My Super low budget build thread
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From: Virginia
My Super low budget build thread
94 Mustang GT, bought with the understanding that the oil pan gasket was shot, turned out to be the pressure switch.
Installed KYB shocks/struts
SR lowering springs
Prothane front sway bar bushings
03 GT rims
MSD cap/rotor and coil
Custom side exit exhaust
New radiator fan (old one was dead)
2 new 245/45/17 tires
Grand Total, car and all; 1600
More to come :-)
Also here's some pics lol
Installed KYB shocks/struts
SR lowering springs
Prothane front sway bar bushings
03 GT rims
MSD cap/rotor and coil
Custom side exit exhaust
New radiator fan (old one was dead)
2 new 245/45/17 tires
Grand Total, car and all; 1600
More to come :-)
Also here's some pics lol
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..........cheap?? I did say super low budget lol. When I got the car the mufflers had been cut off and replaced with flex pipe and sealed with some sort of exhaust putty that, well, didn't seal. And the tips were crushed and rusted from a previous meeting with a ditch by what I was told was the original owner.
This was quick and cheap, the factory side skirts are missing so when they installed the exhaust it's up closer to the body and I can make cut outs in the skirts. Pretend it's a roush lol. I'm going to have some decent tips added later but at the moment I'm only worried about how it runs.
It sounds pretty good at least.
I'm a little insure about under drive pulleys. I come from the v6 world where the general opinion is they are pointless and don't do much. I haven't done much research into them on a 5.0 yet.
This was quick and cheap, the factory side skirts are missing so when they installed the exhaust it's up closer to the body and I can make cut outs in the skirts. Pretend it's a roush lol. I'm going to have some decent tips added later but at the moment I'm only worried about how it runs.
It sounds pretty good at least.
I'm a little insure about under drive pulleys. I come from the v6 world where the general opinion is they are pointless and don't do much. I haven't done much research into them on a 5.0 yet.
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Under drive pulleys maybe 3-5 more hp? Get a used set for $40 on ebay and it should work fine with the bigger alternator on those cars.Cheap HP cost nothing? Well remove the air silencer in the fender 2-3 more hp ? Run 93 octane in the car and advance the timing to 14 degrees little more hp.... I don't like the word cheap those it just spells DISASTER" down the road ! Good Luck.... 
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Yes car alarm. And I meant cheap as in not a lot of money spent. Not cheap parts lol. And that's pretty cheap, I was thinking upwards of a hundred or so, they are pretty expensive for a 3.8. Already removed silencer and bumped up timing and running 93 octane.