Yeah, if I get my hands on an NA Miata, I'll probably try to find a factory hardtop, get the fastback kit, some nice wheels, slam it to the ground, and call it a day (After getting Corbeau seats for the mustang and throwing the Tenzos int he NA lol). If I get an NB, I'll probably forget about the hardtop and fastback... chances are I'll end up with an NA anyway (cheaper)

As for the mustang project, I just got a pm from the guy about the sway bar... it's shipping tomorrow, so it'll be on the car 4/11... it'd be on this coming weekend, but I won't be home, and I figure my apartment complex's office wouldn't appreciate me shipping a sway bar there.

Other than the sway bar, the h-pipe and cats should be done tomorrow night (Tuesday morning at the latest), the exhaust tips should be on the car Wednesday, and the grille delete will hopefully be finished Friday or Saturday.

Now I'm facing one problem... what should I get next? My options are:
1) ABS plastic sheeting (enough to do my rear seat delete and rear diffuser) ~$200
2) KYB GR2 shocks & struts (that way I can lower the car) -$180
3) Spare engine (3.8l or 4.2l, whichever I can find cheaper) ~$300-$500

Honestly, I'm leaning towards the shocks & struts or the ABS plastic... I'm more worried about getting my car where I want it before I start building an engine that, besides during transport, won't see the car for over a year

 

go for the shocks/struts

 

That's what I'm leaning towards... A mustang with a rear diffuser would look weird at stock height, but a lowered mustang would look fine without a rear diffuser.

Anyway, in a little bit here I'll start working on the h-pipe. Just a warning, it's going to look very ghetto until it's welded. 8 exhaust clamps in a 4 sqft area? Oh yeah. And thanks to Advance Auto Parts/Autozone's fine selections of parts, I ended up getting a universal "2.5in ID" tailpipe (quotations because it's actually 2.5" OD). I hate cheap exhaust parts... sizes are never right and pieces never match up. Anyway, like I said, I'm going to start working on it in probably about a half hour here... pics when I'm finished (1 hour with no complications... so it'll more than likely take about 3 hours to do).

And yes, the H-pipe is going to be welded... I just need to get the car back up to blairsville before I can have it welded. Also, hearing the car open-header... I think I'm going to do cut-outs this summer ... s**t sounds mean

 

vid clips, kthx

 

through this whole thread, i've probably seen 5 pictures, and about 5 books worth of text.

pic > text

 

reaper every time i see your mustang i think its a sexy beast EXCEPT for the part behind the pony in the front, it looks ugly you should put something there like a black grille or something

 

There's actually 91 pics and a video of my mustang in this thread. That's not counting the pictures of cars that don't belong to me (the 240sx coupe pictures way back when and the miata photo dump I did last night), nor is it counting the photochops. And be patient... the picture count will be into the triple digits today, and I'll have even more pics on wednesday when i get the tips on (small photoshoot). Also, I'll probably have an exhaust sound clip for you guys today.


I've said a few times before, I have the 3rd piece for my grille delete being held for me until I have the money (wednesday). It'll cover up pretty much everything behind the grille except the radiator itself

 

+1342533 i have been waiting for you to get that changed forever

 

So the h-pipe is finished and on the car... and now the car isn't running right. It's extremely shaky, but smooths out at higher rpms... I'm thinking an ignition problem since the engine sounds uneven like it's not getting spark on all cylinders. I pulled one of the plugs when I installed the headers and it wasn't in the greatest condition. Right now, I plan on limping the car up to blairsville wednesday (hopefully it makes it lol) and I'll stop at advance auto parts and get new plug wires and plugs... hopefully that solves this issue.


Anyway, here's pics of the most ghetto h-pipe you'll ever see:


The original h-pipe setup



The section I needed



Ghetto-fied



In place it doesn't look so terrible lol



Another under-car shot



From the front

 

if you dont like to use those cheap @ss crimping clamps then go to napa autoparts and buy some BAND CLAMPS! they seal great and dont look to bad either....



and ya i had to use 2 different types on my truck the band clamp and then the cheap @ss crimp clamps.... i forgot to ask the muffler shop to weld that joints. but o well eventually ill pay them for a quick weld job on it. i just want to keep my band clamps on so if i even decide to swap back to stock i can easily put it back on.