My 1993 Coupe Project

[NstyLx]

so someone painted your side moldings black then? I need to fuel inject mine, that is on the list.

Yes the moldings have been painted, which i kind of like... Still undecided. It has a lot of rust in the back and has a butchered up floor pan install. We are moving to Atlanta in June, so instead of putting counless hous into this one, I may try to find a clean coupe down there to transplant all these parts into.

I only bought it to cure the itch I have had since I sold all of mine to buy a boat!!! Mustangs are a real addiction!!!! Gonna try to keep this one low buck and fun!!!

Good luck with yours. Looks like a nice solid start!!

 

[slp352]

Well I didn't get anything done on the car but I did go pick up a used rear end for it. I could not pass up the deal

It came off a 2004 Cobra and it has a broken drivers side half shaft, which to me means the passenger side is not far behind. I am told it has a 4:10 gear and some new bushing. Now I need to get calipers and brackets and figure out how to replace the half shafts. I can't wait to get this into the car.

 

[slp352]

Well I started putting the interior back together and I ran into an issue with the seat belts. Does anyone know what the part looks like the transfers the upper seat belt mounting point down so it lines up with interior trim?

 

[slp352]

Well scratch my above post, it dawned on my this morning that maybe its the interior trim that is wrong, so sure enough after two searches I found this.

http://forums.stangnet.com/654234-fox-interior.html

Now I am in the market for two black 1/4 trim for a 93 coupe. Wish me luck.
Its amazing how much is different just in the years of the aero car, its the small things that have been kicking me in the rear. I have a perfectly good 87-89 V-8 instrument cluster too, yep that didn't fit either. I will be having a garage sale before this is all said and done.

On another topic, a replacement half shaft for the IRS is in the mail.

 

[slp352]

Just a little project update. Last weekend I managed to get the motor installed and transmission in and bolted up to the cross member. The motor bolts right up to the stock 4 cylinder K-member, so they seem to be the same. I am able to close the stock hook on the engine but I have not tried to place the air cleaner on top of the carb as of yet. Yesterday I installed the clutch cable, throttle cable, speedo cable, cleaned out the interior, topped the fluids off in the trans. Today I plan to reinstall the shifter, console, seats, radiator, heater hoses, fill fluids in the engine, oh the power steering cable needs to go on. I started on the h-pipe yesterday too, that one is going to be a pain, the hanger doesn't want to line up. At first I though I had the hanger upside down. So I told my buddy that I would crawl under the first fox I saw and check the hanger configuration. Well that turned out to not take long at all, we pulled into the parking lot at the pizza place last night and there sat a red GT convertible. I said give me the flashlight and I ran over and checked it out and it matches mine. I just looks like I need to give it a little persuasion. So we will see what all I get accomplished today.

 

[slp352]

Well all I got done yesterday was the interior, so at least that is buttoned up and ready to go. Although I am missing some trim pieces, but it is now functional. I even had time to install the hurst T-handle on the tri-ax shifter! But on the bad news front I found more rust. On the passenger side of the car where the door hinges are I have a rust hole wide enough for my had to fit in, it is under the door hinge behind the fender. I will just had that to my list of things to fix next winter season, I had planned to paint it then anyway. My biggest debate on the paint is what color I want. It is red now but I really like the canyon red that is on the new Jeep Wrangler, it is a maroonish red metalic. The other winter goal is a fuel injection system. Anyway that is enough for now. We will see if I can get the engine fired up this week.

 

[slp352]

Well I worked on the car for two solid days and I still don't have the engine running yet. I ran into a wiring issue last night. I have included pictures of the engine installed and the almost complete interior.

 

[Mustang5L5]

You know I have heard that both ways, some say I need to swap the K-Member and some don't.

You don;t need to. but just understand there are some differences. From what i've read (from posts by a Max Motorsports rep on Web Page Re-director) is that there were all sorts of different fox k-members used...6 i think is what he quoted.

I've also read that the 4-banger K-member is slightly narrower than a V8 k-member.

However, PLENTY of guys have used the 4-banger K with no issues.

I think it would come into play if you decided to go with serious suspension mods in which case if you didn't go with an aftermarket k-member, you'd need a v8 model at least

 

[slp352]

I agree, if I start to make serious HP it would definitely be a good idea to go with a tubular k frame, but that is down the road. I also need to shore up the IRS and get it into the car too. But the IRS creates additional issues, once I do that I need 5 lug rims, and when I switch to 5 lug on the rear the front needs it too, then you might as well upgrade the brakes. See this is what I call the snowball effect.

 

[slp352]

After installing a new fuel tank, fuel pump, fuel filter and carb I managed to get the mustang purring like a kitten. All was well until the water pump started to leak. I went and tightened down the bolts and snapped one off in the block, so now the engine is sitting there with not water pump or timing chain cover while I go out and pick up an easy out! This is the second ford motor that I have done this on. I removed all the accessories and brackets to free up some room to work. I don't think that the A/C or smog pump are going back on. That is were I am at now, almost on the road.

 

[slp352]

I finally drove it out of the garage last night under its own power. I put five gallons of gas in it and drove up to the local casey's to top of the tank. It is so nice to finally have it up and running. Since my last post I have done the following:
Removed the broken bolt and reassembled the front of the motor, I removed the smog pump and A/C -it was not hooked up anyway.
I had to source new brackets to relocate the power steering pump up to where the A/C once was.
I replaced the power steering pump and installed a shorter belt.
I also swapped out the battery and starter
I know have all but 1 piece of interior trim, I installed the cover over the steering column and the panel under the dash on the drivers side, although I need to paint that piece because it is grey and I have the black interior.

Now I need to adjust the clutch cable, tune the carb, and button up some items under the hood. I also need to hook up the tach and figure out why the oil pressure guage is not working, I am sure it is a simple wiring issue and hopefully I really don't have oil pressure issues in the motor. I will take pictures of it this weekend to show everyone what it now looks like.

Oh and I sold the 83 GT to a guy in a nearby town, it now lives next to his 82 Mercury Capri, not sure what he plans to do with it but hopefully he will see that it stays in good shape.

 

[66sprint6]

Sweet! Glad to hear its on the road! Im workin on swappin a 351 into my 90 coupe...wish I had one already put together with all the parts lol...so hows she run???
Matt

 

[slp352]

She runs great, it doesn't accelrate nearly as hard with the stock 4 cylinder rear end vs the 4.10:1 that I had in the last body. I will fix that problem as soon as I gather up all the parts to put the IRS in the rear, it already has 4.10 gears in the carrier. What I need to do is go have the car dynoed so I can figure out just how much power I am putting down. By the way I love your 66 coupe, makes me miss my old black one. I told myself if I ever bought another old ford it would be a 67-68 Cougar though.

 

[slp352]

Well I ran the piss out of the car last week and ran into an issue with the throttle cable, the gas pedal it the floor and the motor was sitting at idle. I ordered a new cable so that will be going on this weekend. I also will be installing the correct dipstick. I finally found a local source for the starter tubes so I can mount my freebie flowmaster mufflers, thanks Uncle Ken! I am going to wait to run the tail pipes out the back of the car until after I install the IRS. I hope to have enought time this weekend to tune the carb too.

 

[slp352]

Well the throttle cable was in, it was a pain in azz too. However now that understand how it works and in what order to remove stuff I think next time it won't take as long. Tomorrow hopefully I can get the mufflers on and maybe figure out why the dipstick is not working out like it should.

 

[slp352]

Project Update:

It has been quite a few months since my last update, here is what has transpired.

1. Shortly after my last post I blew a hole in the rear brake line.

2. Last September I broke the fan on the car, the fan clutch more or less ate itself and caused the waterpump to loosen and spread coolant all over the engine bay.

3. November I limp it down to the storage facility and park in for the winter.

4. March rolls around and I open up the storage unit for the first time since November, two pumps of the gas pedal and it comes to life. Two weekends later I drove it over to my parents place to do some work on it.
5. Yesterday I replaced the water pump with an FRPP pump. I also replaced the fan and fan clutch. I also installed an FRPP aluminum two core radiator. I am not happy with the way the stock mounts fit with the wider radiator but it is in and solid and doesn't leak!
6. Today I removed the broken brake lines and I will be replacing those this week when I get the parts, hopefully I will have it out on the street this weekend.

That's it for now, once it is on the road and washed up I will post some new pictures.

 

[slp352]

Here are some pics from last summer.

 

[5.0Droptop]

nice write up, Keep em coming......

 

[slp352]

New Old Seats

Well it rained most of the weekend so no work on the car. However I did get a call from my mother on saturday saying she was at a garage sale and she had found some mustang seats. She told me they were only 15 bucks for the pair, so I started asking questions and after the third one she said "I don't know, here ask your grandfather" so she passes the phone to him which helps cause grandpa is a gearhead who loves his bargains. So I asked if the seats had side bolsters and if they had hoops for a headrests. He said yes to the bolsters and yes to the hoops and then mentioned it was a powered seat and that the guy at the sale said that he had no idea what year they were but he guessed late 70's. Well I figured for $15 if they didn't fit I could just sell them off. So here is what I ended up with for $12.

They are dirty, but they don't lean like alot of stock seats do after years of use. A while back I decided I didn't want to use the hansacker seats in this car so these buckets will be good enough until I decided what kind of seats I want. I might just recover these in new black tweed and do the rears to match and be done with it.

 

[Stever89]

Here are some pics from last summer.

The ultimate sleeper. Love it. Keep the pics coming!