August 2013 - ROTM - White95
A special thanks goes out to TMI Products for their on-going support for the ROTM contests!!!!
Hopefully White95 can use his winnings to go towards a bad-ass interior for his build. :-D
Check out his build thread here:
http://www.sn95forums.com/showthread.php?23300-White95-s-Unicorn
And, without further ado, your August ROTM winner!!!!!!!!
White95
Thank you guys for the nomination and the surprising victory! I simply cannot believe my ride even had a chance compared to the amount of workmanship in this months ROTM contest.
What can you get for a couple grand and a set of 20's? Why, a mostly stock 1995 Mustang GT!!
I bought this car back in August of 2006, after years of wanting a white '95 to build my own spin on the '95 Cobra R. For a few years it was my faithful daily driver. In that time, I met my good friend Benjy Burns who has been a mentor (and voice of reason) during the course of this journey.. At one point, I swapped vehicles with my (late) father for work reasons and he nerely destroyed the motor for me. Little did I know, he "fixed" a leaky thermostat gasket by forgetting to put the new gasket in place. Two head gaskets, a new radiator and an e303 cam later, I had my car back!! After that happened, I lucked up and met the REAL driving force behind this project: my soul mate and beautiful wife Tiffiny!!! (@Fire&Spice) If it wasn't for her, I would have NEVER gone this far with my '95. I'd also be driving a competition orange Mach 1 BUT that’s a different story. Soon after, it was parked due to a personal injury. In that time, we swapped in a fresher 302 with ported E7 heads an E303 cam and an Explorer intake. That combo net me an earth shattering 243/298!!! Soon after that, we bought my wife her first ‘stang, her 2005 GT that some of you know well. Oh, my fresher 302 lasted about 6 months until the oil pump failed and chewed the bearings up effectively killing that motor. That was October 18, 2009 which also happened to be the day I proposed to my wife. She has spurred me throughout this build to “do it right the first timeâ€, “buy that next partâ€, "upgrade this" or "we can eat next week, buy that IRS". She is truly my best friend!!! What started to be a low mile, terminator swap ended up becoming a forged bottom end 410w built with a FRPP race block. I knew things were outta hand when I spent my initial budget on the short block. LOL... I've personally put maybe 4 miles on my car since then and the Unicorn has been in Benjy’s possession since September 25, 2010. However, this is all about to change.. Like, for real this time…
Engine
Short block
- EZ6M-6015-G351, SVO 4-bolt main race block
- Eagle ESP 4340 crank/Eagle ESP H-beam rods
- SRP Pistons (10:1 compression ratio)
- ARP rod bolts, ARP main studs
- 0 balance flywheel and harmonic damper
- Canton 7 qt oil pan
- ARP oil pump driveshaft
- Energy Suspension motor mounts
Top end
- Procomp 210 cc heads (2.02 x 1.60)
- EPW 1.6 ratio roller rockers
- Trick Flow stage 3 cam
- Comp Cams retro fit lifters
- Comp Cams pushrods
- ARP head bolts
- Edelbrock valve covers
- Edelbrock Performer RPM 351 intake [powder coated Red]
- Foxbody 75 mm throttle body
- Accufab throttle bracket/spacer
- #42 injectors
- S197 Slot type MAS
- TPS 4" custom cold air intake [powder coated crinkle black]
Fuel system
- Aeromotive fuel rails
- AEM fuel pressure regulator
- black fuel lines with black AN fittings
- 190 lph in-tank pump
Ignition/ECU
- '95 Lightning distributor
- MSD cap/rotor/coil
- Taylor 9mm plug wires
- T4M0 ECU/Moates quartermaster chip
Exhaust
- BBK 1 5/8" unequal length headers
- MAC Prochamber 2.5"
- MAC Flowpath, 2.5" cat back w/ 3" tips
Suspension/rolling stock
- QA1 tubular crossmember
- 2" drop coils
- Bilstein Struts
- Energy suspension end links/sway bar bushings
- 95 Cobra front sway bar
- 96 cobra sway bar
- Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connectors
- 8.8 traction-lock SRA (completely rebuilt)
- 3.73's
- tubular UCA/LCA
- Monroe Sensetrac shocks
- rear differential girdle
Drivetrain
- Tremec 3550 (built by Powertrain Specialties)
- FRPP aluminum bell housing, foxbody clutch fork
- Pro 5.0 shifter with Steeda handle
- Spec Stage 2+ clutch
- Adjustable clutch cable
- Steeda double hook quadrant
- FRPP aluminum driveshaft
- Energy Suspension transmission mount
Appearance
Exterior
- S351 wing
- 3" Cobra R hood
- Vertical tail lights
- 8000k HIDs
- 18x8.5" Konig Maxxim wheels rolling on 245/40/18 & 295/35/18's
Interior
- converted to black interior
- porno red S197 leather front seats
- center console from a '98
- /////Alpine CD player
- /////Alpine 6x8's front door
- Rockford Fosgate 6x8's in rear deck
Parts pending installation
- 2003 Cobra IRS with a large compliment of Full Tilt Boogie Racing parts
- Custom IRS catback
- Bilstein IRS shocks
- Boston Acoustic 6x9's for rear deck
- Infinity 6.5" component set for front doors
- /////Alpine 350w x4 channel amp
- new A/C components
- New odometer gears
- LED interior lights
- Blue Oval Industries Cobra style headlights
- "new style" corner lights
The future plans I have mainly center around “tying up the lose ends†and will conclude with a coat of fresh paint. I have a serious backlog of small tasks and the aforementioned pile of parts to install. Here is the short list of future plans:
- Koni DA struts
- Griggs GR40 coilovers 350# springs
- Griggs GR40 CC plates
- Griggs GR40 tubular control arms
- BIG brakes
- shave and hide antennae
- new springs
- custom emblems
- shaved bumper letters
- Cobrabob shifter gasket
- Lots of engine compartment powder coating, cleaning, painting, wiring harness tuck
- custom rear seat delete
- PAINT, PAINT, PAINT!!!
- new leather/alcantara wrapped steering wheel
- alcantara shifter boot, e-brake handle boot
- Nitto NT05 rubber
- Fluidyne radiator
- roll cage
- T56
- 1 3/4" shorty headers
- billet flywheel
- Standalone EFI
- 2003 Cobra control arms with upgraded bushings.....
.....and many miles of enjoyment!
Josef
[video=youtube_share;7u8mcATIyJI]http://youtu.be/7u8mcATIyJI[/video]
These are the favorites of my older pictures:li
A special thanks goes out to TMI Products for their on-going support for the ROTM contests!!!!
Hopefully White95 can use his winnings to go towards a bad-ass interior for his build. :-D
Check out his build thread here:
http://www.sn95forums.com/showthread.php?23300-White95-s-Unicorn
And, without further ado, your August ROTM winner!!!!!!!!
White95
Thank you guys for the nomination and the surprising victory! I simply cannot believe my ride even had a chance compared to the amount of workmanship in this months ROTM contest.
What can you get for a couple grand and a set of 20's? Why, a mostly stock 1995 Mustang GT!!
I bought this car back in August of 2006, after years of wanting a white '95 to build my own spin on the '95 Cobra R. For a few years it was my faithful daily driver. In that time, I met my good friend Benjy Burns who has been a mentor (and voice of reason) during the course of this journey.. At one point, I swapped vehicles with my (late) father for work reasons and he nerely destroyed the motor for me. Little did I know, he "fixed" a leaky thermostat gasket by forgetting to put the new gasket in place. Two head gaskets, a new radiator and an e303 cam later, I had my car back!! After that happened, I lucked up and met the REAL driving force behind this project: my soul mate and beautiful wife Tiffiny!!! (@Fire&Spice) If it wasn't for her, I would have NEVER gone this far with my '95. I'd also be driving a competition orange Mach 1 BUT that’s a different story. Soon after, it was parked due to a personal injury. In that time, we swapped in a fresher 302 with ported E7 heads an E303 cam and an Explorer intake. That combo net me an earth shattering 243/298!!! Soon after that, we bought my wife her first ‘stang, her 2005 GT that some of you know well. Oh, my fresher 302 lasted about 6 months until the oil pump failed and chewed the bearings up effectively killing that motor. That was October 18, 2009 which also happened to be the day I proposed to my wife. She has spurred me throughout this build to “do it right the first timeâ€, “buy that next partâ€, "upgrade this" or "we can eat next week, buy that IRS". She is truly my best friend!!! What started to be a low mile, terminator swap ended up becoming a forged bottom end 410w built with a FRPP race block. I knew things were outta hand when I spent my initial budget on the short block. LOL... I've personally put maybe 4 miles on my car since then and the Unicorn has been in Benjy’s possession since September 25, 2010. However, this is all about to change.. Like, for real this time…
Engine
Short block
- EZ6M-6015-G351, SVO 4-bolt main race block
- Eagle ESP 4340 crank/Eagle ESP H-beam rods
- SRP Pistons (10:1 compression ratio)
- ARP rod bolts, ARP main studs
- 0 balance flywheel and harmonic damper
- Canton 7 qt oil pan
- ARP oil pump driveshaft
- Energy Suspension motor mounts
Top end
- Procomp 210 cc heads (2.02 x 1.60)
- EPW 1.6 ratio roller rockers
- Trick Flow stage 3 cam
- Comp Cams retro fit lifters
- Comp Cams pushrods
- ARP head bolts
- Edelbrock valve covers
- Edelbrock Performer RPM 351 intake [powder coated Red]
- Foxbody 75 mm throttle body
- Accufab throttle bracket/spacer
- #42 injectors
- S197 Slot type MAS
- TPS 4" custom cold air intake [powder coated crinkle black]
Fuel system
- Aeromotive fuel rails
- AEM fuel pressure regulator
- black fuel lines with black AN fittings
- 190 lph in-tank pump
Ignition/ECU
- '95 Lightning distributor
- MSD cap/rotor/coil
- Taylor 9mm plug wires
- T4M0 ECU/Moates quartermaster chip
Exhaust
- BBK 1 5/8" unequal length headers
- MAC Prochamber 2.5"
- MAC Flowpath, 2.5" cat back w/ 3" tips
Suspension/rolling stock
- QA1 tubular crossmember
- 2" drop coils
- Bilstein Struts
- Energy suspension end links/sway bar bushings
- 95 Cobra front sway bar
- 96 cobra sway bar
- Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connectors
- 8.8 traction-lock SRA (completely rebuilt)
- 3.73's
- tubular UCA/LCA
- Monroe Sensetrac shocks
- rear differential girdle
Drivetrain
- Tremec 3550 (built by Powertrain Specialties)
- FRPP aluminum bell housing, foxbody clutch fork
- Pro 5.0 shifter with Steeda handle
- Spec Stage 2+ clutch
- Adjustable clutch cable
- Steeda double hook quadrant
- FRPP aluminum driveshaft
- Energy Suspension transmission mount
Appearance
Exterior
- S351 wing
- 3" Cobra R hood
- Vertical tail lights
- 8000k HIDs
- 18x8.5" Konig Maxxim wheels rolling on 245/40/18 & 295/35/18's
Interior
- converted to black interior
- porno red S197 leather front seats
- center console from a '98
- /////Alpine CD player
- /////Alpine 6x8's front door
- Rockford Fosgate 6x8's in rear deck
Parts pending installation
- 2003 Cobra IRS with a large compliment of Full Tilt Boogie Racing parts
- Custom IRS catback
- Bilstein IRS shocks
- Boston Acoustic 6x9's for rear deck
- Infinity 6.5" component set for front doors
- /////Alpine 350w x4 channel amp
- new A/C components
- New odometer gears
- LED interior lights
- Blue Oval Industries Cobra style headlights
- "new style" corner lights
The future plans I have mainly center around “tying up the lose ends†and will conclude with a coat of fresh paint. I have a serious backlog of small tasks and the aforementioned pile of parts to install. Here is the short list of future plans:
- Koni DA struts
- Griggs GR40 coilovers 350# springs
- Griggs GR40 CC plates
- Griggs GR40 tubular control arms
- BIG brakes
- shave and hide antennae
- new springs
- custom emblems
- shaved bumper letters
- Cobrabob shifter gasket
- Lots of engine compartment powder coating, cleaning, painting, wiring harness tuck
- custom rear seat delete
- PAINT, PAINT, PAINT!!!
- new leather/alcantara wrapped steering wheel
- alcantara shifter boot, e-brake handle boot
- Nitto NT05 rubber
- Fluidyne radiator
- roll cage
- T56
- 1 3/4" shorty headers
- billet flywheel
- Standalone EFI
- 2003 Cobra control arms with upgraded bushings.....
.....and many miles of enjoyment!
Josef
[video=youtube_share;7u8mcATIyJI]http://youtu.be/7u8mcATIyJI[/video]
These are the favorites of my older pictures:li
