I have been on here asking questions and getting information for my swap but have not posted a pic or progress. Well the car is completed besides some Dyno tuning so I guess now is the time I post some pics.

I started in November of 2012 when I sold my 351W turbo 90 Notch that made 595RWHP on 11lbs on straight 93 pump gas. I wanted something cleaner and more reliable. Was leaning away from a straight race car and wanted to be able to look decent for some car shows...

Here's what I started with 1995 Ford Mustang V6 5speed. I looked at almost a half a dozen cars off of Clist till I found the one I was looking for. I wante 94-95 because it still had a Vacuum brake booster. 96-99 had hydroboost and since I wasn't planning on running PS I would have to convert to manual brakes. This was a true budget build so every penny was saved to get this done.

I can't say it enough I have some of the best friends in the world that helped me here. One member in particular 6underpressure/Driven87 was the main motivation on getting this car done so fast and I could never repay he enough for all the work he did for me. Good friends like him are hard to come by....


Plan was as follows
Junkyard LQ9
TH350 trans
Cam and TB
Better heads or milled 317's
AJE Kmember w/ stock A-arms
V8 Rear with 4.10s


Our goal was to keep the engine compartment clean and show worthy while making a decently quick car on motor for now.

 

Base model V6



Out with the V6



Dirty Engine Bay



Before Paint



After

 

While I was working on the teardown and paint 6underpressure had the LQ9 in his garage and was getting all the parts at his discount from the local Chevy dealership...



Cheap ebay studs (cheaper than TTY stockers from dealer)



Completed Motor

 

Got a V8 rear with 4.10's from a 95 cobra, (just had to drive 2hrs each way for it..)



Ready for Engine



I think it took us 20 min total to drop this in, only because one coil was hitting the brake booster (after we realized they were the car coils and swapped them for truck ones)






Fuel system started (stock tank sumped and Paxton pump -10 to pump, -8 feed, -6 return)

 

First fire-up vid.. (actually the 2nd, I started filming the first one and tripped backwards over a cinderblock, hilarious, but I'm not posting that vid)

Holley HP Efi did't like that I had no IAT sensor hooked up so it was not holding an idle right away.

 

Nice job man! Looks awesome!

 

Now here's all the final Deatailed photos. Once again 6underpressure and his amazing skills and side business (https://www.facebook.com/RAGS2Gloss) came through for me....

 

Even though 6Undrpressr on most boards including here i mostly post here on driven87 lol. Car turned out good for sure and will be hitting the Dyno soon.

 

awesome! how much did the fuel system cost you?

 

Is it a stock th350? And I love the black engine bay, looks great man!!

 

Id like to do this but a turbo setup in a New Edge but I like SN95s as well.

Badass build!

 

Tank was $150 used from a friend, Pump was a trade from another, Lines and fittings were prob $250 plus $130 for the regulator


It had the better sprag in it already, just a reverse manual VB, new pan and clutches

 

That engine Bay is screaming for Twins.... just gotta wait till the $$ is there for it

 

Car looks awesome.

Just so you know the fuel lines and regulator mounted to the firewall will not pass tech at the track.

 

Did you do a return style fuel system?
I would be interested on the complete cost and time frame it took on this build.
Haven't seen one so simple yet so perfect.

 

Yea I know that, they haven't bothered my friends low 9 sec GN with it setup like that. Since its all motor I can get away with it around here for a while. Mainly a streetcar tho, will prob only go to the track to get a number on the combo thats all....


Yes it has a -6 return back to the top of the tank into one of the original feed ports on the gutted factory pump setup.

I spent about $12K from start to finish in 10 months. But I could have gotten it done a lot faster if I had all the money at once. LOL or If I had the time, I was working 7 days a week till this April then I just had weekends to work on the car.

 

i'll take some of the blame for the length of time it took lol lol

 

I'm in for dyno videos and track times!

 

Nice work but I have to ask, why sump the tank, run new lines, & spend the $$$ on the fuel system? Did you consider running an upgraded in-tank pump with a vette regulator? It should have been easier & cheaper. I'm guessing you didn't go this route because of future plans for boost.

 

Very nice. Any idea on the car's weight?