- PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG UPDATE
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- PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG PLUS
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I purchased it from a recent high school graduate who had gotten married and needed some cash for his new family. I have owned the car since the late 1980s. One of the big problems in getting the Mustang done has been choosing a theme for it.
PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG UPDATE
Today, we are going to give you the status of the Mustang and in a few days an update on the AMX. It is the 1967 Mustang that was featured in the Gloriana Music Video, How Far Do You Want To Go? The second is our Barn Find AMX.
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PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG FULL
However, we are now back on both of them full speed and will have both on the road very soon. It all depends on the budget, of course.We have two Project Cars that have been getting neglected as of late. By this methodology, this could mean building the current Three-Valve powerplant or even performing a Coyote swap.
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This is a budget build, and everyone’s definition of “budget” is different–but we all have one idea in common here–go as fast as possible, without killing our wallet, and doing it reliably. When you consider that some of the fastest Three-Valve Mustangs on the planet are in the 8s, and even 7s–a goal like 10s doesn’t seem too far-fetched, does it?Ī preview of what's to come in the first segment of our project build. Now you may be asking yourself, “Isn’t that a bit ambitious for a Three-Valve?” Maybe, maybe not. Essentially, the whole goal of this Mod-motor powered Mustang is to build a street/strip machine which will eventually rocket into the 10s, completely on a blue-collar budget. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get down to business. Coyote-powered Mustangs are in their own realm, and since they have a better fit on our sister magazine, FordNXT, we’ll leave 5.0-liter power to them. We should probably be clear here and admit that this project car is by no means a way of competing against those cars. What’s great about these cars is that they can be had for an absolute steal now, thanks to the ’11-plus Coyote Mustangs flooding the market. Here’s what we love about this car–it’s affordable, it can be made fast for relatively cheap and there are a ton of them out there in case we ever needs parts. As for the front bumper and passenger side fender, we're still debating if we want to perform a badge-less GT500 front-end conversion or not. While the exterior paint on our '05 GT isn't flawless, and the front bumper/passenger side fender smacked a pole, the car still has some great character for a platform older than a decade now. One of the drawbacks of purchasing a used vehicle sometimes, is that they aren’t always perfect.
PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG PLUS
We were able to score our Mustang in bone-stock shape from a local used car dealership in the low teens, and we were happy to find this example as a clean title, one-owner California car, which was a huge plus for us. At a quaint 55,000 miles upon purchase, our ’05 Mustang GT now has nearly 72,000 miles on the clock since we picked it up over two years ago back in January of 2015. This example, built at the end of March in the year 2005, wears its 12 year-old Mineral Grey paint quite well for its age. But that’s the beauty of being car folk like us–nothing stays stock forever.īut before we get into that, let’s examine our Mustang.
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And in all honesty–in stock form–we can confirm it isn’t. When you consider that a 1996 SVT Cobra came out of the factory with 305 horsepower at the flywheel from its 4.6-liter DOHC Four-Valve V8, our 2005 Mustang GT equipped with the infamous 4.6-liter SOHC Three-Valve V8 doesn’t seem that impressive. Getting back on track–in this segment, we’ll be introducing our Mustang GT by detailing the car, our goals for it and some future segments to come, so stick with us as we dive into the realm of mod-motor content.
PROJECT CARS 3 MUSTANG FREE
While a moniker is not a huge priority per se, it is on the agenda–so feel free to shoot some ideas our way in the comments or on our aforementioned social media platforms. We haven’t chosen a name yet for our latest horse in the stable, but we’ve entertained a few ideas internally. With our new magazine comes our latest project car, a bone-stock 2005 Ford Mustang GT that we purchased a few years ago from a local used-car dealership. That’s because we’ve been steadily working on it over the last few months, just in time for our latest digital magazine Ford Muscle to make its debut. If you follow us on our social media platforms, or you’ve undoubtedly checked out some of our recent content, you’ve probably already guessed by now that this article is on the gray S197 we’ve been hinting at recently.