sn95jones
Well-Known Member
Well I finally got back into the Mustang scene, after COVID hit I lost my 2019 GT/CS and I thought why not go back to my roots. So I searched high and low for a project GT and came across one here in Texas which ended up being a 2000 GT 5spd with 300k miles. The owner parked it 3mo ago when he claims he lost oil pressure due to the oil pump locking up. Once I checked out the car I found out he actually ran it bone dry, so I brought the car home and started my tear down process. After getting the engine removed I found the cylinder #1, 3, and 5 had a spun rod bearing and on the top end on both the driver and passenger side heads I found 2 rocker arms laying inside the head. I went ahead and made some calls and ended up dealing with Jasper Engines to come pick up the engine and rebuild the entire entire for $3500. Yes I know I could have bought a used engine but with my plans for this car I didn’t want to throw in another engine with over 100k miles.
At the moment my build list consists of…
Rebuilt engine
BBK long tube headers
Comp Cam stage 3 cams
McLeod street clutch
Saleen body kit
Saleen wheels
Black interior swap
Rear seat delete
Corbeau seats
Paint silver from the original Atlantic Blue
And much much later down the road a supercharger.
The car already has…
3.73 gears
Aluminum driveshaft
X pipe
Short throw shifter
Cobra brakes
Lowering spring
Steeda strut tower brace (not going back on)
The car also was tuned by the infamous Mike Murillo who unfortunately is no longer in business.
So this will be a long term build but it seems I’m off to a decent start. The engine gets picked up on Monday and they will have it for 10 weeks. In the meantime I’ll clean up the engine bay and any parts going back on the engine, and I’ll most likely replace most of the bolts that were removed as a lot of them were rounded off from being removed and over tightened over the years.
Decided to go ahead and make a project post on the 300k mile GT I’ve been working on









At the moment my build list consists of…
Rebuilt engine
BBK long tube headers
Comp Cam stage 3 cams
McLeod street clutch
Saleen body kit
Saleen wheels
Black interior swap
Rear seat delete
Corbeau seats
Paint silver from the original Atlantic Blue
And much much later down the road a supercharger.
The car already has…
3.73 gears
Aluminum driveshaft
X pipe
Short throw shifter
Cobra brakes
Lowering spring
Steeda strut tower brace (not going back on)
The car also was tuned by the infamous Mike Murillo who unfortunately is no longer in business.
So this will be a long term build but it seems I’m off to a decent start. The engine gets picked up on Monday and they will have it for 10 weeks. In the meantime I’ll clean up the engine bay and any parts going back on the engine, and I’ll most likely replace most of the bolts that were removed as a lot of them were rounded off from being removed and over tightened over the years.
Decided to go ahead and make a project post on the 300k mile GT I’ve been working on









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