$5000 budget Mustang

[Ron S]

Very nice build mate just love the mustangs. Damn shame about the crash. That blue looks similar to the blue that is available on the current model ford falcons here in Australia. no more Ford blue paint (just bad mojo). I think the bad mojo isnt with the paint, its that motor in it. The car doesnt want that motor in it. You could chuck this in to be different http://www.fpv.com.au/fpv-range/f6-u...--transmission Who said you need a v8 to get 400+ hp.

Those things are so wild, always have been interested in the Aussi cars. They kept the 351 Cleveland design way past the Americans(way better then the Windsors that we kept). The Holden stuff is was what cracked the engine management codes allowing us to tune these LS engines. Alot of cool stuff in Australia, but I think I'll stick with my V8's. Ron

[trmexrunner]

i always love lookin in on this thread always a good read. cant wait to get the ball rolling on my mustang.

[Ron S]

While I was fixing the cowl and windsheild that the hood screwed up, I desided to put some wipers on this car. It seems every event I go to a monsoon seems to follow, hell I had to drive in Michigan at 80 mph, with my fist holding the winsheild from falling in my lap, in driving rain, trying not to rearend Steevo.

The problem was that the inner cowl section that the wipers attach to was removed off of this car to get the engine back far enough. I ended up using a 2005 Dodge Neon wiper motor and linkage, welded to my roll cage, getting the ratios correct was a pain but it works pretty good.

When I painted the cowl I went body color instead of flat black, because I think I'm going to paint the whole car blue, and put the white GT350 stripes over the top for something different(not sure if I will like it or not, so I think I'll do the stripes in vinyl).

[Bjkadron]

Very nice! I've looked at those neon assemblies several times and thought they would work nicely. What are you using to control it? a wiper switch or just an on off switch?

[Ron S]

The only thing I couldn't get right was the park position, couldn't clock the motor to stop in the correct position because of the physical shape. It is two speed, but it is just high , low, or off.

[Z06killinSBF]

Looks good man!! Curious on stripes too. Maybe silver? My fender stripes are silver and it's a great contrast.

[ProBell]

What is this talk of more paint ? I though you were one of us now. Boy ---- What is Matt going to say??
Looks great Ron. Good luck at VIR. Give me a update when you get off track. Randy

[bonecrrusher]

Love the updates!

[John Wright]

Ron,
I saw a car just like yours(I'm sure it was yours) at about 5:30pm yesterday at a truck stop, 1/4 mile from my house(15 miles South of Lynchburg, Va on Rt 29)....I tried to get my wife to turn around (she was driving) so I could get a better look and meet you in person, but we were in a hurry to get somewhere and she declined my request.

[Ron S]

Yeah that was me, on my way back from VIR.

[John Wright]

Man you guys are killin me with all of this track time that you get to see....hope all went well and you had tons of fun.

[Ron S]

Was looking for some pics of striping for my car, and look what I found. Scroll down a bit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtmg/

[Chad-1stGen]

Was looking for some pics of striping for my car, and look what I found. Scroll down a bit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtmg/

ha ha cool! Do you even know that person?

[Ron S]

No, was pretty suprised when I found it.

[Flash68]

Ron that's awesome. Great find! He's got some killer stuff on his pages too.

[RicerwannaB]

That white with blue stripes looks sick! Color change? ;-)

[Ron S]

I was thinking more like blue with white stripes, like I said earlier I think I will do the stripes in vinyl just in case I don't like them. Its funny the guy added the back bumper to the car just like I said I was going to do, the only thing is it has my old quarter panels. The vents he put in the front fenders I actualy debated for a long time when I built the fenders, thought it would be too much with the massive rear vents, looks OK though. The pic I think the guy used was the car on the tale of the dragon in Tenn.

[andrewb70]

Ron,

I really, really love the green. But you know I am a little weird...LOL

[srh3trinity]

That guy has some really nice renderings on the site. I like the idea of putting some stripes on the car. Keeps it interesting.

[Z06killinSBF]

I still vote for silver stripes. Or black, no white.