2008 "tigermachine II" Bullitt Mustang build, Pics & Video on Post #518 ...

[Timmbo]

Yes sir that is the problem I had. As far as the tight gap is concerned at the passenger front corner above the headlight, you can simply loosen the quarter panel bolts and pull the fender back out towards you to open the gap just a little.

 

[tigerhonaker]

Yes sir that is the problem I had. As far as the tight gap is concerned at the passenger front corner above the headlight, you can simply loosen the quarter panel bolts and pull the fender back out towards you to open the gap just a little.

Tim,

Thanks for jumping on here and telling me you ran into something very similar with the Tru-Fiber CFH.

Well Wednesday it goes back to Eric and he told Brent he thought with the hood-struts removed he could make the hood look and fit better.

Fingers crossed on this as I hate crap not fitting or looking right.

If Eric makes it better I think I will be able to live with it.

Thanks again,
Terry

 

[Rasmus]

Terry, it's nothing out of the ordinary. It's a common side effect of using hood struts on an aftermarket hood.

I have a fiberglass hood that's lighter than stock. It's made by HO Fibertrends, the same guys who makes the Cobra Jet hoods. It's a race hood, which means it doesn't have a finished bottom -- mine is just painted flat black -- and that it's very thin in some sections.

My old hood struts caused the same bowing of my hood at the same place as yours. While I didn't want to go with a prop rod again because, a) I prefer the look of struts, and b) the fact that it gets in the way when I work on the car, I took different measures. I drilled a hole in each of the gas struts. I now use two cotter pins to hold the hood open whenever necessary. Additional holes can be drilled to allow the hood to rest at various angles, which I imagine could work at shows to let people see the top more easily.

Some say that you can get different gas struts to accommodate an aftermarket hood, but after talking to my body guy, I chose the drilling option. His experience told him that repeated heat cycles with excess pressure in that location would lead to a permanently bowed hood. I didn't want to risk that. There are, however, threads here in this forum that discuss using gas struts with lighter pressure.

A prop rod will be just as fine. I just preferred the look and accessibility of struts.

 

[tigerhonaker]

Terry, it's nothing out of the ordinary. It's a common side effect of using hood struts on an aftermarket hood.

I have a fiberglass hood that's lighter than stock. It's made by HO Fibertrends, the same guys who makes the Cobra Jet hoods. It's a race hood, which means it doesn't have a finished bottom -- mine is just painted flat black -- and that it's very thin in some sections.

My old hood struts caused the same bowing of my hood at the same place as yours. While I didn't want to go with a prop rod again because, a) I prefer the look of struts, and b) the fact that it gets in the way when I work on the car, I took different measures. I drilled a hole in each of the gas struts. I now use two cotter pins to hold the hood open whenever necessary. Additional holes can be drilled to allow the hood to rest at various angles, which I imagine could work at shows to let people see the top more easily.

Some say that you can get different gas struts to accommodate an aftermarket hood, but after talking to my body guy, I chose the drilling option. His experience told him that repeated heat cycles with excess pressure in that location would lead to a permanently bowed hood. I didn't want to risk that. There are, however, threads here in this forum that discuss using gas struts with lighter pressure.

A prop rod will be just as fine. I just preferred the look and accessibility of struts.

Rasmus,

You know what I like about S-197.

Guys that will jump in and let the other fellow know he is not the only one that has ran into the same sort of problem/issue.

I don't mind jumping in and just telling it like it is so another person just might not have to waste their dollars or go through the same crap I have with something.

I Thank-You and Tim for jumping in and confirming what Seibon said in their instructions as well as most I'm sure other CFH manufacturers.

We don't recommend using Hood-Struts etc. on our hoods.

I wish they would be a hell of a lot more specific and actually just come out and say why not.

Like as an example, Hood-Struts we have found will Bow-Our-CFH !!!

I hope that not to much time has gone by with mine having the hood-struts for the hood to fit more correct.

Can't place blame on anyone but my Dumb-Ass for telling Brenspeed to use the Roush Hood-Struts.

Just maybe it, (The Hood) will fit better and if so I sure will be a Happy Camper.

Thanks guys,
Terry

 

[tigerhonaker]

Looking good Terry
Amazing car

Terry.....the tigermachine looks good, not usually a fan of 20" wheels but they look great on your ride. Puzzles me as to why people continue to get on these forums and either bash people or puff their chest out thinking they are something great. I appreciate the way you respond back to those posts. Thanks for posting the jesel information and the cam info for our 3V's. I do have a question about the TCI transmission, I realize that you have not driven the car very much since the swap but what are your thoughts on the transmission?

terry what hood struts do you use, i have the same CF seibon hood that you do.

Terry I had originally written a post asking what your new plaque and side stripes were going to say. The next comment after mine made ms think it would be taken offensively like the other comments questioning you. That was changed to me expressing my feelings about the car being awesome. But I am still curious to know what it will say (using the math you mentioned earlier it is over 900hp I believe) if it were me I would just round it down to 900 as I think that would be pretty cool

thats sick I like the "look" of rounding off to an even number at that point it just looks cleaner that way, and with it being nearly 1000HP it really doesnt matter...
you need to head up to canada and come to one of our track days with it, we have an event next monday at Mosport (ex F1 track)

Thanks for the above response Terry it is much appreciated.

TERRY, why are you against them and why is seibon against them ( never contacted them about it).

Thank you for the info terry. i have fitment issues with my hood and have just lived with them, im debatting weather or not to have it fixed and re cleared or get a new different hood

Terry I could not use the Roush struts on my aftermarket TruFiber hood. They put too much stress on the hood when it's closed and that made the hood bow up slightly where the hood meets the front quarter panels. I had to remove them and go back to the OEM prop rod.

Terry, it's nothing out of the ordinary. It's a common side effect of using hood struts on an aftermarket hood.

I have a fiberglass hood that's lighter than stock. It's made by HO Fibertrends, the same guys who makes the Cobra Jet hoods. It's a race hood, which means it doesn't have a finished bottom -- mine is just painted flat black -- and that it's very thin in some sections.

My old hood struts caused the same bowing of my hood at the same place as yours. While I didn't want to go with a prop rod again because, a) I prefer the look of struts, and b) the fact that it gets in the way when I work on the car, I took different measures. I drilled a hole in each of the gas struts. I now use two cotter pins to hold the hood open whenever necessary. Additional holes can be drilled to allow the hood to rest at various angles, which I imagine could work at shows to let people see the top more easily.

Some say that you can get different gas struts to accommodate an aftermarket hood, but after talking to my body guy, I chose the drilling option. His experience told him that repeated heat cycles with excess pressure in that location would lead to a permanently bowed hood. I didn't want to risk that. There are, however, threads here in this forum that discuss using gas struts with lighter pressure.

A prop rod will be just as fine. I just preferred the look and accessibility of struts.

Guys,

Brent & George have been texting me this evening after work so I won't be a Freaking Nervous Wreck coming to get it tomorrow for pick-up on Saturday.
(Maybe tomorrow don't know that yet)

I'm talking about the hood fitment a lot so Nick and anyone else can possibly benefit from this information.

Looking at the texts from George I will quote him exactly below,

The hood fits much better.
The passenger side is raised very slightly but is much closer than before.
Eric said the hood may settle more if it sits in the sun for awhile.
Driver side is close to factory fitment.

On another note the car is crazy fast.
Fast enough to scare me !
It does 30 mph to 100 in what feels les than 1 second.

Normal driving drives very nice and smooth just like it always has.

Subframe connectors are mint you can feel them in the car.

No one will be disappointed.

Two things I want to share with you all.
I guess I am only repeating George & Brent below but I have already typed it so ...

(1) The hood now does fit better per Brent & George at Brenspeed.
..... Perfect, no, but much-much better per Eric that owns the custom body shop and did the fitment of my Seibon CFH.

Eric was also the one that did the Highland Green paint on the Seibon center-raised-section.

(2) Brent sent me a few text and said the Bullitt Mustang is ready for me to pick it up on Saturday.


We leave in the morning to Pierceton, IN.
Saturday is the day


Terry

George sent me the below pictures a few minutes ago.
Taken in Shop with poor lighting.
Bullitt getting a bath.













Terry

 

[retfr8flyr]

Looks good Terry and I know you will be happy to get it back. I think, without the pressure from the struts, that with a couple of weeks with normal usage in the sun, the hood will settle some more and should fit well.

Just be careful driving it, until you get comfortable with it. With that much power and the panhard bar setup on the car, the ass can get out from under you in an instant. Don't forget Greg's offroad excursion with his 2010.

 

[tigerhonaker]

Looks good Terry and I know you will be happy to get it back. I think, without the pressure from the struts, that with a couple of weeks with normal usage in the sun, the hood will settle some more and should fit well.

Just be careful driving it, until you get comfortable with it. With that much power and the panhard bar setup on the car, the ass can get out from under you in an instant. Don't forget Greg's offroad excursion with his 2010.

Earl,

You know I have not intentionally let myself think about the time frame the Bullitt has been gone.

But it started last Sept. 2013 and then I went and picked it up in April 2014 to attend the TX. Shootout.

Then when I got it home the noise from the stock follower happened.
(Had the Bullitt for like a week or so)

Brent had it picked up and now I will get it back once again and it's Mid July 2014.

Talk about having patience ...........

I'm pretty darn sure I will drive like I have some sense so I can actually get the thing back home in my garage.

And hopefully it will remain here for as long as I want it to this time around.

Terry

BTW,

I think the hood might very well settle a little here where I live as summer gets totally here.
It can and does get 100-Degrees plus.
So that Heat should let it completely settle in place the little bit it sits up
on the passenger-side.

 

[tigerhonaker]

Guys,

I just got home from Brenspeed.

Here is the bottom line on the Bullitt.

It runs !!!

No problems for the over 500 miles I have driven it.

I drove it over 500 miles and when I pulled in the driveway it read 19.1 MPG Average.


I did run it some while in Pierceton, IN. to just check it out.

The Seibon hood now looks totally Awesome Eric did an excellent job on the fitment once the hood-struts were removed.

Oh, I really like the way the Bullitt turned out.

Here it is in the parking lot at Comfort Inn right before we leave.





Here it is as I drove it in my driveway before pulling it in the garage.






Terry

 

[retfr8flyr]

Congrats Terry, I know you are a happy camper right now!!

 

[Shotokan1509]

Looking good! I actually didn't realize you have a cage in it

 

[SGTguy]

Terry now have some fun with it and drive the hell out of it, good luck.


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[TRC51]

Looking good! I actually didn't realize you have a cage in it

+1 I didn't realize it either.

Car looks great, Terry! Congrats on getting her back.

 

[Scott]

Congratulations Terry, car looks great and it is now time for some fun!

 

[tigerhonaker]

Congrats Terry, I know you are a happy camper right now!!

Hi Earl,

Buddy that is putting it mildly I can assure you of that.
It has surely been awhile in coming but was well worth the wait.

Looking good! I actually didn't realize you have a cage in it

Yes it has to have an approved cage to race it.
I'll post some pics below.

Terry now have some fun with it and drive the hell out of it, good luck.
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I have every intention of having fun with it for sure.

I have been known to do a few WOT passes with it and infact did that on the way home as well as in Pierceton, IN.

Just wanted to make sure there were not going to be any surprises on the 500 mile drive back.

It wasn't any negative surprises coming home or up North running it.

+1 I didn't realize it either.

Car looks great, Terry! Congrats on getting her back.

I'll post some pics below for you guys.

Congratulations Terry, car looks great and it is now time for some fun!

Scott,

Thank-You and I agree it is time to enjoy it.
I took it out the last few days and drove it around here locally.
It is an Eye-Catcher for sure now.

Pictures below ...........

 

[i am ryan]

I took it out the last few days and drove it around here locally.

Does that mean it will be at the next Cars n Coffee?

 

[tigerhonaker]

Speaking of the Roll Cage,
























































http://s258.photobucket.com/user/ti...chine Sept 2011/Driversseatposition2.jpg.html





Terry

 

[tigerhonaker]

Does that mean it will be at the next Cars n Coffee?

Ryan,

Here are a few Pics for you taken this afternoon.

I went by to hang out with Tim and took a few Pics while there.

We were discussing August 1st weekend and Cars n Coffee.

Maybe getting some of us together (Real-Early) and driving over to it as a team.

Of course (Weather Permitting) !!!















Terry

 

[tigerhonaker]

Guys,

Here are some Pics I took after detailing the Bullitt.

That only took like all day and part of late night to complete.

It's been gone for a very-long-time.

This was from the trip back when I pulled it in the garage.
This included sitting in the road construction for what seemed like ever.
All the stops for gas, food, bathroom duties etc.
Oh and also some of my Full-Blown WOT demos on the way back as well as up in Pierceton, IN.










Next Pics are after Full Detailing ...















Terry

 

[Timmbo]

Glad you made it by yesterday Terry. That is one sick machine right there! I think the shift supervisor in the background was hoping for a burn out lol. Put Saturday August 2nd on your calendar for Cars and Coffee. Enjoy the car. It sounds amazing too.

 

[tigerhonaker]

Glad you made it by yesterday Terry. That is one sick machine right there! I think the shift supervisor in the background was hoping for a burn out lol. Put Saturday August 2nd on your calendar for Cars and Coffee. Enjoy the car. It sounds amazing too.

Tim,

Hopefully the weather will be nice and several of us can meet up and drive over to Cars n Coffee as a group.

Good seeing you again and hanging out for awhile.

Terry