JohnTaper
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Hello everybody. I'm new to this board but not new to mustangs or cars in general for that matter. I'm an auto tech and the first mustang I owned was an 84 1/2 mustang GT 350.
My new baby is a 96 mustang GT. I bought it a couple weeks back really cheap. The reverse is out in the automatic trans and somebody hardwired the cooling fan. other than that the car is in amazingly good shape except for the paint fading on the hood. I've already got a guy trading me all of the manual swap items tomorrow including the t-45 itself.
Car has 109,000 miles and I picked it up for 1,200 bucks. Couldn't pass it up. Well here's some pics. I already yanked the engine and trans and will be going back in the same way with the manual since it seemed to go very smoothly.
I guess there is one more issue. The front right tire is sitting too far back in the wheelwell. I've got the K-member out right now and there was some room to go forward but I don't know if it is enough. K-member and control arm don't look bent but it is hard to say. I'm hoping moving the k-member as far forward as it can go in the slots on the pass side will resolve this problem. If not off to the frame shop for measurements I suppose. Well anyway, I look forward to hearing from everybody and contributing myself when I can. Also I have been doing some reading and from what I understand to make the auto crossmember work I will either have to get a offset mount or elongate the mount locater holes on the cross member. Is this correct?
My new baby is a 96 mustang GT. I bought it a couple weeks back really cheap. The reverse is out in the automatic trans and somebody hardwired the cooling fan. other than that the car is in amazingly good shape except for the paint fading on the hood. I've already got a guy trading me all of the manual swap items tomorrow including the t-45 itself.
Car has 109,000 miles and I picked it up for 1,200 bucks. Couldn't pass it up. Well here's some pics. I already yanked the engine and trans and will be going back in the same way with the manual since it seemed to go very smoothly.
I guess there is one more issue. The front right tire is sitting too far back in the wheelwell. I've got the K-member out right now and there was some room to go forward but I don't know if it is enough. K-member and control arm don't look bent but it is hard to say. I'm hoping moving the k-member as far forward as it can go in the slots on the pass side will resolve this problem. If not off to the frame shop for measurements I suppose. Well anyway, I look forward to hearing from everybody and contributing myself when I can. Also I have been doing some reading and from what I understand to make the auto crossmember work I will either have to get a offset mount or elongate the mount locater holes on the cross member. Is this correct?