heres my 82 stang gl
2.3 auto
finished it a few weeks ago but just got around to taking pics

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Wadjya have to do to the Mustang?

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'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy (8/26/06)

My 2M4 has a bigger engine than a mustang???

I like the rims, what have you done to the car?

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put a engine in it because the kid before me overheated the car and froze the engine it sat so long
new front wheel bearings
rustproofed the udnerside completely
patched a few week spots with fiberglass
i did a lot of stuff tot to make it all work beacuse of the mess the orginal 2.3 and the one i bought see the one that's in it now comes from a 1978 ford of some kind.


As unfortuanlly as it is i have to drive it this winter but i got brand new copper weahter master snow tires on tonite and new fronts
on stock rims i painted black.

[This message has been edited by red84sematt (edited 11-12-2006).]

quote Originally posted by Xanth: My 2M4 has a bigger engine than a mustang??? I like the rims, what have you done to the car?

Unfortunately the 2.3 is probably a faster car.... I've got a 91 Mustang with a dual plug 2.3 engine, and AOD transmission. Not a bad driving car.

depends on how u drive your car it can be slower but then again if it was a turbo id say look out!

mines just basicly stock has the reg 2.3 c3 trans
the only performance on it is the cherrybomb exhaust muffler

[This message has been edited by red84sematt (edited 11-12-2006).]

The late 70s 2.3 liter engines put out about the same horsepower as the iron duke.

Had many of the 2.3 stangs. About 85-95 hp with the 2 barrel carb.

i plan on painting it a metalic blue and redoing the interior in black
that or due a bright yellow with black strip idk but someday?

it only has 73,000 on it orginal miles too so whatya know ill have it awhile
i would like to put a 5.0 in it but maybe ill just by a 5.0 stang to go with this one i like the way this car is setup


this is the color i want to paint it



i love this car

looks clean, but too bad its kind of a nasty color

i work with a guy that is building a 93GT, putting a 550hp 460 in it

i used to own a 93lx5.0 that was nicley moded

cool hows his project coming along

motor is in, exhaust is hung, it rolls but is nowhere near completion..

i had a hand me down from my brother, an 84 lx 4 spd with the trx rims and it had the trx sport suspension too...previous owner had work done to the motor and that little SOB would hang right with the 5.o at that time...dunno what was done all but it moved for a 4 cylinder...plus it had a this big corvette whale tail installed on the trunk...hahaha tacky as hell but the chicks dug it...was damn near the same color as yours too....kinda ironic...tim..

yah the turbo 2.3's got some power and dam if it don't make ya think a little its like our cars with v8's so light and small.
i would love to turbo this baby got factory manuals to install one but a bit pricey right now maybe someday then id stomp most ricers. if you shift this manually you can make it fly usually but i try not to so that i don't f up my tranny.

id like to see your bud's car rich got any pics?

[This message has been edited by red84sematt (edited 11-13-2006).]

Dude I got my 5.0 from actually sold it to me because he had built a 2.3 turbo.. said they can handle tons of boost stock..? No idea myself, I'll take the 5.0 for my 67, but.... sounded fun in a little light car.

Might consider building a natuarally aspirated 2.3 liter. We did one 20 years ago in a 79 Stang. The trick is to find a machine shop that builds 2.3s for the dirt track race folks. Our 2.3 had:

.030 over 10.0:1 TRW pistons
A Crane cam
Big Chevy valves in the head
ported and polished intake
a 2 Holley barrell carb from a 302 V8 (500 cfm I think)
An aftermarket header and low restriction exhaust

It turned about 180 hp on the engine dyno (about the same horsepower as the first year SVO turbo cars) and handed quite a few V8 cars their hats even with the stock C3 auto trans. The little sucker would even do an impressive burnout. Total cost in the engine at the time was about $1800.00. Best 1/4 mile time was 15.3 seconds (compared to 18 seconds stock).

My next project: A Cobra II Mustang with a newer 5.0 liter

[This message has been edited by tutnkmn (edited 11-14-2006).]

nice i would do that to my engine but money is kinda gone now but for now im happy. besides i just found out my buddy is basicly giving me his 86 firebird hee hee. but a turbo 2.3 are awsome would love to someday or do what you did with ur 2.3