Coming along....

[mcate]

Hey gang, finally got a little decent weather! Got my exhaust manifolds bolted back on, & everything attached. Got my polished lower IC tube & intake adapter on. (Pic doesn't really do the shine justice) Blower, plenum, throttle body, & top are all ready to go on. Underdrive pulleys & aluminum jackshaft pulley are on. Still waiting on the new intercooler, which should arrive Tuesday or so. Also waiting on my alternator to get back from Mr Alternator in S.C., where it being chromed & rebuilt. And the top 2 tensioners, which are down in Texas getting polished by Wynn Carter. 2 more weeks or so, & she should be on the road!

[Scott Long]

Can't wait to check this car out in person. It looks nice!

[mcate]

Nice Sunday today, so I decided to put the blower in. That inboard EGR bolt is responsible for all the nicks I now have on my hands, but I'm happy to report that it's all in & bolted down tight. Now I'm just waiting for the IC, alternator, & tensioners.

[89SCK@t]

Too much blingage for me!! :cool: Gotta wear the shades. Very nice man. Hope she performs the way you want her too.

Scott - Check your PM's...

Stephen

[mcate]

I'm an old musclecar head from the 70's, the era where it wasn't cool if it didn't shine. I want it to go fast AND look good!

[z90sc]

...Mike .you are gonna love that MP blower.....put mine on yesterday along with the 85mm tbody........we are gonna have some fun!!!!!
z

[mcate]

...Mike .you are gonna love that MP blower.....put mine on yesterday along with the 85mm tbody........we are gonna have some fun!!!!!
z

Man, just be glad you don't have EGR!
I think the mailman tried to deliver my intercooler today, but no one was home. I'll go pick it up tomorrow.

[metalman]

Man...are you guys gonna make me get the AR blower now! Damn :D

Actually, I just spent some loot and upgraded my brakes to the 13" Cobra package and I'm gonna get a set of drilled-slotted stock sized rotors for the rear just to bump them up a notch. If my spring break has good weather, then I might get to my tranny problem. Then at that point I'll probably get an aluminum driveshaft.

Congrats Z, now ya gotta take me for a ride.

[gunman_sr5]

You guys are going to convince me to go find another SC if you keep this up, or at least try to do something with this ZX2.

[mcate]

You guys are going to convince me to go find another SC if you keep this up, or at least try to do something with this ZX2.

AJ Starling is selling his 35th Anniversary SC. It's a nice one!

[gunman_sr5]

NOt going to o back to another 35th next time. I don't want to mess with a limited like that. I want a plane old 5spd sc to modify.

[sho taurus]

Mike, How much did they charge you to polish your blower? I'm polishing parts now too and I like to compare prices and see where I should be. Also I have yet to see a blower done by a shop. I want to see it sometime so I can see what the competition looks like. LOL. But seriously I want to see it in person.

[mcate]

Mike, How much did they charge you to polish your blower? I'm polishing parts now too and I like to compare prices and see where I should be. Also I have yet to see a blower done by a shop. I want to see it sometime so I can see what the competition looks like. LOL. But seriously I want to see it in person.

I'll have the rest of my parts in in a couple of weeks, Kevin. Once it's running & we get some nice weather, I'l post a message for a spring get-together for lunch like we always do. Otherwise, you're welcome to come over to my house most any afternoon & check it out. I'm usually home in the afternoons. As for price, Charles at Magnum Powers charged me $300 for the polishing.

[mcate]

Man...are you guys gonna make me get the AR blower now! Damn :D

Actually, I just spent some loot and upgraded my brakes to the 13" Cobra package and I'm gonna get a set of drilled-slotted stock sized rotors for the rear just to bump them up a notch. If my spring break has good weather, then I might get to my tranny problem. Then at that point I'll probably get an aluminum driveshaft.

Congrats Z, now ya gotta take me for a ride.

Those brakes are gonna be excellent, Anthony. My Mustang stops a LOT better than my SC, just because of the dual piston calipers. I think the rotors are 11.5" too, vice 10.87" on the SC. I've been thinking about that 13" upgrade for a while now, but I'm not sure if I'll do it. If I do, I can't put my stock rims back on during the winter. I didn't do that this year, & I noticed some corrosion on the chrome yesterday. Next winter I intend to store the chrome wheels & put the stock ones back on. I might go with a dual piston setup & keep my original rotors.

[Brando B]

Metalman, did you have to change to the mustang bolt pattern to upgrade to the cobra brakes? Did you need to change out your front spindles too?

Brando

[metalman]

No, thank God. The brake system is made for our cars :) But I am changing my spindles over to the '93+/Mark VIII spindels. The company also grinds down the passenger side caliper at the bolt holes. Apparently, it needs to be done because the PBR's are too thick at that point. But, they do it for ya. It comes with duel piston PBR calipers too! Which are the same exact calipers from the Cobras. I got them from http://www.discbrakesrus.com

If you interested, the group buy MIGHT still be available on tccoa.com They company just bumped up there prices $100 to $650! We were lucky enought to hold the $550 price for the group buy + 15% off that. Like I said before-perfect timing.

I really like the SP performance rotors that Spinning Wheels-SC is selling on their Ebay store. They are stock sized rotors but available in slotted, cross drilled, diamond slotted, drill and slotted, etc, etc. I haven't bought them yet but soon I'm gonna grab a pair for the rears.

[mcate]

I cut the radiator bracket today & the new IC fits. It's compressed in there tight, but it's there. Kinda worries me that it goes all the way to the crossmember. Z, if I remember correctly yours doesn't extend that far forward, does it?
I think I know now why the shine on the IC isn't even. Brian, the guy who built it, wrote me & told me that the top of the front half is plate, & the back half is the original IC material. My old single polished IC didn't shine very well either. The back half of this one has pretty much the same appearance that my old one had. Guess I'm stuck with that look.

[mcate]

Well, while waiting on my alternator & tensioners to come in, I decided to go ahead & paint & install the cold air divider that I made over the winter. I used the CAD from Magnum Powers for 89-93's as a pattern, then modified it for my 95. Took quite a bit of cutting to get it to fit. And I had to make a new piece to seal off the back. It's just plain sheet metal right now, but I plan on trying to get my hands on some thicker grade aluminum or stainless steel here soon. And since I took my hood blanket out, I need to figure out a way to seal it when the hood is closed. I might try to get some adhesive-backed weatherstripping & stick it on the bottom of the hood. Any other ideas?

[Scott Long]

Looks good. When is your alternator gonna be back?

[mcate]

Looks good. When is your alternator gonna be back?

Thanx. Alternator & tensioners should be back either late this week or early next week.

[sho taurus]

Mike $300 is great price. In the Lightning world I find most shops Charge betwwen $500-750 to polish a blower.

[mcate]

Well, the UPS guy just dropped the alternator off, & the tensioners got here yesterday. And, naturally, I've got to work at Sears all today! Guess I'll try to put it back together & drive it tomorrow, weather permitting!

[Brando B]

Hey mike, is that a stock alternator that was rebuilt then polished or is it an upgraded alternator with a higher amperage rating?

Brando

[mcate]

Hey mike, is that a stock alternator that was rebuilt then polished or is it an upgraded alternator with a higher amperage rating?

Brando

It was my original one that I screwed up while taking it apart. They rebuilt it for $80, & chrome plated it for another $100. Mr Alternator in Spartanburg, SC. Good folks to deal with.

[mcate]

Hey mike, is that a stock alternator that was rebuilt then polished or is it an upgraded alternator with a higher amperage rating?

Brando

They did offer a higher amperage stator for it for another $50, but I kept it stock.

[mcate]

Well, everything's in. (Almost) Can't drive it yet, cause I still don't have the studs for the intercooler mounting flanges yet. Somehow I doubt I'll be able to find any on Easter Sunday! But this is pretty much what it's going to look like this summer.

[sho taurus]

Well, everything's in. (Almost) Can't drive it yet, cause I still don't have the studs for the intercooler mounting flanges yet. Somehow I doubt I'll be able to find any on Easter Sunday! But this is pretty much what it's going to look like this summer.
Looks sweet. :)

[mcate]

Looks sweet. :)

Thanx. I'd be a lot happier if the blower had not come back screwed up. Coupler was bad causing the rotors to cavitate at idle, so I had to send it back to MP yesterday. Probably gonna be another 3 weeks before I can drive it.

[sho taurus]

Thanx. I'd be a lot happier if the blower had not come back screwed up. Coupler was bad causing the rotors to cavitate at idle, so I had to send it back to MP yesterday. Probably gonna be another 3 weeks before I can drive it.

Most all Lightning blowers cavitate at idle. Sounds like marbles in a can rolling around. On Lightnings you get it when you change your lower pulley. There is a dampner on the stock pulley I think. The cavitating doesn't harm or damage anything on Lightnings from what I've learned in the past. Mine use to do it a little, but now I have a ported blower all I hear is a low whistling sound at idle. The whistling drowns out the marbles I guess. Well that and I plugged my silencer holes on the bottom of my blower with JB Weld. So my blower is alot louder now all around. Does the SC blower have silencer holes? I've never looked. :)

[mcate]

Most all Lightning blowers cavitate at idle. Sounds like marbles in a can rolling around. On Lightnings you get it when you change your lower pulley. There is a dampner on the stock pulley I think. The cavitating doesn't harm or damage anything on Lightnings from what I've learned in the past. Mine use to do it a little, but now I have a ported blower all I hear is a low whistling sound at idle. The whistling drowns out the marbles I guess. Well that and I plugged my silencer holes on the bottom of my blower with JB Weld. So my blower is alot louder now all around. Does the SC blower have silencer holes? I've never looked. :)

This was WAY beyond normal cavitation. Rick's ported blower cavitates a little. Mine was downright embarassing when idling through a parking lot! Not sure about the silencer holes. I've never noticed them if they're there.

[Scott Long]

It has two slots that are for noise reduction but no holes. I wanna plug mine as well. Can it be done without removing and disassembling the blower?

[sho taurus]

Well how you plug them is you take a piece of duck tape on the inside of the blower to cover the slots. Then JB Weld them up. Let it dry over night. Then remove duct tape and Wah-La blower is alot more whiner. Lightnings you have to take apart. Don't know about the SC but probably do. The blowers are easy to take apart and reassemble. You need directions? You'll need new fluid unless you can drain and catch your old stuff. I use Redline 50w. That is what KB uses in all his blowers.

[Scott Long]

I have taken the rear case off of mine before. You just remove all the bolts in the front and slide the rear off over the rotors. I think I'll do this to my black SC also, since I already have really head turning blower whine from it. I think while I have the rear case off the blowers, I'll port the outlet and try to enlarge the inlet the best I can. Do you guys think there is any gain to be had by increasing the outlet port size? I know with an early M90 and stock plenum there isn't much you can to on the inlet side of the blower, but I wonder if I ported the outlet V bigger if it would become a little more efficient, lower boost, lower heat output, and give me a few horsepower?

Both of my blowers are spinning 10% pullies so I'm thinking if anything it will lower the exit temp of air after the blower has compressed it. That is always a good thing.

[sho taurus]

I have taken the rear case off of mine before. You just remove all the bolts in the front and slide the rear off over the rotors. I think I'll do this to my black SC also, since I already have really head turning blower whine from it. I think while I have the rear case off the blowers, I'll port the outlet and try to enlarge the inlet the best I can. Do you guys think there is any gain to be had by increasing the outlet port size? I know with an early M90 and stock plenum there isn't much you can to on the inlet side of the blower, but I wonder if I ported the outlet V bigger if it would become a little more efficient, lower boost, lower heat output, and give me a few horsepower?

Both of my blowers are spinning 10% pullies so I'm thinking if anything it will lower the exit temp of air after the blower has compressed it. That is always a good thing.

It will move more air and lower the temps. I know because my Lightning is ported. You will get about 1-2 pounds of boost and before I had mine ported I would run it in the 1/4 and come back to pits and blower was too hot to touch. Now it's alot cooler and you can leave your hand on it. If you need someone locally to port it. Guy in Va beach ports the Lightnings for $150-200 I can't remember exact price because I didn't have to pay for mine because I polished his blower for him. Let me know if interested Email is sho_taurus1111@msn.com Thanks Kevin