Car Details:
I first had my eyes set on getting a 1991 5.0 Mustang. I really wanted to get a convertible, and cruise around town having a nice mustang to show off, but obviously plans changed for the best! Although many people may look at a V6 and turn the other cheek, I saw much more potential in fixing up a V6, than a V8 Mustang. I was looking around for a mustang, when I found a deal in the Recycler Classifieds. I went to take a look at this mustang and fell in love with it. That same day I took it home, bone stock, to show it off to everyone. Just being able to be a part of the Mustang family gave me a great feeling of honor, but I had to beef up my "6 banger" just a bit more to keep up with the big V8 guys.
Owner: Erick Valdez
Car Name: ShowStang
Color: Black
Year: 1995
Type: Coupe
Engine: 3.9L 236 cubic inch (rebuilt and bored over)
Wheel Size: 18x9
Quarter Mile: Unknown
RWHP: 300 / 310tq
List of Modifications:
ENGINE MODIFICATIONS:
· Tuned By Steve at : PowerTrain Dynamics
· V1 Vortech Supercharger pushing 10lbs boost using a custom made 2.90" blower pulley and
now over 300rwhp and 310tq+
· 3 Core Custom Intercooler by BTI (powerbybti.com)
· 3 Core Fluidyne Radiator
· Harland Sharp 1.73 Roller Rockers
· Spec Stage II Clutch w/ adjustable quadrant and firewall
· Borla Side Exhaust
· Bassani Custom Bent Offroad X-Pipe (meant for 95 GT, custom bent to V6 headers)
· JBA Chrome Shorty Headers
· Wiseco Forged Pistons / Bore Size 3.8300 @ clearance of .0040
· 1992 Thunderbird Supercoupe Rods with Full Floating Pins
· 1992 Thunderbird Supercoupe Stage II Ported & Polished
· Heads, 3-angle Valve Job with Chevy Valves, Comp Cam Springs
· RPM Ported and Polished Lower Intake
· RPM Cut N' Welded Upper Intake Manifold
· 216/225 Redlined Performance Mustangs Camshaft with Comp Cam pushrods
· 56mm BBK Throttle Body
· 80mm Mass Air Flow
· 255 Walrbo Fuel Pump
· 42# Ford Fuel Injectors
· ARP Bolts throughout engine
· FRPP 3.73 Gears with Traction Lock
· Autolite Spark Plugs gapped to .033
· 8mm CHROME Spark Plug Wires
· Steeda Tri Ax Shifter
· Brembo Gran Turismo 13" Front Brake Kit
· Brembo Rear Rotors
SUSPENSION MODIFICATIONS:
· Bilstein Shocks and Struts
· Eibach Pro Kit Springs
· Maximum Motorsport CHROME Caster Camber Plates
· Steeda Lower Control Arms
· FRPP Upper Control Arms
· Jamex G-load Brace
EXTERIOR:
· Pitch Black Paintjob
· Classic Design Concepts Side Scoops
· ABC Exclusive Cobra Front Bumper Lip
· Custom "MY232V6" License Plates
· Custom Made 232, Supercharged, and 3.8 emblems
· 18x9" Saleen Chrome Rims
· Dunlop 275/35/ZR18 Rear Tires and 245/45/ZR18 Front Tires
· Painted Side Mirrors
· Classic Design Concepts Side Exhaust Skirts
· Saleen Rear Bumper Cover
· Saleen S281 Wing
· 1998 Taillights with sequential effect
· Cobra 96-98 Hood
· Cobra Front bumper with Cobra fog lights
· Smoked Headlights with 6000K HID Kit
· Smoked Clear Corners
· Billet Aluminum Grille with Pony Cutout
INTERIOR:
· Autometer
· Clock Pod with Water and Oil Guages
· 5" Monster Tachometer with shiftlite
· Dual A-Pillar Pod with Boost Guage Air/Fuel Ratio Guage
· Mustang Script Floor Mats
· MGW Headlight Knob
· MGW A/C Knobs
· MGW Cigarette Lighter
· MGW Coat Hangers
· MGW Turn Signal
· MGW Tilt Lever
· MGW Door Pins
· Custom Instrumental Insert
· Carbon Fiber Instrumental Insert
· Carbon Fiber Emergency Brake Handle
· Carbon Fiber Shifter Bezel, Door bezels, Radio Bezel, Door Panels
· FR500 Carbon Fiber Shift Knob
· Custom Playstation 2 Enclosure Replacing Glovebox
· Custom Leather Seatbelt Pads
· Custom 2 Tone Seats with Custom Embroidery
· Custom shift boot
· Custom ebrake handle
· Custom 2 tone Leather Ebrake boot
· Custom 2 tone Leather Shifter boot
· Custom 2 tone Leather Armrest
ENGINE:
· MGW Triple Chrome Oil Cap and Dipstick Handle
· Powdercoated Candy Apple red Aluminum Fuse Box Cover
· Red Engine Hosing
· Powder Coated Candy Apple Red Valve Covers
· Powder Coated Candy Apple Red Vortech Discharge Tube
· Polished Upper intake, alternator, brackets, pullies and supercharger
· Coolflex Polished Radiator Hoses
· StangWires 8mm Chrome Plug WiresMODIFICATIONS:
· Alpine IVA-D310 DvD/Cd/Mp3 InDash Unit
· 2 - 10" Kicker L7 Solo Barics
· 2 - 5x7" Infiniti Kappa's
· 2 - 5x7" Pioneers
· 2 - Infiniti Kappa Tweeters
· Hifonics Brutus 1600x1 Amplifier
· Hifonics Zeus 640x4 Amplifier
· Optima Yellow Top Battery
· 4 Guage Monster Cable Wiring
· 1 Farad RF Capacitor
· 2 - 7" Trunk Monitors on Decklid Mat
Inspiration/Story behind your Stang:
I have now owned my mustang for a bit over 8 years and it has been my project building the engine, fixing the exterior, getting sponsors, and through each step of the way their have been heartaches and headaches, but I wouldn't change any minute of it for the world. From each step you learn, it is always a learning process when you own a Ford Mustang, V6 or V8.
When I first purchased my Mustang in 1999, I really did not have an idea as to how I could modify it and just loved it the way it was a 1995 FORD MUSTANG. I was then very curious as to how I could fix up my mustang to look just a bit better than stock. Although I told the people around me, "All I want is 5 modifications for my car and I will be done," we have all come to realize that is now FAR from the truth. Little by little I started researching the capabilities of the Ford Mustang. I started visiting online messageboards asking technical questions and learning on my year mustang. Such websites as V6power.net, MustangForums.com, 3.8Mustang.com and MustangWorld.com have been websites that I have greatly benefited from and that I can only truly thank. It is thanks to those websites that I gained all the knowledge of my Mustang and was able to transform it to what it is today, a street ripping supercharged V6 mustang.
Mustang Enthusiast Magazine · November 2004
Mega Tuning Magazine · February 2005
5.0 Mustang and Super Fords - December 2006
Vortech SuperCharged ShowStang!
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