Nick's 98gt Full Budget Built Turbo 2v

96blak54 · Mar 30, 2015

And their is the down fall of x-pipes. The h-pipes just need to be adapted

98snakehorse · Mar 31, 2015

96blak54 said:
And their is the down fall of x-pipes. The h-pipes just need to be adapted

Aint that the truth lol

Got bored lastnight and through on my Mach1 chin spoiler, first time showing my freshly painted front bumper

. Also was able to score a new set of Tokiko HP shocks for 40 bucks! Tomorrow I will be receiving some goodies that will put the topping on the cake for the mustang..... more to come

Jubert · Apr 1, 2015

such a beautiful project

98snakehorse · Apr 2, 2015

Finally the final large expense showed up for the blue beast and after 5 long months this car has touched the ground

. Took the car for a short test drive around my neighborhood.... I dont have an exhaust yet so its just straight piped, also dont have registration and insurance yet so I didnt go far lol. Car ran very well, I still need to bleed the brakes just a bit. Today I'm going to the courthouse to get it registered and then insured. Hopefully next week I will be able to get it into to the exhaust shot to fab up my x-pipe and catback....... And dont worry headlights are on the way hopefull will show up today or tomorrow lol

Car still has 5 months worth of dust buildup

98snakehorse · Apr 6, 2015

And the headlights are in. Hoping to get my exhaust fabbed up on Wednesday.

98snakehorse · Apr 8, 2015

Spent the better half of the evening buffing the car yesterday. The paint is slowly coming back to life. Its amazing how much dirt and grime can make its way into the clearcoat when paint is poorly maintained.

Cpotts13 · Apr 8, 2015

PICS OR BS

98snakehorse · Apr 9, 2015

Cpotts13 said:
PICS OR BS

Lol Its a stormy crappy week here in Iowa. Hopefully I can pull it out this weekend for some pics.

I got the car back from the exhaust shop after having my exhaust fitted. This is with Mac Longtubes / Lethal Performance o/r X-pipe and Pypes Street-Pro Stainless Cat-back dumped before the rear axle. In my opinion it doesnt sound much like a modular more like a pushrod 5.0, I'm thinking due to the dumps but regardless I like

[video=youtube;dWKV4H7kYW8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWKV4H7kYW8[/video]

98snakehorse · Apr 10, 2015

Took the car to work today. Now that I'm getting some seat time with this thing I'm starting to notice the uncomfortable vibrations of the solid motor mounts. Feels badass when you start the car up but damn its a bit jittery cruising around lol....

96blak54 · Apr 10, 2015

Oh come on....the feel is a solid connection between man and machine. Fully connected! ...youll get use to it. Your car looks awesome! Probably sounds good as its looks.

DKblue98GT · Apr 11, 2015

Great to see you are driving it after all that work. I wish My AB paint looked that good...

Jubert · Apr 12, 2015

when you installed your 4.2 from the lincoln did all of your wiring connect to the engine or were some wires changed ?

98snakehorse · Apr 13, 2015

Jubert said:
when you installed your 4.2 from the lincoln did all of your wiring connect to the engine or were some wires changed ?

The only connections that stayed with the car I believe was the crank positioning sensor, cam position sensor and the oil pressure sensor. The crank and cam positioning sensor was the exact same as the 96npi. The oil pressure sensor needs to be swapped over which it just unscrews so it was easy. If you ever plan on doing this swap I would recommend matching the engine manufactures Romeo to Romeo or Windsor to Windsor as they do have some differences between the valve covers and flywheel bolts. I was lucky and found a Romeo pi which is what my npi was. I also had to modify the metal coolant hose that comes out the back of the water pump so that it would match up with the heater core rubber hose. wasn't too big of a deal they bend fairly easily you just have to be careful. Hope that helps!

98snakehorse · Apr 13, 2015

96blak54 said:
Oh come on....the feel is a solid connection between man and machine. Fully connected! ...youll get use to it. Your car looks awesome! Probably sounds good as its looks.

Haha yeah I'm sure I will and thanks!

DKblue98GT said:
Great to see you are driving it after all that work. I wish My AB paint looked that good...

Me too for sure! And the paint still has plenty of defects, there are dings here and there and a good amount of scratches. May get my rear bumper resprayed sometime this summer as I had a dent I pulled out this winter and I noticed that the paint had spider web cracked pretty good.

Jubert · Apr 13, 2015

How do I know if my engine is romeo or Windsor?

98snakehorse · Apr 14, 2015

Jubert said:
How do I know if my engine is romeo or Windsor?

Here is a very detailed thread on the differences between the two...... http://mustangforums.com/forum/4-6l...e-interesting-stuff-you-may-want-to-know.html

Easy identification is the location of the oil fill tube. Windsor blocks have them on the passenger side and Romeo on the drivers. Romeo's have a 11 bolt valve cover and I believe Windsors are 13.

98snakehorse · Apr 14, 2015

Got my windows tinted lastnight. Much much better. Drove the car about 60mi down the highway, she runs like a champ!

lwarrior1016 · Apr 14, 2015

Jubert said:
How do I know if my engine is romeo or Windsor?

You have a V6 right? You were asking about swapping a 4.2 V6 like out of an f150 right?

98snakehorse said:
Here is a very detailed thread on the differences between the two...... http://mustangforums.com/forum/4-6l...e-interesting-stuff-you-may-want-to-know.html

Easy identification is the location of the oil fill tube. Windsor blocks have them on the passenger side and Romeo on the drivers. Romeo's have a 11 bolt valve cover and I believe Windsors are 13.

As stated above, I'm pretty sure he got mixed up and was asking about a 4.2 V6 swap.