2000 GT project

Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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#1
whats up everybody! so recently i got a 2000 mustang gt 5 spd, and ive been making this my long term project, since im only a junior in high school ( senoir very soon) this project will be kinda long.

so ill first tell you about the car, i picked up the car begining of 2013 at Hot Rod Hotel in Peekskill NY, i was in the process of tryin to find a vehicle at the time and my father and i happen to go to Hot Rod Hotel to talk to the owner abotu ordering race fuel for my fathers car, he then mentioned he had a mustang for sale so we went to check it out and i immediately fell in love, although it was 100% stock i was still in love cause i knew i could make big things happen with it in the near future, i ended up buying the car for $6,0000 with 64,000 miles. the car sat for awhile so it needed regular repairs such as battery,brakes...etc nothing major all was fixed within first 2 weeks. Im a little late on posting in the project thread since i have already done some work to the car but ill post from the beginning to where it is now.

here is the car from the first day it was bought





 
Restomod

Restomod

MOTM Coodinator / Member Plus
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#3
That is a pretty cool car to start with even without mods. And honestly I dont think you can go wrong with a 13 year old car with 64,000 miles, that is a steal if you ask me.
 
Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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yea thanks alot been coming along good so far, got a question though, i just got the ford PI intake manifold and i called americanmuscle through the phone asked them if it would come with the gaskets and they said yes, so i got the package today and theyre were no gaskets so i didnt wanna wait considering my stock manifold was cracked so i decided to say screw it if my gaskets are good ill just keep them, so took off the old manifold and my gaskets seem pretty good, finished it all took it for a ride to the end of my road and i noticed a loss in power it was like breaking up, and when i pulled into the house i noticed smoke coming out of the engine so i popped the hood and smoke was coming from the coils and the gasket area. so my question is, are the PI gaskets different, or are mine obviously bad and i need to replace them?
 
Noterminator

Noterminator

Formally SuprSloBlkNotch89
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#5
Well a word of advice is you should always use new gaskets for every part you change, weather its header gaskets, heads, intake, etc.
 
Foxbody5.8

Foxbody5.8

Formally Foxbody5.o
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#7
Stock is the way to go! Less of a chance its been beat on, plus its a blank slate, you make it what you want. I started the same way. Cant wait to see the progress!
 
Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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just got new gaskets about to put them in then ill let you guys no. gonna upload some pics in just a second of what ive done to the car so far since i didnt start this project thread from the total beginning.
 
Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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#10
ok so when i first got the car, since it sat for a while it was in need of new brakes (on the ride home they were sticking) these were just to get me going since i didnt have the money right away for brembo's, slotted, drilled, any fancy break set ups.


 
Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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next to come was a bbk CAI, taillights, and some dress up for the interior and cobra/mach 1 side scoops




after that the next biggest to come was the rims/tires, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, black deck lid decal, and front stripe decal




 
Mustang_Cotto

Mustang_Cotto

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#14
i dont have any pics of the exhaust before i put it on and durring the installation but the car now has SLP loud Mouth 1's which sounds amazing ill be doing a exhaust vid soon, just got my bassani o/r x pipe so ill do a before and after vid
 
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