7-Day Build in Progress

LSC · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-2010, 03:47 PM

Well, as of 10am yesterday morning (July 10, 2010) the LS 7-Day Build Team has begun building one of its LS427s w/customer John from Illinois, his 10 year old son Jonathan, & cousin Greg. We thought on this build we would keep everyone updated daily on its progress w/pics.

1st, a summary of John's new baby
LS427 Specs:
LS427 Complete Kit (all steel powder coated)
351W 550 hp stroker
Tremec TKO 600 5-peed transmission
Currie 9" Ford Rear End 3:70 gears
4-wheel 12.7" Wilwood drilled/slotted 4-piston brakes
Chrome tilt steering column
2-individual black powder coated roll bars
Black vinyl wrapped dash
Black race jack bumpers
Ceramic coated exhaust
& American Racing 17" Shelby 427 wheels 17X8 fronts & 17X11 rear

Day 1
Installed:
rack & pinion
front upper & lower control arms
coil over shocks (all 4)
brakes & spindles
fuel tank
4-link & panhard bar
rear end & suspension
emergency brake cable
brake & fuel lines
rear bump stops
Engine/transmission
headers
body-to-frame isolating foam
complete body
& body drop floor pans (glassed in from top side)

View Pics here:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15479#p15479

Yesterday was a productive day! Will post up today's milestones in a couple of hours.

Brian
Lone Star Classics

FUNFER2 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-11-2010, 04:16 PM

That's a great program Brian !
People that aren't highly mechanical, have a way to have a Cobra.

Please keep your thread alive here on CC, as we've seen many people post asking questions of who can build a car for them, or at least help. It's a great service you have.

Thanks Brian.

LSC · #3 (**permalink**) 07-11-2010, 05:44 PM

Fun, Fun, Fun!

Day 2
Installed:
Headlights
tail lights
gas cap
cowl bar
pedal assembly
master cylinders (3)
wiring harness
hood
& trunk lid

Another productive day!

click here for pics:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15488#p15488

Brian
LSC

James Stern · #4 (**permalink**) 07-11-2010, 05:54 PM

What a fantastic marketing concept!

randlej · #5 (**permalink**) 07-12-2010, 10:42 AM

Great program from a great group of guys. Glad that you offer this service. What a neat experience for the owner and his family.

How about some video!

FUNFER2 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2010, 11:27 AM

I agree, record & post some video.

67JET · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2010, 05:03 PM

After you get it all together and fit-up and make sure their are no issues i understand you also crank it before the build is over. Now what happens next? Is it ready to get liscened and drive , except for paint of course? I guess it would be up to the body shop or the owner to take it back apart for painting.

LSC · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2010, 05:13 PM

Here are a few requested video clips. I'll take better ones tomorrow.

Just click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdWT92b8U8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdCrg3C4uo

Brian
LSC

FUNFER2 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-12-2010, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67JET

After you get it all together and fit-up and make sure their are no issues i understand you also crank it before the build is over. Now what happens next? Is it ready to get liscened and drive , except for paint of course? I guess it would be up to the body shop or the owner to take it back apart for painting.

I'm a auto body man, and I believe like most Hot Rod Builders, to assemble it to run, take a short drive around the block to see if there's any engine & drive line issues. It's much,....easier to fix problems without the body on and you don't have to worry about scratching that expensive paint job !

I know it sound like too much work but, you'll be happy at the end, if you disassemble and the paint.

LSC · #10 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 06:07 PM

Another productive day. Starting to look as if we might be ahead of schedual!

Today we installed:
wipers
front bumpers
windshield
trunk light
horn
and assembled many components such as:
doors & related parts
radiator & related parts
SS nose shroud
for quick instalation tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a big day! Our goals for tomorrow include installing:
radiator & hoses
SS front nose shroud
battery
doors
rear bumpers
roll bars (2)
steering wheel & reinstall the hood, trunk lid, etc..

Alot of progress will be noticable tomorrow as big parts go on and starts looking more like a car!

Ok, so lets get a bet going and see who can guess clossest to test drive day AND time. Lets have some fun with this..

I'll get it started and say I bet it will be 1pm on Thursday.

Click here for pics of today's accomplishments:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15532#p15532

Brian
LSC

randlej · #11 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010, 06:36 AM

I hear Lonestar is painting cars now too. Will you be painting this one for them?

Looking good!

You have to post a video of the owners face on the first start and first drive.

LSC · #12 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010, 09:41 AM

We are painting on occasion. We don't advertise that we offer turnkeys which require paint, however a lot of our charity work involves us building and completing such as those raffled off by Bikers Against Drunk Drivers. He has asked us to trailer his Cobra home after the build so we wont be painting his.

I'll definitely be sure to record & get pics of the first crank experience. Usually goes in this order:

Brian
LSC

LSC · #13 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010, 07:04 PM

More Fun!

Day 5

Today we installed:
both doors
New SS upper radiator shroud
side pipes
re-installed the dash insert
pluged up the wiper motor and dash harness
steering column mounting brkt
license plate brkt
wheels & tires

Tomorrow the goal is to install:
Everything else..

It was a good day we will be back in it tomorrow. We didn't get everything on we wanted to but we are still ahead of schedual.

Click here for pics:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15551#p15551
Brian
LSC

LSC · #14 (**permalink**) 07-15-2010, 07:08 PM

Ok, so we're on schedule to be done & driving tomorrow. We were ahead of schedule but we had a couple setbacks. Biggest setback and most irritating so far has been the engine/dust plate. We installed the one that came with the Quick Time bell housing but ended up rubbing against the fly wheel when we turned over the motor today.

We have everything done except the following:
roll bars
seat belts
& seats

We will pull the tranny 1st thing in the morning and replace the engine plate and install the above items and then all that is left will be our pre-drive standard safety check list and wheel alignment. Then the goal we have all been working towards for the last 6 days will be accomplished!

Thanks to all of those following our mission and we promise to bring some positive excitement tomorrow.

The last leg of a race is always the hardest, but we won’t let that stop us from our goals. Tomorrow we drive!

Brian
LSC

FUNFER2 · #15 (**permalink**) 07-16-2010, 07:24 AM

Are you speaking about what I call the "flywheel cover" ?
I have a Quick Time and flywheel cover to install after my new engine's in.

undy · #16 (**permalink**) 07-16-2010, 08:09 AM

... block plate, it sandwiches between the bell housing and the engine block. It protects the back of the block upon a clutch explosion .... or when that over-stroked Genesis lets go...

FUNFER2 · #17 (**permalink**) 07-16-2010, 08:47 AM

Ah,....no worries. I have the aluminum flywheel and the Force 10.5 dual disc from Ram, so it'll never break.

I'm gonna over-stroke you,... one of these days !

LSC · #18 (**permalink**) 07-16-2010, 05:48 PM

Today we removed the tranny and discovered that the engine plate was not the culprit after all. Turned out the studs in the pressure plate were rubbing against the clutch arm. So needless to say we had to order another McCloud pressure plate. Joe at Standard Transmission has been a God send. He came right over to access the damage and tell us what we did wrong and right away ordered what we needed so that we would have it first thing tomorrow.

Ok, So today we installed the roll bars & a few small nick knacks like the wind wings. All that is left tomorrow aside from the clutch fix is installing a rear view mirror & trunk latch bar.

We should have John driving around lunch considering the pressure plate shows up on schedule.
If it weren’t for challenges, wouldn’t life be boring?

Brian
LSC

LSC · #19 (**permalink**) 07-19-2010, 04:55 PM

Sorry for the delayed update. The clutch part arrived Saturday morning and was installed & worked fine. John started his car and everything sounded great then went for a quick test drive before rushing back to the airport. Here are a couple pics.

Aside from the clutch mistake, the build went pretty smoothly.

Click here for final pics: http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15592#p15592

Click here to see it from the beginning:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...php?f=1&t=1819

Click here for YouTube video of first crank up:
1st http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZIMZK8wlA
2nd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCJip1bdkM

Brian
LSC

randlej · #20 (**permalink**) 07-20-2010, 08:50 AM

Looks and sounds great. Congrats!