I found my lastest winter project today. I've known it was there for over a year but I went a drove it today. It a brand new 1977 pinto 2.3 w/ a C3. Its a 100% rust free original car and will pass inspection just as it sits. He's asking alot more than I've given for any type of car I plan to cut up but I talked him down to $200. I have the entire car planned out front to back...but I want to hear any suggestions or thoughts you might have. A general overview will be another 2.3T, stock parts but worked over pretty hard. C4, 8" rear, and a good bit of nitrous.
Sounds like a cool project. I am just wanna know where you have room to park all of those cars? I only have two mustangs. I would have bought a third one I came across sunday, but I don't have anywhere to put it.
Its gotten tricky lately. Well I'm not exactly sure how this happened but I didn't get the pinto today. Instead there's a 93 ranger with a turbo 2.3 sitting my trailor right now. I'll try to post some pics soon. I would still like to get the pinto next week, thats what I would rather build. The ranger is not technically mine. This guy told me he would help fund the pinto if I put the labor into making a ranger for him. Basically I get to do what as far as parts as long as I stay within the budget. He supplies the parts for both. The ranger also now weighs within 100 lbs of the mustang.
Put the junkyard windsor you are thinking of building(from the other thread) into the Pinto. I have heard of the 302/4spd Pintos, I don't know if there is room for a 351w block, but wow, what a ride!
How do you get the money for all this stuff, man? Even scoring deals left and right, I don't see how it can be done. Ash
freakintiger: yeah as bad as I'm going to cut this car up there should room for about any engine I want to put in it. The "big" windsor is going in the tube mustang though. Cro: You probably have the best idea so far. She is always spending time with me though. The only real problem is we're always running around to get a car or head to the track or fix stuff after getting back. Ash: It would scare you how much stuff I've gotten for free or trading labor. Since everybody from a huge area has heard about the coupe they have traveled to find me. Some do it to race, others do it because they have parts to get rid of. "Recently a guy I didn't know called me at autozone, to tell me about a adjustable cam gear(says it one of his spares). He said he would trade me a garuanteed good N/A head for it. Honestly I don't even know how many N/A heads I have, but its quite a few. I'm going by Joe morgans Pinto process that cost him like $6-7K. Right now with stuff I have unused or laying around. I only have to add about $1700 of my own money to make it happen. Which is roughly what I think I can get out of my 88TC.
Pintos are a great starting point. There was a guy at the track one time who had a lime green pinto with nothing more than a roll cage and a seat. Had big slicks, stock 289 motor out of some 60's stang and 5:xx gears. Ran something like a 10 or 11. I honestly cant remember which.
I'm shooting for high 10's by the end of the project. which would put my in the 6's in the 1/8th. I'm gearing my a little higher so I can run to the end of the 1/8th in 2nd and the end of the 1/4 in 3rd. However, just for fun I have access to several different sets of 8" center sections and a swap is a very small project.
