Mustang, 351W Crate Motor, 400HP, my driveway

[jaketuff]

All right,

I took the plunge and have purchased a Pony Car, 1985 Ford Mustang, black conv. The reason I went thru with it was because of the motor, which only has 500 miles. It is a 351 Windsor crate motor from FordMotorSports. It is rated for 385HP and cost about $5800, I have the reciepts. Let's just say, I got the car (beat body) fully operational (strip features L/L, Tach etc), 'cept the dash's inaccuracy, for a very good price. :D The motor was short shifted at the track for a mid 13 as said by the owner, and he seemed to wish to prove this to me by laying track down his street into 3rd gear... not bad I suppose. Will post E/Ts here when she is ready for ME and the track...

I hope to be enjoying the power soon, but I need to do a lot of work to clean it up (read, make it safe) and secure wiring, replace wimpy stock parts/accessories, determine the absolute status of the brakes/suspension, and to try and get it closer to the ever tightening emissions regs. Then, making her pretty - finding a drop in car for all the equipement, or resurrecting this car's bod.

...Now, before the flames...;) ; It was either this or a bike, I figured my life would be safer with this... Right?

I'll post pics tomorrow!

OUT

[lucky13rme]

Congrats Pat. I'm gonna have to agree that your life is safer on the 4 wheels instead of 2. looking forward to the pics.

[Bailey Man]

Outstanding! Nice chioce. yea, 4 wheels are better than 2 :)

[antirice]

yes, but can you do front-wheel stands in a car??? hmmm?

[jaketuff]

All right, I am going to be cleaning up the car for the next few weeks and getting it ready for the street... I will post pics of the project when I it begins taking shape, it needs some work right now, but it should be done soon based on time, $$$ and UPS.

Pat

[tyranidgrandam]

sounds like a sweet toy, especially (sp?) since its a conv. :thumbs: nothing like having a sweet, fast ride with the top down on a sunny day:D :boogie: sounds like fun. good luck to you.

[red rocket]

What condition is the rag top in? Will you have to replace that as well? What color is the top?

I'm sure you'll have fun reconditioning this car. Should be a sweet ride when done. Keep us posted.

[jaketuff]

Originally posted by red rocket
What condition is the rag top in? Will you have to replace that as well? What color is the top?

The top has some tears in it. I need to determine how to repair it. It has a glass rear windshield as well, and is fully operational up and down. Depending on the cost I may just purchase another car witha blown/high miles motor.;)

Pat

[Bailey Man]

If you need a good site to look for some help, try www.corall.net and www.nmraracing.com

[MJE95GAGT]

www.stangnet.com is another good one for technical stuff. BTW congrats on the car :thumbs:

[jaketuff]

Thanks for all the help fella's! I really appreciate it, I am kinda having mod-overload, going from the GA with so few mods available to the Stang with SO MANY mods!!!

I will figure out where to start soon and keep you all posted.;)

Pat

[MJE95GAGT]

heres the best site for Stang aftermarket parts http://www.need-4-speed.com/catalog2.htm

[ArcticGT]

Nice Pat, good luck on the newly acquired project! :D

[Irate]

Damnit Pat! This thread is useless without pics :huh:


Seriously though, congratulatoins on the purchase... I look forward to seeing what you do to it. :thumbs:

[zeddsdead]

i have a dumb question/comment so please bare with me. i thought u werent supposed to do any racing/peeling out/standing on it, until the motor is broken in at over 500 miles.

or is there like less likely to be somekind of harm done on a motor like that even with low mileage?

sounds like a killer car though...i cant wait to see the pics!

[tido_29]

yeah you have to break in the motor. i thought it was like 5,000 miles.

[Dalesa7xchamp]

yeah, i jumped on the Pony car wagon myself bought me a 78 firebird last year.

http://www.fbody.com/members/Dalesa7xchamp/


Done quite a bit to it, but alot more to go

anyways. peace

[jaketuff]

All right! Here is a pic of the car that will receive my Windsor. It is a 1992 LX 5.0 HB. The car is in excellent shape inside and out. It just needs a replacement for it's 5 liter HO, that is ready.;) Thanks for all the good words guys!


What do you think of the car????

http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_c127e0f1ac2b8f70905cb3e6561a4da6/i-1.JPG

Burnout pics will be coming.......;)

Pat

[zeddsdead]

boy that does look sweet!!

[GreatGraySkwid]

Black is the only color of that model to get. Have fun with it!

[MJE95GAGT]

Im looking into getting a fox bod real soon too, hopefully it will look as good as yours :D BTW I saw your thread on stangnet a little while back about the tranny, made any decisions yet?

[MetaGTP1]

It looks better than I thought. I guess I be up to check it out in a few weeks.:thumbs: ;)