Young Punk Build Volume II

[Matt D]

Just when everyone thought Matt D was out of the game.... bam! Im back

I havn't done anything to my ride since last season. I was going to start this build thread when I had all the parts and most of the work was done.... but I enjoy sharing the build with you guys and will keep updating this thread. The goal is to still run 11's on a stock long block.... but I want to run consistant 11's first day out in warm weather... no mineshaft air, no gimmicks just flat out rock the car with my new set up. As soon as I hit the 11's im going to try and get a head, cam combo going and do that half way through the season.

Current goals-

knock another 80-100 lbs out of the car
run 11's stock long block
Have the car ready for nmra spring break shoot out.


Here we go....

When I bought the car I hated the beige interior... I always had my mind set that I would switch to a black interior... The oem parts are very expensive and not as easy to come across like the old fox bodies. I sourced out my first bit of black interior parts.

Time to start taking out the good's

First part of the weight reduction.... ditch pass air bag

Removed the air bag and left just the pannel

Coming along..

Love seeing the pile of parts

Bran-used black dash

Complete dash, Steering colum and accesories out

Both Dash's

Starting to go back together

 

[Matt D]

My pop's stopped by and gave me a hand for a bit

Bran-used black pillars

Final pick of the main dash back together

More to come.... Stay tuned!

 

[terry5357]

DAMN!!! LMAO, that what I call an effing diet, how much does all that shit weigh

 

[Mr.CuBaN]

damn that was good i want to do it to mine too. hate that beige interior. u can see every dirt spot.

 

[Franchi]

Looks fun! I'll keep tuned....

 

[BLKS197]

How much weight do you save with the passenger air bag out?

 

[Jimmy k]

THe black looks good Matt, I will see it tomorrow when I come by,

 

[Freaknazty]

How much weight do you save with the passenger air bag out?

IIRC like 6-7lbs ..... looking good so far bro just swap over to the new racecraft setup matt you know you will anyway lol waa-laa there is a good portion of the 100lbs your looking to lose .

 

[weeloGT]

awesome!! wish i had the nuts to go this route!! looking forward to updates

 

[470 GT/CS]

Props to you for putting taking all that apart and putting it back together, I sure could not without the Ford Service manual and/or a lot of help.

 

[Lucrettert]

Looks awesome so far, subscribing to see the rest.

 

[LAK3RS]

Can't wait to see what other tricks you have up your sleeves. Just remember, once you go black, you never go back! Ha! Glad to see the interior swap as it looks much better!

 

[ZmanM3]

Nice, I'll be watching the thread to see how it goes. Always entertaining.

 

[RyanS197]

Is that a disco ball i see hanging from the rear view? Delete that too!

 

[Matt D]

Is that a disco ball i see hanging from the rear view? Delete that too!

No , it's a world cup gold soccer ball lol... has a Portugal flag inside

 

[GOTTORQ]

now u need black carpeting to go with it all

 

[RyanS197]

No , it's a world cup gold soccer ball lol... has a Portugal flag inside

Oh i see now lol.
Good luck hitting 11's! gotta love the black interior. If youy dont mind me asking, does the center console have to come out to get to the radio?
Sub'ing

 

[JeremyH]

Yeah pull the thick tan carpet and get some super thin black carpet and remove all the jewt underneath that should knock off 5-10 lbs.

 

[Matt D]

now u need black carpeting to go with it all

On the way dude along with the rear pillar's

 

[JimIII@JDM]

where's the Like button at?