What to do with a 2002 Mustang GT?

tonybolton · Dec 14, 2017

The more I think about it... I think it was in Nashville.

creepycrawly · Jan 12, 2018

Where are the updates?!?! This thing have positive pressure on that intake yet or what?

tonybolton · Jan 12, 2018

creepycrawly said:
Where are the updates?!?! This thing have positive pressure on that intake yet or what?

I made a terrible decision and spent the money on my daily driver.

I seem to be too wishy washy on the white car. I'd LIKE to do the 15-17 Coyote motor swap to it with a blower. But that's ridiculous money PLUS the labor PLUS the fabbing to fit.

Then I think...i'll just bullet proof the factory slug motor in it. Then I'd have like 10 grand in a pretty obsolete motor that's still pretty heavy.

My last thinking was just get a beefed up stock version of the shitty trans in now(bout 1800$) and enjoy the awesome 230-whatever whp it has then let it be a retirement project and do whatever at that time is the hot motor. Prolly like a Tesla electric motor swap.

Call it Project Limbo.....where it will probably forever be.

creepycrawly · Jan 12, 2018

I thought you pulled a trigger on a blower for the 2 valve. Kinda glad you didn't. To me, that's like throwing a Grande kit at a D35!

If I were you, I'd be looking for a wrecked coyote F-150 donor. Throw a set of long tubes and a CJ intake on it and put high 4's to the tires. I think a blower on a coyote would turn it into a drift car instead of a road course car.

tonybolton · Jan 12, 2018

creepycrawly said:
I thought you pulled a trigger on a blower for the 2 valve. Kinda glad you didn't. To me, that's like throwing a Grande kit at a D35!

If I were you, I'd be looking for a wrecked coyote F-150 donor. Throw a set of long tubes and a CJ intake on it and put high 4's to the tires. I think a blower on a coyote would turn it into a drift car instead of a road course car.

Blower for 14 GT....my daily.

jwilson645 · Jan 12, 2018

tonybolton said:
Oh man....browsing old pix I forgot about this "trail repair"!

I believe I was up in Ohio or over in Nashville somewhere for a road course event and I had a brake caliper bracket failure.

I went into a turn from about 80 miles an hour and needed to be around 20 or 30 miles an hour to make the turn and when I hit the brakes I heard a loud bang and scraping. I limped It Off Track as fast as I could and then started looking where I heard the noise.

This was back when I was just doing things on street tires and stop trailering the car.

Once I saw the damage I was like oh **** I am totally ****ed this far away from home.

I kinda sorta figured out a plan that I thought might work so I started running around the pits gathering random bits for my Epic repair.

I found a big old lag screw somewhere swept up by the pit wall and a few people had some zip ties for me.

I figured once I got it all hacked back in there and together that I could just limp the car home and use the emergency brake is my brake. Keep in mind the rear brakes on this car are probably as good as your daily drivers front brakes.

I miraculously made it home by only using my e-brake. The only issue I had was about 3 exits after I left the track I heard the caliper break some zip ties and fall into the wheel again which I pulled over as fast as I could.

I saw a truck stop just down the road about half a quarter mile and went there and bought 5 packs of zip ties and got back together.

Could you not just clamp off the hose and remove the caliper all together? ???

tonybolton · Jan 12, 2018

Steel braided line....no clamps.

creepycrawly · Jan 13, 2018

tonybolton said:
Blower for 14 GT....my daily.

Yes! I didn't realize your coyote was what the blower was for. That's cool and I feel like an idiot for making recommendations about stuff you clearly already know and have.

Here's mine.

tonybolton · Jan 13, 2018

Ehhh....all good.

TheViking · Jan 15, 2018

Hey Tony how about you give me the Mustang GT and go buy a new Bullitt or 500? We know you have that money! :stir:

tonybolton · Jan 15, 2018

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TheViking said:
Hey Tony how about you give me the Mustang GT and go buy a new Bullitt or 500? We know you have that money!

It'll be interesting to see where it ends up.

I want to put some effort towards dad's cuda this year. Some brakes....chassis stiffening and steering work would get it where I want to be.

MoparMan · Jan 15, 2018

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tonybolton said:
It'll be interesting to see where it ends up.

I want to put some effort towards dad's cuda this year. Some brakes....chassis stiffening and steering work would get it where I want to be.

What drivetrain combo is in the Cuda?

zukimaster · Jan 15, 2018

I think he LS swapped it a couple years ago, :stir:

tonybolton · Jan 16, 2018

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MoparMan said:
What drivetrain combo is in the Cuda?

440/2-4s/727

MoparMan · Jan 16, 2018

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tonybolton said:
440/2-4s/727

8 3/4 rear? What gears?

tonybolton · Jan 16, 2018

MoparMan said:
8 3/4 rear? What gears?

8 3/4 and I put a 3.55 in it years ago for dad so he could drive it. I still have the 4.56 chunk he used to drag race with. I think he ran 30" tall slicks and he said it was "topped out" by the end of the 1/4 mile.

He put the stock wheel/tire combo back on it when he first got it running again and it'd be in high hear by the time the front bumper crossed a 4-way stoplight LOL