5.0Droptops 87 Coupe project

I have posted differnt times about this car.. I have been doing work to it so I decided to make a dedicated thread that I can update.

I bought the car in June 2010 out of Ft Wayne Indiana. Thats where it spent its whole life.

Heres what it looked like when I bought it.

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I almost decided not to buy it because it has rust issues. I ended up buying the car for 3000.00 just for the drivetrain and interior etc. I was gonna buy a roller and swap it all over. after getting the coupe on a lift I found that the rust areas were fixable and I decided to keep it and try to save it.

Heres the list of parts it now has,(updated 9 October 11)

1987 LX Coupe Mods.
Engine: 302/5.0 roller, stock bore.
Stock forged pistons
Stock cam
Ported and polished 93 heads.
GT 40 Explorer intake
Edelbrock 65mm tb/egr spacer
Pete Jackson Noisy Gear drive timing set.
MSD TFI Blaster coil
MSD Pro billet dist.
Msd cap and rotor
FMS Red wires
FMS Under drive pullies
March ram air kit
Hi Vol oil pump
FMS Heavy duty Oil pump drive shaft
Canton windage tray crank scraper
New FMS oil pan
Short belt no smog pump, all smog removed including egr
New alt battery ign module
electric fan from a late 90's v6 stang

Exhaust:

MAC 1 5/8” equal shorty headers
2.5” off road SS h pipe
Gutted am thunder 40 series Flows
Mac 2.5" tails with home made 3" polished tails

Suspension:

BBK Lowering springs
FMS Heavy duty sway bar on front
Kenney Brown super SBF connectors
KYB Agx adjustable shocks and struts
Southside machine lower lift bars
Southside machine upper control arms

Brakes:
All ceramic pads and shoes, new cross drilled rotors new drums.

Wheels and tires
Fats and skinnys Summit racing star wheels. 15x8 and 15x4
MT ET Streets on rear 255-60-15

Trans and rear:

WC T5 with D and D super alloy gears and all upgrades 3.35 gear set modified to T5Z spec
Billet steel 3-4 sync keys.
Pro 50 power tower shifter
Homemade short handle with B&M T handle.

King cobra clutch
FMS alum drive shaft
Billet steel flywheel
3.73 with auburn pro diff

Steeda adj clutch cable and quad with fire wall adjuster

Mobil 1 10w30 motor oil
kn oil filter
Mobil 1 syn trans fluid

Interior:

Added pony dash emblem and 140 speedo.
5"tach with shift light
95 mustang gt front seats
dyed door panels and rear seat and part of dash...(custom to my liking)




The first priority was to ditch the wing and remove all the stickers under the hood LOL
While I was under the hood I installed a Explorer GT40 intake and new plug wires and an autometer fuel press guage.

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Next I needed to repair the passinger side tq box area
as the seat pan above the Tq box had rusted away pretty bad.

So I cut it all out and welded it back up with new metal. I welded up the seams of the tq box while I had it all cut open.

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After fixing the Tq box area it was then safe to beat up on so off to the track we went.

First and best pass it went 13.76 @ 98 this was with the ported stock intake

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Recent additions to the lx:

5" tach with shift light, pony emblem on passinger side of dash (87's didnt have the emblem) and I installed a 140 speedo in place of the 85mph speedo (140's came out in 89 I believe)

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Heres how the lx looks recently.

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I have some floor repairs to do and then Eventually the body work will start.

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Thanks.