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For sale is my beloved 1991 Triple Black 45,000 original mile Mustang LX convertible for the bargain price of $9,500 Or Best Reasonable Offer. I am forced to sell the car because my wife and I recently had triplets and my priorities have switched from Mustang to station wagon.
I hate to have to get rid of this car, I have sweated, toiled and put so much time, energy and cash into this car that it breaks my heart to see it go. If I could sit on it for fifteen years and finish it out when time and finances allow, I would. So here is your chance to pick up a well planned, 85% complete hot rod for the summer for a fraction of what it would cost to do it from scratch on your own.
I commissioned Matt Compton at Performance Solutions in Boise ID to build me the ultimate understated blower motor. It was built with all forged internals, with an Eagle stroker kit to make 331 cubes, a lumpy roller cam cut just for a centrifugally blown stroker motor, and all the main girdles, roller rockers, and high volume oil pumps to support the fun. Half of my asking price is in the motor internals and rebuild cost alone. So, Matt built a VERY stout motor that put out 430 horses on his engine dyno with a Peformer RPM manifold and 750cfm carb through the mufflers. This is a motor with 8.8:1 compression, running regular unleaded with no blower or fuel injection.
The car idles well with a decent lope to it, and the Vortech V2-SQ (S-trim |12-14 pounds of boost at sea level| Quiet) blower is very quiet and makes just the slightest whirring noise at idle.
I only got a chance to break the motor in (no boost) and have only driven it about another 300 miles after doing the break in oil change at 500 miles. I put a 3500 rpm chip in the rev limiter (MSD 6-BTM) and pulled the blower belt off during break in so that temptation wouldn't get the better of me. The car sounds wicked and looks just as mean, the pictures don't do it justice.
So, strap all the goodies back on and throw it into the car, and immediately after getting the car back, I learn that my wife is pregnant. With three boys. Foolishly, I tell myself that I can have three boys AND my hot rod Mustang. Well, five months after they are born, I realize that there won't be the financial freedom anymore that got this car to the point it is at.
This brings us to today, and this car being up for sale. Check the list below to see the ridiculously long list of parts I have put on the car/ have to be put on the car still.
So, sounds too good to be true right? 35K worth of car, work and parts for 10 grand, OBO? Well, here is the bad news... Don't worry it's not too awful...
Obviously, first thing you see on the car, it's all black, but some is shiny, some is primer. I replaced the sagging bumper covers (common problem on a fox body) and the hood and front fenders had some damage that looked like someone left the front half poking out of the garage during a good hail storm. I planned to replace the hood with something more aggressive anyway, and I HATE doing body work, so I replaced the fenders when I did the hood. The trunk lid had a goofy looking luggage rack, so I pulled that off when I added the Saleen whale tail. Yes, the car needs paint to be finished.
Second, the transmission is on it's way out. It whines and grinds some, apparently, the stock T-5 was not meant to handle 600 odd horses... go figure. So, if you want to buy, I would not plan to drive the car home. The silver lining you ask? I have a truck and trailer, and will deliver the car within a reasonable distance, provided you fuel the truck and me.
Third, it is an unfinished project, so there are a few odds and ends that need to be finished. Door sill plates need to be installed, but they are polished aluminum, and I didn't want to put them on and scratch them up so they are waiting to go on last. Also, the intercooler water pump has the wiring run, but is not hooked into a power source yet. I haven't filled the intercooler system with coolant yet, because I was contemplating going with a bigger coolant tank like HP Performances quarter mile cooler that goes in the spare tire well (http://www.musclemustangfastfords.com/tech/mmfp_0806_hp_performance_quarter_mile_cooler_install/index.html), and since the car had not really seen much boost, the intercooling was not important. And last, the car needs the pass side lock solenoid replaced, which I have a new solenoid, just didn't get it replaced yet (actually I have a solenoid for the driver's side too) which is another common problem on fox bodies.
So check out this list, and email me if you want to know more, need more pictures, etc. I have been told that parting out the car would probably get more money, but after putting so much time and effort into planning and putting her together, it would kill me to tear it down. So, if you have a 86-95 Mustang and need some speed parts, then here is all the parts you need.
THE LIST
Body
Cervini Saleen style ground effects (front air dam, side skirts, rear diffuser not installed yet)
Cervini Saleen style Whale Tail spoiler
Cervini Cobra RR style fiberglass hood
New fenders
New bumper covers front and rear
New headlight group with clear corner marker lights and HID bulbs
New LX style taillight lenses
Tinted windows
Interior
Corbeau Legacy seats
Steeda Tri-Ax shifter
Auto Meter Cobalt boost and fuel pressure gauges
Auto Meter shift light
UPR billet aluminum interior trim package (pedals, shift boot trim, power accessory buttons)
Infinity Sound system with 3.5 inch coax in dash, 6.5 inch woofers/1 inch tweeters in doors, 4.5 inch/1 inch plate mount in rear speaker location running off of a 5 channel Kappa 255a amp mounted in trunk (5th channel open now, had three JL Audio 8 inch subs running off of it)
Pioneer MP3 CD head unit
Suspension
Baer four wheel disc system 5 lug upgrade (13” front 12” rear zinc washed, slotted, cross drilled rotors, PBR calipers 95 Mustang spindles with sealed hubs, new brake lines, master cylinder, proportioning valve)
BBK caster camber plates
BBK upper and lower rear control arms
BBK progressive rate springs
BBK subframe connectors (not installed yet)
KYB AGX adjustable shocks, 8 position rear, 4 position front
Konig “Appeal” wheels 17x8 with Toyo Proxes 4 245/45ZR17 tires with lots of tread left
8.8 rear with TFS girdle, 31 spline Dutchman axles, Eaton posi and FMS 3.55 gearset
Engine
Professionally built 331 with forged bottom end (Eagle stroker crank, rods, and pistons at 8.8:1 CR) Engine dyno tested with 750 cfm carb and Performer RPM manifold, long tube headers, mufflers made 430 hp and 450 lb/ft of torque with no supercharger
Probe main girdle
Crane roller cam (236/244 degrees duration at .050” lift, .574”/.595” lift, 114 degree lobe separation)
Lunati roller lifters
TFS hardened pushrods
Crane Pro Magnum roller rockers
Melling oil pump
Centerforce flywheel
FMS King Cobra clutch
Dying Original T-5 tranny
FMS aluminum driveshaft
Professional Products harmonic balancer
Vortech V-2SQ supercharger pullied for 12-14 lbs of boost at sea level w/ a 3.3 inch pulley (My plan was to get bigger injectors and fuel supply system |an Aeromotive tank to rail system| and a new intake and swap on a 2.5 inch pulley for a little more boost)
Vortech water to air aftercooler (electric water pump has wiring run, but has not been hooked up to power source yet, reservoir installed in former battery tray, hoses run and attached)
BBK 255 lph fuel pump (I have the Vortech T-REX inline fuel pump, but never installed it since I was going with an Aeromotive fuel system setup)
AFR 185 emissions legal heads PN 142 (2.02 intake 1.60 exhaust w/ Crane springs matched to cam)
FMS polished tall aluminum valve covers
FMS GT-40 intake with BBK 1” phenolic spacer
FMS 30 lb injectors
BBK 70 mm throttle body and EGR spacer
C&L 76mm mass air meter
BBK equal length ceramic coated shorty headers
BBK 2.5 inch cat equipped X pipe
Flowmaster 3 chamber 2.5 inch cat back
MSD 6-BTM ignition with MSD plug wires and MSD TFI coil
Optima trunk mounted battery w/ custom billet brace
Fluidyne aluminum radiator
Powermaster 140 amp alternator
The car is setup for quick acceleration and cornering, the suspension is a little tight for drag racing and there is not enough rubber under it to hook up for quarter mile runs. I was planning on doing a little clearancing and getting a second set of lightweight rims with at least 275 section drag radials to try to get it to hook at the track. My grand plan was to get the Aeromotive fuel system (PN 17106), a TFS Box R manifold or BBK SSI-R, an AFM power pipe, 42 lb injectors, long tube headers and a three inch exhaust, a HP Performance spare tire well mount intercooler tank, and a D&D Viper-spec T-56 trans. I was actually trying to model it after John Garner’s Mustang (check it out at www.superstang.com,) but as I said before, priorities have changed.
Please feel free to email any questions or requests.
Again, I am asking 9500 for this car, but I will entertain any reasonable offer.
I am asking 9500 or any REASONABLE offer. I know that I will never come close to recouping money invested, time spent or sentimental value, but the car DOES have lots of speed parts, and is mechanically (save for the tranny) brand new from front to back. If you are going to make an offer, don't be that guy from the swap meet that offered me 4000 because the car needs paint. Come close to my asking price, or don't come at all. I don't mean to come across as a jerk, but 4000 for this car is insulting. The blower and intercooler cost 4000.
Thanks for reading my posting, and please email with any questions or to set up a time to come out and look at this car! Pictures available on request.
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