1998 Ford Mustang GT - Built/Supercharged

1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe 2-Door Description

Looking to sell my baby. Have over $40k invested in her. My loss is your gain. Can't even buy the parts for what I'm looking at letting her go for. Almost everything listed below has less than 1,000 miles on it and still looks new. Except the cylinder heads, intake manifold, transmission and tires. The car itself has around 170,000, but not the motor.Planned on putting Trick Flow Heads on her and doing a transmission swap. But just to the point to where I want to move on. Has been in the shop for the past 2 years and it is making it easier to part ways with the car. I have had my share of fun with the car. Car shows, cruise-ins, cruises in general, etc. Good memories. But now my life is going in a different direction.

I'm the second owner andhave owned the car since 03'. Well, technically the 3rd owner. The car was in my Dad's name for the first 10 years or so before he signed the title over to me. Have a Clean Title in hand. Has been meticulously cared for, waxed 3 to 4 times a year, very seldom saw rain and always garage kept. If she did see rain while out and about, as soon I got home before I stepped foot into the house, I would wipe the car down. I hate water spots. With that being said, do not let the mileage on the odometer fool you. Most of the miles are highway miles, Charlotte to Hickory, driving home to see my parents and my girlfriend at the time on weekends during college.

Now for everything that has been done to the car. As you will be able to see, I did not spare anything when building the car. Used the best parts.

MOTOR:

- 03' Cobra Cast Iron Block (bored .020)

- Kellogg Crankshaft (Balanced and Blueprinted)

- Diamond 19cc Dished Forged Pistons

- Manley 4340 Connecting Rods

- Clevite Main and Rod Bearings

- Fox Lake Stage 2 PI Cylinder Heads with Stainless Steel Valves and Ferrea Valve Springs

- Cometic Head Gaskets

- Bullet Racing Custom Grind 2-Valve Blower Camshafts

- Ported Bullitt Intake Manifold with Accufab Single Blade Throttle Body

- D1 Procharger w/ 3 Core Air-to-Air Intercooler

- 8-Rib pulley conversion with Innovator West Crank Pulley

EXHAUST:

- Stainless Works 1-5/8" Longtube Headers with matching Catted X-Pipe

- Magnaflow Cat Back

FUEL:

- 03/04 Cobra Fuel Tank

- FORE Innovation 2V Level 2 Return System with dual pump setup

- FRPP 60 lb Injectors

- Ford GT Fuel Tank Sending Unit

SUSPENSION:

- UPR Tubular K-member/Coil-Over/Control Arm Kit

- New Motor Mounts

- Koni Struts

- Koni Shocks

- Steeda Caster Camber Kit

- BMR Upper and Lower Control Arms

- Full Length welded-in Sub Frame Connectors

BRAKES:

- Complete BAER T4 Brake System

- Calipers painted from BAER to match the car

- Cobra Brake Pads

DRIVETRAIN:

- Factory 4R70W Transmission with Manual Valve Body (Requiring the car to be shifted manually thru the gears)

- 3400 Circle D Stall

- Trans Cooler

- FRPP 3.55 Gears

INTERIOR:

- Bone stock with the exception of Auto Meter GS Series gauges

OTHER:

- Trick Flow Valve Covers and Breathers

- New radiator fan, belt and oil pan.

- 17" x 9" Chrome Cobra R's up Front

- 17" x 10.5" Chrome Cobra R's in the rear (One of the wheels has a little blemish in it. Then again, they are 13 years old.)

- Black Letter Inserts in the Rear Bumper

- Shorty Antenna

- Tinted Windows (20% all the way around)

- Ford Racing Floor Mats for Car Shows

I'm sure I'm missing some things here and there. But tried to hit the main items. Be hard pressed to find a 98' with the amount of miles on the body in this great good of condition. Do not get me wrong, the exterior has some chips from normal wear and tear, but for the most part, the car is in great shape. Probably give the exterior a 8 out of 10, if not a 9. The interior is in good shape. Some of the vinyl is coming up or bubbling around the door handles. The roof lining is not hanging down at all. The steering wheel is starting to crack tho. The rear seat has not been used probably 6 times. Still looks brand new. Probably give the interior a 7 out of 10.

As the car sits right now, it laid down exactly 500 HP on 15 LBS of Boost. I'm figuring with a new set of Trick Flow Cylinder Heads and a Transmission Swap, the car should easily make 575 to 600 HP. And in a 98' 2-Valve, it would be the ultimate sleeper. The current transmission is good, but it is laying over up top. Can be seen on the Dyno, not the track. The car has NEVER seen a drag strip except from the parking lot. So I could not tell you what the car runs because I've never ran it. I built the car out of passion and built it the way I wanted it with the best parts money could buy in my opinion. When clean, it's definitely a head turner. That was what I wanted. Just a nice, clean, fast car.

THE BAD:

I'm not going to hide anything just to get rid of it. The car may need a new set of head gaskets. Drove it to the beach and back with no issue. Ran and idled great. Put roughly 850 miles on the motor to get it broke in before getting the final tune. But when the time came, the car blew the coolant hose on the Dyno. Since it has been pushing coolant. I replaced the coolant cap and the thermostat thinking it may be something simple. But when I had it pressure tested, it was dropping pressure. Therefore, I'm figuring it to be a head gasket. Being the car has head studs, it requires the motor to be dropped just to check and replace the gaskets. If you are a car guy and know people that can do this for cheap, my loss is your gain. Just tired of dropping money in the car.

The battery is probably 6 to 8 months old. But with me not thinking, I have let it sit in the garage with intentions to fire the car up every week and have got caught up with life that it sat for a month or 2 in between fire ups. Have a battery charger hooked up to it right now. Should be fine. Just need to pay a little more attention and take the time to let it run. Keep it charged.

Tires are not bald, but during my last inspection in 2015 they were borderline. Figured I would let the new owner finish them off with a nice burnout and put what they want to run on the car. I'm currently running Nitto NT05 tires all the way around. 315/35R17 in the rear and 245/45R17 in the front.

Feel free to message me with any questions you may have and I'll do my best to answer them. Will be up front with you. Thanks for looking.