Joe's Awesome
1992 Ford Mustang LX
Factory paint (stripes added by
me)
5.0
T-5 5 speed
Engine:
Paxton Novi 1000 Supercharger
70mm throttle body
C&L 73mm MAF
Crane 1.7 roller rockers
E-303 cam
GT-40 aluminum heads
30# injectors
190lph fuel pump
FRPP ceramic headers
Bassani X-pipe
Edelbrock RPM cat-back muffler
system
6.75" crank and 2.75"
supercharger pulleys
Morpheus power pipe
Crane Hi-6
A/C eliminator
Suspension and chassis:
3.73 gears
B&M Ripper shifter
2" suspension drop
Megabite Jr rear lower control
arms
Polyurethane full front
suspension
GR-2 shocks
Meats(yes they fit and no they
don't rub):
Cobra R, chrome 17x8 with
255/40r17 on front
Cobra R, chrome 17x9 with
255/40r17 on rear
Also:
Lots of pointless shiny stuff
The interior you'll just have
to see in person
Coming soon:
World Class transmission (in my
possession)
Aluminum flywheel (backorder)
Center force clutch (in possession)
Manual rack and pinion
(pondering if 15 pounds will really make a difference in 60' times)
I bought my 1992
Mustang on 29 January 1998. I was on the way home from getting shocks for
my 92 Thunderbird when I saw the 'Stang on a stand in a Jeep dealer's lot. I
figured I'd drop in, get a test drive, drive the wheels off of it, scare the
salesman riding with me, tell the salesman I decided not to buy it after driving
it, then go home with a smile and put my shocks on my car (I used to do this all
the time). Something just clicked with me this time though. I couldn't let
this one go and I knew it before I even drove it. The car only had 36,000
miles and was in mint condition inside and out, not a single modification.
After some negotiations (kinda hard when you have a glazed "I wanna buy
this" look on your face), I got down to the price I was willing to pay. A
phone call to my bank and 2 hours later I owned a Mustang.
As nice as
Mustangs are stock, they can always be better. The day I brought mine home it
received a Hurst T handle shifter, removed the air silencer, installed a K&N
filter, and bumped the timing to 14 degrees. Two days later I had Flow master
mufflers welded on.
I guess the rest is, as they
say, history. I've modified and re-modified several parts over the
course of the years but I stuck to the vision of the car I wanted to own.
Most of the re-modified stuff was because I bought cheap stuff the first time
(lesson learned). The overall theme of the car is what I envisioned and
it's where I'm at now. All the work (including the gears) was done by
me personally. Lots of blood, sweat, money and busted knuckles but
the end result is worth it.
For the most part, I'm done
messing with anything major (except the tranny). It now has the good
fortune of being a weekend driver and show car. I've all but quit my
bracket racing so it should live for a long time in it's current form.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be
more than happy to show you my taillights!
