Hurricane Motorsports
Public Area => Build Pictures => Topic started by: FFR428 on August 29, 2020, 07:27:35 AM
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Hello everyone. Longtime member here. But brand new to the Hurricane family. I've waited a long time to do this build. And then as my dream is about to happen......Covid. I had planned on flying to Iowa to visit and place my order in person. But it didn't work out. Alec and I emailed back and forth and we came up with a great plan. He's has been so helpful. I hope HM-2027 will be here sometime in September. I'm building a Street model. These have really grown on me since seeing Jason's red street model years ago. Have never seen a Hurricane in person. So I hope it's a good one!! I only have a few random pictures to show for now. Frame pictures Greg K was nice enough to post up. And few of the bare 427 S/O block. Before the lock down happened I drove to Virginia to get the 427 and few other parts from a buddy of mine. Cobra Automotive here in CT is doing the short block. If you like Cobra's and Shelby's it's the place to visit!! However my wallet is quite a bit lighter every time I leave there. Stewart Transport will bring the kit once it's ready. I look forward to this and sharing progress as I can. Thanks for watching. Glenn.
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Car is a street model.
Under car exhaust
Upgraded carpet
Glove box
Street car dash layout
No roll bar
Trying not to use a hood scoop.
3.50 limited slip rear
Wilwood brakes
Sunburst wheels with F60 bias ply tires. Fun!!
427 FE with Medium riser head and BT MR intake
C5 dual point distributor
Toploader 4sp
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Well need to resize a few pictures sorry. ;)
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Good to see you started your thread. If you house your pics online, you can also insert them with the URL.
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There we go just had to make a little smaller. Thanks Greg!
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Looking forward to following your build. Enjoy!
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Thank you!
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Engine block Date code 65-Dec-17
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Still waiting on a del date. So working on some shiney bits. Nice polished C3 timing cover. I used to polish aluminum years ago. I grow weary of it now. Short block will be ready soon. So trying to get a few things done. Still need to make a body buck and frame cart.
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It won't be long, so get prepared... ;)
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I'll be a ready! 😁
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Got 2 pictures of the headers being made. Undercar exhaust makes it a bit difficult. The originals used oem iron manifolds on the street models. The left side #7 into #5 is interesting. We'll see how it all works out.
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Also the shortblock is back from the shop. I'll get some pictures soon.
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Definitely interesting and challenging. I'm sure they'll work out just fine.
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I agree Greg they will be just fine. Light years better than original. It's hard to see everything and all the angles from a few pictures. But nice job on fitment. Things are off to powder coat next week I believe. Then they'll pack it up and ship it east. Have to make room in the garage. I'm amazed how much lawn crap I have in there already.
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Still waiting on a delivery update. Hope in the next month or so. I have been doing a bit of poking around on the headers. I am VERY pleased with the results Alec came up with. There is a complete exhaust Acton sells. And the headers look very much like these for mine. Tried to save the pic but wasn't allowed so a link to his site for a picture. I also attached what the original cast iron log manifolds looked like. Good for 100HP LOSS according to some. Tip of the hat to the Hurricane crew for a awesome job!!
https://www.actoncustom.com/products/p/street-car-headers-mild-steel
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Sunburst wheels. Still needs the spinners. And bias ply F60 Goodyears. In final stages at Hurricane. Alec ordered rims and tires. Wanted to be sure backspace was good. And they fit around the wilwood brakes. Hope kit is ready for del soon. No ship day yet. But soon!
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Well not much new to update. The kit has hit some delays. And hopefully should be ready to ship sometime in Jan or Feb. So I continue to plan things while getting the drive line sorted. This pandemic has really put a damper on things. But we plug forward. I've been reading a lot. Came across the "History of our cars" thread which is very interesting. If the facts/rumors are true it seems the original Component Craft molds were splashed off CSX 3235. If I can confirm that as fact I may model my car after CSX 3235 as sort of a tribute to Component Craft/Hurricane Motorsports. CSX 3235 today resides at LMC in Canada. They have quite the collection of original 289-427 Cobras, Shelby Mustangs and GT40's. I counted 70+ cars on their website. Wow!! And millions of dollars! Best I can tell CSX 3235 started life as a 66 Street car. Today it still is in Street trim except for the Halibrand wheels and black sidepipes. Best I can tell it Brittany Blue which is a light silver-blue color. Not sure what the Cobra color was called. And I've seen dark and light shades of it. I like the lighter shade which is more silver with a whisper of blue. Hopefully attached is a picture of the car today. I'm going to reach out to LMC and hopefully get a few answers about the cars history and color. If anyone has any info please hit me up.
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Glenn,
The color would be Sky Blue from AC back then, Brittany was a Ford color I believe.
I need to get an update as well since we're in the same boat.
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Wow excellent thanks Greg! I never saw those AC swatches before. Cool stuff thank you!
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And yes for sure we are both in the same boat. Hope you get some good news soon.
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Short update. Frame and rear are ready for powdercoat. Heading off next week with Greg's frame. Final check off when back that all parts are in. Ship shortly after. Alec sent me some frame and body pics. Very happy! Body looks great. Oh I went with a matte/satin black on powdercoat.
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Paul, did some research on Component Craft as well. He may have some additional info for you.
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Paul, did some research on Component Craft as well. He may have some additional info for you.
Oh cool thank you! I'll see if he has some time to fill me in.
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Few more shop pictures. I have also changed gears on the intake manifold. I have a nice original Ford PI aluminum intake I planned to use. Dennis from DSC Motorsports posted a ad on FordFE.com that he had a order in for some Blue Thunder 427 MR intakes. My original plan was to use one of those. But there were none available at the time. So I have one coming this week. It'll add a nice boost to performance over the stock PI. Hopefully hood clearance will play nice. I'll get a pic of that soon.
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Was told kit will be ready for pickup on Jan 19. Few things on back order they will ship asap. Stewart Transport will ship her east when they are in the area again. ;D
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Just got word Stewart is picking up my kit end of the week. Looking for delivery on 1-30 or so. They had a few Covid cancellations which changed the delivery schedule. I got bumped to top of list.
Also the Blue Thunder MR intake being used. And the Holley 3255. Will breathe better than the stock PI I had planned on the 452".
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That's good news and I know mine will not be far behind.
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Thanks Greg. I do hope yours is ready soon! Been a long haul for all.
And this is the Aviad Oil Pan I'm using. Overall nice pan. But for the money I had to make a few tweeks here and there to fit. Need the dipstick. And see what plugs or sensors I'll need/use.
S/A Pentroofs. These are a nice cast and polished aluminum set I found vs the stamped steel chrome plated version.
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10 am delivery today. Cold about 11 with -5 wind chill. Will try to get pics. We'll be moving fast.
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Car is here and looks fantastic! Very happy.
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Few more
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Big thank you to Hurricane for the awesome kit. And Eric and Todd at Stewart for a perfect delivery. I do need to organize things better! A storage shed for lawn stuff and some parts. Big smile here! More to come......
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Now the fun begins!!
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It does! Will unpack more tomorrow. Just bitter cold today. No heat in garage yet. Lots to unpack and sort.
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Congratulations! Enjoy the build as I know you will.
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Thank you we sure will. Family build. Me and our 3 boys and 2 grandsons. Wife and daughter may jump in we'll see!
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Congrats on the delivery thanks for the delivery pictures! My car is suppose to be here Friday 2/5.
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Thanks Pete! Glad your delivery is coming soon!! Take some pictures please! Well all like the pictures LOL.
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Well it's been way to long since a update on this. The very first step to install and bolt in the windshield had a snag. One of the threaded holes in the brass side support bars was stripped. My son fab'd a new bar. Old one tapped out but did have to remove 2 small screws that hold the base to the upright.
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The brass bar was replaced with steel. Had to chuckle Greg K told me Whitbys sells a replacement kit. LOL oh well this was easy to do and saved a few bucks. Finally on to body removal and getting this thing going!!
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Few more shots
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Good to see ya get back at it.
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Well there are many cool builds going on. Nice to see!! Mine has been slow and that's ok. Life is very full at the moment.
So here we get into the problems of using stock FE block LEFT side engine mounts. Ford used to make a 427 SO engine mount for the left side. Problem is Ford moved the left side lower hole UP away from the sideoiler galley.
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You have to grind the inside hole and then bend the little tab up to fit in the galley way. LEFT side only. And this is only the sideoiler engine.
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Mount installed and fits well. Block painted with POR-15 brush paint.
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Right side is fine like every other FE block made!
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Block painted.
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check out Russ Crouch's build. left side engine mount mod. probably a good idea.
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Thanks will do.
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Well short update. Thought I'd show some of the joy using vintage parts. 65 date code MR head. Max porting done long ago with a braze where it poked through. Head failed pressure test. Other areas showed up very thin on the mag text. You can see the crack in the ex port that formed where it was brazed. A new (used) head was sent and now both heads check out ok. The gent that sold me this stuff well over a year ago said if anything didn't pass to let him know. He stands behind his stuff. Well he sure does!! Sent the new head out 2 days later. A true man to his word.
Main focus has been to get the engine all set and built. The 427 build continues.........
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OK got the call the heads were done. Very nice job restoring these old pups. Now to mask and paint. Replacement head is a nice Sept 66 date code.
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More.... Mild port work done to both. Anything further would cost $$$$ for little gain.
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More...... Valves : Intake 2.19 Exhaust 1.73. Chambers are new a 90ish CC's. These have been skimmed and trued up a bit. My guess around 78 CC's or less. Well see.......
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Get to work man...winter is coming.
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Ha LOL it sure is.
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Well it's been a while! Back at it. Rear end is done and front end started. The Toploader is all set. Will pick that up next weekend. Bunch of little stuff had to get sorted. Few things with the engine build. Few pictures of the TL. Beefy and old skool. Will get some frame pictures up soon.
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I know you have more to show than that on your progress... ;)
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Well it's been a while since we had a update here. So here is what we did today. Aviad oil pans can be a little wonky. So everything needs to be pre fit before assembly. I bought bolts I thought would be fine. But they were a bit too long. So we tried the factory bolts and found they worked fine and had enough for assembly. The Avaid pan has a windage tray and 4 way baffles in the sump. Had to modify the pickup for correct length in the sump. And correct some bolt holes in both pan and tray. All good. Have a lot more bolt on parts and flywheel, clutch and bellhousing. Some goofy Clutch slave assembly to square away. Then the transmission. Plenty to do! We'll get there in time.
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Few more.....
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Some goofy kid that comes over to help.......Don't think he likes his picture taken. ;D
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What a nice kid...finally came over to give you a hand and that's what you get....
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LOL I know right!! He was kidding me a bit. Found an old flyer/ad for Robie Ford in Dorchester Mass. Look at those prices back in 1967.
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A lot of great looking work. I wanted to build an engine, but I didn't feel like my experience level was right for this kind of build! Have built plenty of motorcycles engines and abused the hell out of them though! Those two strokes are so simple and robust.
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Thank you! We have a real good (and somewhat expensive) shop here that did the machine work and short block. And we are putting everything else together. I really like these old engines.
Nov 6-7-22Took advantage of the really nice warm weather to get some paint on the Toploader. It's cast iron and started to get a little flash rust. Came out pretty well.
Also wanted to thank Jake at Hurricane for taking care of the few missing items that were missing from the kit. Super nice guy too!
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Some recent progress. Winter has been pretty mild so taking advantage of that. Mockup on everything to get spacers etc....correct. Ready to lock in and move on.
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The Rocket wheels needed a special lug wrench for the spline lug nuts. $8.80 shipped off ebay. It is REAL thin. Not a lot of room but fits as intended.
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Some recent progress. Winter has been pretty mild so taking advantage of that.
And to knock off some of the dust... ;D
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Yes there is plenty of dust!!
I also have the Tri Wing spinners for the rims. They just have a stock caps on them now.
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Short update. With the recent sale of Hurricane I was concerned getting any missing parts. And yes still had some important things I overlooked.
First was the steering shaft bracket. VERY happy to get this. Was not looking forward to fabbing it. Not super difficult but not having parts or all pictures was the challenge. Thank you to Ben for the fast answer as to what they were and specs. Good to go now
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Last thing was the steering wheel boss. I had bought a replacement which I'll hang onto. The Hurricane part is polished aluminum. Holes drilled and tapped for wheel screws. Thicker inset underneath = beefier part! The black painted version was from Cobra Performance. Pretty much same part but few differences. Holes not tapped and shorter inset inside. Not as beefy but still 100% fine to use.
Big shout out to Jake and Hurricane for stepping up to send me these. Can't thank them enough. All parts accounted for. Whew.
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About time...you figured out what you were missing... :o
Glad they were able to get those to you.
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Looking great!
Glad to see you building some momentum! I look forward to following further progress.
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Thank you!
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Well it has been some time since I made any updates here. Been a 1 step forward 3 step back kinda thing. Bear with me.....
I watch Brent Lykins Motorsports youtube channel a lot. One vid he was reviewing a factory sideoiler block. And he pointed out he needed to install a pipeplug in the bottom rear by the oil pan. This is one of the holes Ford drilled for the sideoiler passage. I went to my saved pics of my engine and saw it was missing!! Easy fix with a new plug. This made me think if the shop forgot anything else. Of course the engine was in the car with bell and trans bolted up. So it all came out. I also forgot to install the distributor drive shaft in the block. Rookie mistake and I know better. I noticed it back when we first got it together a year ago in the car. Sitting in the bag top of my tools. I was going to try to monkey it in from the top distributor hole. But chose to do it correctly with the oil pan off. I also internally inspected the relief valve assy inside the block. Oil things up a bit and be 100% on everything was good. So some muscle getting everything out the the engine back on the stand. That missing plug on the bottom of the engine would have netted 90psi of oil on the floor. I sent Brent a email thanking him for that vid. Saved my azz. But wth new 2 pan gaskets, the distributor shaft in and all plugs in place it all went back together. My iron heads have been milled a bit. So I'm using the Ford PI intake to get it running. That had been milled a little so it all seemed to work and line up. The FE engine has the intake as part of the valve cover rail. So the head and intake need to be close and level. I may get new heads down the road and then use the Blue Thunder intake I had planned for it. And throw in some personal havoc but things are getting back to normal. I'll add some pics below.
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Few pics of current state.
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This site hates my pics lol..... This week I can finally get the clutch setup and working. Engine is about 70% mocked up. Few things left to buy for that. But things together I can verify what is needed (a fanbelt lol) and get the oil adapter on and hooked up. Intake final install. Rear transmission mount installed. I have a nice Prothane mount, Super heavy duty. Was going to use a stock trans mount but the rubber is like paper. So yes I have bought some doubles on parts.
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I'll resize and post more asap. Had to get a mini starter to fit with the header. The ol fatty stock style was not happy with the fit so out it went. I want to use a Ford style solenoid so I have a jumper wire on the starter to bypass one on starter. All about the look!!
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Using those FATTY Remflex exhaust gaskets. Feet will be toasty will those pipes underneath! And no exhaust leaks....I hope.
**** Wanted to add a note....*** So if you have a newer offshore made engine hoist. There is a GOOD chance if you leave it under pressure, it WILL lose pressure. Mine is from NAPA. So be careful how long things dangle in the air! Have never ever seen that happen. Crap hyd seals.
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Sharp looking engine and those headers are beasts.
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Thanks! Alec headed up that project. I hope they run well.
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This must be a record number of posts in one day for you... :o Glad to see you back at it again.
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Yes it is thanks. My pic files waaaay too big. New software and changed things. Will get them sorted. ;D
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Looks fantastic! I used some heat shielding on my headers and exhaust on my undercar and it works really well. The link below is similar to what I got. You can get it in different lengths, and it really made a difference. I did a video on it too when Pete asked about the proximity to my brake lines.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/the-11550?srsltid=AfmBOooUE9ODsxsBy48OAJtdMg9ryA4ZIpKtOfslGScYrrotjZ2IqaPRv64
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Thanks. I will for sure use those heat reduction pads.