Should I trade my Forged 383 transam for a 50. mustang??
01-10-2010, 12:34 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: AL
Posts: 2
Should I trade my Forged 383 transam for a 50. mustang??
I am at a cross roads. I have been working on third generation firebirds for about 7 years now. I have an 87 GTA with $10k in it and I am thinking about trading it for an 89 5.0 hatchback LX.
Here is what the GTA has.
6.3 Forged 383 motor (carbed)
Long tubes, full exhaust, RR, Cam, Aluminum heads the works!!
Automatic 700 R4
Black interior
Full suspension (subframes, tubular LCAs etc)
Upgraded rear end, aluminum DS, poly everything
and too much to list (trying to keep it short)
I want to like mustangs, but I made a 450 hp to the wheel motor for $4500 all said and done. It seems as if it takes alot of money and time to make a mustang do that. I also have some heart ache with 4 lug rims...
I have been building chevy motors for along time and I dont know anything about fords, so I do not know if I am making a mistake.
The ford is:
89 LX hatch 5 speed. Gray interior, pony rims. 1.6 rr mac headers and flowmaster exhaust. Think it is a good trade? Or should I keep the GTA?
or
Here is what the GTA has.
6.3 Forged 383 motor (carbed)
Long tubes, full exhaust, RR, Cam, Aluminum heads the works!!
Automatic 700 R4
Black interior
Full suspension (subframes, tubular LCAs etc)
Upgraded rear end, aluminum DS, poly everything
and too much to list (trying to keep it short)
I want to like mustangs, but I made a 450 hp to the wheel motor for $4500 all said and done. It seems as if it takes alot of money and time to make a mustang do that. I also have some heart ache with 4 lug rims...
I have been building chevy motors for along time and I dont know anything about fords, so I do not know if I am making a mistake.
The ford is:
89 LX hatch 5 speed. Gray interior, pony rims. 1.6 rr mac headers and flowmaster exhaust. Think it is a good trade? Or should I keep the GTA?
or
01-10-2010, 01:10 PM
#2
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Pittsburgh
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I prefer the mustang over those ugly camaros anyday, but with that said. I would NOT trade a car like yours (if it is built properly) for a nearly stock mustang.
If you want a stang, sell your car and buy a stang for like 3000. That way you have a lot of money to put into the stang or other things.
If you want a stang, sell your car and buy a stang for like 3000. That way you have a lot of money to put into the stang or other things.
01-10-2010, 01:24 PM
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Location: West Virginia
Posts: 30,863
I'd say the other guy would be getting the better deal since your's would be alot faster as long as both are in the same shape cosmetic wise then my statement holds true, so your car and some cash as his is basically stock
01-10-2010, 01:35 PM
#6
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: AL
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Maybe your right, I have $4500 in the motor alone. $10000 in the car all together. I want a DD not a hotrod. Which is what drew me. Poly motor mounts, poly transmission mounts, you get fatigued from the vibes, the suspension is stiff, so you feel every ant you squash. Its a hot rod. And well... I think I built it too far. I should of thought about it more clearly when I built the car
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
01-10-2010, 01:45 PM
#7
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
Posts: 231
Maybe your right, I have $4500 in the motor alone. $10000 in the car all together. I want a DD not a hotrod. Which is what drew me. Poly motor mounts, poly transmission mounts, you get fatigued from the vibes, the suspension is stiff, so you feel every ant you squash. Its a hot rod. And well... I think I built it too far. I should of thought about it more clearly when I built the car
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
01-10-2010, 01:49 PM
#8
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Maybe your right, I have $4500 in the motor alone. $10000 in the car all together. I want a DD not a hotrod. Which is what drew me. Poly motor mounts, poly transmission mounts, you get fatigued from the vibes, the suspension is stiff, so you feel every ant you squash. Its a hot rod. And well... I think I built it too far. I should of thought about it more clearly when I built the car
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
I do my own labor. Built the rear end, the trans, the engine.
They guy with the mustang worries me. He thinks you put gear oil in a T5 and that there is no valve lash adjustment on his Roller rockers..
he is wrong about the gear oil though... but then again. most people usually are.
01-10-2010, 01:50 PM
#9
Non world class t5 transmissions would require 70wt gear oil, World Class t5 requires Mercon V, which is what that car has.
If you are looking for a DD then I'd keep that T/A and find like an SN95 or New Edge to drive. Unless you need the cash too.
If you are looking for a DD then I'd keep that T/A and find like an SN95 or New Edge to drive. Unless you need the cash too.