I don't know if I have mentioned it on this board or if anyone cares but I have been slowly restoring my mustangs exterior to make it look new with fixing alot of the body and putting some high quality paint on it.

I began by stripping the car and doing a a load of body work. I didnt have a working camera then so I dont have any pics of the bodywork. I did have to shave the door lock on the passenger side because an ******* broke into my car via a crowbar to steal a $50 CD player, so a sheetmetal patch was cheaper than rebuilding the lock area and rekeying a new lock. Once everything was straight I layed down 3 coats of Matrix 2K high build primer.



After the primer was layed down I blocked the entire car in 180-320-400 grit.

Then I Layed down 3 coats of Matrix BC and 3 coats of Matrix MS-42 clear.



Now I am preping the Saleen Urethane pieces to be painted with the system as well. I am also collecting up all the supplies so I can sand the clear with 1500-2000 grit to remove any orange peel and grit. Then I will be compound buffing the finish to bring out the shine.

This was all done in a small single car garage with a $100 Devilbliss Gun and 33 gallon compressor. I will post up the finished project in a few weeks, and then ill have 700 hp of fury back on the streets.

New headgaskets, my motor doesnt like 10.5:1 compression and 11 psi but I sure do.

 

Looking good. I'm impressed by your dedication to doing it yourself, I don't think I could do it.

 

Very impressive. I've always lusted after the mustang. I owned a 2002 GT. Can't wait to see your finished pics. Good luck finishing your project.

 

looks good bro, what rear end does it have?

 

I like to see modded Mustangs--can't keep 'em stock. Keep posting us pics.

 

3:73, which was good when I had only 450hp now with 650hp its way to steep. I have to shift into 3rd by 60 mph. I cant even floor it till 4th gear without killing myself.

 

 

im inferring by your name that the motor is supercharged and stroked...but what are the exact specs of the engine? looks mean...

 

It's a Ford motorsport B-50 Sportsman Block that has been bored .030 over and stroked to a 347 or 5.7 liter. Bottom end consists of an eagle forged crank, JE flat top forged pistons, and forged eagle H-beam rods.



Heads are Trick flow aluminum with a 170cc intake with a 61 cc combustion chamber with upgraded valvetrain (i.e. springs, retainers, rocker arms). Full 2 1/2" exhaust (no cats). The intake manifolds are from a cobra and have been ported.



Full system consists of an intank 190 lph and a inline 255 lph. Injectors are 42# or 440 cc's and I am currently running a FMU to keep it rich enough. TB is 65 mm and Im using a Pro-M 75mm mass air.

Supercharger is a Procharger P1-SC with a 3.05 pulley (11 Psi peak) also a FMIC and Vortec Bypass valve go with that. You can here the blower whine and bypass valve venting from a city block away, my neighbors hate me.

 

Update: Front end coming together, still need some fasteners and hood inserts.

Picture of the car grillin. Note: painted side mirrors usually faded black plastic on mustangs.


Pics of Saleen hood


Got all my buffing/polishing compound yesterday, gonna make it shine when im done putting it back together.

more pics to come...

more pics to come...

 

Lookin' goooooooooood

 

that car would sound sick

 

For those who have been following my project. I was able to put the car back together, I cut and buffed the clear coat, and applied the Saleen Graphics.



I layed down the Duron PPG basecoat last night for the spoiler (my garage is a nightmare right now, look at the dust)



Three coats of MS-42 Clear will finish her up.

I also just put on some 295mm KDW 2's on the rear.

Also I gutted a steering column from a 03/04 cobra and will be installing it sometime this/next week.


John

 

badass

 

Even though i'm not a fan of that bodystyle, you've done a terrific job so far.

 

Smokin' Stang!

 

good stuff man! i was wondering what happened to this project, now go to the drgastrip and shoot some videos!

 

I'll definetely will be going to the drag strip in the next month or two, Im having a hard time getting the 10-11psi to run conisently without detonation in the 3k-3.5k range. I would put a .08 copper gasket to lower the compression a point, but I just have no energy to rebuild the top half of the motor when it hasn't blown up. If I have to Ill run 5-6 psi and go back to the 450 rwhp tune. On low boost I'd shoot for a 12.2-12.5 in the 116-120 mph range (BFGoodrich KDW2). I'll post some videos up if I can get someone to go with me and run the camera.

John

 

lol i see your car is tuned by outkast

 

^haha, i saw that too.

nice project. impressive to see what you have done since June.

I didn't understand a word of your engine specs, but I'm sure you like typing all that up and it makes me curious, so right on.

 

For some reason I felt like grunting while flipping through your pictures man haha.. Awsome job and I can't believe you did this all yourself in your own damn garage thats just killa!!

 

Car looks great man.....impressive. I could never do the body work on my rebuilds.....never had the touch. I do all the mechanical portions and leave the body work to the pros.

One of these days I'll take a few body shop courses. Keep up on those updates with pics.....and get to the track!

 

Nice Job. I worked a body shop as a teenager.(color sanding/buffing) I know how hard that is. Looks great! Not a mustang fan myself, but a fan of a good paintjob for sure.

 

wow you pwn all!! looks great love that bodystyle!! have fun with it

 

Very impressive. Nice work!