My 96 GT

[MysteryMachine]

Figured I'd post this in this section beings it is the 4.6 section. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions for you 4.6 guys. I already posted in the 94-95 talk cause that's my normal area.

I picked this up on Saturday. It's a 96 GT "248A". Has 122k on it. Has a BBK catted X, Glass packs, short shifter, JLT CAI, and U/D Pulleys.

I was looking for a New Edge with low miles but found this one local. It was a done deal when my dad found this was the same car he looked at a while back at a dealer. My parents loaned me the money cause I'm looking at houses so this way it stays off my credit. I got it $3400

It needs a bath and the engine bay cleaned up. These are the first pics I took of it.

I wasn't planing on modding it but if I find bolt ons on the cheap I might snag them.

My first for sure thing I'm buying is this
YouTube - Meter4it.com 96-04 Sequential Taillights Demo

 

[SteedaGT9150]

 

[MysteryMachine]

Do you have pics of the rims your selling?

 

[N8Dogg98]

Wow that thing is nice man. Looks like it needs a full paint correction and detail. Mods are cheap, I vote PI swap with a pair of decent cams. Can do the swap for around $1000 - 1500 and will make huge difference in HP/TQ

 

[MysteryMachine]

LOL when you have a car that's been down for 4 years then the new toy takes the back burner on being modded. Now if I find out that the slight oil leak the guy said it has is coming from the head, a PI swap will probably be in store for it. I think it's pretty quick the way it is now. The way people talk about the PI swap I can't imagine how fast it will be

Yeah it needs a good wash, clay bar, and wax

 

[N8Dogg98]

LOL when you have a car that's been down for 4 years then the new toy takes the back burner on being modded. Now if I find out that the slight oil leak the guy said it has is coming from the head, a PI swap will probably be in store for it. I think it's pretty quick the way it is now. The way people talk about the PI swap I can't imagine how fast it will be

Yeah it needs a good wash, clay bar, and wax

It's unlikely to be coming from the head. Head gasket issues aren't common on the 4.6 cars. It's possible the leak is coming from the oil cooler if the oil filter threaded nut isn't tightened properly (had this problem and didn't cost any money to fix), it could also be the rear engine seal cover (also had this happen, and it's a PITA to fix, it requires the trans and clutch to be removed), or could be the rear main seal. Not sure if you're asking for help, but I do know from experience these are likely sources of the oil leak.

 

[MysteryMachine]

It's coming from the top of the engine so he says. I haven't looked. I have read on here that oil can leak from the headgasket. I'm not really worried about it at the moment. The car runs fine so I'm not messing with it. If it becomes a problem I'll look into it

 

[mazen189]

thats a pretty good pick up man. Nice mud flaps jk jk.

 

[d98gt]

I believe there were less than 5k of them made in that color as well

 

[MysteryMachine]

I knew at some point somebody would comment on the mud flaps.

Yeah it was 4,197 or something. I had looked it up before I bought it. I don't really remember seeing any this color before

 

[Jagerbeast]

Car looks real good for the year/miles it has on it. I dont think i've ever seen a stang that color, I cant see any dents or anything, good pick up

 

[SteedaGT9150]

the one wheel is bent, will need to be fixed and rechromed

 

[Mr. Rustypwnz]

it looks to have a pi intake on it.. i would say it might have the cams too, or maybe all of a pi swap?

 

[purplestang47]

congradulations you are now also one of few members of the deep purple mustang club

 

[MysteryMachine]

it looks to have a pi intake on it.. i would say it might have the cams too, or maybe all of a pi swap?

How can you tell?

 

[d98gt]

It depends on which runner is first if its a pi or npi intake, clean it up some and update the picture and we will be able to tell. Appears to already have aluminum crossover so it has atleast been replaced.

 

[Jacob_Royer]

Put a PI intake on it! best bang for the buck mod you will ever do!

 

[MysteryMachine]

Haven't had a chance to clean up the bay but that brings on a question. Is there anything under the hood of these things that shouldn't get wet? I know on distributor cars you shouldn't get the distributor wet

Also as you can see in the pic it does have the aluminum crossover. I was able to find what i believe is a part # on the driver side of the intake. I've tried searching but haven't found anything. the number is 8AE-9424-CA then M738E is under that. Not sure if that helps identify it any or not.

Is there any way to tell what heads and cams it has without tearing into it?