Revell ‘90 mustang LX 5.0 Drag Racer

[Demolition]

Ok so I was looking closer and noticed the engine in the pics is carbed…. Dude swapped out the 5.0, this isn't the stock 5.0 engine…. I was focused on the wiring and not the engine its self.

 

[mustang1989]

The ignition coils in these cars were located on the drivers side shock tower on the front as in this photo here bub.

The distributors usually had a rubberized cover over the cap and upper body of them and the coils had a hard plastic cover over them usually. I made sure that I retained both of these items on mine for appearance purposes.

I don't have any engine compartment pictures but this is mine from a while back. In this picture I had a bent front wheel but it was replaced the very next day. 3-1/2" wide aluminum wheels don't hold up very well to potholes and there are a LOT of those here in Corpus.

 

[Demolition]

The ignition coils in these cars were located on the drivers side shock tower on the front as in this photo here bub.

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The distributors usually had a rubberized cover over the cap and upper body of them and the coils had a hard plastic cover over them usually. I made sure that I retained both of these items on mine for appearance purposes.

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I don't have any engine compartment pictures but this is mine from a while back. In this picture I had a bent front wheel but it was replaced the very next day. 3-1/2" wide aluminum wheels don't hold up very well to potholes and there are a LOT of those here in Corpus.

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Thanks for the pictures, a rubber cover over the distributor would have been so much easier than sanding, drilling, making 90° boots and wires lol. I got a good idea now of some basic wiring I want to do. But as per usual what's in my head and what happens are two totally different things….

 

[Ron2]

Thanks for the pictures, a rubber cover over the distributor would have been so much easier than sanding, drilling, making 90° boots and wires lol. I got a good idea now of some basic wiring I want to do. But as per usual what's in my head and what happens are two totally different things….

How did you make the 90 deg boots? I thought of doing that and was like nah.

 

[Demolition]

First time doing it, but just cut a wedge out of the boot, ran the wire through and bent it over. Pretty easy actually, if you look close you can see where I cut the 45° out of the side of the boot. Mcv products 3d prints 90° boots as well but I've never used them so I have no idea how they are.

 

[mustang1989]

Great touch on the 90 wires bud and thanks for the "how-to".

 

[Demolition]

Had the day off so took care of some things around the house and sat down for a bit. Got the drivers side plug wires in place, although I broke two bits drilling the holes ( that's a first for me) and the loom I was making didn't turn out how I wanted so I scrapped it, finished the 4 point harness on the drivers seat and put that into place with the inner door, touched up some paint here and there and decided to make a ignition coil, once the glue dries all trim and sand the coil and drill it, hopefully not breaking another bit. I will say the bits I have are relatively new and were a "upgrade" but I'm not a fan, I ordered a set of my old ones that I had never broke. Anyone else use these DSPIAE bits?

 

[BarleyBop]

Engine looking great!
Small bits are fragile, I notice .3mm and below especially prone to breaking.

 

[mustang1989]

That small block Ford is indeed looking good @Demolition . Love the polished headers.

 

[Demolition]

Engine looking great!
Small bits are fragile, I notice .3mm and below especially prone to breaking.

I'll give the first one, probably wasn't paying attention, second one was looking like just a bad product, then one rolled off the bench I picked it up off the floor and it broke as well. No body has time for these issues…..

 

[BarleyBop]

...three in a row!
Ump calls "outta here!"

 

[Demolition]

Got the passenger seat in and door panel, mocked up the dash, mocked up the body as well with the color scheme. Painted up the brake master cylinder. Getting the master cylinder reservoir the cream/white/ opaque I ended up using Tamiya deck tan, white, and clear.

 

[Demolition]

Painted up the battery, installed some cables, clamps and made a loom, started assembling the dash and it seems while handling the dash I had a bit of superglue on my finger….. it just never fails got the engine fan on.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Had the day off so took care of some things around the house and sat down for a bit. Got the drivers side plug wires in place, although I broke two bits drilling the holes ( that's a first for me) and the loom I was making didn't turn out how I wanted so I scrapped it, finished the 4 point harness on the drivers seat and put that into place with the inner door, touched up some paint here and there and decided to make a ignition coil, once the glue dries all trim and sand the coil and drill it, hopefully not breaking another bit. I will say the bits I have are relatively new and were a "upgrade" but I'm not a fan, I ordered a set of my old ones that I had never broke. Anyone else use these DSPIAE bits? View attachment 175930View attachment 175931View attachment 175932View attachment 175933

Just bought them..so far ok

 

[Demolition]

Just bought them..so far ok

Good luck!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Maybe buy one of those mini drill presses...

 

[RacerX]

Had the day off so took care of some things around the house and sat down for a bit. Got the drivers side plug wires in place, although I broke two bits drilling the holes ( that's a first for me) and the loom I was making didn't turn out how I wanted so I scrapped it, finished the 4 point harness on the drivers seat and put that into place with the inner door, touched up some paint here and there and decided to make a ignition coil, once the glue dries all trim and sand the coil and drill it, hopefully not breaking another bit. I will say the bits I have are relatively new and were a "upgrade" but I'm not a fan, I ordered a set of my old ones that I had never broke. Anyone else use these DSPIAE bits? View attachment 175930View attachment 175931View attachment 175932View attachment 175933

Nope high speed steel only, most anything we are drilling dosnt need anything tougher. Tungsten will stay sharp a long time because it is very hard, but that kind of hard equals brittle. Save the cash for parts and use the HSS drills, and dont bother with the coated ones its no help in this kind of material.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Its why I'm thinking of the mini drill presses..trying to hold a tiny drill bit without excerting any lateral stress is almost impossible..
Plus its just another cool tool to add to collection.
Can't have too many tools...

 

[Demolition]

Nope high speed steel only, most anything we are drilling dosnt need anything tougher. Tungsten will stay sharp a long time because it is very hard, but that kind of hard equals brittle. Save the cash for parts and use the HSS drills, and dont bother with the coated ones its no help in this kind of material.

Good info, the rest of them got trashed and yesterday morning I picked up hss bits.

 

[RacerX]

Its why I'm thinking of the mini drill presses..trying to hold a tiny drill bit without excerting any lateral stress is almost impossible..
Plus its just another cool tool to add to collection.
Can't have too many tools...

Home depo and lowes make good cheep 12 inch drill press, i have an enco 12 inch bench top that is about 2 ft tall. The really small ones for hobby use and claim to be precision are crap dont waste the money. Spend a few more bucks on the bench top unit you will get more than hobby use out of it.

 

[KINGSLUG]

I have a bench top one..have to measure the run out on it..a slight wobble with a .3mm bit..would be bad.
Checked out the real nice small ones jewelers use..too expensive..

 

[Demolition]

Finished the dash and put it in place, finished the engine minus the air filter assembly which it have set in place just to make sure the wiring isn't in the way. Started on the chassis assembly, dry fitting and glueing segments together as much as I can so after painting I can just drop it in.

 

[WtShark]

Looking great!

 

[Demolition]

Engines in the engine bay, got the brake lines from the master cylinder in and cab is mounted on the chassis. I got a few paint spots on the body I need to rework, got dust or something in it.

 

[BarleyBop]

got dust or something in it.

As a teenager I inherited my folks' monstrous 72 Meteor, they wanted out from the craziness at the gas pump... anyhow, one day, I open the hood (which had more metal than a whole car today), and sitting there, a little squashed, but nice and toasty, is the biggest muffin, sitting on the air filter cover!
...so what's a little dust?!

 

[Demolition]

As a teenager I inherited my folks' monstrous 72 Meteor, they wanted out from the craziness at the gas pump... anyhow, one day, I open the hood (which had more metal than a whole car today), and sitting there, a little squashed, but nice and toasty, is the biggest muffin, sitting on the air filter cover!
...so what's a little dust?!

So…. Did you eat it?

 

[Demolition]

 

[Demolition]

We're getting somewhere….

 

[mustang1989]

LOTSA details going on with this one and that car body is shinin' like a new silver dollar @Demolition . Very good choice in color for this car.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Definitely an extrovert color