89 Mustang 4cyl 5 Speed.

Hey everyone, I figured I would post here, give you guys a little backstory of how I ended up with my Mustang. So I found a low milage (102 000 km) 4 cyl on the internet for a very reasonable price. I was not really in the market for another project car, but a deal is a deal, and I have wanted a foxbody forever. My dad bought a new one when I was a kid, in 1991. I also have an 89 Merkur Xr4ti. Even though its a snow climate this car is completely rust free, which is why I could not resist the purchase. Its really clean, was owned by an older lady who said she never drove it because it didnt have A/C.

First day, the drive home.






Bonus! Underside. Play "spot the rust" have fun, you might find some on the muffler.


I asked a question in the fox section, basically I just pulled an 8.8 with discs out of a turbo coupe in the junkyard, it was a really lucky find, and I ll need it when I do the 5.0L swap.


I also have a parts car 95 GT, which I bought with a friend. I will be putting the engine into the foxbody, and I will try and use the harness and ECU from the 95.


I also bought a v8 T5 for when I do the swap, Id like to keep the 4cyl T5 for my Merkur for when the T9 transmission dies. I have a full 5 bolt conversion ready to do for the fox as well. It will be getting subframe connectors and coilovers, I figure I should have a pretty awesome little fox!

here are the 2 ladies


if anyone is interested to see my Merkur build thread, check out this link:
http://forum.merkurclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=30521

So a few updates from last summer, and I picked up parts for this summer, which Ill post up when I install them,

5 Bolt swap using the wheels off my parts car, Raceland Coilovers, SN95 front brakes



Recaro Confettis


Got a steal of a deal on a momo steering wheel and hub. Its probably temporary because I dont like how the hub pushes out the steering wheel from stock. Ill probably end up grabbing an NRJ short hub. Eventually Ill get a wood steering wheel too.


Found another pretty good deal on an MGW Short Shifter. Installed that.


Final Product. Thanks to my buddy Shawn for the pics.






Yes this thing still has its dealer sticker on it


Enjoy Till next time. I have a rear visor and a front lip to install. Then we start the diff install, and eventually the 5L engine.