So why not I will do a build thread. It will be slow as this car is close to where it needs to be for now . However, we all know things tend to escalate and take a "wrong" turn. Eventually I am sure this car will see that wrong turn. Also this story is long and convoluted so if you don't want to read this crap just look at the pictures and make off kilter comments
So the story. I am not a mustang lover but bang for the buck on the new chassis is stellar and what Japan has to offer here is crap so mustang it is. I had a pretty rad s13 which, I had it for like 12 years and built it specifically to drift. About a year ago I started to get pissy cause I live in BFE, our events are small (and the drivers are not progressing to push me) and traveling is so cost prohibitive at this moment in life. I then decided I needed a car with AC, a decent ride, more "Adult" in nature, something I could take the kiddies for a ride in, and the list goes on. i basically wanted a daily I could drift not a drift car I could daily.
So I sold the 240 found this 11 5.0. I picked it up for a good price because it had a trans replaced by Ford under a lemon clause (which is good but also bad). Well the WTF!!!HAVE I DONE idea set in this year. I miss my drift car and my 5.0 is to nice to make into a dedicated drift ride.
Going back to the trans thing to date the car is A-ok but after thinking of building a soarer (1JZ in a SC300) basically looking at trade in on my 5.0 I decided I would loose to much to give the dealer the glory of ripping me off and selling out right hasn't turned out. So keep this car I will.
Well in the middle of all the crap above I acquired a 14 ford fiesta ST from Fords Octane academy--BOOM nice daily that is fun. Bad ideas from here on out.
So mustang wont pull enough on trade in, no one is biting on private sale, what to do? Enjoy it and in a year cage the thing and throw down thats what!!
I decided to put some miles on it use my missile (a really crappy 89 325i) during the interim then eventually make a rad mustang drift car.
So I bought this car on Dec 20 12.
Some of my 240 monies went to down payment and some went immediately into this
RTR Front fascia, side splitter and Rear Fasica
19 inch Forgestar F14 (These wheel were a mistake )
BC coilovers with 1 Kg/MM heavier springs
some flowmaster 40series muffler (shoulda got better ones)
Roof wing ALA China
window tint
Car looked like this :
Even with these items it drifted like a wobbly bag of D
Added White line sway bars front and rear and a J &M sway bar. Also added a BBK x-pipe
Did some of this in Denver
Also did some of this locally--car was getting 1.5mpgs on the track FUUUUU!!! I also added a steeda upper link and bracket and rousch lower control arms with a hard end on the axle side and poly on the chassis side
I also feel I should post my old 13 cause I talked about it a billion times
So the story. I am not a mustang lover but bang for the buck on the new chassis is stellar and what Japan has to offer here is crap so mustang it is. I had a pretty rad s13 which, I had it for like 12 years and built it specifically to drift. About a year ago I started to get pissy cause I live in BFE, our events are small (and the drivers are not progressing to push me) and traveling is so cost prohibitive at this moment in life. I then decided I needed a car with AC, a decent ride, more "Adult" in nature, something I could take the kiddies for a ride in, and the list goes on. i basically wanted a daily I could drift not a drift car I could daily.
So I sold the 240 found this 11 5.0. I picked it up for a good price because it had a trans replaced by Ford under a lemon clause (which is good but also bad). Well the WTF!!!HAVE I DONE idea set in this year. I miss my drift car and my 5.0 is to nice to make into a dedicated drift ride.
Going back to the trans thing to date the car is A-ok but after thinking of building a soarer (1JZ in a SC300) basically looking at trade in on my 5.0 I decided I would loose to much to give the dealer the glory of ripping me off and selling out right hasn't turned out. So keep this car I will.
Well in the middle of all the crap above I acquired a 14 ford fiesta ST from Fords Octane academy--BOOM nice daily that is fun. Bad ideas from here on out.
So mustang wont pull enough on trade in, no one is biting on private sale, what to do? Enjoy it and in a year cage the thing and throw down thats what!!
I decided to put some miles on it use my missile (a really crappy 89 325i) during the interim then eventually make a rad mustang drift car.
So I bought this car on Dec 20 12.
Some of my 240 monies went to down payment and some went immediately into this
RTR Front fascia, side splitter and Rear Fasica
19 inch Forgestar F14 (These wheel were a mistake )
BC coilovers with 1 Kg/MM heavier springs
some flowmaster 40series muffler (shoulda got better ones)
Roof wing ALA China
window tint
Car looked like this :
Even with these items it drifted like a wobbly bag of D
Added White line sway bars front and rear and a J &M sway bar. Also added a BBK x-pipe
Did some of this in Denver
Also did some of this locally--car was getting 1.5mpgs on the track FUUUUU!!! I also added a steeda upper link and bracket and rousch lower control arms with a hard end on the axle side and poly on the chassis side
I also feel I should post my old 13 cause I talked about it a billion times
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