It's Mustang Time

[90_ACCORD]

not bad. where i work we deal with mustangs all the time so i get kinda tired of them but still its not bad.

[thundercatz1]

Welcome fellow Mustang owner

[thundercatz1]

There are so many little things that you have to do to make it a decent car. 5 lug conversion if you want anything other than factory Ford style wheels, rear calipers if you want decent rear brakes, whole spindles/rotor/calipters/master cylinder if you want ok brakes all around. New axles and gears if you don't want them to break, plus weld up the axle tube, put on a brace and a girdle. Get an aftermarket block if you want more than 500 rwhp, get all forged internals, get a better tranny if you want more than 300rwhp, and you will need to upgrade the clutch or convertor no matter if auto or stick. Buy an aftermarket ECU if you want to have any real flexibility on tuning. The list goes on. Oh yeah, if you want any power, you need some heads and intake also, or FI.

For all of the money that I have had to dump i mone, I could have bought a single digit car already - and mine is barely faster than stock. It's all been basic maintenance. I spent $1500 on it last week on maintenance replacing all of the leaky seals, will spend another $1500 on it tomorrow on a 5 lug conversion/brake upgrade so that I can put on some new wheels, and will still need to spend another $1500 on it next week to finish up the maintenance work. That doesn't even address the transmisison, which needs about $3K dumped into it also, as reverse has died. I don't plan to sell the car though, so its ok. Better have deep pockets to make an old car nice though.

He speaks the truth. I just put a new t45 in myself because the reverse died as well......

If you have a 5 speed (NO POWERSHIFTING !!!!!!) or you will be buying new synchros and shift forks lol

[Sinfix_15]

I've never been a fan of that body style...for me it would have to be a cobra/saleen or I see no point in getting a mustang...I think the white integra was nicer looking as I've always loved the those jdm front ends

Saleen isnt a body style... its a body kit....(and other things) that you can buy for ANY mustang

[David88vert]

He speaks the truth. I just put a new t45 in myself because the reverse died as well......

If you have a 5 speed (NO POWERSHIFTING !!!!!!) or you will be buying new synchros and shift forks lol

Why did you buy a complete transmission, if only your reverse went out? That could have been fixed for cheap.

[David88vert]

Saleen isnt a body style... its a body kit....(and other things) that you can buy for ANY mustang

Saleen is a company that makes parts for Mustangs, and provides Mustangs with performance packages. They do a lot more thna just body kits.

[Captain-Obvious™]

Nice bro, not a bad decision. Plus a mustang has lots of potential. Yo, I didn't know my aunt Ortencia works with you. Lol, she told me your such as lazy ass,.lol. Naw Jk

WTF. Haha. Yeah she works with me. How did you find that out?



And as far as these discussions on budgets and doubling them and whatnot, well I don't have a budget set because I'm not building a race car. It sounds good, looks good and is very comfortable. The only money I'm planning on spending on this thing is the money I have to spend on whatever breaks along the way.

[thundercatz1]

Why did you buy a complete transmission, if only your reverse went out? That could have been fixed for cheap.

I got it in a trade for my fr500 and me and the guy put it in. freshly rebuilt t-45 with upgraded shift forks.