Don't remember if I told anyone here my plans for the winter or not but one of them was welding all the holes in my engine bay, and it turned out really well. It is now in primer and ready for a final sand then it will be painted and clear coated. The whole car is also getting stripped down and re-painted. It is going to be BMW Le Mans blue, getting rid of the 2-tone. Here is some pics of the engine bay for now, will post up a few more when I paint then engine bay, drop the new motor in, and then some more when the car is completed in the spring.
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1988 Mustang GT - 331, hand ported Twisted Wedge heads, TFS Stage 2 cam, R-Series intake, 1 3/4 long tubes, dual 3" exhaust, tko 600, Zex 100 shot, ect.
357 rwhp/ 361 rwtq on motor
428 rwhp/ 484 rwtq on 100 shot
12.48 @ 111 mph on motor (2200ft + elevation)
11.7 @ 120 mph on 100 shot (2200ft + elevation)
Also just for reference, here is a few pics of what I stared with. As you can see I also had some major repairs to do on the passenger side where it looks like someone got into an accident with the car and just replaced the fender and front bumper cover a while back, laving the engine bay bent up.
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1988 Mustang GT - 331, hand ported Twisted Wedge heads, TFS Stage 2 cam, R-Series intake, 1 3/4 long tubes, dual 3" exhaust, tko 600, Zex 100 shot, ect.
357 rwhp/ 361 rwtq on motor
428 rwhp/ 484 rwtq on 100 shot
12.48 @ 111 mph on motor (2200ft + elevation)
11.7 @ 120 mph on 100 shot (2200ft + elevation)
dang man its looking good. are you having the engine bay painted same color as out side or some people just go black
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95/5.0 Long tube headers, xpipe, flowmasters, with dumps, 9mm plugg wires, msd cap and rotor, 70mm tb, trick flow intake manifold, under drive pullys, smog elim kit. summit coil, subframe connectors, summit double roller timing chain, and a cam not sure what for cam bc it was in the car when i purchesed it!
looks all too familiar. good job matt. looks great. i just did the same thing this past spring. i have afew pics of before and after also. check em out.
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84 gt, 351w, rpm airgap intake, 292h comp cam, comp 1.6 roller rockers, holley 750 double pumper, roush 200 windsor sr. heads, msd ignition, 9mm ford racing wires, bbk shortys, flowmaster header back exhaust, b&m short throw shifter, centerforce dual friction clutch, billet clutch quad., 3.73 rear, 5 lug conversion w/ 17x8's front & 17x9 bullit wheels rear, saleen spoiler, custom hood, custom sub frames, ALL work done personally
looks all too familiar. good job matt. looks great. i just did the same thing this past spring. i have afew pics of before and after also. check em out.
Awesome job with your car, it is cars like yours that made me want to do mine. I had to keep a few holes open that I noticed you did not have, but I have tubing and fuel injection stuff to keep around. Can't wait to get the motor back in there.
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1988 Mustang GT - 331, hand ported Twisted Wedge heads, TFS Stage 2 cam, R-Series intake, 1 3/4 long tubes, dual 3" exhaust, tko 600, Zex 100 shot, ect.
357 rwhp/ 361 rwtq on motor
428 rwhp/ 484 rwtq on 100 shot
12.48 @ 111 mph on motor (2200ft + elevation)
11.7 @ 120 mph on 100 shot (2200ft + elevation)
looks sweet man, its going to look great when its all finished up with the paint and everything!
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2002 true blue metallic gt,5-spd,eibach swaybars/springs,bilstein shocksandstruts, MM xtreme duty LCA's, frpp 4:10's, diablosport,steeda tri-ax,k&n fipk gen II,dumped flows exhaust, catted midpipe, steeda u/d,mach 1 grill del,mach 1 chin spoiler...
thinking about...vt stage 2 blower cams, vt stage 2 heads, built rear, forged bottom end, baer brake kit and kenne bell...or still might sell for a 03/04 cobra before i do anything major to my gt
Yep, sweet! Sure are alot of holes in these things.
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1992 Deep Emerald Green Mustang GT Hatch, 5 speed, 2.73s, Mac fenderwell cold air intake, '93 Cobra MAF, Mac 70mm throttle body & spacer, Explorer intakes, Mac unequal headers & offroad pipe, Magnaflow catback, Walbro 110lph fuel pump, Jet adjustable FPR, MSD Blaster coil, Accel 8mm wires, FRPP aluminum quadrant, UPR firewall adjuster, stock cable, Granatelli upper control arms.
Waiting to go on: Granatelli lower control arms, and GT40 Iron heads!
i am in the midst of plumbing up my nitrous and afew other mods. so as soon as i am done i will take afew more pics. i had pics of when i painted the whole car this past summer. i stripped the entire car down. i had everything off the car. including the dash out, front k-member,rear end. i undercoated the chassis and had some things powdercoated so i know what i have now. it actually was abit overwhelming at one point. i was wondering if i could get all back in working order.took alot of patience and many cases of beer.so keep pics comin from your end. i love to see different ideas from ppl. and good luck!!!
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84 gt, 351w, rpm airgap intake, 292h comp cam, comp 1.6 roller rockers, holley 750 double pumper, roush 200 windsor sr. heads, msd ignition, 9mm ford racing wires, bbk shortys, flowmaster header back exhaust, b&m short throw shifter, centerforce dual friction clutch, billet clutch quad., 3.73 rear, 5 lug conversion w/ 17x8's front & 17x9 bullit wheels rear, saleen spoiler, custom hood, custom sub frames, ALL work done personally
When I had the engine out of my car I was able to clean it up, but didn’t have a garage at the time so all I was able to do is degrease it clean it up and then paint it with rattle can, wish I was able to get it that good….well one day maybe.
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So , let me get this straight…..your Honda has 1.6 liters, whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2?
Change…..it’s what is left after taxes.
- Shaken....Not Stirred 2003 Mach I Auto Torch Red - Sold
-1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 331 Trick Flow Stroker with a Tremec 3550....oh yea and a 1.6 liter V-TECH motor to work the convertible top.
- 1966 Inline 6……..the pile of parts car!
Thanks for the comments guys, there have been a few days so far where I would just get frustrated and almost feel like quiting. But hen I start to think about the end result and just force myself to keep working. I still have a couple months to go till it is done (I hope) but now with the engine bay out of the way things on the body are going very smoothly (knock on wood).
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1988 Mustang GT - 331, hand ported Twisted Wedge heads, TFS Stage 2 cam, R-Series intake, 1 3/4 long tubes, dual 3" exhaust, tko 600, Zex 100 shot, ect.
357 rwhp/ 361 rwtq on motor
428 rwhp/ 484 rwtq on 100 shot
12.48 @ 111 mph on motor (2200ft + elevation)
11.7 @ 120 mph on 100 shot (2200ft + elevation)
good job matt. you need to remember, take one thing at a time. if you try and tackle too many things at once it will be your downfall. as always, good luck and god speed!!
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84 gt, 351w, rpm airgap intake, 292h comp cam, comp 1.6 roller rockers, holley 750 double pumper, roush 200 windsor sr. heads, msd ignition, 9mm ford racing wires, bbk shortys, flowmaster header back exhaust, b&m short throw shifter, centerforce dual friction clutch, billet clutch quad., 3.73 rear, 5 lug conversion w/ 17x8's front & 17x9 bullit wheels rear, saleen spoiler, custom hood, custom sub frames, ALL work done personally
That looks really good.Why does our cars look like there swiss cheese anyway?I wish I did mine when I had the motor out.At that point I thought I was going to do enough just get it running.Well it turned into WAY more then I planned.I spent way more then I planned also.Im glad I did.
New Engine Bay Pictures 
