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1993 Ford Mustang “money pit”
About the 1979–1993 Ford Mustang
from the generation archive
The third-generation Ford Mustang arrived for 1979 on Ford's new rear-drive Fox platform, the same unibody architecture used by the Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr. Its wheelbase measured 100.4 inches, longer than the Mustang II it replaced, and the lighter structure improved both interior room and handling. Launch engines spanned a 2.3L (140 cu in) Lima SOHC four, a turbocharged version of that four, a 2.8L (171 cu in) Cologne V6, and the 5.0L (302 cu in) Windsor V8. Stacked quad headlamps, called the four-eye front, identified 1979 through 1986 cars. The 5.0L High Output V8 returned the GT to genuine performance for 1982, gained fuel injection in 1986, and was rated 225 net horsepower after the 1987 aero facelift. Ford built this body in coupe, hatchback, and convertible forms through 1993, the longest single Mustang run to that point, ending with the 235-horsepower SVT Cobra.
The story
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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