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BABES LX GOT A FACELIFT
NOW TIME FOR A "HEART TRANSPLANT"!
The old Babe was looking good but feeling a little down. I took her in for a Dyno-tune, new plugs and wires and had the ole double pumper rejetted. Squeezed a few more ponies out of her but still not killer.
Bottom line - for now, some new MSD goodies of the old mill.
MSD 6AL - Ignition Controller, Blaster SS Coil and Distributor
Now for the good part: STAY TUNED FOR MY NEW STROKER. Once it's built, the MSD will be added and the mill installed:
Shopping List (subject to change)
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Going for 347, woulda liked a 351W to 408/410 but no sense getting ridiculous (for now)
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Eagle crank and pistons
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Comp Cams bump stick and hydraulic lifters
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Scorpion Platinum Rockers
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Lots of APR hardware goodies
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AFR 185 Heads
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Demon 750 double pumper
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Ford Racing - valve covers, wires
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Moroso pan, billet timing gears, System 1 oil filter
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Edelbrock water pump, Victor Jr. Intake, Hooker Super Comp headers, Magnaflow cans, Holly electric fuel pump
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Beefed-up AOD and trans cooler with B&M ratchet and Hust line-loc
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MSD transplants
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new rad, compete re-wire/wiring upgrade
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a-pillar guage pod
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everything new but the block!
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8.8 posi rearend and tubular front k-member
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NEXT STEPS - brakes, suspension, you tell me...
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It never ends when you GOT STANG!
UPDATE - NOVERMBER 2009
I know it looks like the same basic car in the pics, but it looks really super in the flesh!
Here's what she had done:
- Replaced door skins;
- Replaced old, rusty hatch;
- Swapped LX spoiler for GT spoiler;
- added new weatherstripping all around;
- Dings and dents out.
I've turned on the "Accept Judged Face-offs" in my Profile.
I don't really give a rat's ass if someone thinks my "engine bay is dirty" (you should see it after my serpentine belt disintegrated), or that I "don't have enough pictures of the underside or the interior". My fox is just a shiny (sometimes clean) little, red '87 Stang than makes a lot of noise once I get it started. I don't garage it, and I drive it in the winter. But it's not my daily driver - at $1.47 per litre (about $5 US/gal), that's out of the question!
Do check out the mods/347 build. The motor is now cherry, ground-up build, new cooling, exhaust, rear end, front end, etc. etc. The engine bay still has more holes than a goverment offices, but it's okay.
There are still lots of fox-bodies, in my home town, that are nicer and cleaner - good for them. Not too many are quicker now, though. I'm not here to brag, just to share some info about Babes LX. Thanks, for checking out my site.
Now, a little on the Side?
 
Up front and Personal
Bottoms Up
Spoiling for Action
Phase IV ?
- dual black/silver stripes front to back
- Stormin Norman - with some breathing holes for that big Edelbrock, soon to be Demon
- the stroker is coming
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Babe's LX - Use the Ford, Luke!(9)
