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Finally Rollin' !!!
 
Great project! I've got a '67 Mustang I've been getting ready to modernize but I think I'm going WAY milder than you. Have been reading up on engine swaps and I know that fitting a 4.6 takes commitment. Looking at how yours is set up I'd say you have commitment in spades! Very well done!
 
It's been forever since I've updated this thread, but here are some pics that show what's been going on in the garage:
 
The rear suspension has been finalized. We had modified the mustang IRS to pick up off of the existing leaf spring mount in the front, and bolted it direct to the frame rail in the back. Luckily the Torino doesnt need much modification for this to fit.
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The track width with SN95 backspacing worked perfect with adequate wheel clearance to the wheel lip. Since we decided to go with wide tires (315 series), we had to mini-tub the wheel wells about 2 inches and thankfully didnt have to cut into the frame!
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That big tube is part of the shock mount. We had to trim the frame a bit to get the shock in the correct location:
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Here is a pic of the spring perch design. We had to use a "helper" spring to ensure the spring would not fall out under full droop.
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All the bits and pieces we fabbed to make this adjustable spring work. We purchased the alignment cones and adjustable spring perches from Vorshlag BMW performance parts (E36).
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With the rear suspension finally done, we moved onto the floors. We decided to butt weld the floors in which is more of a PITA, but nicer final product since we wont have a lap weld seam prone to trapping moisture and rusting out sometime in the future.
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The new SN95 firewall trans tunnel profile needed to be blended into the original trans tunnel, so we got creative with some sheet metal. We'll have to do some more fancy sheet metal work around the shifter to adapt a standard shifter boot.

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Finally got the firewall and floors all tacked in, with the custom trans tunnel. Just got to hand fabricate the area around the shifter.
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Haven't decided yet, for now they will be chrome, depends how they look after we get the paint and trim on the car.
 
The T56 mounts are complete. We used a stock x-member from a terminator with simple brackets welded to the floor (the same way they are on the stock body).

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We had an opportunity to get our hands on a dual bore throttle body and custom spacer for the M90, and we are working on making a custom carbon fiber clean air tube to the stock airbox which will reside in the previous battery location. The stock clean air tube is shown to the left (wont fit obvi)
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We chopped a stock steering column in half and added a support bearing to hold the shaft concentric. We then used universal joints from another late model Ford product to create the lower steering shaft. Worked out to clear the brake pedal, and we had just enough room to stick the ABS unit where the old steering box used to be.

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