nic - 17 year old - 96 Mustang GT Build up!

nic · Sep 20, 2016

Nighttrain said:
Thats not right.....have you priced out a t45 yet? Can probably pick one up pretty cheap to get started on the swap. Not sure when you were planning it. Oh......ill say it again sfc, besides gears thatll be the biggest thing youll notice driving the car. Totally helps with cornering.

is that the manual swap? I have not yet. I have a few things id like to get starting with the 4.10 gears... I also want to find a super charger kit but having no luck

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

nic said:
is that the manual swap? I have not yet. I have a few things id like to get starting with the 4.10 gears... I also want to find a super charger kit but having no luck

t45 is our model year manual trans yes. honestly you should go get that transmission swapped before the supercharger. that can wait. doing the swap will be fairly cheap and kinda simple if youre mechanically inclined. give yourself a list Nic and stick by it.

honestly what i think you should do first is get some lowering springs. that will make the world of a difference in handling and looks. dont forget to get caster camber plates too. then get that transmission swap done AND THEN get your blower. also if you can find a nice set of rims you like get those too. i recommend 18s and 275s on all 4 corners and if not then get 265s up front or if 18s arent in a budget then 17s with again 275s all around or 265s all around if you cant do 275 and bigger (only 275 up front, any bigger and youll have fitment issues on stock components). better traction and handling will help you not go into a wall or ditch so long as you know how to handle your car.

make a list

follow it

get ideas and brainstorm from here but at the end of the day its your car, your decisions and your (maybe) money

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

also i think since you have an auto you may have 327s in the car. if you lived closer i wouldnt mind trading you my rear with 410s for your rear with 327s. id swap them out eventually anyways, but that way i dont have to take the 410s out and sell them lol

Nighttrain · Sep 20, 2016

Frank.JD.Perez said:
also i think since you have an auto you may have 327s in the car. if you lived closer i wouldnt mind trading you my rear with 410s for your rear with 327s. id swap them out eventually anyways, but that way i dont have to take the 410s out and sell them lol

This! That would be a deal [MENTION=21754]nic[/MENTION]. Im not going to knock you because at your age all i wanted to do was go as fast as possible too. But if the car.....and you(no offence) cant handle the extra power, its better to get the car up to par first. Now that i got my dad moment out of me, have fun with it. Even the small things make the car better, and yours at the same time.

nic · Sep 20, 2016

Nighttrain said:
This! That would be a deal nic. Im not going to knock you because at your age all i wanted to do was go as fast as possible too. But if the car.....and you(no offence) cant handle the extra power, its better to get the car up to par first. Now that i got my dad moment out of me, have fun with it. Even the small things make the car better, and yours at the same time.

rofl brakes and suspension on the list somewhere

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

Brakes are important. Instead of getting the 13 in cobras get the 14 in s550 brakes. Similar in price and probably way better than the cobras. Look at [MENTION=17526]Pete@FTR[/MENTION] and his build. His company makes custom brackets to fit 14in s197 and now s550 brakes on our cars. (05-17)

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

I'll be picking up a set of those 14 in eventually unless the time calls to get my 6 piston wilwoods. Just waiting for Pete to make an official bracket for the s550 brakes... *cough*...pete...

nic · Sep 20, 2016

http://www.americanmuscle.com/build-list.html?build=211765
also on the list XD

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

Nice. I'd get a actually 4 or 6 point roll bar if I were you though. Also check out carid. They're a site sponsor and they have tons of seats for usually ridiculously good prices among many other parts

Nighttrain · Sep 20, 2016

Agree with frankie....and while AM is a great company, ive never had any issues with them they arent always the best price

Frank.JD.Perez · Sep 20, 2016

Nighttrain said:
Agree with frankie....and while AM is a great company, ive never had any issues with them they arent always the best price

Like a black vinyl decal top for like 200 bucks...lol

Nighttrain · Sep 20, 2016

Frank.JD.Perez said:
Like a black vinyl decal top for like 200 bucks...lol

Yea they add 5,000 hp and stickers nake the car more aerodynamic

Tally_4.6 · Sep 20, 2016

Oh man.

Nighttrain · Sep 20, 2016

Tally_4.6 said:
Oh man.

Right!?

nic · Oct 31, 2016

im backkkkkk

Frank.JD.Perez · Oct 31, 2016

Yayyy!

Now it's got a 5.8 dohc supercharged engine and irs with full roll cage and recaros with hres right?

lwarrior1016 · Nov 1, 2016

Just to clarify real quick, I dont think the 8.8 got 3.27's until '99. My auto '98 had 3.08's in it.

lutter94 · Nov 1, 2016

lwarrior1016 said:
Just to clarify real quick, I dont think the 8.8 got 3.27's until '99. My auto '98 had 3.08's in it.

In 94, your choices were 273s or 327s. Mine had 327s. I can't say that cobras didn't get an option for a different gear. But I know the standard/optional choice anyways

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lwarrior1016 · Nov 1, 2016

lutter94 said:
In 94, your choices were 273s or 327s. Mine had 327s. I can't say that cobras didn't get an option for a different gear. But I know the standard/optional choice anyways

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Wow, ok. Disregard what I said then. I didnt know that. Ive built an auto 96 and two different 98's and all those had 3.08's so I figured that was the gear option for them.