DeluxeStang Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 This thing is wild. One of the most creative builds I've seen in some time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTAUS Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I've been following them, pretty interesting what they are doing, honestly with as many changes they have made, its more like "why not just start on a different platform instead" (Maybe Explorer based since they went with the RWD route), but they are pretty passionate about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 3 hours ago, ANTAUS said: I've been following them, pretty interesting what they are doing, honestly with as many changes they have made, its more like "why not just start on a different platform instead" (Maybe Explorer based since they went with the RWD route), but they are pretty passionate about it. It would have been easier, but a V10 explorer would have been arguably less cool than a sedan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, DeluxeStang said: It would have been easier, but a V10 explorer would have been arguably less cool than a sedan. He meant put the continental body on an Explorer chassis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, akirby said: He meant put the continental body on an Explorer chassis Out of curiosity, because the Continental is a unibody, and the cd6 explorer is a unibody, how would you go about doing that? Or if you wanted to take the frame of an older body on frame explorer and slot that under a modern Continental body. I was under the impression that with unibody cars, because the chassis and frame were essentially this combined unit, that you couldn't put the body of a modern car on another chassis like you could back in the day when everything was body on frame where it was a lot easier to pull a frame and a body apart. But if it is possible to do that, that would be quite cool, I didn't even know that was an option. The more you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 16 minutes ago, DeluxeStang said: Out of curiosity, because the Continental is a unibody, and the cd6 explorer is a unibody, how would you go about doing that? Or if you wanted to take the frame of an older body on frame explorer and slot that under a modern Continental body. I was under the impression that with unibody cars, because the chassis and frame were essentially this combined unit, that you couldn't put the body of a modern car on another chassis like you could back in the day when everything was body on frame where it was a lot easier to pull a frame and a body apart. But if it is possible to do that, that would be quite cool, I didn't even know that was an option. The more you know. Not as easy as body on frame, but the same way they built fusion and edge on the same platform. Or escape and focus. Fiesta and Ecosport. Explorer and Taurus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Since its pretty apparent you guys didn't watch the video, they used a front end subframe from a S550 Mustang to fit the V10 into. Otherwise they would have actually fit a Conti body shell over another platform, which would prob have been even more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick73 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Same guys tested an old Ford V10 Super Duty without balance shaft (rotating) to prove it won’t “blow up”. Never heard that myth so not sure how widespread it is. Apparently some don’t understand what balance shafts do. Obviously their 4-valve V10 does not have one. Wonder if original Ford V10 prototypes with 4-valve heads also deleted the balance shaft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I watched this the other day it's a pretty crazy build and it sounds badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I watched this the other day too - pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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