here is the old engine in the car:

                   

and some pics of the V6 engine and tranny out of the car:

                           

 

here are some body pictures:.

                      

 

some pics showing the width of the rear tires:

 

 

                               

           

Pics of the V8 engine going in:

                               

Pics of the First new V8 engine before and after chroming and powdercoating:

          

 

 

taking the car down:    engine block:

          

going in:

 

final pics soon!

 

powder coated parts:

miscellaneous pics:

                                   

carbon fiber taillights with the outer part painted to match my car:

 

 

seats:

 

hood and front bumper going on:

         

BRAKES:                  

           

 

STEREO PICS: 

 

insides gutted getting ready to put extreme dynamat:

        all the wires down: 

dynamat down:

   

hardware:

  

 

more pics of actual install:

 

 

     

 

here are the final pics:

   

 

some of the lights blew out during the wiring of the additional switches...so it all had to come apart to get back to the lights in the floor....but this time we cut out a piece of the  floor with removable joints to be ready if the problem ever arose again:

 

 

picture of the mustang glass with the neons on at night...

 

 

dyno sheet:

 

 

Mods done:

ENGINE:   

13.56@104mph  (click for the video)

307rwhp 340TQ

• 302 forged stroker (9cc dished pistons, Manley rods and pistons, Kellogg crank)
• GT engine block
• VT stage 2 heads (ported and polished)
• 9.8:1 compression
• custom grind cam
• SCT with a dyno tune
• oil pump, gears, 7 qt pan
• PI intake
• BBK 70mm throttle body (chromed)
• Mustang strut tower brace (powder coated blue)
• MAC cold air induction kit  
• STEEDA underdrive engine pulleys
• 155 lph holley fuel pump
• firepower ignition kit:::livewires/screamin' demon coil packs
• chrome radiator hoses
• C & L upper intake plenum (chromed)
• fuel pressure regulator and gauge
• BBK aluminum valve covers (powder coated blue)
• alternator pulley (powder coated blue)
• tons of misc brackets, egr, and pulleys chromed
• fuel rail from a 97 to accomodate the regulator
• UPR V8 oil cap
• firewall clutch adjuster

 

 

DRIVETRAIN 

• Kirban Kwik 5-speed shifter
• transmission from a 1998 GT
• 8.8" rear end with ford motorsport 3.73 gears and traction control
• ford motorsports aluminum driveshaft
• driveshaft safety loop
• speed calibrator from dallas mustang
• SPEC stage 3 clutch
• Saleen rear axle cover

 

EXHAUST 

• jba headers
• mac prochamber
• borla side exhaust

 

STEREO

• AIWA mp3 player
• 4 Pioneer 6x8 speakers
• tweeters from mach 460 system
• 2 kicker solobaric 10’s
• kicker 300.4 amp for front speakers
• kicker 800.2 amp for subwoofers
• bass blockers on all front speakers
• entire car up to front firewall lined with extreme dynamat
• Rockford fosgate platinum plated fuseholder with 200 amp wafer fuse
• Rockford fosgate digital 1 farad capacitor
• Rockford fosgate platinum distribution block
• Monster speaker wire and monster xln cables used throughout wiring
• Monster battery clamp
• upr billet ashtray switch panel
• 1/4" tempered glass with the mustang logo etched into the glass

 

 

 

 

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR STYLING

• 17" cobra r rims with 255/45/ZR17 daytona dayton tires on the front with 315/35/zr17 michelin pilot sports on the rear with gorilla wheel locks (17x8, 17x10.5)
• cervini stalker front bumper with blue tinted fog lights
• cervini stalker hood
• saleen s281 spoiler
• wings west rear bumper extender
• carbon fiber taillights
• sequential turn signals
• cobra logo floor mats
• projector headlights
• diamond clear corner lights
• mustang sticker on 3rd brake light
• MAC white face gauges
• white face a/c gauges
• Stainless Steel mustang inserts on rear bumper
• mustang logo shift knob
• Window tinting...35 on front, 20 on back windows, 5 in the rear.
• Custom steel grill insert
• V8 chrome logos from a 2002 explorer  
• 8" shorty radio antenna
• e speed racing front seats
• gas shock hood props
• painted interior trim bezel pieces
• starting to add upr interior pieces
• flame thrower kit

 

 

SUSPENSION

• Tokico illumina 5 way shocks/struts
• 1998 cobra springs (one coil lower in the front)
• pro3i caster/camber plates  
• bump steer kit
• granatelli upper and lower control arms
• quad shocks added
• rear sway bar added

 

 

BRAKES:

• 13" front rotors from BAER, crossdrilled and slotted, zinc coated

• dual piston calipers powder coated blue

• 12" rear brake upgrade from BAER, crossdrilled and slotted zinc coated rotors with powder coated calipers

 

EXHAUST SOUND CLIP:: (from the old v8)

 

flames:

 

    

 

need to use media player to play the videos...

video:

 

video #2..longer

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATED May 10, 2005

 

 

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