Fox Shell/Rebuild Question..

Redeemedsoul said:

I am a college student on a budget with two years to rebuild a car for when I get out of college. The car I am about to buy is a 1989 mustang gt hatchback with 130,000+ miles nothing rebuilt. I plan on taking out the engine, tranny, suspension, and interior the whole nine. I need help deciding if I should buy an actual car with the motor/tranny/wiring already or just buy the shell of the car and work from their. I'm not worried about gas, but reliability is a big issue. I'm a complete noob to v8's or american cars.. I own a stg. 2 wrx, i have done all the work on my car. Even swapped turbo's because I was bored, but how should i plan this project. I have a list of mods I was looking at... 3:73 gears ... manual tranny ... need to rebuild a whole motor ... no idea what to get ... (no flames) - Thanks

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shifterpilot5.0 said:

I would recomend a complete car to start with, I started mine as a roller with no motor and trans 2 and a half years ago 8000 dollars and 2 years I was done and if I do it agian I will deffinately drive it in to the garage before I start.

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Redeemedsoul said:

I want a completely new engine/trans... i want it to be reliable ... i will be looking into 300+ rwhp ... but still daily driveable if i wanted it to be... where can i buy a whole new motor. or should i buy everything(cams, bores, shaft, whatever else is in the block) seperate?

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Redeemedsoul said:

Thanks for the reply... I'm looking to run 12's for now ... high or low 12's but i want the car to be able to handle 10's if i change/add a few parts.. Also if im looking to get into the 12's/10's with just switching things should i get just the fox body shell or buy a used running 1989 gt...?

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