has anyone here swapped a 4 eye nose on an aero car?

S&B said:

and wreck the value of your car

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Not to mention that you'd be locking yourself out of a wonderful aftermarket. What if you want 1 piece headights one day?

Mustang5L5 said:

What i am getting at is that 87-93 Mustangs are for the most part mechanically superior to 79-86 Mustangs. Doesn't matter if the parts are interchangable...someone still needs to change it.

Who really wants single exhaust, 9" or 10" front brakes, a 7.5" rear, no quad shocks, open differential, 4-spds, 10" clutches, LCA's with mushy oval bushings, non roller block motors, CFI, E6 heads, smaller front fenders, primitive strut tower geometry, etc etc etc.....

I'm pretty sure most 4-eye owners out there upgrade some or all of these parts eventually. But why buy and install when you can buy an 87+ and have it already?

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Just wanted to clarify a few things. The OP wants an 85/86 look. With that in mind I feel you are correct but throwing too many models years into the same boat. Below are the things I know to be correct so far:

85 was the last year of the 7.5 rear, CFI and the single rear exhaust. I believe mid year 85 saw the swap from manifolds to headers but I may be wrong.
86 was a roller block as was the 85 block. 86 uses 8.8, quadshocks, 10.5 clutch, dual exhaust and the WC T5.

As for the rest I believe you are correct. 86 was the E6 heads and it also has the crappy pistons that make head/ cam changes harder with the Piston to valve issues. Brakes sucked pre 87 as did the front suspension. Not sure on the open diff since I bought my car with a trac-lok and 3.55 in it.

If you are planning to just make a daily driver car then as much as it bothers me to say this get an aero and swap the front. If you are building this car up with mods to everything then start with a 4eye since you will be swapping all the crappy stuff anyway.

Whatever you decide please do not destroy a good 4 eye to do this. Buy the parts from a junkyard or something.

Strype said:

Not to mention that you'd be locking yourself out of a wonderful aftermarket. What if you want 1 piece headights one day?

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Strype said:

Not to mention that you'd be locking yourself out of a wonderful aftermarket. What if you want 1 piece headights one day?

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Puck dat, if you go with a Capri nose, you can take out the grill and put in 5 more headlights. The new 9 pc headlight look is not nearly as homo as the one pc look.

If you have an 85-86 gt front bumper with fogs/bracket, shoot me a pm or email with pics and price. I've got an lx, wanting the gt for my 91 coupe swap.

haha I didn't even bother registering with them, I own a 4 eyed and I think most of them are fanatical

Riceslayer302.0 said:

they are nuts, that made me wanna swap aero stuff on a 4 eye and put an LS1 in it and go hunt them all down one by one and stomp em haha

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dont forget the altezzas

Riceslayer302.0 said:

and NOS stickers all over it

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and a GTX body kit

WLDHRSE said:

You, my man, are working with a severe lack of knowledge.

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Care to elaborate, s we can understand each other?

Mustang5L5 said:

What i am getting at is that 87-93 Mustangs are for the most part mechanically superior to 79-86 Mustangs. Doesn't matter if the parts are interchangable...someone still needs to change it.

Who really wants single exhaust, 9" or 10" front brakes, a 7.5" rear, no quad shocks, open differential, 4-spds, 10" clutches, LCA's with mushy oval bushings, non roller block motors, CFI, E6 heads, smaller front fenders, primitive strut tower geometry, etc etc etc.....

I'm pretty sure most 4-eye owners out there upgrade some or all of these parts eventually. But why buy and install when you can buy an 87+ and have it already?

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V8's have dual exhaust 2010 is the first year for dual exhaust factory on a non- v8 Mustang IIRC, They still come with 7.5 axles on non- V8 cars even the S197's, They still use Modified MacPherson Struts, only 92/3 have larger wheel arches, Quadshocks came out MID 1984, 1982 was the last year for the SROD IIRC, And aerocars don't have bigger brakes. I know there are alot of differences between 4I and aero cars, that wasn't my point. Hell I'm on FEP. I can list just about every difference from the ¼ windows and seatbelts to then steering wheel shafts and LCA's. I can list differences WITHIN 79-86 cars such as the hoods and dash plate screw holes or the fact that The Cobra grille and 82GT grille are not the same grille.

You are still missing the point when it comes to modding cars. It also doesn't matter which fox you get when you are completly going after market with the suspension. I could say why get a fox all together when you can get a 3rd gen Camaro which handles better despite being underpowered. As it's suspension is a better designed one with a SLA and Torque arm. Or get a S197. To me my 81 looks better than a aeronose(I do want an 87 though). If you buy a mustang you're gonna be modding the stock suspension with aftermarket parts anyway. Or simply I could use Fox4 suspension componets which are still stock and have better parts than a aero nose-stock.

I'm pretty sure most areo nose owners out there upgrade some or all of these parts eventually. Why stay stock when the aftermarkets much better?

Riceslayer302.0 said:

if i cant find a clean notch next spring, i will be embarking on this project for sure. its gonna be called project "****foureyedpride" look for a 79-86 mustang with a z28 front bumper cover and an LT, yes i said it right EL TEE ONE sbc wit NOS

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That was your fault. FEP is for 78-86 Fox chassis cars, If it eases your mind you probably woulda been banhammered if you were talking about putting a mustang clip on a Fairmont Wagon. What you did was akin to joining the Reef Blue registry with a comp orange car or SVOCA with a 302 SVO. I could list a few members with aero stuff on their cars who weren't hastled at all or with nose swaps.