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1984 Mustang Project |
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This is my 1984 Mustang GT that I bought for $500 in April of 2003. I drove it home with no exhaust, smoking the whole way. This was the only time I drove it. The day after I bought it, I started taking it apart. I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew it needed to be done. I didn't even know how an engine worked. I basically took everything out except the engine block, heads, intake, water pump and timing cover.
I wasn't able to do much the first year because I was going to be getting married in August and didn't have a whole lot of money to spend. It was better this way since I didn't know what I was doing anyway. We ended up moving in October and had to put the car on a trailor. This whole time I had been doing a lot of research on the internet and was getting an idea of what I wanted to do. After settling into the new place, I tore into her a little more. This time I pulled the intake and heads. After that, it sat the rest of the winter. |
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During the winter, I did a lot more research and picked up a lot of parts to install in the Spring. After learning that the stock heads weren't good for power, I bought some used E7's for $50 and did some minor porting with a Dremel and carbide bits. I ground out the thermactor bumps in the exhaust ports, shaped the valve guide bosses and ground down the pushrod bumps a little. I also picked up, Weiand Stealth intake, Comp cam, lifters, valve springs, and timing chain. I cleaned and painted the water pump, timing cover and heads at this time also. |
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Some of the other things I did were, remove the A/C and Smog equipment. Illinois has antique plates you can get that don't require emissions testing when the car is 25 model years old. I used a March alternator bracket that is a lot lighter than the Alt/Smog bracket. I used the Motorsport A/C eliminator bracket which moves the power steering pump up in place of the A/C. All this along with the aluminum intake should lighten the front end a bit. |
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