What's up guys. It's been a long time and I was hoping to post this up sooner but lets get started! Sold my 96 GT a while back to a member here and got the itch again. I originally wanted 99-01 Cobra, Mach 1 or a '11-'12 Coyote but everything was either too high miles or ridiculously priced (if not both). I saw this car up on the NH CL and was interested after seeing the fuel injected 5.0 in it. Made the two hour drive up, looked over the car a bit, drove it for about 20 minutes and was sold. Haggled around on price and picked it up the next weekend. A buddy from work was going to give me a ride up there but he ended up sleeping in, costing me about $500 for a flatbed lol.
Turns out buying someone else's project isn't always the best idea! Car started out needing nothing but tires and minor exhaust work. Almost two months ago, drove the car to work. Went to move it in the morning to take the truck and found the Mustang spilling gas all over the driveway. Got that squared away. Not even six days later I was cruising around and stopped at a red light. Car's water temp gauge was sitting at about 190 and jumped to 230. Now there's some white smoke coming out the hood. Pulled into a parking lot fearing the worse. As soon as I got the hood open, saw white smoking coming from the top of the radiator fins and coolant spilling out the same hole. Bought water from a local pharmacy while the car was cooling down, dropped most of it in and limped the car home. Turns out the guy that did the resto 15 years ago put in a 160* T-stat which had decided to get stuck closed. I found this out after ordering a Stant 180* and new rad cap. Got the t-stat done after lots of cussing. Now I'm just waiting for funds to line up for a new rad. Car currently has a Howe Racing rad 21"x21"x3" modified to clear the hood. Since everything on Summit with those measurements is $600+, I'm probably going to just go with a Mishimoto given the lifetime warranty.
So what mods does it have? Front disc conversion, Mustang II front end, 5.0 HO motor w/small cam, built auto, FLSFC, ladder bars, 3.50 rear gears.
What do I want to do? Rear disc conversion, clean up all the wiring, Mod Swap when possible, wheels/tires, fix body lines
As of right now (11/3/15) it has the following issues:
- No start; can't tell if it's battery, distributor or fuel pump (Will be getting new battery Fri/Sat)
- No rad fan; wiring is a mess and haven't found the power wire
- Hole in rad; have new rad, won't install until fan dealt with
- Rear end chatter; most likely no friction modifier added with Posi install
- Smell of fuel from the rear; I've got the parts to replace everything but the tank itself
- Right exhaust hanger popped; reweld it
Feel free to let me know what ya think. I plan to do as much work as I can out of the driveway to save $$ so advice/help is always welcome.
Edit; don't kill me for where the front plate. Had to drill the bumper because the lower valance looks like it lost a fight with a curb.
Turns out buying someone else's project isn't always the best idea! Car started out needing nothing but tires and minor exhaust work. Almost two months ago, drove the car to work. Went to move it in the morning to take the truck and found the Mustang spilling gas all over the driveway. Got that squared away. Not even six days later I was cruising around and stopped at a red light. Car's water temp gauge was sitting at about 190 and jumped to 230. Now there's some white smoke coming out the hood. Pulled into a parking lot fearing the worse. As soon as I got the hood open, saw white smoking coming from the top of the radiator fins and coolant spilling out the same hole. Bought water from a local pharmacy while the car was cooling down, dropped most of it in and limped the car home. Turns out the guy that did the resto 15 years ago put in a 160* T-stat which had decided to get stuck closed. I found this out after ordering a Stant 180* and new rad cap. Got the t-stat done after lots of cussing. Now I'm just waiting for funds to line up for a new rad. Car currently has a Howe Racing rad 21"x21"x3" modified to clear the hood. Since everything on Summit with those measurements is $600+, I'm probably going to just go with a Mishimoto given the lifetime warranty.
So what mods does it have? Front disc conversion, Mustang II front end, 5.0 HO motor w/small cam, built auto, FLSFC, ladder bars, 3.50 rear gears.
What do I want to do? Rear disc conversion, clean up all the wiring, Mod Swap when possible, wheels/tires, fix body lines
As of right now (11/3/15) it has the following issues:
- No start; can't tell if it's battery, distributor or fuel pump (Will be getting new battery Fri/Sat)
- No rad fan; wiring is a mess and haven't found the power wire
- Hole in rad; have new rad, won't install until fan dealt with
- Rear end chatter; most likely no friction modifier added with Posi install
- Smell of fuel from the rear; I've got the parts to replace everything but the tank itself
- Right exhaust hanger popped; reweld it
Feel free to let me know what ya think. I plan to do as much work as I can out of the driveway to save $$ so advice/help is always welcome.
Edit; don't kill me for where the front plate. Had to drill the bumper because the lower valance looks like it lost a fight with a curb.