New from IL

[old timer]

Hey guys, picked up my 03 silver birch after it was hit pretty bad. I bought the car sight unseen but really happy with it. I love the car. Looking forward to doing a single turbo or going with an Eaton swap soon. Here it is.

[MOTOWN]

Welcome to the MADNESS bud! Very nice save, and the best color Silver Birch!

[Ms. Denmark]

Welcome to the MADNESS bud! Very nice save, and the best color Silver Birch!
I'll second that! Welcome!!

[Gryphonzus]

Welcome to the MODNESS!! Nice job on the repairs! Car is looking good. You should come to Marauderville 14 in Cleveland September 7th to 11th. :banana2:

[justbob]

Welcome from the western burbs. I see that buffed right out..

If your nearby and want to feel what a little power adder will do just hollar! [emoji6]


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[Ambitious1]

Congratulations and Great Save on that SB!

[martyo]

Welcome aboard!!!

[Zack]

Holy sheep ***** nice save

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Hello, I'm down the road in Orland(for now.) Sweet save, silver is such a difficult color to match and yours looks great. Who did the work if you don't me asking?

[mongoosebynight]

Nice. I'm from just the other side of school house road in Manhattan...relocated a few hours south. I'm up that way every few months.

[old timer]

Hey Guys, thanks for the warm welcome. The body shop that did the work is Car Craft of New Lenox. The guys are awesome and did a great job putting it back together. Its just about finished. I had ALOT of mechanical repairs to do before it was road worthy again. I had to get an entire rear end for the car, it was damaged from the accident. I rebuilt the carrier and added 4:10 gears before I installed it. I replaced nearly all the front end parts, control arms, tie rods etc. Put new KYBs on the front and cut a full coil off at the same time. Lowered the rear end by adjusting the level sensor. It still has some small problems I haven't had time to get to yet. Like the power pedals need some work and the keyless entry is inoperable. But it's still my project car. Its getting there.

I do plan on making the Marauderville meet in September also.

[RubberCtyRauder]

power pedals prolly has cracked gear as it is plastic . no ford fix, but member Curless here has brass gears made to repair this eith instructions. did you get a tune for the 4.10 gear swap? you need one. MartyO from Mo's speed shop on here can help.

oh and welcome and nice save of a marauder!

[Mr. Man]

Welcome. Nice save

Get in touch with Curless(member here)and see if he has any brass gears left for the pedal repair.

[cer0413]

Hey hey hey sailor

[SOSA03]

Nice save . Welcome

[Shornaday]

:welcome1: Welcome to the group and as stated before Silver Birch is the best :2thumbs: of course I'm not prejudiced just because I have a Silver Birch...

[TAKEDOWN]

Welcome to the site!!!

[guspech750]

If your nearby and want to feel what a little power adder will do just hollar! [emoji6]


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[Gryphonzus]

You also might need to do the camber mod kit since you lowered the front end. It tends to make it difficult to align the front end. I have had to do it to two of mine.

[daddyusmaximus]

Good save. Bringing an old car back to life is the greatest form of recycling.

[JustRight]

Really nice repair job with a quality shop. I'm sure it will turn into one of the favs on this forum.

[old timer]

You also might need to do the camber mod kit since you lowered the front end. It tends to make it difficult to align the front end. I have had to do it to two of mine.


Not sure what is involved in your camber mod. I remove both of my lower control arms and elongated the front mounting slot in the sub frame. I then shaved the backside of the eccentric washer on the mounting bolt. That allowed me to move the control arms inwards an additional 1/4 inch while still using the stock bolts. I haven't put it up on the alignment rack but it looks like its about -0.5 camber by eye.

And yes I removed the factory adjustment stays. I believe you guys refer to them as "flags". Or should I say we now? I guess Ill go with we as I'm part of the clan now. :violin:

[RubberCtyRauder]

Not sure what is involved in your camber mod. I remove both of my lower control arms and elongated the front mounting slot in the sub frame. I then shaved the backside of the eccentric washer on the mounting bolt. That allowed me to move the control arms inwards an additional 1/4 inch while still using the stock bolts. I haven't put it up on the alignment rack but it looks like its about -0.5 camber by eye.

And yes I removed the factory adjustment stays. I believe you guys refer to them as "flags". Or should I say we now? I guess Ill go with we as I'm part of the clan now. :violin:

you pretty much got it. Here is the camber bolts mentioned. They can be purchased thru summit racing, tirerack etc. for cheaper than SPC. elongate the hole etc.

http://spcalignment.net/component/spc/?task=part_description&pid=87365