Project: 25th Anniversary Fox Rod

[only90s]

Here is my 5.0 story..

In the early 90s I had a 90 Notch that was my daily driver. I quicky added 3.55s, a Flowmaster Cat Back and oh a Paxton Supercharger putting out 8lbs of boost...Now that is not a big deal for today, but in the early 90s things were much different. So I enjoyed my Notch for a while, but then decided to get into Sport Bikes and the Notch was sold. Never really got over my 5.0 Obsession......fast forward

In July of 2006 I decided it was time to sell my GSXR 1000 as I was getting too old to travel at the ridiculous speeds that bike took me-plus I still had a Harley so I could still ride. In August of 2006 while down the Cape on vacation I am sitting at an outside restaurant and I hear the Sweet Sound of a Flowmastered 5.0 rolling by in a custom painted LX...so that was it I decided I had to get another 5.0 ....But another Notch, a GT or an LX???? I knew a couple of things it had to be:

-A 25th Anniversary 1990 Model
-Black
-Supercharged

So I was Ebay searching and found it...a 90 GT 5 speed, with GT-40s, Trick Flow Cam, Powerdyne Supercharger. Here it is the day I towed it home from Ohio...



Here is what the motor looked like after me driving it around for 2 weeks....The Powerdyne Blower let go(piece of crap) and the motor was drinking a quart of oil every 50 miles...so I said tear it down and rip it out. Sold the GT-40s, cam, lifters, rockers etc...removed the stock short block and started new..




September 2006 to March 2007

Cobra Front Bumper and Harwood Cowl Fiberglass hood were purchased, fitted to car and then sent out for paint and reinstalled over the first winter(fitting a fiberglass Fox front bumper in a cold garage is not that easy....a hair dryer is your friend). Debated how to rebuild under the hood and decided on a 308 Twisted Wedge headed long block. Motor was put together and I had the car running in April of 2007...took me several months to work out all the bugs and finally have it tuned.

December of 2007-Fresh Paint

(There was an unfortunate rear ending incident while on an all Mustang Cruise in Oct 2007 that moved up the paint schedule by a year-but all worked out!!)

I stripped it and started sanding it and then realized I should stop and leave it to the experts









Brakes and Suspension April 2008







November 2008-January 2009 Interior





The Finished Product...well finished for now













New England Dragway August 2011-Tasca Ford Fest



Mods List:


MOTOR(for as long as it lives...been living since April 2007-next motor Boss Block 331 with ported TW heads, Anderson Cam more boost)

308 FORGED SHORT BLOCK
TWISTED WEDGE HEADS
TRICK FLOW STAGE 1 CAM
TRICK FLOW ROLLER ROCKERS
TRICK FLOW MAIN GIRDLE
HOLLEY SYSTEMAX INTAKE
VORTECH S TRIM 10LBS
MR. FREEZE METHANOL-ANDERSON FORD MOTORSPORTS
POWER PIPE WITH BYPASS VALVE
75MM THROTTLE BODY
76MM C&L MASS AIR
42LB FORD INJECTORS
AEROMOTIVE FUEL REGULATOR
MSD 6AL
MSD COIL
FORD RACING WIRES
SCT ELIMINATOR CHIP
T REX FUEL PUMP
255 IN TAKE FUEL PUMP
CLUTCH FAN/RADIATOR
AC ELIMINATOR
ASP SMOG PUMP ELIMINATOR
93 COBRA WATER PUMP PULLEY
JEGS HI FLOW WATER PUMP
TRICK FLOW VALVE COVERS-WELDED BAFFLES



EXHAUST

SUMMIT CERAMIC SHORTY HEADERS
CUSTOM 2.5 INCH H-PIPE WITH MAGNAFLOW CATS
FLOWMASTER 40s
FLOWMASTER 2.5 TAILPIPES



TRANSMISSION

REBUILT T5
FORD RACING FLYWHEEL
CENTERFORCE DUAL FRICTION CLUTCH
UPR BILLET QUADRANT/FIREWALL ADJUSTER
HD THROW OUT BEARING RETAINER AND CLUTCH FORK
4.10 GEARS WITH MAC REAR END GIRDLE
Aluminum Drive Shaft

SUSPENSION (more to come next year-Bilstein Struts/Shocks, Bump Steer Kit and Nitto NT-01s)

SUBFRAME CONNECTORS, SOLID STEERING SHAFT, CASTER CAMBER PLATES, AND K-MEMBER BRACE BY MAXIMUM MOTORSPORTS
FORD RACING FRONT CONTROL ARMS
STEEDA SPORT SPRINGS
KYB STRUTS/SHOCKS
GRANNETELLI UPPER AND LOWER REAR CONTROL ARMS


BRAKES

SVO FRONT DISC CONVERSION WITH POWER SLOT ROTORS
SSBC REAR DISC CONVERSION WITH POWER SLOT ROTORS



EXTERIOR

93 COBRA FRONT BUMPER/FENDER EXTENSIONS
93 COBRA SIDE SKIRTS
93 COBRA REAR BUMPER
LX SPOILER/TAIL LIGHTS
HARWOOD 2.5 INCH COWL HOOD
FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE-EXTERNAL ON COWL
CHROME COBRA R 17” RIMS



INTERIOR: (Used to be Boring Gray)

All plastic was prepped and painted black
New Rug/5.0 Floor Mats
Dash replaced/heater core(that sucked even with dash out)
Door panels dyed and custom inserts/speaker grille by me
Corbeau GTS II seats-suede
K Dezines Rear Seat Delete houses a JL Audio amp and a JL Audio 10” sub.
Alpine Ipod Deck sits in the dash
Pair of Boston Acoustics Pro 60 speakers are housed in the doors and tweets on kick panels

[SmokinStang]

DAMN....Brother!!! Now that's the way to do a SmokinStangs "Digital StoryBook!"

Seeing the journey leading up to the final photo finish.....is impressive. That's the kind of stuff we love here.....
SmokinStang

[jmac72187]

Definitely one of my favorite foxes. But I still haven't gotten a ride...

[only90s]

DAMN....Brother!!! Now that's the way to do a SmokinStangs "Digital StoryBook!"

Seeing the journey leading up to the final photo finish.....is impressive. That's the kind of stuff we love here.....
SmokinStang

Thanks...You are a tough act to follow Sir....

Definitely one of my favorite foxes. But I still haven't gotten a ride...

This spring...I will def hook you up with a ride...I also would like to have you shoot a few pics of it..As you can tell by my pics, my photography skills are lacking.

[jmac72187]

Thanks...You are a tough act to follow Sir....



This spring...I will def hook you up with a ride...I also would like to have you shoot a few pics of it..As you can tell by my pics, my photography skills are lacking.

Sounds like a deal!

[TorchRedSVT]

good read Mark.......thanks

[BAD03COBRA]

nice job man....nice looking fox! great story too

[only90s]

Thanks boys...as soon as I crack that stock block...I will be adding to the saga. Time to get serious for me..I need over 600rwhp or my life wont be complete

[Hissing Cobra]

Very Nice Ride! I'm really liking the Black interior with the Red accents. You'll have to bring it to the Spring Mustangs Unlimited show and cruise on down with us!

[only90s]

Very Nice Ride! I'm really liking the Black interior with the Red accents. You'll have to bring it to the Spring Mustangs Unlimited show and cruise on down with us!

Thanks.

I kind of stopped doing shows, but have been talking about a Mustangs Unlimited Show just for the fun of it, so keep me posted this Spring sounds good.