1993 Ford Mustang “money pit”

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About the 1979–1993 Ford Mustang

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The Fox Body Mustang showed up everywhere from drag strips to driveways, and the builds here prove it — a black '88 lined up at the track, a white coupe rocking an aftermarket hood on a quiet residential street, and a yellow coupe with classic rear window louvers catching the sun. Whether they're race-prepped with sponsor decals and open hoods in the garage or just clean street builds with spoilers and fresh paint, these 1979–1993 Mustangs capture every side of Fox Body culture.

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I'm sorry I don't have any pics yet. I have had the car for about three years now. The car still wears it's factory shade of red,well sort of. It really needs a lot of small dings and a repaint over the left side new fender, the junkyard right fender( spraypainted), a GT wing on the LX hatch( if you want a GT wing just get the whole hatch filling the holes is a pain). The interior is also a bit rough as it was stolen and trashed on the inside. I replaced the (comonly broken outside door handles). The replacements from Ford stink. After finding that out, a friend of mine told me about 50resto.com. These people are awsome. Not only do you get both handles for half the price of one from Ford, it already comes with the rivets and is twice the strength of a stock one. If you can't get ahold of a 1/4 in. rivet gun they have them for sale. I have a lot of things waiting to be installed on my new motor. I have a Trick Flow street heat intake, wiseco 9:1 pistons, stock rods balanced and have ARP pro wavelock rod bolts, ARP head and main cap studs, Clevite 77 bearings, a brand new CAT cast steel crankshaft(these are cheap and they can handle 600hp), a set of highly ported 1969 289 heads, with 7/16 screw in ARP rocker arm studs, comp cams valvesprings w/ titanium retainers(10 degree), Manley severe duty stainless valves, and to top them off a set of Crane gold race rocker arms w/ polylocks. To put these heads on a late model roller block (such as 1985-95 302's) custom pushrods had to be made. I got a set from Comp Cams in the larger 3/8 pushrods. It makes things a lot easier to get one of their adjustable length checkers. I used these heads because they outflow ported stock E7TE heads, and it bumped my compression up another point. It also keeeps things on the downlow at the street races. lol. The cobra cam I'm using is a nice mild upgrade to a stock cam. The duration is 270/270, lift is .479/.479( w/ 1.73 rockers) and it keeps vaccum around 15 inches for all of those things people laugh at at the street races, and it only costs about a hundred dollars from Ford. I'm hoping for about 450hp with this combo. I hope to have pics soon. Thanks for checking me out. — onebad93

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ON onebad93 Member since 2005 · 1 vehicle

Engine: For the moment it still retains the stock displacement of 302 cubic inches.
Now I get to the stuff that has been changed or modified from stock. It has a Accufab 70mm tb, Moroso cold air fenderwell intake, K&N filter, 1995 Cobra cam,cloyes double roller timing chain,comp cams lifters, MAC equal length shorty headers, custom 2.5 inch exhaust with Flowmaster 40 series mufflers w/ turndowns(no cats). The motors internals were given an as needed rebuild until the other motor is finished( this only included rod and main bearings, cam swap, lifters, heads were given three angle valve jog, new valve seals, .030 shaved from block mateing surface, and a new/ used valve). The rings were shot but ran out of money. Oh well it runs. I almost forgot. I also installed a Flex-a-lite blackmagic fan, a Mallory uni-lite distributer, and Ford Motorsports 9mm spark plug wires.
Drivetrain: The trans was rebuilt after totally grenading. It recieved a complete custom shift kit by the former owner of Turbo Action Transmissions( it helps having friends who know people). A 2200 stall converter was made by Transstar in Bradenton Florida. You can actually leave the trans in overdrive nail it and it won't go into overdrive unless you let your foot off the gas. Weld draglite wheels(3.5 in. front and 8 in. in rear), The differential still has the stock 3.27 gears, but the bearings, clutchpack and seals were all replaced.
Mileage: 159,000