on his face and large box of parts.

New in stock is the ‘Enos range’ of starter motors from Wai which can be found here. They are currently on special offer with the best part of £55 off, grab one before Adam changes his mind!

We have some direct replacement lightweight aluminium four pot calipers for 64 – 67. If you have an aftermarket drum conversion, or 68 – 73 single pot calipers they should fit too. Please check before you buy, or drop us an email with a picture of your brakes and year, we should be able to advise you on compatibility.

Our Holley Sniper carbs and K&N filters now need their own spaces. Along with the standard classic filters, we now also stock K&N for 1994 to 2014 cars too.

Speaking of our new King Charles III coronation, we like to think of ourselves as the the King of Mustang Parts in the UK.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

(Our Stay Safe & Take Care message this week is a special golden crown colour!)

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A Decade On

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we are celebrating a whopping ten years of blogging. We were informed by WordPress that it was our ten year anniversary, we hadn’t given the blogging time scales much thought to be fair, as it’s now deep within the Mustang Maniac ethos, we show you what we do. This is our five hundred and sixty second post, an achievement for any blog. So we thank our behind the scenes media team that look after our Website, Blog and our social media activities. Above all, a big thank you to all our readers, followers and customers for being with us on this evolving journey, here’s to the next ten years.

We have had a delivery of stock where Adam has been appointed as another authorised supplier, that of course means even more choice for our customers. With the May bank holiday tomorrow in the UK and the King Charles III coronation we have a couple of short weeks to look forward to, not that anything Mustang Maniac stops behind the scenes. The WebShop will still be open, but there could be delays with postage.

Customer Cars

We have a ’67 in with us from a loyal customer that needs the next phase of work doing to it. Previously we sorted out the front end for various issues including the dreaded metal worm, now we are working on the back end.

The reason is that there are some rust spots getting worse that didn’t look right or feel right to the touch. We had been given the go ahead to strip down and see what lurks beneath the skin. We already knew that we are going to replace the rear quarters on each side before we started. The quarters were very thin with some tell tale spots under the paint bubbling up and that always means trouble in our experience.

As the layers were stripped away it became clear that there has been some previous attempts to repair the car.

What we didn’t cater for was the bits of fibre glass falling out exposing more than we expected. But, our first gut reaction something wasn’t quite right was confirmed.

By the time you patch and fabricate the the new metal, it’s just as just as cost effective and better in the long run to swap out for new metal. Yes we have a supply of sheet metal, but most of it has already been allocated to future jobs coming up.

The inner wheel housings also needs to be replaced for the same patchwork repairs, the same on both sides.

We had to keep going further and further back into the panels to find out where the bad metal finished.

With the back of the car’s outer skin removed we exposed the trunk drop off’s which will need to replaced as well.

Working towards the front on the sills we removed more and more bad metal.

The sills weren’t the worst we have seen by a long way. But, a structural part of the car needs to be very sound for any repairs to be made to them. It’s also easily visible where the fibre glass has been attached.

These repairs will require some old school fabrication and some Yogi magic. As we have said many times before on our posts – nothing we haven’t seen before and nothing that can’t be fixed.

We will bring more updates on this little lady as we go along.

WebShop

Adam has joined forces with BlueCol to supply their products, click here for the link. The first batch of stock has arrived with us and the WebShop has been updated.

Just because it says antifreeze, these products also act as a coolant too.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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All Fired Up

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we’ve had a customer ask us if we could customise some parts for them to be a little different but also be practical. The results we got back from our platers were impressive (as always) and now we have started to stock them as standard. How many parts suppliers will do that for their customers? We are open to suggestions and if it’s viable for customers the chances are we could end up stocking the item too.

Customer Cars

Holley Sniper EFI

The 460ci has now had the Sniper kit fully installed, wired up and fired up. The team completed the install and had a turn key fire up.

The whole system has intelligent learning which adapts to your particular style of driving. However, the initial timings have to be setup to be within tolerances of what the EFI system can adjust. There is a wiring loom to be integrated, so you need to read the manual carefully if you are going to self install this kit. Once you have fired up the engine the little control screen which is inside the car will adjust all sorts of things, timing, dwell, idle, air fuel mixtures etc. In fact the settings can be adjusted by 0.1deg for the timing, it’s that accurate. Lance took the car for a spin and noted there was “some refinements that could be made on the first run”. He pulled over in a quiet spot, changed a couple of bits and repeated the high speed pull again, within speed limits of course. The small adjustment made all the difference to how he wanted the car to behave. To quote, “I knew it was going to be good, but I didn’t realise just how good, in fact I don’t have to get out the car to adjust anything now. The only down side is that I have had to learn a lot about engine settings to make sense of what I might be adjusting”.

If you want a classic ’64 – ’93 Mustang with modern technology, click here for the link.

Clutch Issue

This little lady has just come back from South Africa after some time trial events. The problem was noted that there was a little bit of clutch judder. The only was to check it out properly is to drop the gearbox out (not literally), and have a look to see what is going on. From the initial inspection all looks acceptable with the clutch, pressure plate etc. Things were a little grubby on the first look round by eye.

The gearbox feels and looks OK, but just needs a little Mustang Maniac loving considering the mileage and use this car gets, its not surprising. So we will clean up, measure up to see exactly what we got to work with. It could be a case of the clutch just needs some adjustments, nothing we haven’t seen before or we can’t fix.

We checked the bearing which will be a replacement before we check anything else, we have seen worse of course, but this one doesn’t sound the best.

WebShop

From our opening paragraph a good customer of ours had asked for one of our exhaust hanger kits to be zinc plated. We agreed and the results are amazing, but it’s a shame they won’t be seen by most people. Not only does it look great but also has the anti-corrosion properties as well.

The standard kits can be bought here.

Seat Extenders

Our very own design seat extenders have sold well but could they be improved? While we were having the exhaust hangers plated, we thought about getting a set of our seat extenders done at the same time. We liked them so much we are keeping them zinc plated. Again an ideal base to paint them your own colour if you wanted to match the carpet of your car.

You can pick up set of these popular seat extenders here.

Article

DEARBORN, Michigan April 13, 2023 – Ford Performance unveiled the continued evolution of its electric-powered motorsports efforts with the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, an aggressive revision to the NHRA world record-holding Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. It is targeted to best the Cobra Jet 1400’s standing world record for full-bodied electric vehicles in the quarter-mile, 8.128 seconds at 171.97 miles per hour.

In June of 2021, Bob Tasca III drove the Cobra Jet 1400 to its reigning time in Norwalk, Ohio. The vehicle, originally built as a collaborative effort between Ford Performance, MLe Racecars, AEM-EV, Cascadia Motion and Watson Engineering, was then ready for its next challenge.

The Ford Performance led team went back to the drawing board and poured their effort into revisions and upgrades to the chassis, powertrain and control systems. To match this work, Ford Performance brought back the famed Super Cobra Jet name, first offered on 1969 model year Mustangs as an improvement to the standard Cobra Jet package.

“We’re always looking to push ourselves in every corner of the motorsport world,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “Drag racing remains a key proving ground for our products and technology, and we’re excited to not only try to best our own record in the quarter-mile, but to further showcase ongoing development we continue to make across the entire electric vehicle landscape.”

The Super Cobra Jet 1800 utilizes the same four PN-250-DZR inverters coupled to two double-stacked DS-250-115 motor pairings as before, but now attached to a new transmission from Liberty and powered by an entirely redone, lighter weight battery system designed by Ford Performance and MLe Racecars. The power is sent to an MLe Racecars-revised rear end featuring improved suspension geometry from PMR and larger Mickey Thompson drag radials to optimize launches.

The entire dance is managed by Ford Performance proprietary control software running on AEM-EV hardware, with a new data acquisition system, dash and power distribution system all designed in-house.

“Our changes have made significant improvements to the car, including removing hundreds of pounds in weight and increasing horsepower to 1800,” explained Rushbrook.

On top of going for a new full-bodied electric vehicle record, the Super Cobra Jet 1800 will also attempt to claim records for fastest electric vehicle 0-60 mph and fastest two-wheel drive electric vehicle 0-60 during an NHRA event later this season. MLe Racecar’s cofounder and official program test driver Pat McCue is planned to be in the driver’s seat.

Source: https://www.at.ford.com/us/en/home/news-media/news/2023/4/electric-mustang-super-cobra-jet-1800-prototype-targets-new-nhra-world-records-for-electric-vehicles.html

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