White95 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 More! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Car is just sitting at the moment apparently, my friend has changed jobs a few times within the last couple years and hasn't had extra money for the car. I keep prodding him into messing with it again though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 So, after he let the car sit for nearly four years after all that work, I finally wound up buying it off of him Friday and got it tagged and moved over to my house on Monday. Needs tires and a bunch of other stuff, but hopefully I can the tires done Friday and drive it to work Sunday or Monday and start figuring out what else it needs. For now: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 And here's the reupload of the prior pictures, this time in album form: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87683219@N04/sets/72157712657827192/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 it will be nice to see another SN get resurrected and back out on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Prokiller said: it will be nice to see another SN get resurrected and back out on the road! It'll make twice for this particular one lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) So I've got a few things done since the last post. I got the negative battery cable replaced as well as drilled out the broken off hold down bolt and got a new battery hold down installed. Tires have been replaced, wipers replaced, and windows cleaned up a bit. Front driver's side export flare is back on as well as a new fender badge installed to cover up the mounting holes in the fender. Rear seat delete is in and does quite things down a bit when idling around town but there's no real escaping the bullet mufflers and higher revs lol. Also got a replacement ashtray to plug the hole in the console and had to replace the speedometer gears as that was broken as well. Installed a rearview mirror radar mount so my V1 can come along too now. I know there's some crap I'm forgetting and some pictures I need to take, but I've driven it to work a couple times now (70-ish miles round trip) and it's done great so far. In unfortunate news, the Cervinis stalker wing is splitting pretty bad and anything above 65 makes it want to starting splitting in half so I'm going to have to do something about another wing/spoiler soon but figuring out what to do about painting the replacement is going to be a pain as the paint is pretty faded and isn't even a factory color to begin with (was originally a black car, apparently). I may just go ahead and get an S351 and get it painted Performance Red since that's what the car will be redone in eventually anyway and just deal with it being way glossier than the rest of the car for now, but I haven't decided yet... Anyway, here's a few pictures for now until I get around to taking more recent ones: Edited January 28, 2020 by nitroram33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetpilot Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Good to see this car moving under the right direction of its proper owner.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 For now, anyway. We did agree that in the future when he gets things sorted out that he'd have a chance to buy it back should he so desire. It's still his first car, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 So after seeing ReplicaR's Kaenen S351, I decide to go ahead and replace the Stalker that was on there (I'd been considering S351s for a while but didn't want a cheap one). The Kaenen appears to be pretty decent quality and doesn't touch in the center like a lot of them do. The fun part was going to be color matching as the car has an unknown color on it (originally a black car) and whatever it is has badly faded over the years. The plan was to plastidip it for now until the rest of car was ready to be painted. Turns out, flat HEMI Orange plastidip is damn close to whatever color this thing is now. Old wing and it's cracks: Trunk lid is rusting from a lack of seal between the wing and the trunk lid, will probably wind up replacing it at some point in the future: New Kaenen S351 wing in HEMI Orange. Ran out of spray so you can still see a bit of the black that it arrives in when looking at the underside in the rear but it works for now and isn't cracked: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetpilot Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 S351 is a big improvement. Kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, streetpilot said: S351 is a big improvement. Kudos. Thanks! Most things would have been an improvement over the cracked Cervinis... 🤣 $280 shipped from Kaenen for the S351! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 i'm actually really surprised that cervini cracked like that. never seen one of theirs do that before. but the s351 is a better wing either way, no question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Prokiller said: i'm actually really surprised that cervini cracked like that. never seen one of theirs do that before. but the s351 is a better wing either way, no question. As it turns out, if you let it sit still for 12 of the 17 years it's mounted to the car then weird things happen lol.😢 Edited March 23, 2020 by nitroram33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 The rack developed a leak on the driver's side some time over the last couple weeks and poured all the fluid out a hole that I hadn't noticed in the boot. Turns out there was also another hole in the passenger boot as well. So instead of replacing the the seal and boots (and the other seals and the inner tie rods while I was in there), the car got an 03-04 Cobra rack this morning. No pictures, but I have an appointment to align it and then hopefully I finally get a chance to take it to the Dragon since I'm off the next week+ with work being closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 good choice on the rack. tighter ratio isn't a huge difference but its noticeable and makes the driver smoother 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Put it back in the air to take a little toe out of the passenger side for the ride to the alignment shop Thursday and got a quick Cobra rack picture: And a bit of IRS porn for good measure lol: Edited March 24, 2020 by nitroram33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 Newest purchases... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 whoa those are rear brembos too? is that only for an IRS?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, Prokiller said: whoa those are rear brembos too? is that only for an IRS?? They're Front and Rear Brembos off a GT350. The bracket is for putting GT350 front calipers on an S197. I also happen to have a Vintage Venom kit for putting S197 GT500 calipers on an SN95. I'm hoping the two together (not sure material the FTB brackets are, I'd like to weld them together if they're also steel lol) will let the GT350 brakes live on an SN95 or at least let me know how far off I am so I can make my own. I'll have to make brackets for the rear, but that should be pretty easy since they aren't radial mount calipers and then have to sort out a hydraulic hand/parking brake from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 i have a vintage venom kit on mine too so definitely interested in how you make this work. i've been wanting to do rear brembos for years now to match so if you do end up making brackets, i'd be interested in a set myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 In theory, the Vintage venom kit should put the mounting caliper mounting holes at the same location as the S197 and then the FTB bracket should bolt to that with the radial GT350 location. Who knows how that's going to work in practice lol. The rear should be easier since it's essentially just spacing it up a bit and determining how far in/out it needs to move. Parking brake is easy enough with something similar to one of these: https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-Park-Lok-Universal-Hydraulic-Parking-Brake-Line-Lock,1970.html?sku=91031301&utm_medium=CSEGoogle&utm_source=CSE&utm_campaign=CSEGOOGLE&gclid=CjwKCAjw_qb3BRAVEiwAvwq6Vm-aQb-ZjBslYAPjAAwVH65JbjATldmJ0SQrHSDSk-ArcHzXSN4UJxoC89IQAvD_BwE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Calipers showed up Friday, brackets and studs should be here Monday. Now I need to find some used rotors so I can do some testing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Brackets showed up today. No idea what order the brackets will need to go on or which way they'll need to orient until I get a rotor for testing, but at least they bolt together. Also stuck a ruler in the shot for scale lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 any plans for the master cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 19 minutes ago, ttocs said: any plans for the master cylinder? So, interestingly, the SN GT master cylinder and the S550 GT master cylinders are the same size. The Ford kits to put GT350 brakes on other S550s don't change the master cylinder (can't find reliable info on the bore size of the GT350 Master Cylinder), so I'm going to stick with stock and see what happens since I'll be using the GT350 brakes front and rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Ditched the stock console and got a dual-cupholder version from a '98: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 im biased towards the earlier center consoles with the ashtray. i think they look cleaner and the 98 cup colders are useless with a manual lol lookin good tho! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 It's actually not that bad, especially when you're just on the highway going back and forth to work. The factory cup holder was completely useless and that console is now in a landfill somewhere lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 New front rotors showed up today. Now I've got the everything I need either here or ordered except for the rear rotors and a test wheel for the back. Those can wait until winter since I'm still driving it to work a couple days a week lol. New front rotors showed up today. Now I've got the everything I need either here or ordered except for the rear rotors and a test wheel for the back. Those can wait until winter since I'm still driving it to work a couple days a week lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 what size wheel do you need to go over those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, ttocs said: what size wheel do you need to go over those? 19s with enough clearance on the backside of the spokes to clear the calipers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 9/18/2020 at 8:01 AM, nitroram33 said: 19s with enough clearance on the backside of the spokes to clear the calipers. man seems like that would be pretty dang tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 They come with 19s from the factory lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White95 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/15/2020 at 5:07 PM, nitroram33 said: New front rotors showed up today. Now I've got the everything I need either here or ordered except for the rear rotors and a test wheel for the back. Those can wait until winter since I'm still driving it to work a couple days a week lol. New front rotors showed up today. Now I've got the everything I need either here or ordered except for the rear rotors and a test wheel for the back. Those can wait until winter since I'm still driving it to work a couple days a week lol. Holy shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 those rotors are beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 51 minutes ago, Blackmage said: those rotors are beautiful They're also 30 pounds each lol. The actual Ford parts are $280+each and these are aftermarket ones I got for $70-something each for mockup and initial testing. 19+ ones aren't drilled to stop cracking, but when these start to go I'll just buy some Girodiscs and save a few pounds in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 right on man! you'll need some good tread to compliment those brakes now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroram33 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Blackmage said: right on man! you'll need some good tread to compliment those brakes now! These: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Toyo&tireModel=Proxes+R888R&sidewall=Blackwall&partnum=03YR9R888RXL&tab=Sizes On these (with slightly narrower fronts): https://www.americanmuscle.com/rtr-mustang-tech-5-satin-charcoal-wheel-19x105-851sc-9156545.html Is the plan for now. I'll have a second set of the below 19x8.5s with All-Seasons for normal driving too lol: https://www.americanmuscle.com/mustang-magnetic-style-charcoal-wheel-19x85-101897g05.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 mmm that UTQG of 100. I have 180's, and i still over powered the tires with my brakes. Those wheels should look good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
