I'm a test engineer at Ford's Arizona Proving Ground. This is an incredible build. So much thought and planning and a great get it done attitude. I'm a huge Lincoln lover and other than the V10 this is what I thought the Continental should have been. Now that I've seen your V10 the original car really missed the mark for me :) I can't wait to see more!
I’m with you man. The v10, cool in theory, but it can’t do anything a well built “anything else” can do. I feel the same about the dodge v10, there’s just a better v8 or diesel for the job.
This has been the most amazing build. Early on my guess was that your engine would be dropped into a Mk VIII, but lo and behold, a late Continental! This is awesome.
I saw a lot of people commenting on deboss garages video about his V10. I love the fact that there are multiple 6.8 builds happening on RU-vid at the same time
I was one of those people commenting on deboss! Haha. I theh did get a shout out but I would love to see a visit/work day colab while the build is in progress and after. Also it would be great to see this car featured at a cletus event.
First off, great build idea. The first thing that hit me was the use of thin 1/8" plate for your brackets. Remember these don't hold the k-member up to the frame they hold the whole weight of the front of the car to the k-member. Also I saw where some people also noticed that you didn't extend the brackets to the underside of the sheet metal frame rails. All looks good sitting still until you start driving and applying power to the whole car through the rear axle. Things want to twist when a lot of power is applied. Now would be the best time to rethink the fame brackets to make sure all will be safe and secure down the road. Awesome engine build to be sure, please don't lose it by under engineering something simple as mounting brackets.
The weight of the front of the car goes from the tires, to the wheels, to the knuckle through the strut and into the strut towers, the subframe is basically just supporting the engine and providing a mounting point for the suspension.
@@lustfulvengance So what take the load of the braking and the twisting of engine torque? I'm just saying I would rather over build it than have issues later down the road (literally). 1/8" plate is not heavy enough for the application they are using for. 3/16" would be the bare minimum, 1/4" would have been the preferred thickness I would use with it covering the outside, bottom and inside the frame rails with gussets on the inside where the k-member(subframe) bolts to the mounts.
@@lustfulvengance mate what you are saying would be fine for a static display but I doubt very much if it would pass engineering for road use or scrutineering for track, would be fine for Seema though
Hey guys, might want to drill some holes in the underside of your subframe mounts to allow for some drainage, would hate to see those be water collectors. Loving everything about this build, can't wait to see it ripping some RWD burnouts!
@@biy_buildityourself for sure! I had mine 3” too far forward and it was still a lot of deletion. If I did it again I’d borrow a mustang firewall and frame rails forward
Positive camber could just be due to the fact that the engine is out. Once you load the front end with the v10 I bet it’ll sort that out in a hurry. Awesome video👍🏻
Great job. You guys are car nerds. That is a compliment. Look into a pneumatic belt tool for removing spot welds! Noisy but the belts are cheaper than spot weld bits and they don't discriminate between cold steel and ultra high strength steel. Can't wait for the next episode!
You young bucks are doing some next-level stuff. I’ve been a master automotive technician for many years but you guys are doing things most of us never do. We just try to keep the garbage that manufacturers are putting out running for cash-strapped owners. You guys are doing what the manufacturer’s engineers would do if their leashes were removed. 👍 and Merry Christmas! By the way, the cast iron log manifolds flow extremely well and are trouble free if they get the extrude hone flow improvement.
Truly unique, truly one-of-a-kind. If Ford made a boring engine and a boring Lincoln, un-bore the two and put them together. The subframe mounting brackets look good and hopefully add lots of strength to the front body structure.
Love the build! Still blown away by the heads, and how nice it sounds. All continentals should come this way from here on out. Optional manual transmission… 😜
This channel has the exact recipe to blow up. Such a great & original idea: a v10 coyote engine in a modern Ford Continental, with brakes & suspension from a GT500. Just •Chef’s kiss• perfection 🤌😘
Awesome project! ...I think your best bet to correct the camber issue would be to relocate the Shock Tower inward(To the GT500 dimensions), because making longer Lower Control Arms would mess with the suspension characteristics ...which will ruin the handling. Looking forward to the progress! Keep it up!
The plates with holes to cover the frame mount brackets will create gravity votices that attract dropped small sockets and fasteners. I'm 65, I've lived those gear grabbing vortices on multiple makes in my decades of wrenching. Boxed frames of the last two decades have robbed me of many tools.
Definitely good motivation to give the Ford triton v10 some love Definitely been looking into doing something to even just the regular v2 engine now keep up the great work with such a unique and intriguing build
Looks good but I can't help think that the way you mounted the k member onto the Continental will not spread out the weight evenly onto the original frame rails. The weak point is going to be that open space between your new mounting areas for the K 500 K member. The load on the front end needs to go through the whole lenght of each frame rail. You are offsetting the original design of the unibody front frame rails. Fill in that space between the new monting point so the the load will be applied with strength down the length of the original frame rail.
I can’t wait to see this finished, maybe Ford-Lincoln will take a page out of your book and give us a true luxury sports-saloon to rival BMW,Mercedes,Lexus,and Cadillac!
I think the positive camber is due to the suspension being higher up since there's no engine in there, after putting the engine in camber gain should bring the wheels back in.
After seeing how easy it was to get the rear axle in, I was really hoping the front would be similar with at least a couple bolts that worked to make it easier to line up. Great job either way.
The load of the front end has shifted from being under the car's front frame rails to the side which is not as strong. Fill in the gap and extend it to the original rail under the cab on the car.
Because of the strut suspension most of the load is going up through the strut into the strut tower, this should be plenty strong for what they're doing.
I would oversized the holes and held off on welding the nuts until you got it on the alignment rack and shifted the cradle into a more exact location. I bet you'll be within 1/8", but not dead nuts.
I love the body that you guys chose. I alway thought it would've been such a cool car if it were a V8 RWD set up, but that front clip looks like it would be tight with a V8 mounted longitudinally. Gonne be really interested to see how that V10 fits.
You absolute fecking chads. I’ve always been a “do it myself” kind of guy. Even if I have no idea what I’m doing, I figure it out. This build is EXACTLY my motto in life. I love the sh1t out of what you’ve done, and your fearless spirit. If more men thought like we did, this world would be amazing, free, and full of badass stuff. For those watching these videos, the biggest hurdle is just not being afraid to fail. Who cares if you mess up your car, or mess up that block? Who cares if you break the toilet?! You were already about to have to call a plumber to get that fat turd out. You might as well try to do it yourself. They will charge you the same whether or not you jam it 12” down the pipe. Edit: had to do some misspelling to avoid the YT cen-sors. They can’t handle excitement.
This has been one of my favorite builds even before I knew the chassis. I love my ford five hundred but really want a awd turbo Lincoln when it’s time to get something newer.
This continental is going to be one of the best cutoms anyone will see. And best part is that no one will even notice it. Unless you guys make it look wild.. which you shouldnt do. Let people look at it and wonder if you are mad scientists or ford engineers.. love this car..
I’m not sure RCA spacers would help camber, if anything we’d have to extend the lower ball joints out. We’re going to have to think about a way of fixing that without hurting wheel fitment
" My car has 18inch"..." Rims"..." No 18 inch brakes" :) Those things are enormous, ever heard of unsprung mass? :) Like to see how much more has be cut up to fit that monster engine, gonna be tight.
So badass i like the body style of the continental. My 4 valve barely fits in my 98 Mark VIII I cant imagine having 2 more cylinders 😂 I cant wait to see that 4 valve v10 slay the tires
Excellent work on making the subframe fit to the chassis in such a tidy way. My biggest concern would be how far forward the engine is gonna be relative the shock towers. I think you should remodel the firewall as much as you can get away with in order to get as many cylinders as possible behind those shock towers. It will feel like more work, but will pay off in the long run I think.
Another "that's all Ford had to do to make it RWD?" comment from me. The fact that everything lines up pretty closely shows that Ford really should have made it RWD. Good job.
Excellent progress! BTW, for the future, try a finger sander for removing spotwelds. So, re the brake booster, are you going to use something like GM Hydraboost, which does away with the large booster.
You'll need to consider the steering rack and steering component location(i.e. spindle/tie rod front or rear of steering axis). Never mind. Not much room for trans and headers with the current rack. You have I'm sorry. Haven't followed til this point. Love the V10 and new metric(egg cartons lol). That wheel is 2 cartons easy. You got me interested now. Keep it up guys....
