Topic: making my 73 ford courier go fast, turn, and stop (Read 31793 times)

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #330 on:** February 27, 2023, 04:52:28 PM »

More progress. The 94-99 DeVille tails looked a bit thick on the bottom so I found a set of 89-93s. Not 100% sure which ones I'm going with at the moment but ill have the buckets from Grant Fab this week. im leaning towards the taller, thinner 89-93s cause the contour is pretty much perfect.

I finished the A/C hard lines and should have the hoses and fittings to finish everything this week. I routed the low side from the expansion valve down and looped it back forward so I could braze the high side line that goes into the expansion valve to it to assist with cooling the refrigerant a little more. all newer cars do this by putting the high side line inside the low side line so I figured it might help.

I swapped out the louvered hod for the smooth one. I like the smooth look better and im hoping the louvers will not be necessary with the condenser under the bed.

92CXyD · « **Reply #331 on:** February 27, 2023, 05:01:53 PM »

Speaking of lights, are you swapping to LED based lighting to cut down on voltage loads?

I found when I converted my 1g Integra to LED headlight, and interior lights, it really helped with voltage stability for tuning.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #332 on:** February 27, 2023, 06:22:59 PM »

Yep, all LEDs currently with all lights on it draws 4.1amps total. most of which is from a normal halogen license plate bulb cause i keep forgetting to order an led

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #333 on:** March 13, 2023, 06:03:42 PM »

Finishing up the A/C so I thought I'd make it more fun to drive. Made a tight slip fit arbor, cut down the old flywheel and made a weight for the new aluminum one. 6lbs was way too light. Added 12lbs to the flywheel. Clutch and flywheel together weigh in at 25.8lbs which is still 5-7lbs lighter than stock. It took around 16 hours to make. Such a pain but I'm hoping it will be more pleasant to drive and be able to idle under 1000rpms now.