Toph6888 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSXRAntwon Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Sounds like a great build. Be sure to post your progress in the Project Management section here. Welcome to CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiacfreak142 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Welcome. Post up some pics of the car. Good to see others modding v6's also. Any goals for the build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toph6888 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangsn95gt Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Welcome and thats def something you don't see everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toph6888 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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