So I want a Mustang.
Without actually owning a Mustang, because I need to cover up my faggotness.
Are the Lincoln Mark Coupes any good? Panthers are an option but I'm striving for 2 door.
If I find a Mercury Capri, should I dump for that? Over the other options?
Are there any fox platforms I should also look out for?
Basically any car with the 2.3 Turbo, 5.0, 4.6, and preferably late 80s and 2 door.
Autotragic won't honestly be an issue, I have Foxbody parts, and 3 tremec T-5s available for a a good price if I ever feel like it.
late 90s mark IX is good, look for an LSC model (the grill is body-colored) which i think had a tuned up mustang engine?
i've heard they fucking eat ignition coils alive though, like you have to change them once a year
got u senpai
but its a concept car
>>13995191
wait whoops, mark 8, not mark 9, usually called the mark VIII
![1989_lincoln_mark_vii-pic-6362941295797632464-1024x768[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/N4zL4JR.jpg "1989_lincoln_mark_vii-pic-6362941295797632464-1024x768[1].jpg")
>>13995191
>late 90s lincoln mark
See, I've been in those. I like those.
But I've owned a towncar from 99. And holy shit was that a terrible car. Climate control system was a complete pain to work on and kept failing me. Along with it handled had more electrical gremlins than the movie gremlins 2: electric boogaloo.
So I'm kind of opposing the Mark 8s. I do however want one, if I just knew it wouldn't have any of those problems.
I don't think that's likely though. Sadly.
Just go with a Mark VII or VIII, keep in mind they weigh a shit ton more than a mustang, are slower, break way more often, and cost more.
Or get a tudor panther. But their nothing like a Mustang in anyway.
!['79-'82_Mercury_Capri[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2f4H5r1.jpg "'79-'82_Mercury_Capri[1].jpg")
>>13995220
Yeah the absolute only reason I want one is because I have so much knowledge on mustangs. And know the motors like fuck on a stick.
Something about that generic ford styling kind of gets me off though.
>>13995213
the only big issues i've heard of are coils and the air ride suspension, but most mark 8s you will see on CL have had the air ride swapped for coils already which is an upgrade for sure
Get a Fairmont. Same chassis as a fox body mustang but looks like an average grocery getter.
>>13995237
The only good thing about fox body mustangs is how cheap and easier they are to make go fast in a straight line.
Add a bunch of weight and complexity to one, and you end up with the exact opposite.
I've owned a 89 Mark VII LSC, and a 87 TurboCoupe. Both were cool cars, but in the end I didn't really enjoy either.
>>13995268
just throw a 5 speed in like you did with your box
>>13995268
Well spoilers, is, I already own a fox. I just want a mate car with it with more creature comforts. Totally understand though.
I hear the 89s are really cool though when they've got a 4.10 in them and a tremec T5. But I don't want to be buying a car just to mod.
I just need a daily of V8 and similarity.
Sexy cars though desu.
>fucking pixlr not saving, so small screenshot
I'm particular to the 302 SN95, not as aggressively styled as the new edge bubblestangs, cheap to buy, cheap to upgrade
>>13995284
The 5sp box was my 89 sedan, which is getting the 04 frame swap. I miss that car.
I still have the 85 tudor, but not sure what I'll do with it. Might sell it, or throw in a mild 302 and t5 since I have them laying around.
>>13995294
I did a full SEFI HO swap on my 85 tudor, along with a wide ratio AOD with a lentech valve body and 2400 stall, coupled with 3.55's and a trak-loc. It was just shit I had laying around, but it made for a fun DD. Coupled with PI swaybars all around, PI springs and KYB gas-a-just it didn't handle too terribly. Ran a 15.2, with bone stock junkyard e7's and stock crush bent duals.
https://youtu.be/YeRHMw3smNg
Ended up pulling the drive train and sticking it in my 91 wagon.
>>13995177
>Panthers are an option
say no more
>>13995384
Do you know how many hours, days, or weeks went into this 5 speed swap?
It is very interesting to me.
91+ Thunderbird Supercoupe, 97+ Mk VIII LSC, or Marauder if you've got the cash
Supercoupes are badass.
>>13995461
and they come in manual
>>13995455
I did it a few years ago, but it's not that hard, just need a few things to make it actually work. If your legitimately interested, let me know.
>>13995486
I'll be seriously interested about $6,000 dollars from now.
Thanks for the replies though senpai, boosting my confidence.
>>13995512
It's not bad at all. If your bored, old but informative: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?45373-T5-Time-is-Now
There's a few 5sp swap threads on there.
https://youtu.be/XIXhV8uIOIs
Nothing beats banging gears in a panther.
>>13995375
I have never seen a sn95 that looks that good in person.
>>13995598
I have.
He later cut it up and turned it into a methanol driven drag car with twin turbos exhausting out of the hood.
He brings it on the street. Sometimes.
>>13995598
Neither have I, but I had a photo I can't find that had a v6 trunk lid (No spoiler) and it really just accentuated the curves of the car and looked fantastic.
>>13995654
It may have been a 95 GTS.
It was a one year run of GTs that cut off all the "non performance" cosmetic stuff. pic related.
>>13995733
A god damned unicorn then.
I'd snap a GTS up
>Mention a car on /o/ a while back
>It's now popping up more and more
Ahhh, Mark VII. How I love you.
Zx2
>>13995733
These really look so much better without that stupid wing.
I'd also ditch the mustang emblem, always thought it looked cheesy.
No saving that rear end tho.
>>13995375
>>13995598
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XR4Ti if you can find one. It has the SVO engine and I've heard is a great car
