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1989 Ford Mustang - werrac

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Owner:   werrac
Year: 1989
Make: Ford
Model: Mustang
Est.Horsepower: 500
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Ratings: 1 votes  
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About my Mustang

I bought the car as a rolling chassis from a collector who owned it.  But the car was torn down over 15 years ago to become a project for his wife who divorced a year or so later. So the car became a parts car for his other cars.  I saw it on a trip to his storage garage and it was covered in dust and I was shocked at the low mileage.  He said he was going to have someone part it out and junk it.  So I made a deal and purchased the car.  Since it was a parts car nothing they took out was done well.  I had a shop that specializes in mustang fix the damaged fender and install a fiberglass hood.  About 80% of the car is ebay and swap meet parts. The shortblock came from a drag racer, the trickflow heads came from a road racer, the explorer GT40 intake was a salvage yard, the jba headers and Mac x-pipe from wanted ads, the Dynaflow ultra flow dumps from ebay, the flo-fit seats from ebay, the Maximum Motorsports torque-arm was from a ford swap meet, and the BBS RK 18" wheels from ebay.  The car is probably closer to a road race specs then street, but its future is open track days.  

Engine:
Cubic inches: 306 zero balanced
Pistons: Keith Black 9:1
Rods, crank, flywheel, and dampner are stock with ARP fasteners and balanced.
Gaskets: Felpro
Heads: TrickFlow Track heats w/ 1.6 scorpion rollers.
Pushrods: crane made to order
Camshaft: Anderson Ford Racing B31 .544/.544 blower cam
timing chain: ford racing
oil pump: Melling HV with ARP rod
oil pan: Canton road race 7qt with windage tray
Intake: Ported GT40 (explorer)
Injectors: 39# '03 Cobra units
Fuel rail: SN95 with russel AN adapters
Fuel line: Aeroquip black AN with Push-on hose
Throttle body: Edelbrock 75mm
Distributor: MSD billet
Ignition box: Mallory Digital
Plug wires: MSD
Plugs: NGK
Supercharger: Vortech SQ-V2 10 lb 8 rib pulley
Valve covers: Trick flow
Mass Air: Pro-M 80 for supercharger

Cooling:
radiator: C&R racing aluminum
Hoses: Gates
Clamps: Gates new shrink fits
Thermostat: 180*
Fan: Stock clutch

Transmission:
5 speed: Tremec 3550 Cobra R spec .85 fifth
Bellhousing: 79 mustang aluminum
Clutch: Centerforce I ( which is slipping at 5500) Soon to be replaced.

Rearend:
Diff: Ford T-lock
Gear ratio: 3.73
axles: Ford racing 28 spline with long studs (classified ad from Matt King of hot rod magazine)

Brakes:
Front: 03 Cobra PBR 13"
Rear: 03 Cobra varga 12"
Brake Lines: Custom spec Goodrich (benefit of living near Indy Speedway)

Suspension:
Front-
Control arms: Stock 89 GT
Spindle: '99 Mustang GT
Tierod: Maximum Motorsport bumpsteer
Strut: Bilstien '00 Cobra R spec
Coilover: Maximum Motorsport 350lb spring
CC plates: Maximum Motorsport
swaybar: stock

Rear-
Control arms: Lower- Maximum Motorsport / Upper: None
Springs: H&R racing 390-430 progressive
Shocks: Bilstien HD's
Panhard Bar: Maximum Motorsports PHB
Torque Arm: Maximum Motorsports
Sway bar: Addco adjustable

Wheels and tires:
Wheels: 18x8.5 BBS RK in silver
Tires: Front - 245/40/18 & Rear- 275/35/18 BF Goodrich KDWS

Interior:
Door panels: Reupholstered by owner
Door switch panel: Fabricated by owner
Seats: Flo-fit
harness: Scroth DOT legal
Shifter: Steeda extended
Knob: Roush
Stereo: NONE
Rollbar: Kenny Brown performance six point
interior info: I wanted a 60's sports car feel so no console, just shifter with leather boot.  No stereo couldn't hear it anyways, door panel looked so good naked, that I made a custom panel for lock and window switches.

Took 3 years to do the car and total expense was about $15,000, which is really about $10,000 out of pocket. My daily driver got rearended and the settlement paid for the supercharger and extras. If I minus all the stuff I took off the car and sold it would be even less. I built the car in my 2 car garage and with some help from friends on wiring.  Only thing I farmed out was the bodywork and the tuning.  I can say that this car was built not using one credit card.

Comments On werrac's Mustang


benander-m
benander-m | User
Posts: 50 | Joined 10/17/08
Posted: 03/09/09 02:18 PM

Awesome ride!! You did a very professional job. Impressive specs. Drive the hell out of it and have fun! 5 stars man.

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