New In Cbus

[Toph6888]

Hello all, moved to columbus last year for a job, and finally getting my build underway.

 

Back in 2007 I bought my first car as a 2000 V6 5spd Mustang with about 90k miles on it. Now at 150,000k miles I've finally got the time/income to mess with it.

 

Currently the engine and transmission are sitting out of it, and replacing it in February will be:

 

94 Supercoupe Shortblock w/ forged crank/rods/pistons

00 Mustang ported heads/intakes

Custom Grind Camshaft

Upgraded springs/retainers

New upper intake

Custom stainless steel turbo kit with Master Power turbo (T3 S50)

39lb injectors

310lph fuel pump

BA 2400 MAF

Wideband/boost/other gauges

 

Tokico Dspec adjustable shocks/lowering springs

CC plates

Swaybars

 

Gforce t5 transmission with 26spline input

Cobra 26spline clutch

 

Cobra 13" Front brakes

New Tires/wheels.

 

Ive been collecting these parts for the past year, so I'm pretty excited to get them all into the car. Been a long time coming, and I look forward to showing the progress of this build on CR.com and hopefully meeting other enthusiasts in the area.

[GSXRAntwon]

Sounds like a great build. Be sure to post your progress in the Project Management section here. Welcome to CR

[pontiacfreak142]

Welcome. Post up some pics of the car. Good to see others modding v6's also. Any goals for the build?

[Toph6888]

Here's a pic of my car last summer:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/67936_10100518481486132_558981470_n.jpg

 

Here's taking the engine out:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/294082_10100518482239622_1181187436_n.jpg

 

Its nice being able to pull both the engine and trans since they are both so small:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532424_10100518482339422_1698739261_n.jpg

Heres currently how its sitting at my friends pole barn:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/399336_10100518482479142_452832643_n.jpg

 

Here's mocking up the turbo kit in my basement to make sure everything fits:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/314656_10100518482653792_418148505_n.jpg

 

And with the downpipe on:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/418123_10100518482688722_551484993_n.jpg

 

The downpipe will be reworked to go over my kmember since the guy I bought it from had a tubular kmember, so he was able to work it under. Other then that, come February/March, this thing should be up and running again.

 

Goals are to see roughly 400rwhp/tq with somewhere around 10-12psi. Right now the only thing that I see limiting me will be the 39lb injectors, but thats an easy enough fix should that be an issue.

[stangsn95gt]

Welcome and thats def something you don't see everyday.

[Toph6888]

  Mahle said:

Welcome and thats def something you don't see everyday.

 

Thanks. I've been researching everything for quite a while. If I had a nickel for everytime someone told me to put a v8 in it, I'd have a new roush RS3. But this has been fun so far, and being 24 I've got plenty of time to build other stuff. I figured it would be fun to build my first car to learn, and catch a couple looks along the way.

[Littleguy]

Pretty cool build. I've seen a couple of guys beef up the V6 cars and they end up being very unique/fun. Welcome to CR.