$5000 budget Mustang

[bingham72]

Where are the pics? I don't see anything.

[Ron S]

Here is the a list of the build pics
http://57hemicuda.smugmug.com/gallery/6357389_pKQdb

[Jim Nilsen]

Hey Ron, glad to see you won't have issues with your brakes next time out. I was a Ford kind of guy until I was 20 and then went GM. Your car is so much like what I dreamed of when I was a kid and would eat sleep and breath Mustangs.

It was good to meet you and see the car. next time you will have a Cormaro to be in competition with built on a budget like your car has been. let me know when you are at 30k so I can feel even somewhere,lol

Take care and hope to see you again.

[Ron S]

Hey Jim,hope to see you at RTTH.The car is apart again,hope I get everything in and have the time to put it on before then.Or,once again it will be a duct tape and zip tie special. Ron

[Jim Nilsen]

Hey Jim,hope to see you at RTTH.The car is apart again,hope I get everything in and have the time to put it on before then.Or,once again it will be a duct tape and zip tie special. Ron

If everything falls into place it could happen. It would be a great place to test the longer haul of 1k + as long as everything seems up to it. A tool box and all the fluids and it will be alright.

Getting parts has been slower than I would like but I get them and put them on as soon as I get them out. It is a whole new thing to put them on that quick.

When I order seatbelts I know it will be headed out of the garage very soon.

Hope things go good and we both make it there with all of the parts on our cars.

[Ron S]

New back brakes came in today,14" Baers nice quality peices,but what a nightmare to install.If you are in the mist of narrowing or ordering a new rear,be sure to order the axles with the extra hole,for installing bolts(usually no extra charge,but you have to ask for it) Without that hole you can't install the E-brake without pressing the bearings off.And look at the housing ends to be sure they have the flat spots ground in them where the bolts go though.Mine did not have these flat spots,so the housing had to be clearanced so the bolt would clear.If these things would have been done on my rear it would have been an eay install. Ron

[Payton King]

sucks about all that extra work.

Will you get to drive it this weekend?

[Twentyover]

Ron- don't remember if you addressed this in the past (i've been reading as posts were being added, but not to answer this question-)

Did you do the chassis design work on the fly, or did you sit down and go through what you wanted to do before you got deep into cutting metal?

Another question- At rest, looking from the side, is there an angle off horizontal on the truck arms?

Thanks

[Ron S]

After I desided what parts I was using,(C5 front/truck arm rear)I did set down with a ruler and a peice of graph paper and design it.I did make some mistakes along the way,if you remember all the ride height issues I had when the body got set on.Had to pull the chassis back out of the car, and lower the front frame horns 3 inches.(It looked good on paper,sure didn't in reality).

As far as the truck arms go ,they probably slope at roughly 10 degrees down to the back,depending on the ride height.You'd never see it because of how low the car sets. Ron

[Ron S]

While I'm waiting for my front wheels to get back from CCW,started cleaning up some loose ends. The side scoops kept filling full of gravel when I drove the car,so I desided to make some grills.Got the stainless mesh from Motorstate Dist. for $10, the rest was scrap.Had to make a wooden buck to shape the mesh,and tig together some scrap aluminum as a frame to go behind it (I didn't want any exposed screws).Kinda a pain in the but,but what isn't? I still have to spray the inside of the opening flat black. Ron

[Damn True]

How did you attach them?

[Ron S]

I counter sunk screws from behind to sandwich mesh to the frame,and screwed the frame to the body from the inside the car.I powder coated the center of the frame flat black so you couldn't see it,and the outside of the frame silver.The pics still show the zip ties that I was using as handles for installing them into place.Ron

[Jim Nilsen]

Those look great. The time spent is always worth it in the end but while your doing it the time flies by and you have to ask yourself if there is an easier way and then you tell yourself , sure if I just had screws on the outside it wouldn't look that bad NOT. Then you just keep going.

I keep asking myself how much I would have to pay for someone to do it for me and if they could do it faster? I have been making things for years and know that I am more meticulous than most and faster than most others who make things yet I always wonder about the Foose's and Trepanier's and if they take as long and charge for it. You seem to have the same thoughts about it taking a long time for some of these mods I do.

We could probably fill our cars up with all the bucks and fixtures we have made . I keep some of those items just in case I ever need to make another.

Your car keeps getting better all of the time !!!!

[HectorM52]

I think your wood buck may have inspired me to make my own in the next couple weeks... Hmmmm...

Great work, Ron.

[Ron S]

T1 Corvette sway bar came in today,had no idea how big it was.Its hollow but measures about 1.5 inches,the contrast with the old one is giant.The front wheels came in,but CCW forgot to send my tires back with them,ARGH,feels like I'll never drive this thing again.Ron

[HectorM52]

WOW! Awesome!

[FirstGenZq8]

i saw the below pic in one of the RTTH5 albums someone posted. looking forward to the vids!

[Tucks69]

Hey Ron
It was nice hanging out this weekend. Sorry you killed the engine in the Mustang. Everybody will remember you though!!! Now it is time for a twin turboed LS motor!!
Later

[FirstGenZq8]

Sorry you killed the engine...

oops, didn't know that, sorry to hear that. you've got bigger fish to fry than posting vids.

[srh3trinity]

That car is looking nice and flat going through the cones. Sorry about the engine, it will be interesting to see what you come back with.