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 Inside the car, Mark pulled...  Inside the car, Mark pulled the wiring harness through the firewall and cut away the tape. As he got deeper into the harness, it became apparent that someone had already tried to fix this area once, although they clearly did a poor repair job.  Luckily, they left us enough...  Luckily, they left us enough good harness to work with, otherwise we would have been on the hunt for a new '70 wiring harness.  More burnt wiring, this time...  More burnt wiring, this time from underneath our Mustang. Anywhere heat and wiring can be an issue, you need to check on your project. While this hasn't caused a major issue yet, it could very well leave us stranded on the side of the road, so it only makes sense to replace it now.  Noticing a pattern here?  Check out this sweet exhaust...  Check out this sweet exhaust job! Instead of removing the original exhaust hanger, I decided it would be easier to have someone weld a new hanger in place to hold my Flowmaster mufflers. Really, how difficult would it have been to remove that one bolt?...  ...Note the lack of finishing...  ...Note the lack of finishing work, leaving the entire hanger rod in place, without even trimming it once welded to the muffler. This is just embarrassing!  Yes, that shock is on upside-down....  Yes, that shock is on upside-down. In fact, the previous owner, for reasons beyond us, installed both of them that way. Otherwise, besides some surface rust, the rest of our suspension and rear actually looked pretty good, which was a major relief, at least for the time being.  With the entire chassis and...  With the entire chassis and drivetrain looked over and the wiring fixed (thanks Mark!), we loaded our Mustang onto our DynoJet dynamometer to make some initial horsepower pulls. The dyno is a great way to test in a closed environment and can tell you a lot about the condition of your motor and driveline, without having to test them out on the street. On top of that, the dyno will allow us to make fair A-B comparisons moving forward, so that we can really show you what each future modification does to our project.  After strapping the High School...  After strapping the High School Hauler down and bringing the engine and transmission up to operating temperature, we made a baseline run on our in-house DynoJet and recorded 177.1 rwhp and 249.3 lb-ft of torque. Considering the age of our project and the basically stock engine, those figures look great. Next time you see the High School Hauler, we plan to increase its horsepower and make it a little more presentable under the hood, so make sure you stay tuned!
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