$5000 budget Mustang

[Ron S]

I think this was the video Norm was talking about,there is a bunch of them in the Racing events section under Peach State Motor Challenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGxa...layer_embedded

[CRead01]

This is one of the coolest builds I have seen.

It amazes me about the budget to begin with but the end results are outstanding.

[Payton King]

Stang...how about the motor?

[Ron S]

All that thrashing on the car,left my wife alot of time to develop a honey due list that a team of well skilled craftsmen would run from.So I've been catching at home.I got the trans in tonight,drove it for the first time,feels good,shifts like butter compared to the Muncie, and the overdrive is a dream.I was going to put the L92 motor ,but it has a 4bbl efi type intake and will take some time to get the tune right,and most of all they backordered a couple of parts I needed to complete the install.I'm going to finish the wiring,get the bugs out of the brakes,and put it on the trailer for Michigan.(sounds fimiliar) Ron

[Young Gun]

Any mags get ahold of yah for a spread?

[Ron S]

No magazines yet.I would like to have a little more time to clean up some of the panel adjustments and wet sand and reclear the thing.When I do the engine swap I'll do under the hood alot nicer, but for this summer I'm just going to beat the crap out of the thing.You wouldn't believe how many paint chips are on this thing already,1500 miles on an open trailer (never good).I really love the thing though,I don't worry about anything.Just drive the wheels off it, just as I planned.Ron

[WILWAXU]

Been a while since I checked in, good to see it's under it's on power and your having fun with it!

[Payton King]

with no tach....just shift when it bounces off the rev limiter.

whaaaaaaaaaaaa, wha, wha, wha, (shift) whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I forgot to ask. Since you are running the truck arm with the weight jacks, did you set it up so you could adjust the track bar as well?

[Ron S]

with no tach....just shift when it bounces off the rev limiter.

whaaaaaaaaaaaa, wha, wha, wha, (shift) whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I forgot to ask. Since you are running the truck arm with the weight jacks, did you set it up so you could adjust the track bar as well?

Its a good thing I set the rev limiter at 6500 rather then 7500 like I normally do,or I may have been sweeping up metal debris off the track, as many times as I was banging on it.Man do those LS motors rev quick!! I bought this high dollar (at least for this car) track bar mount,which doesn't use a jack screw, you still have to go under the car to adjust it,but its pretty easy.Now that all the springs have settled out, I can set my ride height and adjust the panard hopefully for the last time, and be good for a while.It will probably take all next winter to clean up all the loose ends and spruce up all the rough edges.I kinda feel sorry for the poor car,because I only see abuse in its future. Ron

[srh3trinity]

Thanks for the link to the video. It looks great running the cones, it looks like it is almost too wide for the track. The exhaust note sounds nice too. It has been cool to watch this build.

[69LT1Nova]

x2 on the sound. Those home made muffs sound delicious.

[Ron S]

They are a bit obnoxious from inside the car!!

[gdev_]

Wow, just read the thread front to back, nice!

[KlasSic68]

I just stumbled across this thread today... this car is bad ass!
Nice work!

[93Polo]

I just stumbled across this thread today... this car is bad ass!
Nice work!

Same here. The car looked awesome at the Road Killers Peachstate Event. Good meeting you Ron

[Ron S]

Haven't had 5 minutes to look at this car,have been researching a solution to the braking issues. Just bought this set of Baer 15" rotor,6 piston Alcon built brakes off the Corvette Forum.New in the box for $1500.I have to come up with something for the back,and order wheels (CCW'S I guess).I guess the budget goes out the window when you really want to be competitive. Ron

[Payton King]

I like them a lot.

If you are going for the King of the Hill award at RTTH5, you may want to use your Goodrich tires...200 tw limit

Forgot to ask...you did registar?

[Bow Tie 67]

I guess the budget goes out the window when you really want to be competitive. Ron

You can say that again ........... Ok, shhhhhhhh but I have almost been spending dollar for dollar on what my up coming wedding is costing me. I wish ....

[srh3trinity]

Those brakes are massive! CCW's would be nice too. You have a great platform to build off of. I didn't know how much you would be working on the car now that you "finished" it. This car could achieve Bad Penny status if you are always flogging on it and improving it.

[Ron S]

Those brakes are massive! CCW's would be nice too. You have a great platform to build off of. I didn't know how much you would be working on the car now that you "finished" it. This car could achieve Bad Penny status if you are always flogging on it and improving it.

I guess I never posted it here,but when I was at Gingerman raceway at the Motorstate Challenge my brakes went away after about 8 laps and I almost crashed it. I never really put any importance on brakes before, well I do now!! To be honest , on a road course the brakes are as important,if not more important then horsepower(never thought I'd say that).I've tried to come up with budget answers to really expensive problems,but there is no getting around the lack of wheel /brake clearance.Scored the Baer brakes on the Vette Forum,but have to order different wheels to make them fit, $2900 worth of wheels. Moral of the story is, if you want run with the cool cars you have to drop some coin. I should still be under $15K (triple the original budget)but this should make the car at least somewhat competitive.Now all I need to do is make the driver more competitve,I have no experience on the road course and almost none in Auto X,but they were so fun, I can't wait to do them again,with a little practice and pointer from some of the fast guys,the car will hopefully get up to its potential. Ron