Eric Stone

Looks pretty good. Is that the Super Stallion engine?

It's all relative, and depends on how restrictive your stock setup is. If your car is breathing through a drinking straw, then of course a CAI will be a pretty good bang for the buck mod, but I'm thinking you're not likely to feel anything in the seat of the pants from putting one on your particular car (It's a GT, right?). If you want it for looks, then that's fine. If you're wanting a little more power, then a CAI's benefit is questionable, but a K&N filter will help a tad (you still won't feel it). If you're looking at a CAI that just places a cone filter in a little "box" with some weatherstripping to seal it to the hood, you might be better off with just a K&N in the stock airbox.

On a Mass Air car, you won't need a re-tune. You pull a little more air, the MAF senses it and the computer compensates. You'd have to go with big mods to really need to get a tune (intake manifold, heads, cams...). Dave is right, run it by your Ford dealer if your ride is still under warranty. A friend of mine had some mods done on his Lightning- a tune, blower pulley, and crank pulley to up the boost, and the Ford dealer did it while keeping it under warranty. You could possibly get a Ford Racing CAI through the parts department at the dealership. Otherwise, they should all be about the same- buy on what look you want. I hear JLT is nice, I *think* they make one for the S197 cars. I'm not sure what all is available for your car. Check American Muscle, CJ Pony Parts, Late Model Restoration, Jeg's, Summitt... As far as exhaust, a cat-back will get you some sound, but the whole system will only flow as well as the most restrictive part, which I'd bet is the catalytic converters, or will be once a cat-back is installed. They are pretty restrictive on my car...

Thanks, Mark. Ya learn something new every day.

Those are cool. I added you to my friends on Fotki so I can find you later to check them out at home. Thanks for sharing.

Rick, that Torino looks mean on those wheels. I'd be afraid of the rear tires rubbing in real life...

I'm pretty sure the Nascar Hemis ran a single 4-barrel. It's an interesting looking intake manifold.

In Nick's pic, it's hard to see where the tire ends and the shadow in the fenderwell begins, but compared to pics on a Google Images search of "78 Firebird Formula", the stance isn't bad. Looks decent thru the blurry pic. +1 on posting more pics!

I like the yellow Dodge and the black Tahoe the best. The Jeep is nice too. Great looking builds!

They both look very nice. Great builds!

Here's an article and gallery on the Super Stock Challenger concept car. Dunno how close the concept was to the actual production super stock car. http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/113_0703_dodge_challenger_concept_car/index.html Here's Don Garlits' Challenger, on this page: http://www.allpar.com/history/auto-shows/misc/PRI.html

Here's a page with more info and a few pics of Johnny Beauchamp's T-Bird. http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Johnny_Beauchamp.htm

Re: the Cobra intake- You're all right, it's just the standard 5.0 HO intake. Guess I wasn't paying too much attention. There's a good looking Cobra-ish intake in the 98 Saleen kit, you just have to sand off the Saleen lettering... ...but it's 1/25. The intake in the AMT 95 Cobra is the wrong style (and also 1/25), with the kink in the tract so that the throttle body points toward the headlight instead of directly to the side. The GT-40 intake in the AMT 94 Lightning is fair at best, would require the Lightning lettering to be sanded off, and is also 1/25. I need to figure out what I'm going to build for this thread. I have some progress made on the MPC 79 Cobra, but I've kinda lost motivation on it, and I've got plenty of other things to work on instead.

Ya had me all the way up to the Hemi... Looks great, though.

I thought they had, but I'm not 100% sure. I'll have to check tomorrow evening when I'm back at home.

LOL Wow, I think the three of us covered it all! Good call on the seats, airbag vs non-airbag wheels, and armrest, Mark, I forgot about them changing.

Wing, rear bumper cover, side skirts, taillights, and grille. The front valence (below the headlights) is the same between a 93 Cobra and GT, but the GT doesn't have a grille opening between the headlights, where the Cobra does. You could source the taillights, nose, and lower body stuff from one of the GT convertibles with a little bit of cutting and bodywork, but you'd be left without a wing. You could use the Saleen wing from the 89 'vert kit (also available in resin on eBay), or try to adapt one of the GT wings from the MPC/AMT 87/88 GT kit, but I don't know if the scale difference (24 vs 25) would give you any problems. The only thing you'd have to change on the engine would be the upper intake (and maybe the lower intake if the kit parts are molded differently between the Cobra and GT kits), since the rest of the differences on the 1:1 aren't visible (heads, cam, rockers, throttle body). The only interior difference I can think of is that Cobras didn't have cruise control, which wouldn't be noticeable in scale since they still have the same steering wheel. Also, all 93 Cobras were 5 speed cars, so if you want an automatic GT, obviously you'd have to use a different transmission, change your pedals, and source or scratchbuild a shifter.

Nick, you got anything else that'll fit? The '94 Mustang is a year too late... We're looking at cars from '78 to '93, with Mustangs in particular ranging from '79 to '93. The '94 was the first year for the SN95 platform, which was the result of some major changes to the Fox platform.

I got some mesh like that at Texas Art Supply. That's only good info for you guys in the Houston area, but other well-stocked art supply places might have something useful.

What makes me mad is when I see things like the Chevy Citation, Probe, or some of the weird show rod stuff kitted with such a limited market, and no Fox coupe offered in 1:24 or 1:25.

Looks good, Dave. Very clean.

I'm toying with an 89 Convertible and picture it having the tweed seats, but don't know exactly how to do it... We'll have to share the trial and error to see who can get it right.

My first thought was "Ha, figures they'd reissue the SVO since I just got one on eBay," but then I thought and realized that the one on eBay was cheaper than the new one would be in the store.... Some cool stuff though. I'm not as excited about the midgets as Mark, but they look pretty cool, and I might have to get one.

I hope you don't mind what's intended to be a little constructive criticism, and I apologize in advance if I come across sounding like a jerk... The two things that get me are the spark plug wires being too fat like Lee already mentioned, and the carbon fiber covers you have on top there are supposed to fit an LS1. The Impala has an LT1, which is an entirely different engine, so to me they look odd on there (I may be the only one to notice that, I dunno...). For the plug wires, 30 gauge wire works well and is about the right size. Try it on your next one, and it'll look great. Now, I like the color a lot- GM should've offered the 1:1s in a little brighter color. Dodge sells a ton of bright colored big Chargers, I think it would've worked for the Impala too if they'd had the guts to offer it. I also like the weathering on the bottom. The exhaust has a good color to it, and the floorboards look convincing to me, especially compared to a pic of the bottom of a daily driver Mustang I saw last nite while hunting around. You nailed the grime on the bottom. Overall, I like it!

I can check and see if they are in the Lightning, but I doubt it because it's a performance model. I also have an F150 short/wide I can check this weekend. I'll report back with what I find.