Hello,
Some members requested a build thread on my car, so here we go.
Please feel free to comment and ask questions. The car is far from complete (will never be complete) so I will update it as it goes.
The car was purchased in 2007 as a father-son project. It had just been used as a donor car for a gt that had hit a deer and its next destination would have likely been the crusher.
All the work was done by my father and I in a standard 2 car garage including the paint. The project started off with an engine swap since the barely running 3.8 v6 wasn't really an option. Of course a v8 engine swap is the first thing that comes to anyones mind, but we had also heard of some interesting v6 builds. We started doing some research and ended up finding a wrecked F-150 with a 4.2 v6 that could be swapped into the mustang.
The 4.2 is a similar engine to the original 3.8 but with the main differences of larger displacement and split port. Boost was the second part of the equation. There had been some people that used an adapter plate to fit a M112 supercharger from the 03/04 cobras onto a splitport v6. Sounded like fun, build a v6 that could beat up the v8s of its era.
So in conclusion, the idea behind the build was to do something different. (Something that's not often seen in the mustang community...)
Mod List
Engine
4.2 v6 (1998 F-150)
M112 Supercharger w/2.93 pulley
Water Methanol Injected
SSM adapter Plate
Mild ported split port heads and intake
Comp Cams 259HR115 cam
Comp Cams 26918 valve springs
Scorpion 1.73 roller rockers
Lightning 90mm MAF
C&L boost pipe
Walbro 255lph pump
Cobra Blue 39lb injectors
94 3.8 v6 stock headers
94 3.8 v6 25% underdrive pulleys
Double roller timing chain
Stock polished valve covers
MSD Coil
Drivetrain
T5 transmission (95GT)
King Cobra clutch
Stock clutch cable
Triple hook quadrant/ locking firewall adjuster
Mac shifter
8.8 fox diff assembly 3.73 gears
Interior
00’ Mustang interior
Boost gauge
Billet pedals, turn signal, defrost, temp controls, headlight control, Ebrake
Fog light switch
Hidden antenna
Alpine stereo
Collection of Pool Ball shifter knobs (favorite: orange #5)
LED Swap - gauges, hvac, dome.
Innovate Wideband
Dual gauge column pod
Exterior
Cobra bumper
Cobra R hood
Depo black diamond headlights
Depo chrome diamond corners
Cobra fog lights
Stock horizontal taillights
Wingless
Antenna removed
Passenger door keyhole removed
Bullitt Wheels 9" front 10" rear
255/35ZR18 Hankook Venture Plus front
275/35ZR18 Kumho rear
Monster extended open ended forged steel titanium finish Lugs
Paint: 94 Ford “Orange” - used on pickup trucks
LED Swap - License plate
Vanity plate - NO PULP
Suspension
HAL Kmember
MM CC plates
Eibach Pro- kit springs
Tokico D Spec Shocks Struts
Front FRPP Control Arms
AM UCA and LCA
Exhaust
Mac Cat Back w/polished tips
Pacesetter H-pipe
Gutted Cats
Now pictures of the build. I really wish I had taken better and more pictures throughout the process.
Original condition
Engine Build
Swap