[Brandon Mcknight]

My dad’s buddy is offering us his 2011 5.0 6 speed manual for $3,000 BUT it has 219,383 miles, a lifter tick, mild blow-by, rough idle, and tries to stall when not giving gas from a stop. (Any thoughts on the stalling portion?)
Any work needed would be done by me and my father he has decades of mechanic experience and I have a few years under my belt.

Is it worth it?

 

[Hazey]

If the body and interior are decent, then I don't see how you can lose. Even if it turns out you can't fix it, I would think a straight '11 GT roller would be worth at least $3k.

 

[AndyEckel]

OK, this is an interesting proposition!!! My gut reaction is you should jump on it. Random thoughts:

*219k is a lot of mileage so you can assume it will need some suspension work to improve the ride quality. But suspension work is EASY and not very expensive. You could do a really good suspension kit and improve the ride quality a lot.

* Brakes are easy peasy lemon squeezy.

* Interior TLC goes a long way. Carpet is easy to replace and seats are easy to re-cover. If the carpet is rotten, just yank it out for now and spray down some LineX.

* You'll need an engine rebuild (eventually). These engines are not hard to R&R, just take your time and photograph and label everything. Determine your budget and make a plan. Some of us love spending other people's money, so a 306 stroker, forged rotating assembly and ProCharger make a lot of sense to me personally. LOL.

* Last but not least, in terms of idling rough and stalling from a stop, the very first thing I would look at is to see if you have plugged cats. Not to be crass, but that symptom of "constipation" is because the car might not be able to pass exhaust gas. Pun intended.

NOTHING BEATS A PROJECT MUSTANG WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN. EVEN BETTER THAN THAT IS HAVING YOUR DAD AROUND TO HELP.

Go for it. No brainer.
Andy

 

[JBert]

if you're looking for a project, that seems like a pretty good start for $3K

 

[Brandon Mcknight]

OK, this is an interesting proposition!!! My gut reaction is you should jump on it. Random thoughts:

*219k is a lot of mileage so you can assume it will need some suspension work to improve the ride quality. But suspension work is EASY and not very expensive. You could do a really good suspension kit and improve the ride quality a lot.

* Brakes are easy peasy lemon squeezy.

* Interior TLC goes a long way. Carpet is easy to replace and seats are easy to re-cover. If the carpet is rotten, just yank it out for now and spray down some LineX.

* You'll need an engine rebuild (eventually). These engines are not hard to R&R, just take your time and photograph and label everything. Determine your budget and make a plan. Some of us love spending other people's money, so a 306 stroker, forged rotating assembly and ProCharger make a lot of sense to me personally. LOL.

* Last but not least, in terms of idling rough and stalling from a stop, the very first thing I would look at is to see if you have plugged cats. Not to be crass, but that symptom of "constipation" is because the car might not be able to pass exhaust gas. Pun intended.

NOTHING BEATS A PROJECT MUSTANG WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN. EVEN BETTER THAN THAT IS HAVING YOUR DAD AROUND TO HELP.

Go for it. No brainer.
Andy

Interior is mint besides steering wheel button and shift knob. Also the car has long tube headers to a catless x pipe so I think it shouldn’t struggle to release gas from there lol. Also thank you for your response!

 

[JBert]

catless could be a problem; make sure you have budget to replace the cats ..... just one more thing in this project