sluggish94
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What's up SN95 Forums. Some of you may have seen my intro thread where I present my 1994 Mustang GT "Dirty Money".
I wanted to start another thread to share all the stuff I've done to it and all the stuff I'll be doing to it.
I bought it in June 2020. It looked kinda like this:
Quite frankly, it was so ugly, everyone died. The end.
But seriously, it was so ugly i didn't want to take pictures of it until it looked halfway decent. Like this:
The owner had included these 18in Cobra R replica rims and I got some cheap used tires for the front just to have all four rims matching.
The engine bay looked like this:
There is something really wrong with this picture. Look closely at the air box.
Well, the first issue I fixed was the MAF sensor. It wasn't connected and there wasn't an air filter in the air box. I installed a paper air filter and connected the MAF. This caused the engine to drive WORSE than it had before. I disconnected the MAF and it ran better, so I left it disconnected and started looking for vacuum leaks. Lo and behold there was a brittle vacuum hose falling off underneath the upper intake so I plugged that vacuum leak. After I fixed the vacuum leak I reconnected the MAF in hopes that the leak was the main issue, and it was. The MAF, inlet tube and filter housing were cleaned as best I could. It ran much better.
This car didn't come with mufflers when I got it so I searched my local classifieds and got a sweet deal on some stainless steel Magnaflows and flow tubes off a 96 Cobra. Killer sound.
The previous owner had yanked the smog lines and the A/C accumulator, but had failed to remove either accessories. I removed both the pump and the compressor from in front of the engine and installed an 82.7in. belt, reducing the belt size by 21.8in.
I started focusing some of my attention on the interior. This car was in an accident at one point because the previous owner had replaced the airbags with non-matching grey pieces. I was able to find a Black OEM steering wheel and a Tan passenger airbag to give the interior a more complete look. I wrapped the steering wheel. The ignition switch spun freely in any direction so I removed the broken piece and tried installing a new one. I failed miserably and broke the new ignition switch. Luckly my uncle is a locksmith so he rescued me big time from that one. I installed some nice OEM Cloth Tan seats with manual tracks. They were an improvement over the ripped up power seats it came with, and were a bit lighter as well, which was a plus. The HVAC center plastic section was missing so I hit the junkyard and found a nice piece that I liked. I just cut a piece of metal and 3M taped it to where the radio was. I had a Hurst shifter handle laying around so I tossed it on the stock shifter. I just recently was able to source the actual Hurst Billet Plus Shifter (PN 3915033) locally and installed that in place of my fakey wannabe unit. The car came with some decent tri-bar pony floor mats. I had to replace the passenger side rear window motor. Here's kinda what the interior looks like:
"Now I'm styling and enjoying this drop", I reason. But the steering is sloppy and it leaks water from the water pump weep hole. So first I tackle the rack. It was time consuming but rewarding. I also replaced a tie rod that was gacked. Noice.
Next is the water pump. I break a stud though. FML. I pull the timing cover off and clean everything. I'm stuck waiting for some gaskets and parts. I take this time to thoroughly clean the upper. I remove it and replace the PCV hoses and PCV valve. I had some clean black valve covers from an explorer engine that looked much nicer, which I also threw on. Since everything is off I also remove the condenser from in front of the radiator and the lines that go to the firewall. The previous owner had mickey moused the heater tube re-routing, so I deleted the heater tube for a cleaner look. You can see the bypass plug on the fitting by the distributor that I had to use because it was the only fitting I had that fit. Upon further inspection the ignition coil had a little chunk of the tip missing, almost like it had arced at some point or something. It now has one of those Summit Racing ignition coils on it.
20+ hours later:
Now I'm spinning all of first and second and I can't have that. It's time to address the rear suspension. I order some brand new KYB quad shocks and I strike some luck at the junkyard by finding some KYB rear shocks on another SN95. My neighbor who has a Foxbody had some Eibach drag springs laying around which he gave to me for free so I threw them under there. This shot was prior to the Eibach springs.
I had to throw on the big boy racer wheel and tire package I have on my other car onto this one. Much better:
The latest improvement has been drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads all around. I got them off eBay, don't judge me, they work WAY better than what was on there and look SICK.
Next is:
Polyurethane Transmission Mount
Ball Joints
Driver Side Rear Window Motor
Power Steering Pump & lines
Front Struts
I will be painting this car in my garage the original color. We are using single stage. My dad is insisting on spraying it himself so I'm just gonna let him. We will be doing it in sections. I'm not the type to care too much about paint, but I know that anything other than the nasty peeling clear coat will be better.
Thats pretty much it.
Thanks for reading.
I wanted to start another thread to share all the stuff I've done to it and all the stuff I'll be doing to it.
I bought it in June 2020. It looked kinda like this:
Quite frankly, it was so ugly, everyone died. The end.
But seriously, it was so ugly i didn't want to take pictures of it until it looked halfway decent. Like this:
The owner had included these 18in Cobra R replica rims and I got some cheap used tires for the front just to have all four rims matching.
The engine bay looked like this:
There is something really wrong with this picture. Look closely at the air box.
Well, the first issue I fixed was the MAF sensor. It wasn't connected and there wasn't an air filter in the air box. I installed a paper air filter and connected the MAF. This caused the engine to drive WORSE than it had before. I disconnected the MAF and it ran better, so I left it disconnected and started looking for vacuum leaks. Lo and behold there was a brittle vacuum hose falling off underneath the upper intake so I plugged that vacuum leak. After I fixed the vacuum leak I reconnected the MAF in hopes that the leak was the main issue, and it was. The MAF, inlet tube and filter housing were cleaned as best I could. It ran much better.
This car didn't come with mufflers when I got it so I searched my local classifieds and got a sweet deal on some stainless steel Magnaflows and flow tubes off a 96 Cobra. Killer sound.
The previous owner had yanked the smog lines and the A/C accumulator, but had failed to remove either accessories. I removed both the pump and the compressor from in front of the engine and installed an 82.7in. belt, reducing the belt size by 21.8in.
I started focusing some of my attention on the interior. This car was in an accident at one point because the previous owner had replaced the airbags with non-matching grey pieces. I was able to find a Black OEM steering wheel and a Tan passenger airbag to give the interior a more complete look. I wrapped the steering wheel. The ignition switch spun freely in any direction so I removed the broken piece and tried installing a new one. I failed miserably and broke the new ignition switch. Luckly my uncle is a locksmith so he rescued me big time from that one. I installed some nice OEM Cloth Tan seats with manual tracks. They were an improvement over the ripped up power seats it came with, and were a bit lighter as well, which was a plus. The HVAC center plastic section was missing so I hit the junkyard and found a nice piece that I liked. I just cut a piece of metal and 3M taped it to where the radio was. I had a Hurst shifter handle laying around so I tossed it on the stock shifter. I just recently was able to source the actual Hurst Billet Plus Shifter (PN 3915033) locally and installed that in place of my fakey wannabe unit. The car came with some decent tri-bar pony floor mats. I had to replace the passenger side rear window motor. Here's kinda what the interior looks like:
"Now I'm styling and enjoying this drop", I reason. But the steering is sloppy and it leaks water from the water pump weep hole. So first I tackle the rack. It was time consuming but rewarding. I also replaced a tie rod that was gacked. Noice.
Next is the water pump. I break a stud though. FML. I pull the timing cover off and clean everything. I'm stuck waiting for some gaskets and parts. I take this time to thoroughly clean the upper. I remove it and replace the PCV hoses and PCV valve. I had some clean black valve covers from an explorer engine that looked much nicer, which I also threw on. Since everything is off I also remove the condenser from in front of the radiator and the lines that go to the firewall. The previous owner had mickey moused the heater tube re-routing, so I deleted the heater tube for a cleaner look. You can see the bypass plug on the fitting by the distributor that I had to use because it was the only fitting I had that fit. Upon further inspection the ignition coil had a little chunk of the tip missing, almost like it had arced at some point or something. It now has one of those Summit Racing ignition coils on it.
20+ hours later:
Now I'm spinning all of first and second and I can't have that. It's time to address the rear suspension. I order some brand new KYB quad shocks and I strike some luck at the junkyard by finding some KYB rear shocks on another SN95. My neighbor who has a Foxbody had some Eibach drag springs laying around which he gave to me for free so I threw them under there. This shot was prior to the Eibach springs.
I had to throw on the big boy racer wheel and tire package I have on my other car onto this one. Much better:
The latest improvement has been drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads all around. I got them off eBay, don't judge me, they work WAY better than what was on there and look SICK.
Next is:
Polyurethane Transmission Mount
Ball Joints
Driver Side Rear Window Motor
Power Steering Pump & lines
Front Struts
I will be painting this car in my garage the original color. We are using single stage. My dad is insisting on spraying it himself so I'm just gonna let him. We will be doing it in sections. I'm not the type to care too much about paint, but I know that anything other than the nasty peeling clear coat will be better.
Thats pretty much it.
Thanks for reading.
