John's MKIV Build

[JTY]

Goal for this project is a "budgetish" street car.

Bought from Factory Five
- Complete kit with IRS
- 11.65" Rear Brakes
- Front / Rear Sway Bars
- Roll Bars
- Bumpers
- Headers
- Roadster seats
- Steel sidepipes

Donor Parts
- 302 from a 94 Mustang (will freshen it up)
- rebuilt T5 from a small transmission shop
- Fox body bell housing
- 3.55 center section from a 2017 Mustang GT
- Hubs / Spindles from a 2020 Mustang

Other Parts
- 17" Bullitt style wheels from American Muscle
- NRG Quick Release Steering
- Schroth Rallye Cross Harnesses
- Kevko Cobra Kit Oil Pan
- AMP EFI Micro Squirt
- Clutch / Flywheel
- Russ Thompson Gas Pedal

Of course there will be other misc items, and stuff to add as I go.

[JTY]

Quickly learned it's worth it to take the time to deburr the aluminum panels. Some of those are crazy sharp. No fancy tool is needed, I just use a small mill file. A little bit of work, will save a lot of skin later.

[F500guy]

Good safety tip!

[JTY]

Still making progress. Suspension is fully assembled, brakes done, steering done, and back to riveting.

Couple things that came up so far, drilling the mounting holes on the IRS diff, is a total pain in the butt. Holes ended up a bit oversized, but shouldn't matter, even in a Mustang they are bigger than the necessary. And, like many others, I had to shorten my lower steering shaft by about 3/8". It was either shorten it, or grind the flange bearing a bit to fit inside the footbox.