well guys, i bought a mustang. yea some say, the dark side. but don't worry. I'm still keeping the thunderbird, infact shes still staying on the road. consuela's gonna be my more gas efficient of the two haha.
I picked up this 1983 mustang gt, 302 5 speed for $4500.
shes got a 302, stock bottom end. 289 heads, edelbrock intake, holley 650 carb. 10 to 1 compression.
dont really know why it has 289 heads. but she sounds pretty mean.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ChrisPerry9/102.jpg)
dont blame me! haha. shes litterallly got no options other then a sunroof. but its super clean. 49000 miles.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ChrisPerry9/103.jpg)
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Chris
I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As do I. I love the 4 eye stangs, moreso the Capris. Just don't buy a Camaro! :D
already got one lol its my step dads. this is my answer to his 305 tbi camaro haha
couple more for the lovin'
took these today.
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So...Somebody flipped the "hood scoop" around??
The 289 had a smaller combustion chamber and this is how they got the compression up. But I do doubt it is really 10 to one. But it does not really matter since you like it just the way it is.
TED
from what i've seen thats how they were..
and as for 10 to 1. will see, sounds throaty enough to me.
Nope , they came that way on the 83 and early 84 cars ,later 84s had no scoop :D
Nice looking car! Don't see many with the slapper bars still in place.
The 10 holes look great on that year (they weren't available til '85), TRX wheels were the rage in 83.
First year of the 4bl carb and T-5 too. Factory rated at 185 HP!
They were considered mighty hot when they came out.:burnout:
Nice!
Nothing wrong with that, I thought you were gonna say the dreaded C word... Nice stang though
Nice Stang, looks like it's in great shape.
Great find and looks good! Be proud to have your Fox Horse here it along with the Fox Birds and Cats! A Fox is a Fox... I welcome them ALL!
Hey, that's fine, my mistake, it looks like a pretty clean car, good find!
I wonder what the weight savings is on a no-option car??
i dont know, but its very much a strippy. and i think its pretty cool that way.
Could you get a pic of your throttle cable and bracket for me?
No, the 83's had the rear-facing scoop.
Clean. Simple. Nice!!
Nice car but please put a red positive battery cable on it before you have an oops.
i learned that the hard way on my turbo coupe. red for positive? common now. haha. gotta love the previous owners mistakes. thanks for pointing that out.
as for the throttle cable, gonna have to wait a week or two. cars not in my possesion yet, shes 100 miles away. just gotta line the schedules up with the p.o
WOW, nice looking Stang ya got there. I do have to say I personally hate red interior, but if it's nice enough I suppose I'd leave it in there!! LOL Nice find ya got there, most 83-84's seem to get the dreaded aero-nose swaps for some reason.....good to see one survived!!
Later, RAY
PS-You may also want to check out http://www.FourEyedPride.com if you don't already know about it. They'd love to see pics of it over there!!
Now i know why i needed a v8 car. i love my turbocoupe, theres no way i would trade it for anything, but the raw power of a v8 is amazing. i got my mustang this weekend. this cars definatly quick. runs good. got all the original parts with it.
Things i know that are on the car.
289 heads,
holley 650 double pumper.
edelbrock torker 2 intake.
dont know what cam.
so i cleaned both the cars up and took a pic:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ChrisPerry9/CIMG0436.jpg)
Sweet , nice pic
I love them both! I tried to pick up a 1990 GT 5 speed a few months ago. Drove all the way across the state in my truck to go get it with my grandfather (to drive my truck back). I had cash in hand.. she was so pretty in the photos! Ended up being junk though, and in fact wasn't even in RUNNING condition when I got there and had the gauges all out and in the floor and cut, etc. Ugh.. she would have been wonderful. Looking back on it though, I'm glad I didn't get it because then my Thunderbird wouldn't have been looking as nice right now because I would have been too focused on the Mustang. My truck wouldn't have had the $2000 stereo setup and 20s, and suspension upgrades either. I'm glad it worked out well in the end anyway. :) I might still get a Mustang some day but I wont ever get rid of the Thunderbird.