Hot Rod Garage Season 12 Episode 1

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00:00Welcome back to Hot Rod Garage. I'm Lucky Costa, and next to me is my good friend, Alex Taylor.

00:11Hello.

00:11Hello. How was your flight?

00:13It could have been better, but it could also have been worse, and we're here.

00:17Well, we are here. And where is here, exactly? We're at my shop because we're still in between shops right now.

00:23I thought you were going to say we're in another galaxy, but...

00:25We are actually in another galaxy.

00:28We actually have a galaxy. But yes, we are at your shop with your galaxy.

00:32This is a 1963 Ford Wagon Country sedan. We go way back.

00:37Yeah, like to last season.

00:38Yeah, and then I go way... This thing scarred me when I was like 15 or 17 or, I don't know, way back when I was riding BMX bikes.

00:46Back in the day.

00:47Back in the day.

00:48Black and white TV, guys.

00:49Yeah, and then this is actually how I found black and white TV. What are you trying to say?

00:54I'm just kidding.

00:55Wow.

00:56But this beast behind us, we want to make it into a functional cruiser that we can take to cars and coffee, and then Lucky can actually take out and enjoy it.

01:04Because if you guys remember, last year, we kept hearing the story that Lucky kept telling about this wagon that scarred him from a very young age and made him fall into what he loves now.

01:15Exactly, which is cool cars you would not expect to be performance vehicles, station wagons, pickup trucks, and stuff like that.

01:23But, yeah, it was a cool story.

01:25I saw a car go by, and I was like, is that a station wagon?

01:27Yeah, so...

01:28Yeah, it was.

01:29So we surprised Lucky got him his, not quite dream car, but the car that started it for him.

01:36So we got it, brought it in the shop, and the worst part about it was there was a ton of trash in it, all kinds of...

01:41Got some surfboards.

01:43Surfboards.

01:43There wasn't a lot of go to it, but it had the good bones.

01:46My options were coilover for handling or bagging for cruising, and I chose bagging.

01:50So it's RideTech front to back, four link in the rear, bags in the front.

01:55There's a little budget controller.

01:57It's honestly a couple of faucet knobs that you open and close and make it go up and down right now, and a notch engine tank in the back.

02:02Well, he wanted it to look cool, but last year it definitely didn't have all of the go forward and backwards that it needed.

02:09We got it going up and down with its RideTech suspension.

02:12However, we didn't have the engine and transmission to get it to go the other directions we needed.

02:16We didn't have the equipment to make it up a simple hill.

02:18We didn't. The hill got us before we got the hill.

02:20We had to back out of that deal.

02:21It was rough.

02:22But anyway, so now we have a new engine to swap into it, and we're not going LS swap.

02:28We're going...

02:29We're going full Coyote swap, 5 liter, with a Gearstar 6R80 transmission and a Yanks billet torque converter.

02:36So now we'll have the ability to go forward, backwards, up and down, and drive it to cars and coffee, cruise it, have a good time, and try not to get in trouble, right?

02:43Well, it's still going to smoke.

02:45It's just going to be a different kind of smoke.

02:47Tires, not engines.

02:48Okay, so where do you want to get started?

02:50Well, I think we have a lot of engine and a little space, it looks like.

02:53Eh, we have a lot of space.

02:55A lot of space.

02:57We probably ought to start by taking some measurements, pulling some stuff off, and figuring out how we're going to fit this new engine in.

03:02Right, and by stuff, I believe you mean the entire front clip, which is just going to be maybe six or eight rusty bolts, so probably half out as it is.

03:10And then we'll drain out all the fluids.

03:13The thing will be up on the lift.

03:14We'll start working on getting the motor and transmission out, and we'll measure for this and for this.

03:20You made that sound really simple.

03:23Okay.

03:24Rusty bolt time.

03:25Okay, so I'm not going to lie.

03:29This is pretty exciting for me.

03:30We've been talking about doing this for a long time, and it's happening.

03:35It's happening right now.

03:36All right, once you get something crazy, look at the offset control arm bushing.

03:41Uh-huh.

03:42See how it's like a little crank shaft?

03:43Yeah.

03:44You loosen this and crank it, and that adjusts the caster.

03:48Oh.

03:48Is that weird?

03:49It's pretty interesting.

03:50Yeah.

03:50I do see that the course board is only being held on by one bolt in the middle.

03:54Like, that's like a tri-five.

03:56Along with the bumper brackets, that one bolt, the two lower fender bolts, and the hood hinges actually hold the top of the fender on.

04:05Huh.

04:05I think if we take those things out, we could potentially just muscle this whole front clip out of the way.

04:16So here's your standard bumper bolt.

04:18You've usually got four or six or eight of these holding the front bumper on any rusty bucket that you've got.

04:23However, if you have a high-tech, technology-packed, galaxy-flying bucket like this, you have a cam-eccentric header bolt.

04:35That's crazy.

04:36So the bolt is built off-center, and there's a little pond right there, a little cam.

04:42When you put it in there and tighten it all up, it lifts and lowers the bumper.

04:46However, I'm not losing these.

04:49They're going back in.

04:51Let's take this bumper off.

04:54So we lift it and push it back like that right there.

04:57Now, my bolt just fell out.

04:59Okay.

05:00Here, hold this side now.

05:01I got this side.

05:02You got it?

05:03Yeah, girl.

05:04Oh, girl.

05:05You hear that sound?

05:08Yeah.

05:09Sound of freedom.

05:10Coming down.

05:13This side's really light.

05:14Oh, wait.

05:15There's a Mark King.

05:16Yeah, a Mark King.

05:17We're going to go back that way.

05:35Of course we are.

05:36Okay, hold on.

05:37We're going to go this way over here.

05:39Now, go back over there.

05:41You suck.

05:42You're gone.

05:43Watch out.

05:44Hold on.

05:46Now, we're going to go that way over there.

05:49All right.

05:49Stop.

05:50Turn it down.

05:51Yeah.

06:12Thanks for the Lord.

06:19Jack can come out maybe now.

06:28Okay, Alex Taylor, I believe this is excessive for an oil change.

06:31Are you sure this is how we do it?

06:33Well, it's absolutely not.

06:35You remember that conversation where I said, hey, do you want to drain the transmission?

06:38And you said, no.

06:39Oh, no, if we do it right with a plug and we put it in the end of the transmission, we

06:43won't make a leak.

06:45My bad.

06:46There's another hole there.

06:47Yeah.

06:47So, out with the old.

06:50This thing is used up.

06:52Not even just old.

06:54It's old and broken.

06:56So, don't know what's actually wrong internally, but it had no power.

07:01Seemed like it was a couple cylinders down last time.

07:03So, we can't get much worse, but we can get it quite a bit better.

07:08Yes.

07:08I actually think it's better right now.

07:10You're right.

07:10It is.

07:11It is.

07:12So, we're going to clean up this engine bay, and then we get to put in the new, or start

07:16to put in, start to fit the new engine.

07:20It's pretty good.

07:21Is that pretty good?

07:22We're done here.

07:23All right.

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08:07Anyways, so new engine, Coyote engine.

08:09Correct.

08:102015, so second gen, good motor.

08:13Only weak link is the oil pump, which we have the new billet cool one.

08:18Rad.

08:19Okay.

08:19Yeah, and 44,000 miles, so a low-mileage motor.

08:22Okay.

08:23Plug and play, everything from Ford, including the gas pedal wiring harness,

08:27cold air intake, MAP sensor, mass airflow, everything, all included.

08:31Nice.

08:31Very cost-effective, too.

08:33Okay, so.

08:34However, now, Mustangs are a rear sump motor,

08:37so the sump would be the deepest part of the oil pan where the oil pickup is.

08:40It's in the rear because the Mustangs, newer Mustangs, have rack and pinion in the front.

08:46In 1963, back in the day, they did rear steer with a steering gearbox right by the firewall.

08:52Luckily, Moroso makes an aftermarket oil pan with the sump in the front for the steering in the rear.

08:59Yes.

09:00Guess what we have?

09:01New in the box.

09:02Oil pan.

09:02Front sump, oil pan, yeah.

09:04Yeah.

09:04So we're going to swap that out, and then we're going to fit some universal motor mounts and set this thing in there.

09:10Yeah, I'm proud of you.

09:11You did some homework.

09:13I did do some.

09:14You are ruining me.

09:15You are ruining me, and I'm unhappy about it.

09:18All right, ready to do some stuff?

09:20Yes.

09:20All right.

09:21All right.

09:21We're waiting for a couple of parts.

09:34Specifically, a special pickup.

09:37So we're just going to set this on right now so we can progress and start making this mounts.

09:43I'm not torquing this down.

09:44I'm not torquing this down.

09:48It's a half a hug.

09:50Okay.

09:51Okay.

09:52Okay.

09:53Okay.

09:54Down, Willis.

09:55Okay.

09:56Hang on.

09:59Yeah, that's the tight fit.

10:03So we set the coyote motor in and just got it kind of close.

10:07I knew we were going to be trimming the top of the upper control arm perches and a little bit more clearance in the back right there.

10:13Give me just a little bit of an air gap between the upper control arm perches and the headers, and then set it back in again and see how it goes.

10:20Let me look.

10:29Yeah, just a little bit too far back.

10:38That is a lot closer.

10:42Okay, so after doing a little bit of trimming, some grinding, a little burning, the coyote motor is actually levitating.

10:50It's float-ay.

10:51It's the coyote float-ay.

10:54We have it pretty much set in place.

10:56It looks pretty good.

10:57That means we are making good progress.

11:01Yeah.

11:01This is more than we expected to get done today.

11:04Yeah.

11:04Do you want to let that go?

11:07This is a false sense of security right now.

11:09Yeah.

11:11It's okay.

11:11The headers will catch it on the way now.

11:12We're going full floaty mode.

11:14Woo.

11:16And this is not even doing anything.

11:17It's just there for looks.

11:19Float-ay.

11:20So with the coyote doing the floaty, that just never gets old in my opinion.

11:24I like it.

11:25I do.

11:26We're going to get those motor mounts fabbed up.

11:28It's a really sweet little universal kit.

11:30Very nice.

11:31And then we're going to take the motor and the transmission bolted together and get a running start at installing it directly into the floor.

11:38We're going to be a little more careful than that.

11:39All right.

11:41It's finally time for motor mounts.

11:43I'm saying finally because we've done a lot of measuring.

11:45But, again, the prep cork is the hardest part and most time consuming.

11:49So, as far as motor mounts go, this is actually a universal kit that's specific for the engine but universal to the car.

11:55So, Paul Horton's weld together series, the mount is actually already on the block and in the car.

12:03So, we've been using that to kind of get an idea of how we're going to place it and an idea of where our mounts go.

12:07So, these tabs here is the part that's universal.

12:11So, what we've decided to do is we're going to take a plate and weld it to the frame as an extra set of reinforcement or an extra step to reinforcing it.

12:21And then we're going to weld these to that and they'll bolt up.

12:24So, you'll see how that'll work.

12:25But something cool about this kit is they actually provide a laser cut cardboard.

12:31So, that way you've got these already in a pattern.

12:35You don't have to cut them out.

12:36Nice little pop-out pieces here.

12:38So, we are going to use these to get an idea of how we want to trim them to fit the frame.

12:45And then once we get that, we'll go ahead and cut these out, cut our other piece of metal, weld it together, pack it in the car, yank the motor back out, weld it in finally, and then the engine will be done.

12:56Pretty simple, right?

12:57Okay.

12:58So, Alex has done the measurements.

13:00She marked everything.

13:01She wrote it in very simple letters.

13:04However, all caps seems a little rude to me.

13:08Either way, I'm going to cut them up.

13:15Ow, ow, ow.

13:21Wow, look at that.

13:24It's like somebody knew what they were doing.

13:26The engine's going in.

13:47Not for the final time.

13:49I'm pretty sure this is not the way it goes.

13:51Well, it's not there yet.

13:54All right.

13:54Not for the final time, for another trial fit time.

13:59Hang on.

14:01And over here.

14:02Okay, motor's in, motor mounts, everything lines up, bolted right up.

14:14Life is good.

14:15Yeah, it did go in.

14:16It really wasn't bad.

14:18And it actually is sitting with our calibrated blocks sitting at the angle that we would like.

14:24Exactly.

14:24Three degrees.

14:25And now, we have to mark where it's going to be cut.

14:29To do our incision.

14:30Yeah.

14:31Because the reason that it has to be cut is the transmission tunnel in this is not at all big enough for the transmission that's going in.

14:40This car came with a slush box three-speed.

14:43Yeah.

14:43Little guy.

14:44Yeah.

14:45This is?

14:46This is a 6R80.

14:48It does have a billet converter, yanks converter in it.

14:51Six-speed automatic transmission.

14:52Six-speed automatic, exactly.

14:53Non-manual.

14:55Transmission is 27 inches long.

14:56There is four inches between the engine and the firewall.

15:00And then from the firewall to the seat, there's 26 inches.

15:04So that's 30.

15:05We only need 26, 27 for this.

15:08So basically, long story short, we're not going to take the seat out right now.

15:12We're just going to cut a hole.

15:13That'll get us an idea.

15:14The downside is the only good metal inside this car, with no rust, is the tunnel that we're getting ready to cut out of it.

15:22That sucks.

15:23All right.

15:28See what I did there?

15:30You made a hole.

15:31Uh-huh.

15:31On the floor.

15:32I believe that's about the minimal amount I'll have to cut out.

15:35I'm going to be lightening it up a little bit more.

15:38You know what I kind of want to see?

15:40I want to see if you put it in tomorrow.

15:42Like, we'll put it in.

15:43Right.

15:44Just to set its toupee back on it.

15:46Just to see if we even need to cut it out at all.

15:48Oh, yeah.

15:49It'd be kind of funny.

15:50All right.

15:51For who?

15:52Me.

15:54Okay.

15:54Well, that's important.

15:56So, we have a few parts to throw at it.

15:58We have a...

15:58That is correct.

15:59Engine spacer.

16:00Transmission spacer.

16:01Uh-huh.

16:02Flex plate.

16:03Yep.

16:03Starter motor, because we might as well put it in now.

16:05I don't think we'll be able to get to it later.

16:06Safe space.

16:07Yeah.

16:07Time.

16:07And a couple of other small parts where you can put the accessory drive back on.

16:11That sounds like fun.

16:12That's a good timer.

16:13I don't care.

16:14I don't care who you are.

16:15And then we'll put the transmission on it, and we'll stuff this thing in.

16:17That actually sounds pretty simple.

16:19Party.

16:34All right.

16:35So, flex plate is on.

16:36Like, you just torqued it down.

16:37These are torque-to-yield bolts.

16:39So, instead of just getting a foot-pound number, an inch-pound, or a number that's just specific

16:43and to the point, it means that you go to a foot-pound and then go to degrees after

16:47that.

16:47So, the theory is you're stretching that bolt.

16:50So, put simply, it goes to the foot-pound of 25 foot-pounds, and then he has a really

16:55nice digital torque wrench, which also reads degrees, went to 60 degrees after that.

16:59Which is 81 foot-pounds.

17:02Yeah.

17:02And if you Google, it says 70 to 80, but we made sure we did it the right way.

17:06Exactly how forward built it to go.

17:08Okay.

17:09Is it time?

17:11Four.

17:14A ceremony?

17:16I'm going to lightly let it down.

17:18Oh, okay.

17:19Ready?

17:19Stop.

17:21Go down just about a little bit.

17:23Half a smidge.

17:24A little more.

17:28Do that, Dick.

17:32That was it.

17:43Watch your hooves.

17:44I'm watching.

17:45God, don't hit those motor mounts.

17:48Drop it.

17:49Let it down easy.

17:50A little more.

17:57I think, yeah, a little bit more.

18:01Okay.

18:01Oh, something's hitting somewhere.

18:03I just heard it.

18:04I don't think I cut high enough on the firewall.

18:06Okay.

18:15Whoa.

18:16Calm down.

18:17Sit me down now.

18:18Sit me down.

18:19Okay, this is ready to drop in over here.

18:25Up in the back?

18:28You mean like that?

18:32Did it just go in?

18:35Yes, it did.

18:35That's a weird sound.

18:37Okay, so the motor is in.

18:38Is the motor in?

18:39It is.

18:39Well, my side's in.

18:41Motor mounts are hooked up.

18:42Well, most motor mounts are in the right place.

18:43Her bolt went right in.

18:44This side is resting safe.

18:49And then we have no transmission crossmember.

18:51However, we do have a marquee.

18:52Do we not?

18:53Okay, so with Mark securing the transmission on the inside.

18:56Can you check again, Mark?

18:58Yeah, it seems pretty secure.

18:59Hold on.

19:00We're going to let the motor down.

19:02Should get much heavier.

19:04Get this out of the way.

19:04Put the car up.

19:06Without Mark.

19:07With Mark in it.

19:08Oh, we're going to leave it?

19:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.

19:08And then we'll do a quick little temporary trans mount to hold it in place.

19:13That makes perfect sense, right?

19:14Total.

19:16Motor's in.

19:17Yes, it is.

19:18How cool is that?

19:19Pretty rad, considering it actually fits, since the Coyote is so wide.

19:24FYI, it's using up all the engine bay.

19:26All, every bit of it.

19:28Yep, yep.

19:29Transmission is actually secured in the vehicle with a crossmember.

19:31Ready to go.

19:32Of custom fabrication, I might add.

19:34Yes, very nice.

19:34Very nice piece.

19:35Yeah, yeah.

19:35So, engine transmission, that's two of the really big components, and however, we have

19:40some other stuff to connect to make all of that work.

19:42Yes, we have to plug up some holes.

19:44For example, it won't hold any coolant.

19:45That is a fact.

19:46There's not a single hose on the thing, and there is no cooling system.

19:49It won't hold any gas.

19:50Do you know why?

19:51Because there's no fuel system.

19:52There's not a single hose on it, and there's no gas tank.

19:54You guys remember that one time we put a boat tank in the back?

19:57Remember that time?

19:58It's still back there, as a matter of fact.

19:59Yeah.

20:00It won't hold any transmission fluid.

20:01Do you know why?

20:02There are no lines.

20:03There's no cooler, and there's just a transmission.

20:04So, basically, we've installed two things, and we have approximately 15 left.

20:10Mm-hmm.

20:10Yeah.

20:10Kind of hurts when you say it like that.

20:12There's a minor interference with the driveshaft.

20:15Yeah.

20:16Looks like it goes through, like, the middle of the seat.

20:18Yeah.

20:19So, while Lucky puts in a fuel system, and he has some tricks he wants to do there, I'm

20:24going to take more stuff off, so that way we can take seats out and then cut the floor

20:28up.

20:28So, you assemble, all disassemble, then we'll get ready to totally reassemble everything.

20:33Are you going to cut stuff up?

20:34Oh, I'm going to cut stuff up.

20:35Helps to 60-foot time.

20:36Yeah.

20:37Fire, gas, it all goes together.

20:39Yeah.

20:39Well, right?

20:39Well, gross.

20:41Woo!

20:42Too much?

20:43Too much.

20:44Oh, wait.

20:46Oh, no.

20:47We have to hook it up.

20:48I don't know.

20:49It's working.

20:49Ready?

20:49Yeah.

20:50Woo!

20:54Okay.

20:55So, there are a couple of things going on in the back of this wagon.

20:57One of them is tetanus, so I've got a little blanket.

20:59The other thing is a hidden stash spot where we're going to be stashing that gas tank.

21:04That's a universal sort of Mustang gas tank.

21:06It's floor-mounted style.

21:08I want to keep it inside.

21:10Yes-sir-ee-bob.

21:24What occurred to me just now is you can spend some time trying to save a little bit of metal,

21:30or you can just go ahead and cut it out.

21:33Guess what I'm going to do right now?

21:37Cut it out.

21:40So, the final product on this is going to be a piece of one-inch square tube welded

21:48together in a square, all the way around, welded to the floor, sealed, and then this

21:53will sit right on it with some nuts there to hold it in place.

21:56But for now, let's just make sure it all fits.

22:01All right.

22:03I don't care who you are.

22:05I feel pretty good about that.

22:06All right.

22:10So, we have no front seat now.

22:12We're going to have to do a little modification because I did have to cut one of the studs.

22:16Maybe I didn't have to, but I did.

22:18And so, the seat, we'll have to work on getting it back in.

22:21We do have floor pans now from the last time that I was in this car.

22:25Well, floor pans.

22:27It looks like floor pans.

22:28But you can see that the transmission has clearly decided it wants to ride in the car

22:32with us.

22:33So, right here is where a drive shaft will mount in the front.

22:38Front yoke.

22:39And you can see that that is right in line with this transmission tunnel.

22:42Therefore, that is why we have to cut the tunnel.

22:45I'm going to go right in front of the front seat with the cut and see if we can save the

22:50rest of it.

22:50And if not, we'll take the back seat out and cut some more.

22:53But, for now, I'm going to move this stuff out of the way and get ready to make a very

23:00surgical incision.

23:10Alright, so there's yet another hole in our already very whole leaf floor.

23:14So, right now it's just a very rough cut and it's nothing crazy.

23:18Eventually, when Lucky replaces these floors and actually, you know, does a nice draw,

23:23on the interior, he's going to build a really nice tunnel.

23:25For now, we're going to do something where we'll grind this down, get it nice, flat, smooth

23:30and straight.

23:30And then, once we figure out how much tunnel we need to have with our drive shaft, just

23:35build, like, something very simple to cover it up because this is temporary in the long

23:40term of this project.

23:41But, for now, we have a hole.

23:43Get our drive shaft back very soon.

23:45They measured for it today.

23:47And then, we'll get it in the car and be one step closer to having everything connected.

23:53Okay, so our guys at DriveLength Inc. came in yesterday, measured for the drive shaft,

24:00compensated for ride height, matched the yokes and built a slip collar for it, and delivered

24:06it back today.

24:08So, the drive shaft is going in.

24:11And, of course, they supplied all new U-joints and hardware.

24:13So, that's cool.

24:28Okay, so this is my quick and dirty universal transmount to Coyote Swap 63 Galaxy station

24:36wagon.

24:36The deal is, I made these sort of telescopic, so this will fit in the middle.

24:42You're going to see in just a second, I'm going to cut one side over about two inches

24:46and go down, drill a hole through there, drill a hole through there.

24:49If I need to remove it, I can just simply take out a bolt.

24:52It's telescopic.

24:53It will slide and drop right out while these two pieces are getting welded in permanently.

24:56So, while Lucky works on the actual crossmember part for the transmission, I'm working on the

25:04mount that's going to bolt onto the back of the transmission.

25:07So, this is not what the pattern is going to look like.

25:09It's just a start.

25:10So, basically, it'll bolt to the back with three pieces, and then there'll be a piece

25:14that folds under, like this, where a GM-style transmission mount will bolt to, and it'll

25:19bolt on top of Lucky's crossmember.

25:21So, I'm just working on this piece, going to get a pattern, then I'll cut it out of

25:25this plate, lull it together, and then about that time, Lucky should have the crossmember

25:29ready.

25:34Okay, I think that looks pretty good.

25:35I think we did a fine job.

25:36That is a work of art right there.

25:40I don't know if I'd go that far, but it looks decent.

25:43That's right.

25:44Okay.

25:45All right.

25:45So, that means everything under here is, well, most of the stuff under here is buttoned

25:49up.

25:50So, the motor is attached to the car.

25:53It is.

25:53No fear involved.

25:54Correct.

25:55Transmission is levitating via a mount.

25:57Ah.

25:58Nice.

25:58Drive shaft is installed.

25:59Correct.

26:00Attached to the rear differential.

26:01Mm-hmm.

26:01I think we're pretty done underneath there.

26:03The floor is a story of its own.

26:05I don't think that's going to be fixed this time, though.

26:08It's very yabba-dabba-doo.

26:09It is.

26:10So, with that said, we are getting pretty close to dropping it down, putting some fluids in

26:16it, and seeing this coyote howl.

26:19Put the beak on it.

26:20Maybe throw some fluids at it, like you said.

26:22Mm-hmm.

26:22A little bit of wiring.

26:23Right.

26:23Some voltage.

26:24Yep.

26:25Sorry, neighbors.

26:26It's fire-up time.

26:28Almost.

26:29Very close.

26:30Very close.

26:30Okay.

26:30Bye-bye.

26:31Bye.

26:32Bye.

26:41Okay.

26:42So, it's on the ground.

26:43It is.

26:44It's standing on its own four feet right now.

26:46It is.

26:47Okay.

26:47So, we have a couple things still to add to the front.

26:49Yes, we do.

26:49As you can see, there is no beak.

26:51That part is important.

26:52Right.

26:53So, we have to put the beak on.

26:54With the beak, we can then install the cooling system, the radiator.

26:57Correct.

26:57Start fitting the hoses.

26:58Correct.

26:59Fuel on.

26:59We need to put a regulator over there, a fuel pressure regulator.

27:01We happen to have one from the Nova.

27:03Left over from the Nova with a lovely gauge.

27:05Yes.

27:05Just the way I like them.

27:06Battery cable.

27:07It seems like a lot of work for a spot to put a battery, but since there is a spot to put

27:10a battery, actually, there is barely a spot to put a battery in.

27:13Barely.

27:14Yeah.

27:14We will put the battery in, build a battery cable, run some voltage inside the car.

27:18I think we are getting really close.

27:19Yep.

27:20Transcooler and we are almost there.

27:21That crow even agrees with us.

27:22Yeah.

27:22He says, get the beak on.

27:25Exactly.

27:25Get the beak on.

27:26Yeah.

27:26All right.

27:27Okay.

27:29Careful with that, Alex.

27:31Careful.

27:32Easy.

27:33Careful now.

27:35You know what?

27:36I think it is worth more now.

27:38Oh, yeah.

27:39More patina.

27:40You are right.

27:41Okay.

27:41So I took it forward and I was putting my hand here in like the middle of the wheel.

27:44I got you.

27:45I got one of those cars with the removal of one of these.

27:47Oh, you've been down that.

27:48You've been down the thread before?

27:50Ready?

27:51I go over the tire.

28:02There it is.

28:03That was it.

28:04The beak is on?

28:05Beak is on.

28:06We kind of have a holding place for battery, radiator, everything like that.

28:10But it looks really good.

28:11Right.

28:12You want to grab the radiator and set it right there between that little bracket and I'll

28:15grab the battery and set it over there.

28:17And then we'll start figuring out where it hoses and cables.

28:20Okay.

28:20Oh, my.

28:21Hoses and cables and something.

28:23Oh, my.

28:23That is a very sharp.

28:32Right in that little, like it was built for it.

28:37Okay.

28:38Yeah.

28:38So now that the motor's in the wagon, I'm using Castrol Edge Full Synthetic to maximize

28:43the performance of this high output engine.

28:45I'm trying to get every ounce of power out of this thing as I can.

28:52August.

28:53Napa Valley.

28:54Before the rains.

28:58Castrol Edge will keep this thing going 20,000 miles between oil changes.

29:02Lasts twice as long as a leading full synthetic and is three times stronger.

29:06See you in 20,000 miles.

29:12All right.

29:12So since this is Lucky's personal car now at this point, he has the benefit of having

29:17it in his shop.

29:18And with that, we also benefit because he's doing some work in the evenings since he gets

29:22to be around it a little bit more.

29:23One of those things that he did the other night while we were away was run new fuel lines.

29:28So these are from the back tied up nicely to the frame all the way to the front.

29:32All it needs up there is a regulator mounted and a couple more lines connected.

29:36I'm going to go ahead and put the fittings on here and connect them to the tank.

29:40If you look, you can see that the tank isn't actually mounted yet.

29:44It will be before we take it out and drive it.

29:46Lucky's got a frame that he wants to build out of one inch tubing that's going to elevate

29:49the tank just a little, secure it down, and then allow him to have something that he can

29:54build some patch panels to.

29:55So I'm going to get this done.

29:57We're just trying to get it running for right now, and then he'll have a couple more nights

30:02with it that he's going to spend, and it'll have it in pretty good shape by then.

30:06We're just trying to get it running for right now.

30:07We're just trying to get it running for right now.

30:08We're just trying to get it running for right now.

30:09We're just trying to get it running for right now.

30:10Okay.

30:11Motor transmission and fuel system is actually in the line to run.

30:30The fuel pressure regulator is hooked up.

30:32All the wiring is pulled over to the driver's side, right at the ignition switch.

30:36I've got a little harness right here.

30:38It's all part of that Ford Performance Kit.

30:40I apply voltage to the green wire, and you can hear the fuel pump actually come on, ready

30:46to start up.

30:47I'm going to run a couple small wires down to the starter motor as soon as we do that.

30:52This thing is making noise.

30:53I'm ready.

30:55Okay, I think I got everything done inside the car.

31:02How are you doing out there?

31:03Well, it's done-ish.

31:05Is that a stealth cold air intake right there?

31:07Well, it's something.

31:08I can hardly even see it.

31:09So you guys know the deal.

31:10This is Lucky's car.

31:12The only thing we had to get to today was getting it started.

31:16And then you got a lot of work out of you.

31:18Yeah, you know what?

31:19I'm fine with that though.

31:20It'll be good.

31:21That way you can take your time and do stuff the way you want it.

31:23Right.

31:24Yeah.

31:25It's not going to look nothing like this.

31:26Yeah.

31:27So the thing is, stuff is kind of just plugged, semi-plugged.

31:30It's going to get it started.

31:31We're going to get an idea of how the kai-oo-wee sounds.

31:33Right?

31:34Kai-oo-wee sounds.

31:35No, you're pronouncing it all wrong.

31:36It's kai-oo-wee.

31:37That.

31:38We're going to get an idea of how it sounds.

31:40And then this is one of those that since it is a personal project, Lucky has a couple

31:45ideas on stuff that he would like done.

31:47Right.

31:48And so he's going to have a couple days to do that.

31:50A couple days.

31:51Sweet.

31:52So, starter?

31:53Yeah.

31:54Let's crank it over and get some gas circulating through it.

31:57We already checked for leaks.

31:58That's good.

31:59Check for leaks.

32:00Plus, I put the cover on so it's leaking.

32:01We're not going to see it.

32:02Don't pressure it.

32:03All right.

32:04I have my power probe down here.

32:06And I'm able to apply voltage to the starter motor via the green wire that I ran.

32:10I ran.

32:11Please do that, sir.

32:12Eon.

32:13I'm waiting for that howl.

32:14You hear the fuel pump?

32:15Yeah.

32:16Uh huh.

32:17Uh huh.

32:26Technically, that's pretty cool.

32:27Thanks.

32:28We're going to make it do more though, but I'm just saying, that's pretty neat.

32:30If I catch on fire, put me out.

32:34Oh, really? No promises?

32:40Hang on, hang on.

32:42You see fire?

32:43No, go ahead.

32:50That is not howling yet.

33:03You know, it sounds like half of them cylinders aren't hidden.

33:11You know, it's, uh, it's growling.

33:15It's not howling, but it is growling.

33:17Okay, so that wasn't super amazing, but it was still amazing.

33:21We put it in, we turned the key, it started up.

33:23What key?

33:25Well, I twisted the wires together.

33:26Then I hit the starter with the test light.

33:28We were in different rooms.

33:29It's the same thing.

33:30I was in this room, you were out here.

33:31Exactly, I heard some stuff, I don't know that you heard.

33:34You step on the gas pedal, the throttle body moves, the battery is still charged, fuel pump is fueling.

33:41Right.

33:42Fire it up.

33:42I have full confidence that the coyote is going to be amazing when it's done.

33:47Is it amazing at this moment?

33:48Meh.

33:49Meh.

33:50Is that a cat?

33:51Meh.

33:51Because this is a coyote.

33:53It's a wounded coyote.

33:57Now it's a monkey, great.

34:00Anyways, so, um.

34:01Next time you guys see this, it's going to be running, driving, with a transmission tunnel,

34:07a seat in it.

34:08I don't know if it'll have a hood on it.

34:09That's not so lucky, because I'm going to have to leave you.

34:11It's going to be hopped up and slammed down.

34:13You heard it here first, so stay tuned, because we got driving, cars and coffee, and some ruckus

34:18to cause.

34:19Right.

34:19Cars and coffee where the donut place is?

34:21Yes.

34:22Color me in.

34:22Okay.

34:23Have fun.

34:24Okay, bye-bye.

34:24Good luck.

34:25Red eye?

34:26Red eye.

34:26Okay, bye-bye.

34:27Okay, so while I was supposed to be running fuel lines and doing some wiring and, I don't

34:34know, stuff with the coyote and the Gearstar transmission, RideTech hooked me up with an

34:39amazing hookup.

34:41It's the full AirPod air ride control.

34:44We had done the RideTech four-linked version in the back and bagged this thing all the

34:48way around.

34:49I had these old antiquated, like, look like volume knobs or faucet knobs that make it go

34:54up and down.

34:54But now, it's a whole new game, people.

34:58I'm just going to say right now, we are cruising.

35:23I'm good to go.

35:24I'm good to go.

35:28What a lovely day to go for a test drive.

35:42Man, this is a wonderful day.

35:44We did put in a fair amount of work on this vehicle.

35:49It got clean.

35:50The only thing I don't think we did was oil the windshield wipers.

35:53You're correct.

35:54I think the last time we were with the car together, it wasn't quite running.

36:00You're correct.

36:00It was running adjacent, close to running.

36:03It was a hurt coyote.

36:04Yeah.

36:05So, since then, we've done the complete Ford Performance wiring harness engine management

36:09and a Ford Performance wiring harness for the engine, the actual engine harness.

36:13That was the culprit last time, was the engine harness.

36:18Who would have figured there's a specific engine harness?

36:21So, the wonderful tech tip there, do your research.

36:25Noted.

36:26Okay.

36:26No, I mean, there was a lot.

36:28I mean, when I left, there was pieces over here and over there, and it had that, oh, ooh,

36:32ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.

36:33What was that?

36:34That's a hurt coyote.

36:35That was a hurt coyote.

36:36Er, er, er.

36:37Yeah.

36:37Okay, yeah, I got you.

36:38Yeah.

36:38So, nice work.

36:39It's got a transmission tunnel now.

36:41It does have a trans tunnel.

36:42In addition to the trans tunnel, I cut the whole drive shaft tunnel out.

36:46You can tell all the way to the back.

36:47Oh, my God.

36:48And, uh, put a tunnel.

36:49Actually, I cut all that out before.

36:50We had to do that just to get the stuff in.

36:52Yeah, go ahead.

36:52But, yeah, I bent up some metal.

36:55I literally took a piece of steel and wrapped it around a welding tank.

36:58If somebody would have driven by and seen me pounding on the side of a welding tank with

37:02a rubber mount.

37:03That would be questionable.

37:03Yeah.

37:04You know, the thing is, I thought we would do, like, a nice test drive before, but, I mean,

37:09we're just going at it.

37:11Rain and all.

37:12Right, right, right.

37:12We're doing all weather.

37:13Yeah, no local.

37:14We're not keeping this local.

37:15Yeah.

37:15We're going way down south.

37:19All the way to Cars and Coffee.

37:21I heard it's a super car, Cars and Coffee.

37:23Well, clearly.

37:24I mean, I think this is a super car.

37:26Yeah.

37:26I can say, this has gone a long way from when it first rolled in the shop last time,

37:31last year.

37:32And I rolled, barely rolled.

37:35I mean, like.

37:35They had, like, three flats.

37:37Yes.

37:37And they were, like, 18s, 19s, and 22s.

37:41Yeah.

37:41And had not enough power to make it up a hill.

37:44Correct.

37:44Yeah.

37:45And then, yeah, exactly.

37:47We didn't have the equipment to make it up a hill.

37:50Yeah.

37:50And then, I think, it was smoking quite a bit, so I took the valve seals off that motor,

37:56put new valve seals on it, and it actually smoked more.

38:01I don't know what that was all about.

38:05Oh, diamond.

38:06We can get a diamond in the carpool.

38:07Oh, yeah.

38:09I mean, we are very...

38:10It's nicer over here.

38:11I like it.

38:11It's very, like, we have status.

38:14We're elite right now.

38:15What a smooth cruiser.

38:20Yes, it is.

38:21I can ruin that.

38:22It's just a push of a button.

38:37My bad.

38:37South O.C. Cars and Coffee.

39:05We are here.

39:06We are at a nice outlet with a whole lot of nice cars surrounding us.

39:11I can say we're surrounded by supercars currently, but this is a supercar.

39:15Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

39:16I mean, really great show from the looks of it because there's so many people.

39:20So, we're going to get to cruise around, check that out, get some coffee, check out some cars.

39:25Right.

39:25So, supercars everywhere.

39:27There's a silver one.

39:28There's an orange one.

39:29There's a yellow one.

39:30There's a non-supercars over there.

39:33Volkswagen van.

39:34That's the car.

39:35There's a dog.

39:37Corgi and a Lambo.

39:38Oh, my gosh.

39:39Winner.

39:40Hang on.

39:41I need a picture of that.

39:41I know you do.

39:43Oh, yeah.

39:44Yeah.

39:45That's the one.

39:47Wow.

39:47This is a lot going on here.

39:49Yeah, there is.

39:49Hey, hey.

39:50Do you want to take a look real quick?

39:52One of these cars behind us is our budget for the show for, like, five years.

39:56I think the headlights off of one of these cars is the budget for the last three builds.

40:00Hey, I think I remember these cars.

40:02Yeah, so that one's from Speedwell when we did the Speedwell rally last year.

40:05This is the next episode.

40:07Sorry.

40:08I like mine, like, on the ground dragon, you know?

40:11Nice.

40:12Okay, we have Corvette Alley.

40:14Hey, look, a blue one and a gray one and a purple one and a black one.

40:17You know, I can say they do have a collection of a very wide group of cars.

40:24Check this out.

40:25Some home-built coolness right here.

40:29That's a full-on NASCAR with a nice body on it.

40:32I like this.

40:33Heck yeah, I would drive that in a minute.

40:35Okay.

40:36All the way up until the officer told me I couldn't.

40:38Ha ha.

40:38Can you believe how far this thing has come since it was rusting in some field in North Carolina?

40:50I remember rolling in, you thinking I was parking my forklift, and honking a clown horn, and here we are.

40:56Clown horn?

40:57Yeah, I had a weep, beep, beep.

40:58I recall that.

40:59That was so long ago.

41:00Yeah, and now we cruise down here under our own power, up and down in suspension with a Coyote Howie.

41:08Yeah, absolutely.

41:10I have a question.

41:11This is your car.

41:12How do you feel about it?

41:14Um, I feel good about it.

41:17I really, truly expected more than that, but I think he airdropped some thoughts into my head, and he's very excited, very happy, and this is his dream come true.

41:26That's the stuff I say all the time.

41:28That's what it was.

41:28Absolutely.

41:29I heard it.

41:29It went from rusting in a field in North Carolina to rusting in a parking lot in beautiful San Clemente, California.

41:34Talk about giving it a new lease on life.

41:36Absolutely.

41:37All right, um, so you did a good job finishing it up.

41:39We have a couple friends to thank.

41:41First of all, thank you to South OC Cars and Coffee for letting us come and park this in the middle of all of that.

41:47And we're trying to get this done quick because of all of that.

41:51It's starting to sprinkle.

41:52Yeah.

41:53Big thanks to Gearstar for actually making this happen.

41:55Oh, as always.

41:56We did not put the stock transmission in.

41:58We got some Gearstar goodness.

42:00Absolutely.

42:00Also, there's some up and down involved here.

42:02Rite Tech.

42:02They got some suspension last year with bags and then completed it this year with a nice system to go with it.

42:09Bluetooth-controlled, complete airbag system, plug and play.

42:13Works great.

42:13Bad move for Lucky, though, because he's sitting here just up and down on his phone all day.

42:17It's like a full-scale video game.

42:18Anyone else?

42:19I think maybe we should thank the San Clemente Police Department for not stopping us.

42:23I think you're right.

42:24And I'd like to say that's a wrap on this because if not, we're going to get the rain on us.

42:28Yes.

42:29Do you have social media?

42:30Lucky on us.

42:30I do have social media.

42:31Thank you so much for asking.

42:32I am Mobile Tech Lucky on everything.

42:34Oh, really?

42:34Well, I am Alex Taylor Racing, and we are Hot Rod Garage Show if you want to see more.

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