Well I finally got my mustang out of the shop after about a year.
It had some problems leaking oil into the water supply (radiator) which caused it to overheat in like five minutes.
It also has the rear end geared down so low that I can't really drive it more than 50 miles an hour for any period of time or it will pretty much blow up the engine.
I didn't have that done, my former step-dad did and once I got the car from my mom (she has a civic and never wanted the Mustang) I started the work on it.
The whole bottom end was replaced, new block, pistons, crank, rods... everything.
The whole top end was replaced, all with adjustable valvesprings etc.. from non adjustable.
Four core radiator installed instead of a two core.
The reason it took so long is because I had this guy rebuild the engine a couple years ago and it has had problems ever since, I've been taking it back and telling him it's not working right, he'll change something, I'll get it back and then it still doesn't work right. So this time he just kept it until he could get enough money to replace the whole freaking engine (at no cost to me).
Hopefully if MrBlk from these forums lets me borrow his digital camera I will have some pictures up by tomorrow. It is the only Mustang that I would be proud of owning, since it's an older car and it looks great (although it could use another paint job since someone keyed it and the clear coat is tearing.)
Next step is either trying to sell it to build up my Civic or keep it as a recreational vehicle and put a new rear end in it so I can drive it on the freeway. Not quite sure yet... hopefully I'll have pictures up and you guys can help me decide (although I'm 99% sure everyone is going to say sell it and tune the Honda.... duh.)
It had some problems leaking oil into the water supply (radiator) which caused it to overheat in like five minutes.
It also has the rear end geared down so low that I can't really drive it more than 50 miles an hour for any period of time or it will pretty much blow up the engine.
I didn't have that done, my former step-dad did and once I got the car from my mom (she has a civic and never wanted the Mustang) I started the work on it.
The whole bottom end was replaced, new block, pistons, crank, rods... everything.
The whole top end was replaced, all with adjustable valvesprings etc.. from non adjustable.
Four core radiator installed instead of a two core.
The reason it took so long is because I had this guy rebuild the engine a couple years ago and it has had problems ever since, I've been taking it back and telling him it's not working right, he'll change something, I'll get it back and then it still doesn't work right. So this time he just kept it until he could get enough money to replace the whole freaking engine (at no cost to me).
Hopefully if MrBlk from these forums lets me borrow his digital camera I will have some pictures up by tomorrow. It is the only Mustang that I would be proud of owning, since it's an older car and it looks great (although it could use another paint job since someone keyed it and the clear coat is tearing.)
Next step is either trying to sell it to build up my Civic or keep it as a recreational vehicle and put a new rear end in it so I can drive it on the freeway. Not quite sure yet... hopefully I'll have pictures up and you guys can help me decide (although I'm 99% sure everyone is going to say sell it and tune the Honda.... duh.)