FFR 33 Hotrod Resurrection

[68454RS]

I picked up a Factory Five 33 Hotrod over the Thanksgiving holiday. My plan is to make it an Auto-X and street car. I see where Ridetech built one and I would like to follow what they did with their build.

[camcojb]

That's a great project!!!! :thumbsup:

[Cramer4918]

NICE! That will be an awesome ride when you're done. :thumbsup:

[OLDFLM]

Looks like a great project and has good bones, brakes and appears to just need some final finishing and personal preferences.

What's the back story on the previous owner? Why did the project stall?

What's there now? In the military we called it a Situation Report (SITREP)...

What are your planned changes? Looking forward to updates!

[68454RS]

Looks like a great project and has good bones, brakes and appears to just need some final finishing and personal preferences.

What's the back story on the previous owner? Why did the project stall? From what I gathered, He wanted a more original 32 Ford and couldn't get past the fact that this is a kit car.

What's there now? In the military we called it a Situation Report (SITREP)... What do you mean?

What are your planned changes? Looking forward to updates! right off the top of my brain, Shocks, Camshaft, EFI, Grill assy, wheels, tires, A/C, maybe a soft top, stereo sound system.... and more i'm sure

[68454RS]

Progress has been slow, I did replace the hyd flat tappet with a Howards Hyd Roller, replaced the 32 grill/rad with the FFR 33 grill/rad, added a shroud for the elec fan, bought a Vintage Air kit for it, Ordered Ridetech upper and lower rear control arms for the 4 link with "R" joints on every end and BMR's Sherical bushing kit for the upper mounts on the 8.8 rear end. Added a March serpentine drive which meant having to make new engine mounts and setting the engine back a couple inches so the lower pully would clear the steering rack which required a little grinding on the rack mount to be able to squeeze the belt on. About to pull the trigger on some Schott Accelerator, Black Velvet Rims, damn them things are expensive.
I started drilling out rivets to remove the aluminum panels so I can insulate between the lower panels, frame and upper panels. I got some Mega Block from Second Skin which is supposed to have a pretty good heat barrier. Oh, Almost forgot, also added a Flaming River electric steering kit, electric door poppers, interior pull handles.
Some random pics

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[camcojb]

Nice parts!

[Jimbo1367]

That looks like a great starting point!!!

[WSSix]

Excellent choice for the wheels. Glad you're making progress.

[andrewb70]

I am curious to see how you like the Micro Steer electronic steering.

Andrew

[214Chevy]

Looking good!!

[68454RS]

Got the body off today, swapped the carb and got it running better but not good. Need to throw a carb kit at it and try again.
Now that the body is off I can do all the wiring, install the Vintage Air A/C kit, re-do the fuel and brake lines. I need to drill out all the rivets to remove the floor panels so I can add thermal barrier and insulation.
Also got my Ridetech rear links for the 8.8 housing

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[68454RS]

Small updates, re-engineered the trans mount, got rid of whatever mount was on there, went with a factory style GM mount, flipped the FFR bracket, re-drilled it and now have yoke clearance, Clarence.

Got the headers & pipes removed and boxed up, ready to send off to Jet-Hot Coatings to have everything thermal coated to hopefully help reduce heat output. They say it's a 65% reduction so.....

Pulled the valve body out of the 700R4 trans and it's ready to head to TCI to have the constant pressure modification done.

And then did the Second Skin Mega Block thermal insulation in the floor. The stuff isn't cheap so i'm expecting exceptional results. It's only 1/2" thick so I doubled up on it so it's 1" thick. Waiting on some 3M 5200 to seal and finalize it.

[68454RS]

my home made vapor system, fuel tank check valve to a Mazda vapor canister to an old fuel filter that has a sintered bronze filter inside. It's crude by y'all's standards but it seems to work.

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[andrewb70]

Nice work, Frank!

Andrew

[ScotI]

my home made vapor system, fuel tank check valve to a Mazda vapor canister to an old fuel filter that has a sintered bronze filter inside. It's crude by y'all's standards but it seems to work.



Would you have any additional images to share of the various parts & pieces?
We were having a similar discussion on another forum (regarding fuel tank venting & vapor collection/reduction).

I'll take an effective low-buck (relatively speaking) option if it's functional. I build drivers not 'showers'.

[68454RS]

Would you have any additional images to share of the various parts & pieces?
We were having a similar discussion on another forum (regarding fuel tank venting & vapor collection/reduction).

I'll take an effective low-buck (relatively speaking) option if it's functional. I build drivers not 'showers'.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8971360&jsn=715

[F'in mine]

If I'm not mistaken I thought the end of the vent had to be placed higher than the tank.
https://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/category_id=160/mode=cat/cat160.htm

[68454RS]

If I'm not mistaken I thought the end of the vent had to be placed higher than the tank.
https://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/category_id=160/mode=cat/cat160.htm

Yes, It should be, but that's a s high as mine can go without being outside the body

[Goosesdad]

Yes, It should be, but that's a s high as mine can go without being outside the body

To Simon's point, I think that vent line is going to fill with fuel, thus blocking the vent. What about if we come up with a cool body mod to hide it? It's 'glass right there, correct?

[68454RS]

To Simon's point, I think that vent line is going to fill with fuel, thus blocking the vent. What about if we come up with a cool body mod to hide it? It's 'glass right there, correct?

That's my concern as well and Yes, It's glass and as high as you can go

[68454RS]

To Simon's point, I think that vent line is going to fill with fuel, thus blocking the vent. What about if we come up with a cool body mod to hide it? It's 'glass right there, correct?

What would be good is if I could find one that has a top inlet, then I could keep the line up high. Time to do some internet searching

[68454RS]

Something like this

[68454RS]

I wonder if the one I have would work the other way around? Not sure why I assumed the ports went downward

[68454RS]

You wouldn't think something as simple as adjustable seat tracks and seat mounting would kick your ass but, for whatever reason, it sure kicked mine. I had serious brain issues, overthinking it and trying to over engineer it. In the end, I simply mounted the sliders to the seats, which required nutserts in the seat frame then 1/2" spacers for the slide release/locking mechanism to operate. Then marked and drilled through both levels of floor aluminum. Cut and drilled out the 5/16" studs that came swedged in the sliders, replace with grade 8 - 1/4" bolts, grind the side of thick flat washers so they fit in the seat track channel, tack weld the head of the 1/4" bolt to the washer so that it won't spin and you can run a lock nut up on it from underneath without having to hold the head in the seat track yet isn't welded to the seat track incase you need to remove it. I didn't want the aluminum panels to crush down on themselves when I tighten the bolts so I made 1" aluminum spacers, cut the foam/heat barrier to accept the spacers and sealed them with foil tape. Like I said, Simple.

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[syborg tt]

Very cool project.


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[68454RS]

Confirmed I have the vapor canister upside down, the tubes should be up top. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[68454RS]

re-did the vapor canister


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[68454RS]

Chipping away at the "to do" list, A/C unit mounted

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[68454RS]

Found a spot for the Elec steering ECU. Had to cut and lengthen all the wire harness' but I think it's good to go now. Utilized the a/c bracket

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[68454RS]

This is as good as it's going to get. Adding in the heater valve and drier really boogered things up for me in the clean and neat look. Once the body is on and the lower front skirts, it should hide a lot of it. So this is it until I get another brainfart and change it. I'll clean up the sleeving with heatshrink once everything is crimped.
I'm open to constructive criticism and suggested options to do it better.

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[68454RS]

A little battery box fabrication. I wanted the battery tucked somewhere so it wasn't taking up valuable trunk space. Fab'd up a box that will hopefully work out. It'll get enclosed with a boxed front and then upholstered yet removeable. Once i'm satisfied it'll work, i'll get it powder coated.

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[68454RS]

Back to the A/C hoses.. the 135 degree fitting off the drier is just what I needed.

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[Jimbo1367]

I love this build. I’ve always wanted one. Keep up the great work!

[syborg tt]

If you already have the AC line crimper message me and I will send it to you when you are ready to crimp.



Back to the A/C hoses.. the 135 degree fitting off the drier is just what I needed.

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[68454RS]

Syborg, That's a great offer and thank you. I purchased one of the hydraulic crimp kits off Amazon so i'm hoping it'll work as advertised.

[syborg tt]

Syborg, That's a great offer and thank you. I purchased one of the hydraulic crimp kits off Amazon so i'm hoping it'll work as advertised.

You're welcome and I did the same and love it.

[68454RS]

A little set back with the engine, things just weren't right. The story is that this was a brand new build the original owner bought off E-bay. He never fired it up and ran it. I got it running but not good so, Pulled the valve cover and found a broken rocker arm. Pulled heads and found a stuck valve and evidence that valve kissed the piston. Pulled the lifters and found lots of gunk on the lifter and in the oil galleries. This is all heading to Nye's Racing Engines for a complete rebuild.


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[ScotI]

Well.... That sux.

[syborg tt]

Been there done that with the Motor in my car also.

I had it built by a very reputable Engine builder (withholding the name is hard) and let's just say they "F" everything up that they could. From missing the timing chain tensioner, valley cover bolts finger tight, intake manifold bolts loose, head bolts so tight we needed a breaker bar to remove them, and I won't even talk about the main bearings. In the end I had to completely redo the motor including all of the bearings. I had asked them to change the cam bearings and those were also not done.

[ScotI]

Been there done that with the Motor in my car also.

I had it built by a very reputable Engine builder (withholding the name is hard) and let's just say they "F" everything up that they could. From missing the timing chain tensioner, valley cover bolts finger tight, intake manifold bolts loose, head bolts so tight we needed a breaker bar to remove them, and I won't even talk about the main bearings. In the end I had to completely redo the motor including all of the bearings. I had asked them to change the cam bearings and those were also not done.

I have to ask.... Why not share the name? Seems that might help others.

[syborg tt]

I have to ask.... Why not share the name? Seems that might help others.

The guy was let go and about the time I was suppose to be sending my motor back his father passed away. In the end I took care of it locally and now I know everything has been corrected. If you look in my build thread you will be able to find out who built the motor way back in 2012.

[68454RS]

I haven't been doing much on the '33 but finally got back on it and got the rear end all buttoned up. Had Ridetech make me some upper and lower arms with "R" joints, BMR housing swivel bushings, cleaned and painted the calipers, new rotors and pads and all that's left is to bleed the system.

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[68454RS]

Of course I had to see what the new rims looked like on there

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[syborg tt]

I haven't been doing much on the '33 but finally got back on it and got the rear end all buttoned up. Had Ridetech make me some upper and lower arms with "R" joints, BMR housing swivel bushings, cleaned and painted the calipers, new rotors and pads and all that's left is to bleed the system.

Looking good and I understand trying to make time to work on these projects is sometimes very difficult.

[camcojb]

Great wheel choice. :thumbsup:

[68454RS]

Got the kids out of detention yesterday so now to get them reattached and back in the chassis. Both were new rebuilt E-bay purchases by the previous owner and came with the car. Both needed rebuilt. Trans guy found a bad bearing, bad bushing, bad pump housing. Had him install a TCI constant pressure valve body while he was in there and I got a Boss Hog 3200-3500 converter for it. Engine had bad valve guides and bent valves, sloppy main caps and a lot of crud in the oil galleries. Almost $4500 later, it's all done and done right this time.

[dhutton]

Nothing’s ever easy with you Frank, is it? :lmao:

Don

[68454RS]

Nothing’s ever easy with you Frank, is it? :lmao:

Don

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

[68454RS]

I always try to test fit things before getting in too deep, just like i'm sure a lot of you do. I previously mentioned "When cranking it sounds like the starter and flywheel and torque converter don't like each other." Well, it seems the flex plate and converter bolts don't exactly line up just right and he must have forced the bolts to go in creating a somewhat slight off center flex plate/torque converter alignment and it seems the flex plate is a little warped. I was really hoping to have all this back together and in the chassis this weekend but looks like i'll be waiting on a new flex plate.

[68454RS]

I received the ATI flex plate and had the same issue. Called the Torque converter company and their answer was to drill the flex plate holes slightly larger... called ATI and their answer was drill the flex plate holes a little larger.. Sooooooooo, 1/32" was all it took. Drilled each hole equally on a drill press in 1/64th increments keeping everything in alignment. The holes were exactly 29/64" and ended up 31/64"
Made a little progress, hopefully back in the chassis this weekend.

[68454RS]

Found some ambition last night and got it back in

[syborg tt]

Looks awesome and now I am going out in the garage because of your post.

[68454RS]

Slowly chipping away at it..
Got the Derale trans cooler in and lines made

[68454RS]

Got enough hooked up to hit the key and make it come alive again

azourTbqSeo

[68454RS]

It's been a little while and just messing with it little at a time. Pulled the engine and trans again to get better access to the firewall and trans tunnel.
used a lot of elbow grease and mothers aluminum polish and tried for a mirror finish then coated with Sharkhide.

[68454RS]

Swapped out the junk Koni's for some QA1 double adjustables

[68454RS]

Finished the front wiring harness and added Second Skin Megablock insulation to the trans tunnel

[68454RS]

Put the engine and trans back in, cut and welded flanges on the new Borlas then wrapped them with DEI Form-a-shield to hopefully reduce the amount of heat coming up through the floors.

[68454RS]

Added a small panel to hold a bus bar, vintage air relays and circuit breaker. Bus bar gave me a great place to connect the vintage air and the Micro steering. Plus a stud for common ground.

[68454RS]

Had to cut that top center section of the trans tunnel to fit the recess, Settled on a shifter location, riv nuts through the fiberglass seemed ok but added some reinforcement to the backside just to be safe.

[68454RS]

Started working on my idea for a center console with armrest and middle storage

[68454RS]

Sucks about the sideways pics, not sure how to correct that

[thedugan]

Sideways pics happen to the best of us.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php?t=59944

[Juggernaut]

Sucks about the sideways pics, not sure how to correct that

I had so many questions about the random taxidermy that I didn't notice the photo was sideways. 😆

[camcojb]

Sucks about the sideways pics, not sure how to correct that

With Apple products if you take the pic in portrait mode they will post sideways. If you take pics in landscape the issue is gone.

[68454RS]

A friend stopped by today so I took full advantage of him and put the body back on. Playing with different looks, with & without hardtop, fenders etc..
(these are not the wheels and tires i'll be running, these are just for rollers)

[thedugan]

nice looking rollers. look really nice on the car

[68454RS]

Made a battery hold down and moved it to a corner of the trunk area.

[Cramer4918]

It's coming together nicely and looking good!

Looking forward to seeing how the center console turns out.

[68454RS]

First time under it's own power. Ended up putting 10 miles on it around the neighborhood and we didn't die.

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[camcojb]

That's a GREAT first drive, if it comes back under it's own power and no major issues. :thumbsup:

[syborg tt]

I am so envious and I can't wait to drive mine.

God willing it will be this spring.

[68454RS]

It's coming together nicely and looking good!

Looking forward to seeing how the center console turns out.

The center console is coming along.. we are now out of cardboard stage and using 1/4" plywood to see how it all comes together as a rigid assembly

[68454RS]

It was time to put the real wheels and tires on it to start setting ride height and clearances.
Schott Accelerators
18x9 275/40-18
20x11 315/35-20

[68454RS]

Doors and trunk lid.. we're getting there

[68454RS]

Just me being a little different

[syborg tt]

Man I want one of these but I don't think I have it in me to build another car.

[68454RS]

Man I want one of these but I don't think I have it in me to build another car.

Is there something else out there besides building cars??? :headscratch:

[68454RS]

Made fuel lines and new plug wires

[syborg tt]

Is there something else out there besides building cars??? :headscratch:

People have been accusing me of riding an e-bike when I pass them. So, I am building another
Fat Bike just to mess with people on the trail. We are still looking for a Blue Teddy Bear that I
can attach to the rack on the back of the bike.

[68454RS]

Got the hardtop on, changes the whole look of the car

[Jimbo1367]

That looks really sexy. I love the wheels on this. They definitely fit the car!

[Cheveezy]

Got the hardtop on, changes the whole look of the car

This thing is awesome!

[jarhead]

Very cool build

[syborg tt]

Got the hardtop on, changes the whole look of the car


Holy **** does that look great !!!


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[68454RS]

Found my pair of Arias Vipers

[camcojb]

Found my pair of Arias Vipers

Congrats!!

[syborg tt]

Please Please tell me the show you are going to debut this at as I so want to go for a ride !!!!!

[68454RS]

Please Please tell me the show you are going to debut this at as I so want to go for a ride !!!!!

I plan on driving this thing everywhere. Might make it my daily.. lol

[syborg tt]

I plan on driving this thing everywhere. Might make it my daily.. lol

That would be awesome !!!!

[68454RS]

Unfortunately, the old crossram lived up to it's legend of not being very tuneable. My limited carb tuning knowledge wasn't good enough to get it to run good enough to keep it. I'm sure with some machine work to create a shared plenum area with crossover tubes, It might have been better. I opted to go back to simplicity with the AirGap intake and 670 Avenger

[68454RS]

I really didn't like the fuel filler being inside the trunk so I broke out the hole saw and moved it. There's a very good chance this will get recessed the next time I take the body off and can get to the underside.

[68454RS]

Didn't like the supplied exhaust from Factory Five so I made my own. Used Borla Pro XS, some 2.5" over the axle pipes and finished off with Stainless Works tips

[68454RS]

Had to add some tunes, and backup camera

[68454RS]

Back to looking like a Hot Rod again. Time to start driving it while slowly doing body work

[camcojb]

That's bad-ass. :thumbsup:

[dhutton]

Those wheels are badass!

[68454RS]

Nothing much to update, just a little cooling issue i started noticing, it gets hot at cruising speeds on the highway or just long periods of constant 60+ mph, gets up to the 200ish range. At 70 & 80 it starts creeping up in to the 210 range. Around town, stop and go traffic, it stays in the 180-190 range.
Runninga 160 t-stat, Northern Radiator PWM fan controller with 160 sensor, Spal 16" brushed puller fan, 2024 CFM 20.5 amp.
My thoughts are that the fan shroud was restricting airflow at highway speeds but around town, the electric fan and shroud did it's job just fine.
Here's the shroud and fan combo

[68454RS]

I removed the shroud, made fan mount brackets, relocated teh PMW and so far so good. I'll need to do some highway cruising next week to see if we helped the cooling situation. I did do a 20 mile run, some cruising (couldn't go more than 65mph) and some stop & go, even sat in a small line at McDonalds drive thru.. I'm, encouraged... Never went over 180, not even sure it actually hit 180.

[camcojb]

Nothing much to update, just a little cooling issue i started noticing, it gets hot at cruising speeds on the highway or just long periods of constant 60+ mph, gets up to the 200ish range. At 70 & 80 it starts creeping up in to the 210 range. Around town, stop and go traffic, it stays in the 180-190 range.
Runninga 160 t-stat, Northern Radiator PWM fan controller with 160 sensor, Spal 16" brushed puller fan, 2024 CFM 20.5 amp.
My thoughts are that the fan shroud was restricting airflow at highway speeds but around town, the electric fan and shroud did it's job just fine.
Here's the shroud and fan combo

That's what it sounds like. The only other time I had a similar issue it was a pulley set that spun the waterpump too fast; temps were fine at idle and lower rpm cruise, but got hot on the freeway.

[Tinker]

I removed the shroud, made fan mount brackets, relocated teh PMW and so far so good. I'll need to do some highway cruising next week to see if we helped the cooling situation. I did do a 20 mile run, some cruising (couldn't go more than 65mph) and some stop & go, even sat in a small line at McDonalds drive thru.. I'm, encouraged... Never went over 180, not even sure it actually hit 180.

If the low speed temp creeps up here’s an idea if necessary. Some shrouds(mine included) have full coverage but where the fan(s) aren’t there are rubber trap doors that swing open during high speed flow and”suck shut due to the fan’s negative pressure in the shrouded area. Giving the best of both worlds.

[68454RS]

If the low speed temp creeps up here’s an idea if necessary. Some shrouds(mine included) have full coverage but where the fan(s) aren’t there are rubber trap doors that swing open during high speed flow and”suck shut due to the fan’s negative pressure in the shrouded area. Giving the best of both worlds.

I looked at the flap idea, based on my surface area, I really only could have added 4, one in each corner, which might have been good enough. . I spoke to some other FFR33 owners who are not running the shroud and have no cooling issues. Since I had to remove the entire front assembly anyway, I went this route. Pulling the front assembly is not something I want to do very often, if ever again... lol

[OLDFLM]

If the issue persists, look into a 180* Robert Shaw t-stat from FlowKooler.

https://flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/products/robertshaw-330-160-degree-thermostat?variant=9125073322036

I just bumped my t-stat up from 160* to the Robert Shaw and everything seems to be much happier.

[68454RS]

If the issue persists, look into a 180* Robert Shaw t-stat from FlowKooler.

https://flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/products/robertshaw-330-160-degree-thermostat?variant=9125073322036

I just bumped my t-stat up from 160* to the Robert Shaw and everything seems to be much happier.

I have the Robert Shaw 160 in it now. Don't really want to go to the 180