evil 5.3

ok so i pick up a 99 mustang 3.8 v6 auto with a blown head gasket for 200 buck and im try to figure out a direction
A; to put a head and cammed ls1 in it
B; to just put a modular motor in it and spray the hell out it
please dont flame me to bad it was a cheap chassis

AlabamaGuy

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Either one's going to be really expensive. Fix the head gasket and park the SS.

vroom_vroom

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Well I have to get it out of the way dude it's a mustang.

And put a 350 or a 400 chevy I'n it, it's the only way it will go fast and it is garenteed to **** off the ford guys

vroom_vroom

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Just don't keep the v6 they are a bona fied boat anchors

AlabamaGuy

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Or he could mod the SS and make it his daily...

SSCoop

fix the mustang and make it your daily driver and make the SS your weekend ride that's what i'd do anyway. you guys can flame me all you want but i wont have a problem having a mustang whether its a v6 or v8

DrJesus616

dude, a car is a car ... if it saves miles on the monte, drive the mustang like you stole it ... fix the head gasket, hell even swap out for the same motor if its completely ****, youll still be ahead money wise and the best part is, ding ding ding ... you already have a running car so this is your project/ beater to get working in the winter

anyone who has a devout and hateful allegiance to one of the big 3 car brands over the other 2 is retarded ... liking 2 of the 3 is ok though ...

i myself prefer fords, and would trade the monte in a heartbeat for a 2004 mercury marauder in dark toreador red with less than 20,000 miles

evil 5.3

i have a 91 escort with mods as my daily but i messed up and blew the trans is it(thank god their cheap lol) and i have to fix it snow car and i considered making the muscrat a daily but it actually not a bad chassis to race with . The other thing is i love my monte and dont want to beat on it to hard and f@@k up a nice car

LuSe4

Find a totaled gt, (some bonehead is always wrecking a pony car), and salvage the drivetrain out of it.
I am not a fan of vehicles with other manufacturer's running gear in them.

2005gxp

id fix and drive it. i bought a 93 civic si(300bux) and just bought a 98 gtp modded(800bux, mid 13sec car, needed a brake line guy wanted it gone) for daily drivers and the gxp is gunna be a weekend/nice day driver.

SSCoop

Once my trans is fixed (the week after christmas) im gonna look for a beater to go back and forth to work and have my SS as a weekend car, also to keep the mileage down. im already at 60k

DrJesus616

im working on getting a P71 .... police interceptor crown vic ... awesome tanks of cars that easily go for 250k miles without trying

you wanna talk about a winter car ...

CenTexSS

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My beater is a '96 Crown Victoria. Not much of a bad weather car though. At 106k miles it's holding up nicely.

TheMonteMan

does the blower off off of the v6 super coupe tbird fit on that motor. dont know if theyre the same motor or not, but if it does thats the route i would go.

SSCoop

what year thunderbird? im not too familiar with those cars

TheMonteMan

i believe in the late 90s. you could get the v6 supercharged or the 5.0 in it.

SSCoop

Oh that long 2 door that looks sort of like a Ford Taurus. I looked it up and yeah its that 3.8 v6. it should work. I believe it puts out more HP than those 95-04 Mustang GT's if im not mistaken.

LS1 Racing

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The T-bird SuperCoupe came out in '89 and I think was built until about '95 or so. It was a 3.8 pushrod motor, as mentioned above. It made 210 HP, which was a lot back in the day. The problem is, I'm pretty sure the SC 3.8 was a non-OBD2 motor, so swapping it into a '99 Mustang could have all sorts of complications.

As long as it's the old pushrod 3.8, then the blower ought to fit. Thing is, there's a lot better ways to making 210 HP than strapping an antiquated supercharger to an old motor.

indynotch50

Easy answer.
Strip the car completely out. Weld in a cage, put the battery in the back. Grab a 460 and C6, go racing!
Either that or sell it to me for $201.

Good to see another Ford guy!