Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:39 pm
The hood closes, and nothing hangs lower than the frame. Not so tall after all!
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:40 pm
Next up is motor mounts, it's just blocked in position for the photo.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:19 am
Step by step, that's how we climb mountains eh? Keep up the good work!
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:29 pm
Quite the project, but you seem up for it!
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:01 pm
I hope I'm up for loads of metal work too because I just found this under the cowl.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:44 am
Mike, that will be a quick and easy job to cut the rusty metal out and weld new in once you saw out the spot welds holding the cowl to the firewall and the inner fenders.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:18 pm
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:14 am
My engine hoist is occupied with another job so I started tinkering with another idea. I cut some width out of it already and will be cutting some height out of the middle as well.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:23 pm
Still a little more tweaking to do but I like the look so far.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:55 am
Update. The project isn't dead but it's changing directions. The Ecoboost is going into a 66 Bronco and I'm going to look for a SR20 or K24 for the Datsun.
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:36 pm
Hey Mike, I'm curious what caused the switch from the EcoBoost to one of the more standard motor swaps? I've been thinking about the EcoBoost as a crazier swap option but if you hit a roadblock that makes it a bad idea I'd love to know!
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:14 am
No road blocks, it was still very completable and I might still find another 2.0 or 2.3 ecoboost for it depending how things shake out. I just want the Bronco done more right now.rbhenderson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:36 pm Hey Mike, I'm curious what caused the switch from the EcoBoost to one of the more standard motor swaps? I've been thinking about the EcoBoost as a crazier swap option but if you hit a roadblock that makes it a bad idea I'd love to know!
Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:40 am
Looks like Ecoboost is back on the menu, I scored another prepped standalone harness/ecu yesterday.