hodges41

Just a question since all of you are more experienced with this stuff(seeing as im 15) my Dad's girlfriends best friend is getting rid of a 1991 5.0....some problems are...The car does NOT have a T-5 trans in it....the owner swapped in a Tremec TKO trans and he told me the input shaft is either cracked or sheared.
This makes me wonder what other sort of damage was done to the trans/clutch/drivetrain. Those TKO's are pretty resilient and to damage the input shaft must mean there was some "beatings" involved with that car.

2) The tires are dry rotted pretty much off the rims

3) And some body work will need to be done..

4) Insurance- Since this will bemy first car, the insurance will be ASTRONOMICALLY high for me!! Iknow thatI could exspect to pay over 2000$ for insurance a year easy...

3) Winter driving- I live in new england...nothing more to be said

4) frame damage/body rot- i have NO CLUE as to whether or not this car was in an accident or how much rot is on the car....I'll have to crawl around to "see what i can see".

Some ups are

1)The engine (at least outwardly) appears bone stock, with the exception of a Motorsport cap/rotor and wires....the intake system and exhaust were unaltered (I never crawled under the car to see if it had an aftermarket exhaust-cat back and/or H-pipe) and, as it's a 1990, it's a MAF system rather than the Speed density system they had on the 87-88 models, which is definitely a good thing.

2) One owner car has all the papers and wants 800 O.B.O.

What i figured i would have to do is i have a ex step dad of mine im really close with and hes a certified transmission specialist and he offered to redo the tranny for me if the tranny is salvageable.also i wanted to take it to a machine shop like my schools(i go to a tech school) and have them clean it up and maybe bore it.030 over to a 306 CID. Suspension would be nice. alos cobra intake throttle body and others and obviously exhaust(maybe one chamber exhaust)...i have the tools in my automotive shop to do it ill be getting a job i have enough saved up for the car itself and figured it be a nice project car and its better to learn i guess..just figured id ask your guys opinion on all this!!!! Much Thanks

Shelty

I'd say go for it,


even if the TKO is only worth scrapmetal, you can pick up a T-5 really cheap (they arent that bad of transmissions.)

is it a TKO 500 or 600?

check the tourqe boxes,(where the conrol arms bolt to...rockers, floor pans, general underbody especially due to the age of the car and the fact your in the north east.


keep in mind the mileage too, 5.0s can last upwards of 150,000 miles and then some if well maintained...

tho I saw you said you wanted to rebuild it, and in that case, look for some GT40 Iron heads (can be had cheaply and a cobra/Explorer intake, the factory E7 heads are trash...

(you can get GT40 heads/intake off of a ford explorer up to 1996 IIRC....

if the interior has seen better days, usually some elbow grease, interior dye and a few orders from Latemodel Restoration.com will have her back up to par.

norton27870

Def. sounds likea good buy man....i mean if i was you i don't know if you have a job or not but since you have the money now to buy this car i would say buy this car and keep it as a project then buy something else to drive all the time then you could do the mustang right that way when it comes out its bad ***