New Car

[Stumbaugh]

I went and picked this up from Hattiesburg, MS on Thursday. It is a 1996 Mustang Cobra convertible. It only has 43,000 miles. The guy I got it from is the 2nd owner of the car. It has a Vortech V1 S trim, Eibach lowering springs, and some sort of aftermarket upper and lower control arms. Other than that, she is bone stock down to the exhaust, except for the tailpipes and ugly ass tips. Anyways, here she is, enjoy.

 

[emu12]

Looks clean, what are your plans for it?

 

[emu12]

Looks clean, what are your plans for it?

 

[Deleted member 38176]

Beautiful! Blown low mileage 4V FTW!

 

[Stumbaugh]

Thanks guys.

I want to do a S281 spoiler, True Forged Mach 5 wheels, and a CDC light bar.

It is still running the Vortech FMU kit with stock injectors and MAF. So the first thing will be some 42lbs injectors and 90mm MAF then a custom tune. After that gets done I will focus on the exterior stuff. Also, O/R X pipe, and Spintech super prostreet mufflers ASAP.

 

[Night Shifter]

Can't wait to see the 90 sets of rims this car goes through.......

Very nice car though

 

[Stumbaugh]

Lmao. If I get my hands on some True Forged Mach 5's, I will own them till I die.

 

[Rick 91GT]

Nice car.....

 

[Kornnut]

Did you keep the bogarts?

 

[slayerripkdc]

NICE FIND!!! Also nice plan for mods! I LOVE NA 4v Cobras! How does she pull?

 

[sneaky98gt]

Nice! I didn't post in the other thread, but this is the car I would have picked.

 

[LarsD]

I don't dig on verts, but that is a clean looking car with awesome mileage. Looking forward to the Mach 5's.

 

[slayerripkdc]

I installed a light-bar on my 95 5.0 vert. Boy did that car look stylish after that! Makes the car look sleek and almost exotic looking!

 

[Stumbaugh]

Thanks guys. I have been enjoying the car a ton so far.

As far as power goes, it really isnt that fast. It is still running the break in tune from Vortech. It will pull pretty hard for about 1 second, then pretty much all the timing get's pulled out of it. In all honesty, I would not be surprised if there is close to 75rwhp left in it just from a tune. That's how bad it falls on it's face.

Eventually, I plan on putting some good rods and pistons in it and having the heads ported a little. At that point, I will ditch the S trim and either go with a JT trim or a YSI, both being polished and intercooled. At about 18psi I should be able to crack 700 rwhp on pump gas pretty easily and still have the same driveability that it does now. But that's pretty far down the road. I want to build the rear with 31 spline axles, put full suspension underneath it, and put a built T56 in it.

My goal's for this car are WAAAAAAY different than my black car. This one will see more car shows than drag strips. I want something that makes a ton of power, but still has good street manners to where I can drive it to Myrtle Beach for Mustang Week every year.

And no, I didnt keep the Bogarts.

 

[LarsD]

I installed a light-bar on my 95 5.0 vert. Boy did that car look stylish after that! Makes the car look sleek and almost exotic looking!

Verts always look a lot better with the bar.

 

[crzyhrse99]

Looks great!

 

[ktaylOR2012]

i miss your old car i loved that thing haha but looks super clean

 

[sneaky98gt]

As far as power goes, it really isnt that fast. It is still running the break in tune from Vortech. It will pull pretty hard for about 1 second, then pretty much all the timing get's pulled out of it. In all honesty, I would not be surprised if there is close to 75rwhp left in it just from a tune. That's how bad it falls on it's face.

Yea, I know the feeling. With it being non-intercooled, I'm sure the IATs are well north of 175 degrees, and at those temps it is pulling a LOT of timing. Or at least it should be. My car pulls over 10 degrees at temps like that.

Without the methanol, my car's timing will only go to around 11-12 degrees max, and I ran a 12.50 @ 110 mph without any methanol. With the meth, the timing will kick up to 20-21 degrees, and it ran a 12.09 @ 117.5 mph. So get that timing issue straight, and it'll be an entirely different animal.

Ever thought about running methanol on it?

 

[Stumbaugh]

Thanks the compliments guys.

Sneaky, I definitely have full intentions of running an AIS stage 2 trunk mount kit. I plan on adding an intercooler, Meth, anderson power pipe, 42lbs injectors, lightning MAF, and O/R X then I'm going to get it tuned. It should crack 450 rwhp pretty easily at that point on a safe tune. I figure that will be enough power to tide me over for a little while.

After that it will be time for gears.

 

[72 fastback]

Nice car! It looks real clean.