[97stanger]

Just picked it up from Turp over the weekend in virginia beach! 1975. no pics yet. But, soon to come!

[GTsetGO]

nice brah. let us see it when you get a chance.

[Horseshoeing]

Your one of the few guys here with a Mustang II, lets see if we can get some more. I use to see them all the time, but you just don't see them much anymore. Good luck with it.

[97stanger]

Originally Posted by Horseshoeing Your one of the few guys here with a Mustang II, lets see if we can get some more. I use to see them all the time, but you just don't see them much anymore. Good luck with it.

Yeah. Its going to be a very fun car. lol. once I can figure out how to put pics on my computer, i will post them (my comp is very fucked up. lol) So, if im one of few, then you should make me a mod :wink

[97stanger]

well, after a very long time today working on this car, i realized that it is going to take a LOT more work/money than i anticipated. The timing is DEF. fucked. hell, the distributor didnt even have a screw in it to hold it in place, so it was advancing and retarding the timing like crazy driving down the road. lol. I pulled the engine apart and it needs new rods. 5 are bent and 3 are clean cracked in half. it def. needs new lifters. it also needs new rings. They are worn like crazy. so thats gonna be fun, NOT. lol. also the crank is severally worn (prolly going to need a new one of them). all the gaskets are worn and some are even missing. It has got severe blow-by. the master cylinder is bad. the carb that was on it was shit. it really should not of been on there. it was a holley 650. i pulled the fucking thing off and tipped it upside down to get the gas out and fucking rust (no, not rusty gas), literally, powered rust fell out of it. so i put an edelbrock on there.I have no choice but to fix the car now. No one will buy it for what I bought it for (700.00). Turp, if you read this, dont take offense to this. But had I known what was wrong with it in Va beach, i really would of only giving you like $200.00 for it. Im not saying that its your fault, but the guy that built this car, with out a doubt had NO fucking clue what he was doing. He just bolted shit up and hoped that it worked. for example, he cammed it and did whatever else he did to it, and did NOT put a stall converter in it. Thats just STUPID. Was this kid 16 by any chance? Also, it has SEVERE backfire issues. He should of also gotten rid of that shitty Duraspark ignition system and put a nice MSD in there for 200.00. Again, not saying its your fault, but you should of never paid 500.00 for it. it runs EXTREMELY rich and also runs like shit now that I have time to play around with it. Its def not worth the 700.00. But, anywho, i got it, and now need to fix it up. I dont regret buying it, but I regret paying 700. Hopefully I can find the time to fix the previous owners fuck-ups (not turp, but the guy he got it from).

[Horseshoeing]

Thats sucks! When you are done with it, you will have a nice motor. Good thing its a old 302 and the price on parts are cheap.

[97stanger]

Originally Posted by Horseshoeing Thats sucks! When you are done with it, you will have a nice motor. Good thing its a old 302 and the price on parts are cheap.

yeah, well today I found someone who will sell me a forged lower block 302 for 600 with no miles on it. So, imma buy that and just do the swap.

[78mach1]

Originally Posted by 97stanger yeah, well today I found someone who will sell me a forged lower block 302 for 600 with no miles on it. So, imma buy that and just do the swap.

hey its been a while since this thread was going but how did it turn out?

[BWAL09]

Originally Posted by 78mach1 hey its been a while since this thread was going but how did it turn out?

you wont get much info out of 97stanger... he died...














































not literally, but figuratively. he just never comes around here anymore, all since SSStang called him out. lol

[78mach1]

Originally Posted by BWAL09 you wont get much info out of 97stanger... he died... not literally, but figuratively. he just never comes around here anymore, all since SSStang called him out. lol

hahahaha dont do that shit to me lol!

i felt bad for like 3 seconds
but thats funny

[TurboLX]

Originally Posted by BWAL09 you wont get much info out of 97stanger... he died...

[jxb302]

You have the right car
I have more mustang II's than should be legal.
Check out a few of the cars I have in my stable of stang II's. They are still work in progress but I plan to have them ready for the road come 2008

[jxb302]

oh here is the site ...lol
jxb302's 1978 Ford Mustang II - catonsville, MD

[HOLLYWD69]

Originally Posted by jxb302 oh here is the site ...lol jxb302's 1978 Ford Mustang II - catonsville, MD

A couple of questions, is that your car in your avatar and where did you get the 180mph speedo for yor car?

[Fez]

Just to let you know if you don't already that 302's in the 70's have a different crankshaft balance than 302's of the eighties and later. Be careful if you buy a crank or swap in a later engine. If you do the latter you have to rebalance the flywheel. All I remember is the later engine is a 50 oz. imbalance. I put an 83 HO in my "75 II and learned the hard way!

[jxb302]

Thanks to the wonderful world of gps I custom make my own faces. Its a lil work but well worth the energy in the end