$5000 budget Mustang by Ron S

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I don't see any reason you couldn't put that setup on a factory core support. It took like 8 hours to fab that thing, getting the angles right is crusial, because the hood has to lift up before it pivots back so it can clear the grill. I remember I made that hood bracing out of an old bed frame, (makes me giggle) what a peice!

The car has changed alot since then, I had alot of fun making something out of nothing . Unfortunatly I'm back to my normal call and order it self, kind of miss the $5000 budget. On a side note, I hadn't looked in a while but this cheesey, low dollar build thread that I thought no one would care about, has almost 400,000 hits. Goes to show you Pro Touring is not all high dollar super shiney show peices.

4-28-2012

Finishing up a few things that have been an issue for a while. Under extreme braking, and cornering, the oil from the dry sump tank would slosh up into the oil vent lines, filling the vent tank, then puke out the breather on to the headers. Couldn't find anything that would work, so in true $5000 Budget Mustang fashion, I cut up an old GM air conditioning drier, shaped it into a surge tank with multiple baffles, and fittings. Worked out pretty well, its always nice when you can put the fittings right where you want them. I powder coated it wrinkle black to match the vent tank.

8-1-2012

My jig really has no plates for the floater snouts, so I had to make a rig to check it one side at a time. It was kind of a pain, so when the drivers side checked out ok, I just assumed the passenger side would be ok too. You know what they say about when you assume. Moser welded a back brace on that housing which for some reason only pulled on the passenger side. When I went to do a 4 wheel alignment on the car, it was toed out on the passenger side for some reason. Found it right before I left for Motorstate, didn't have time to pull the housing and send it back before the event.

Jay, have you run that car yet? Don't think your beloved GMR floater is without issues. I got to help Chris wrench on Blue Balls GMR floater at Gingerman. It appeared that the hub was machined a little loose for the hub seal. While at speed, the seal fell out oiling down the track, causing the car to get black flagged. Ended up having to use a punch to stake the hub in 4 places to keep the seal in place. Then we noticed that the housing wasn't equipped with any inner axle grease seals?? I think you need to hold your endorsements of a product until you have tested them.

8-13-2012

Before this thing goes to Optima, was thinking of changing it up a bit. Not really sure if I will like it or not, but was thinking of loosing the flat black on the hood and tops of the fenders, and going body color with white GT350 style stripes over the top of the car. Does anyone know how to photoshop that in, it sure would save me alot of work if I could look at it first, before laying down any paint. A pic like one of these or any front shot, I truely am clueless when it comes to that stuff. Thanks, Ron

8-14-2012

With the sponsor decals it will look pretty racey. The hood and fenders need to be painted anyway, I think I'm going to paint them body color, lay some contact paper over it to see if I like it, if I don't it will only take an hour or two to spray the flat black over it.