$5000 budget Mustang by Ron S

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Got the motor and trans set down in place,I'm tempted to put a driveshaft in it, pull the body back off and drive it around like a go cart.My Camaro is about 8 hours away from paint,I block sand a panel a night,man is it boring.As soon as I spray it I'll make some posts on it,but it just looks like a primered Camaro right now.Ron

6-7-2008

Kind of fell off the wagon and bought my first luxury item,at over{$400}.Tried to talk myself into the manifolds,but just couldn't.GTO headers fit my chassis perfect.Kind of tough on the budget but should help the performance.Ron

6-9-2008

I sat for days crunching numbers on how to make decent power on a budget with Ford stuff,had a couple sleepless nights researching and calculating it just couldn't be done on such a tight budget.I didn't want to,but I figured with C5 suspension,Dana 60 out of a Mopar bread truck,it was already such a mutt,what the hell.If you could see some of the 95 cent puchases I've made on Ebay you would laugh.Its against my nature not to just pick up the phone and order it. If I make the $5000 budget with what the car will be,it kind of suprizes even me,but man is that body a peice of crapLOL.Ron

6-25-2008

Just got back from Atlanta,while I was cruising thru Tenn. I stopped and picked up a new toy.Can't wait to start bending some tubing.Ron

7-10-2008

Kind of made me a little sick to my stomach to cut on new fenders but at $108 a peice,it makes Camaro parts seem expensive LOL.The body sets so low on the chassis I don't think a flat hood will fit over the LS1 intake.That is the first time I've seen hood clearance issues with a LS1 engine.My original fears have come true,tires are so deep into fenders,I'm not going to have much room to transition flares,its a good thing this is a piece of crap.LOL .Ron