Bought A Douche/Mid-Life Car...

[TommyHotWheel]

Lon, throw a good shift kit in that tranny and laugh all day long buddy.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by TommyHotWheel

Man, I replaced the exhaust, pulley in place of the smog pump, cleaned the combustion chambers and rebuilt the carb...all in one day on my 85' GT. I wish I could help ya with the pump. Throw it on a trailer and bring it to me, we will fix it, and throw a 5 lug conversion on it to boot.

Well, thanks Tom, I'm actually almost finished...I need only put back the last few bolts and brackets, and the fan & shroud, and I'm done. I only got sidetracked a few days because of the rains and floods here in NJ, and I should be able to finish one day later this week.

I just can't get over how much better the packaging on the small block Chevy is.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I got my kid an '87 Mustang 5.0.

2K, it was cheap, and no one had hacked it up.

Needed a water pump. Takes 15 minutes to do a Chevy, so I bit.

I've got over two days in it so far. Everything that could possibly be a clusterfuck has been, including two stuck, sheared bolts (corroded from their mixing steel and aluminum), resulting in a cracked timing cover (made of hopelessly thin cast aluminum).

Every single bolt in the front cover assy. must be in before you tighten a single bolt [no dowel for location], the water pump is caught up in all this mess, and needs all of its bolts in at once to line up also. Front accessory drive? Large bracket on driver's side needs - you guessed it; all bolts in before you snug ANY, or it's a clusterfuck.

Ford. Now I remember.

I did a waterpump on a 86 5.0...fuck 20 years ago. SUCKED.

Have fun.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I really like the 2010 Mustang. Gear shifting is pretty sweet not to mention the car looks good.

Totally agree!!! If I wanted a payment, that car would be on the short list.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I really like the 2010 Mustang. Gear shifting is pretty sweet not to mention the car looks good.

Definitely a huge improvement in styling over the 09.............But still the visibility from inside isn't that good

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Definitely a huge improvement in styling over the 09.............But still the visibility from inside isn't that good

No worse than the Challenger or the Camaro.

[Amber Lamps]

W00t!!!

[Avatard]

Looks nice, but please change the tail lights ASAP. That shit belongs on a kid's Civic. Other than that, it's pretty stylin'. Congrats.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Looks nice, but please change the tail lights ASAP. That shit belongs on a kid's Civic. Other than that, it's pretty stylin'. Congrats.

I'm thinking smoke leds which probably won't be much better in your eyes....

Hey, I'm thinking of starting a new thread but you all must have known that I can't own anything and not modify it right?

Here's what I'm thinking so far,

1. Cold air intake (Roush/K&N)-$200

2. 70mm throttle body and larger plenum-$240

3. Borla/Flowmaster exhaust-just FM muffler <$100

4 Hypertech programmer-$379

5. Shift kit- although the programmer may help me in this regard- <$100

6. Black top-$??? don't know for sure yet, I have an acquaintance that does this type of work. Maybe <$600

7. Black Rally Stripes (maybe)- <$200

8. Smoke L.E.D. Tail Lights with sequential turning signals- $150

9. Some minor stereo upgrades...- approx $1,000

10. Might drop the 17/18'' rims for some 18/20'' ones-black and chrome- found the rims on clearance for $600!!! So about $1400 total. Not to mention that the rims on it are stock Ford pieces with new rubber, so I may be able to sell them

11. Hidden hitch class 1 (2,000lbs) for pull a small 4X8 trailer and two bikes- $120 at U-Haul

So about $4500 total

[Cutty72]

Good list, though I'm not sure how a black top would look with the tan interior.