JTalmage

I waited to buy kits at NNL because everyone wanted $20+ for common kits... that are several years old... no way. Once the end of the day started coming around... you simply walk past a kit and eyeball it and they were saying they'd take 5-10 bucks for it... yeah ok I'll bite now. It's crazy how "big" shows really pump the prices up on kits. I spent much of the day buying parts for rebuilders more than anything. I think I bought maybe 1 full new kits, 1 promo, and a bunch of resin parts.... and an RC car that didnt work

In order by my favorite choice (not that I seem to be completing this years builds anyway...) 3. Muscle Madness 5. The 60's 1. Box stock

Man, I hope the Hobbytown USA near my work doesnt close. I'll be lost.

I'm using Chrome, however its on my work PC. And I have tons of passwords and things saved in Chrome for work... so I didnt even attempt to clear my cache or cookies or any of that stuff. I have way too much garbage I have to remember passwords for that I don't feel like doing.

Lmao!!!!!!

I'm friends with the guy that built that on facebook. His name is Robert Davis from Columbus, Ohio.

Odd. I went to the site not 5 minutes later and it worked

Says it's still down for me. Strange

Remember what I said James, resin takes a while. Several weeks for most places as they are a "made to order" and most of these companies are just 1 guy doing things in his basement or as a side business when they have time. So there can be a backlog of orders. Be patient you won't be disappointed. I got my grille, hood, and seat for a duster from Hart's several months ago and no complaints.

That looks great. Good job

Im also considering this one as one of the last ones I do this year.

Yeah my mistake on the location of the distributor... it's been a while since I seen one of those awesome frankenstein engines... I love em. If I had a spare Mustang II laying around.... I'd try to cram one in it with a stick shift and a sullivan intake.

Some quick basics... The 4.6 SOHC "2 valve" as it's called, is the run of the mill engine that ford threw in everything after 93 (except mustang for 2 years). plagued by cracked coolant crossover ports on the intakes, and low on power (rated at 215hp) they were the droll powerplant in all your crown vics/grand marquis/town cars, and cougars/tbirds if optioned with a V8, and even trucks. Unless you have a 99-up "Performance Improved" or "PI" motor (not to be confused with Police Interceptor... which is the P71) which was rated at around 260hp. The difference was in the heads and lower intake. Let's just say, for instance, my high mileage stock 1994 Mustang GT with the pushrod 302 and a 5 speed could stomp a mud hole in a stock 1996 Mustang GT with the non-PI 4.6 and a 5 speed in it. Because I have done it. LOL The better powerplant to play with is the 4.6 DOHC known as the "4 valve". The aluminum block Mark VIII engines are awesome. Light and strong. "Teksid" blocks used from 93 thru like 95ish. They have 6 bolt mains and hold 1000hp themselves. (internals not so much) The later "WEP" aluminum blocks are good too but said not to hold quite as much power. Find yourself a 93-98 Lincoln Mark VIII engine (NOT the FWD Continental... the block is different and will not bolt to standard rwd 4.6 mounts) or any '96-up Mustang Cobra engine. They're a double overhead cam and make like 280hp to the flywheel. Cobra's have the forged crank and stronger rods and pistons compared to the Mark Viii but the Mark engine will hold 400hp all day long. Find a set of intake cams from a 98 Cobra and put them into a mark engine (or a later cobra engine... split port B head or single port C head... doesnt matter) and degree them (by filing the keyway and adding different thicknesses of shims) and you'll have an NA 4.6 DOHC that runs pretty good on stock parts even if fuel injected... even more so if you slapped a sullivan intake on it and ran a carb, and did the distributor drive setup like Andy (which is wild looking seeing a distributor coming out of the front of a timing cover!) Here's my '93 Mark VIII engine... nothing special. I did a coil over plug conversion on, and put the later valvecovers on, and coil pack covers from a Ford GT. My car has factory B heads (split port intake ports) with the "bundle of snakes" intake. Throttle body is under the cowl practically. They'll get in upwards of 25 miles per gallon with 280hp in stock form with properly working IMRC plates (Intake manifold runner control.... which can get gummed up over time.) here's a sweet looking N/A 4.6 dohc with a distributor drive, electric water pump and crank trigger... looks like they have a cobra intake on it with a sweet custom spacer for the hat. This engine has C heads (single intake ports) based on the newer style cobra intake And this is another 4.6 dohc with what looks to be aftermarket valvecovers I've not seen before... and this has a carb'd inatke on it (not sure what brand) and they're running the coil packs behind the carb which looks neat. The engine almost has a 427 SOHC look to it. This one also has C heads based on the intake.

Great looking race team!

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Thank you for the tips folks. I really appreciate it. For example this is the sort of color I'm after for a blower, something that looks like its been handled before and isnt quite new.

That turned out great!

That will be awesome! You'll have to post some pics when you get further along!

I have some wheels and some superchargers I'd love to use on some builds but they're chrome... and the chrome doesnt fit the theme I'm going for... so what is everyone's steps/processes or tips on getting that magnesium look for wheels, and the aged raw aluminum look for old superchargers/intakes/wheels? thanks!

I overheard someone in a facebook group saying that they spoke to Revell and they plan to issue it in white like next spring or something like that

Very sad. R.I.P. to a man of many talents.

Congrats! I was a big fan of your Edsel and Moebius Ford truck!!!

Great photos Tim. The flat metallic paint on my '36 really shows well with a professional camera/lense

that is absolutely beautiful. I built several of these as a kid and never as nice!

Oooo so you could solder several pipes together to make some awesome looking zoomie pipes if you wanted! can't wait to see it done