$5000 budget Mustang

[Crestronwizard]

BLA BLA BLA, Ford/Chevy who cares anymore. At the beginning of this ride I cheesed off so many Ford guys, got so many nasty emails that I began to aggravate purists just for fun. Now the car is a lot more refined I'm looking into several options, I wish the mod motors were a little more stout, what does Ford have against cubic inches? I truly know nothing about Ford engines but am looking forward to trying something different. We'll see how it goes.

The whole Ford/Chevy debate is for old people. I run what works. That being said I'm running the mod 5.0 with a 2.9 Whipple and expect to make tons of HP. Even without the blower they seem to do pretty good. Maybe I'll see what everyone is talking about (lack of HP) when I get out there.......

[Ron S]

I don't think you have anything to worry about with the blower, its naturally aspirated it seems they could use a little more cubes to be competitive. There are so many LS7's out there, its hard for 5 liters to compete with 7 liters.

[Crestronwizard]

Gotcha. Hopefully I'll be out soon. Hope to check out your ride in person.

[MSTSFabbed]

Hey Ron I thought you may be interested in this.
My boss had some interest in the Shelby photochop that was done of your car awhile back but wanted a front view as well. I'm worthless in Photoshop, but can push a pencil around so I sketched this up. Its my take on what the front view would have looked like.

[smokin79z28]

Im with Chris. keep ford with ford and chevy with chevy. That's how they were made and its how they should stay.

[syborg tt]

Dang dude I would love a copy of that to hang in my garage.

Hey Ron I thought you may be interested in this.
My boss had some interest in the Shelby photochop that was done of your car awhile back but wanted a front view as well. I'm worthless in Photoshop, but can push a pencil around so I sketched this up. Its my take on what the front view would have looked like.

[Ron S]

Stephen has skills!!!! Cars are always cooler in cartoon form, the sides of the car are almost a perfect match.

That is really cool, and I too would be honored to hang that on my wall. Its funny I was thinking of running a different hood if I did the engine swap, and that one looks awesome on that car. Thanks Stephen, brought a grin to a really aggravating day.

[Ron.in.SoCal]

That picture...looks like a sinister smile, all the while the car is thinking "I'm gonna eat you."

[MSTSFabbed]

Thank you gentlemen! I consider those all very high complements! I glad you like it.

[Ron S]

Its funny how exaggerated the sides look, but compared to the actual car its dead on.

[MSTSFabbed]

Its sort of a, "What if Shelby made a 66 GT500..." and then Ron got a hold of it!

[Ron S]

Just received a copy of the sketch in the mail, will look cool in my office. Thank you so much Stephen, I'm going to call you when the AMX is done. LOL

[zombiekiller]

If you realllllly want to cheese people off, both ford and chevy, a call into ford racing to get your hands on a 3.5 ecoboost out of the f series trucks may be in order. 525hp and around 800 ft/lbs after sligjt massaging and tuning would be fun. Full race also has a single turbo setup in dev for it. I have one in my truck. Full boost is on by 2200 rpms. If they can run 12s in a 6k lb truck, I cant imagine what you'd be able to do in a light car. No clue what that ls weighs, but id guess the ecoboost is lighter. fully forged too

[twosaturns]

mixing stuff is cool, like the Dodge truck on Fast and Loud this week; '64 Dodge P/U, LS truck engine and crown vic front suspension.

[Peder]

Ron, have you considered creating a larger grill to fill the front end/custom bumper in a bit more? Maybe a little more aggressive, too! Here's a quick Photoshop:



I was bored, LOL.

[mdes0]

I like it!

[Ron S]

That is an old picture . I made a custom nose for the car a while ago. You can see the difference here.

[Peder]

D'oh! Lost track of all the changes, haha. I like that one!

[Ron S]

Chad from Motorstate just sent me this (Thanks Chad). Its a shame the camera was reversed, saw Jimi spin in first lap, and Tim spin in the second, so through attrition I was first in that session.LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAF7oQ5zAjU

[AusMarty]

Your Mustang always makes me Horn.

I wish we could drive that kinda thing on AUssie roads. :-(
Great car, and I loved the entire picture collection.
:-D