Paladin1001
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Hello all,
I recently picked up a 98 GT 5-speed with some upgrades and its share of issues for a first car for my daughter. I've been reading posts here and like the community so I figured I'd join up.
When I get some decent pics, I'll post them up. I have been a Foxbody owner for over 20 years, with one of each bodystyle currently in my collection. I figured the SN is a more modern and safer car for my girl who is also into cars.
I've already fixed the AC, bought a PS pump and the hoses since its leaking like a bucket with no bottom and a previous owner tried to fix it with JB weld. I got the door pulls reattached with some custom additional screws holding things together on the interior.
This weekend I will be swapping the pump and hoses and then I can drive it to evaluate what else it needs. I also ordered new gears for the non-functioning odometer.
It runs well and doesn't smoke or overheat. It has a Dorman Intake manifold on it with the aluminum crossover. Not sure how I feel about keeping that yet but I don't need to add HP for my daughters first car, I just want stock reliability.
If y'all have any recommendations to improve the reliability I am all ears. It currently has a short throw shifter, BBK cold air intake, tubular headers with Magnaflow exhaust (sounds GREAT), Eibach lowering springs and a fully functional Mach 460 stereo system with CD player. The car shows 128k on the title but the odometer reads 112K and the title has an odometer not correct warning on it. Not sure of the miles it has since the guy I bought it from never even titled it in his name and he had it for a year. He said he had too many projects and I believe him, looking at his yard.
Anyway, thanks for having me.
I recently picked up a 98 GT 5-speed with some upgrades and its share of issues for a first car for my daughter. I've been reading posts here and like the community so I figured I'd join up.
When I get some decent pics, I'll post them up. I have been a Foxbody owner for over 20 years, with one of each bodystyle currently in my collection. I figured the SN is a more modern and safer car for my girl who is also into cars.
I've already fixed the AC, bought a PS pump and the hoses since its leaking like a bucket with no bottom and a previous owner tried to fix it with JB weld. I got the door pulls reattached with some custom additional screws holding things together on the interior.
This weekend I will be swapping the pump and hoses and then I can drive it to evaluate what else it needs. I also ordered new gears for the non-functioning odometer.
It runs well and doesn't smoke or overheat. It has a Dorman Intake manifold on it with the aluminum crossover. Not sure how I feel about keeping that yet but I don't need to add HP for my daughters first car, I just want stock reliability.
If y'all have any recommendations to improve the reliability I am all ears. It currently has a short throw shifter, BBK cold air intake, tubular headers with Magnaflow exhaust (sounds GREAT), Eibach lowering springs and a fully functional Mach 460 stereo system with CD player. The car shows 128k on the title but the odometer reads 112K and the title has an odometer not correct warning on it. Not sure of the miles it has since the guy I bought it from never even titled it in his name and he had it for a year. He said he had too many projects and I believe him, looking at his yard.
Anyway, thanks for having me.