some pics

[Mr. Merk]

a few months ago

[Mr. Merk]

same day

[Mr. Merk]

at work

[Mr. Merk]

and most recent

less a hood, plus a chin spoiler

[whitefocal]

looks good is that a 5.0 badge i see on the side

[Don Juan]

man, that stang is coming along very nice!!

[gETFANgED]

Whats that behind the trimmed bumper?

Mine looks like this

[Tibby]

Nice. ;)

[SleeperTec]

would be better if it was a Merkur :P

Looks good.. but kinda redneck with the minus a hood thing... :laugh:

[4banged]

Originally posted by whitefocal@Feb 16 2006, 09:53 AM
looks good is that a 5.0 badge i see on the side
2.3 badges ;)
I don't like the chin spoiler :( but it looks good. You need a bigger intercooler :clap:

[4banged]

Originally posted by SleeperTec@Feb 16 2006, 05:19 PM
would be better if it was a Merkur :P

Looks good.. but kinda redneck with the minus a hood thing... :laugh:
That reminds me...joe call me this weekend and remind me to look for that manifold...u got the merk runnin yet? :drool2:

[witeRida]

me likey lots man. coo!

[Mr. Merk]

Originally posted by gETFANgED@Feb 16 2006, 01:59 PM
Whats that behind the trimmed bumper?

oh just a radiator ;)

[Doughdog]

I got your hood.


That car is lookin good. :thumbup:

Dough

[Mr. Merk]

thanks man, but mel found me a 3" cowl for a reasonable price (hella cheap) which is more what we were looking for

[00Exploder]

Sweet car Patrick. But whats with those headlights? They look...odd.

[5point_Slow]

<3 the head lights :thumbup:

[00Exploder]

I don't dislike them, they don't look like they fit right though.

[Mr. Merk]

thanks for the compliments guys

my girlfriend got me the headlights (she rocks)

they do need some alignment adjustments, thats what you see

[Mr. Merk]

:maliwho:

[SleeperTec]

http://www.nwaimports.com/forums/uploads/post-42-1140271655.jpg

looks nice.. but I bet it will look nicer in something :yes:

needs to go in something white for sure.. you pick.. :laugh:

[Mr. Merk]

har har, dream on

here's the engine.................. .05 .10.......................and over here is the truck

i just dont have the nickel and dimes in between

[SleeperTec]

Looks really good though.. from what I see from the little thats bolted on the outside nothing looks stock.. and the inside.. well.. if it's anything like what Doyal told me it was.. :evil:

Whatever happened to Doyal anyways.. is that cracker still around?

[Mr. Merk]

doyle is a dousche and screwed me out of a lot of time and money

the truck wouldve been FINISHED a year ago if it werent for him

[5point_Slow]

is your turbo as wide as your block? lol looks like it!!!

[Mr. Merk]

its a lot wider than the middle/top of it

[4banged]

look at that tiny turbo :P

[Scootro]

:thumbup: coming along nice.... i see your gettin that mustang fever... join the club ;)

[Mr. Merk]

yah for sure

got my front brakes/bearings done today, i was thinking of upgrading to 5.0 brakes but didnt figure it was worth it at this point if the goal is sn95 brakes, so i just got some cross drilled rotors for now

my hood will hopefully be on and painted by next weekend...

the eibachs will have to wait till i get some C/C plates and rear control arms so i can do it all at once

[Scootro]

Originally posted by Mr. Merk@Mar 9 2006, 12:21 AM
yah for sure

got my front brakes/bearings done today, i was thinking of upgrading to 5.0 brakes but didnt figure it was worth it at this point if the goal is sn95 brakes, so i just got some cross drilled rotors for now

my hood will hopefully be on and painted by next weekend...

the eibachs will have to wait till i get some C/C plates and rear control arms so i can do it all at once
also in the future get rid of those drums in the rearit makes a huge difference. i might have to see this car when you get it done. i drive the 93 cobra every now & then when the weather is nice.

[Mr. Merk]

yah the dumb thing is that it has a turbocoupe rearend in it, but the guy didnt want to do the work to convert to discs so he put the mustang drums back on it :(

but now i hear that you can use the stock master cylinder and it works just fine, maybe an adj proportioning valve??

if you ever come across any brake or suspension parts, even seats let me know

[Scootro]

Originally posted by Mr. Merk@Mar 9 2006, 01:26 AM
yah the dumb thing is that it has a turbocoupe rearend in it, but the guy didnt want to do the work to convert to discs so he put the mustang drums back on it :(

but now i hear that you can use the stock master cylinder and it works just fine, maybe an adj proportioning valve??

if you ever come across any brake or suspension parts, even seats let me know
i sure will. :thumbup: and your right about converting the drums

[SmokeyTheBear]

patrick, the block is looking good man. that is a teeny tiny turbo /sarcasism lol.

[Scootro]

Originally posted by Mr. Merk@Mar 9 2006, 01:26 AM
yah the dumb thing is that it has a turbocoupe rearend in it, but the guy didnt want to do the work to convert to discs so he put the mustang drums back on it :(

but now i hear that you can use the stock master cylinder and it works just fine, maybe an adj proportioning valve??

if you ever come across any brake or suspension parts, even seats let me know
pm sent..........

[Mr. Merk]

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[BDP]

not a bad lookin stang with that hood on it.

[Mr. Merk]

thanks brandon

['Cuda66]

Looks nice, I like it.

[SleeperTec]

looks super awesome!

[4banged]

sik mann

[Scootro]

Originally posted by Mr. Merk@Mar 12 2006, 09:49 AM

http://www.mustangforums.com/upfiles/19007/asppg_Ig126426678.jpg

thats awesome!!!!!

[Mr. Merk]

thanks guys, i appreciate it

[B5turbo]

wooo, I like the new hood :2thumbsup: Let me know if you want to do a photoshoot sometime, and I can show you some great locatioins around town :thumbup:

[Mr. Merk]

cool thanks

[Triepsyn]

im likin teh hood.

[00Exploder]

Nice progress man! And its a somewhat unique car (unlike a C5 :P) I haven't seen many 2.3T Fox boxes.

[4banged]

Originally posted by Vette666@Mar 15 2006, 10:25 PM
:rofl: ha.. perhaps theres a reason why there's not many. b/c it's stupid. :thumbup:
u would be amaze at some of times those cars put down ;)

[4banged]

the stock 2.3 turbo can hold more hp then the stock 5.0 :P

[Don Juan]

it also holds more than the ford 3.8L V6

Sallie should know bout those.....

[Vette666]

Originally posted by 98Lude@Mar 16 2006, 04:22 PM
it also holds more than the ford 3.8L V6

Sallie should know bout those.....
i do know about those.. ^_^

[Merk'sGirl]

Hey, I'm not a big fan of turbo fords, (obviously, look what I drive) but after I saw neal's car, omg, that was really fast. That is a very impressive car. He has big props from me, because watching his car was definitely worth the trip to mokan.
Patrick, love how your car looks! :lust:
Haha, especially those headlights!! ;)

[solo]

a 2.3 turbo mustang with as much money that has been spent on that vette would equel out to be a lot faster than that vette.... couldn't be too dumb could it? ;)

[StreetLethalCamaro]

Originally posted by solo@Mar 16 2006, 08:43 PM
a 2.3 turbo mustang with as much money that has been spent on that vette would equel out to be a lot faster than that vette.... couldn't be too dumb could it? ;)
bah. that's a horrible argument. That could be said for lots of cars.

if you put $30k into a 2.3 mustang, you'll have a fast car, but you'd never get near that back out of it.

[SleeperTec]

Originally posted by Vette666@Mar 16 2006, 04:23 PM
hahaha.. don't try to convince me that a 2.3 motor has more potential hp than a 5.0.
Do some homework.. :yes:

[SleeperTec]

It's all a matter of personal preferance.. I personally don't care how much $$ I end up dumping into my Merkur when It's complete just for the fact that it will be exactly what I want.. Yes, I know that the car is not worth much to someone thats not an enthusist to the car so I don't plan on getting rid of it.. But in my eyes I rather put 30K into a 2.3T Merkur than buy a stock Vette anyday.. With nothing agenst Vettes or V8's or Chevy or anything like that.. They're nice cars.. It's just a 2.3T thing..

[Mr. Merk]

yay, i've been waiting for this....

yes cody is right, stock for stock, built for built, the 2.3 has more power and is capable of more power than the 5.0

here is what the factory (under)rated the engines:
1979: 2.3 liter I4 Turbo 143 bhp, 302 V8 134 bhp
1980: 2.3 liter I4 Turbo 143 bhp, 255 V8 119 bhp
1981: same
1982: no 2.3T available
1983: 2.3 liter I4 Turbo 145 bhp, 5.0 liter V8 HO 175 bhp
1984: 2.3 liter I4 Turbo 174 bhp, 5.0 liter V8 HO 165 bhp
1985: 2.3 liter I4 Turbo 205 bhp, 5.0 liter V8 HO 210 bhp
1986: same
1988: turbocoupe made 195hp stock on a smaller turbo than the rest(the swap i use, easiest ecu to use)

the first year the HO 5.0 came out it had more power, yet the following year the SVO came out and beat it, in 85.5-86 the svo had "5 less hp" yet still outran the 5.0 GT

now then, it doesnt matter how much you build a 5.0 it will not retain the amount of power a 2.3 will, the limit of a 5.0 is far below a 2.3

this is a recent discovery of mine, somebody very experienced in racing 5.0's told me about it ;)

and to prove the 2.3/2.0 can make more hp and last, look for joe morgan, john huber, neal gierach (local), they've all made more hp than a 5.0 can take,

neal is running a 2.0 (the 2.3's grandfather) and outpowered what a 5.0 can take last year on his old setup

john went 9.52 @ 142+mph in his 79 mustang with full interior, its a true street car, @3000lbs, (pick up this months Popular Hotrodding to read the 2 page article)

joe morgan had a "10-second screamer (pinto) that gets more than 20 mpg, runs all day in traffic, and passes California?s tough emissions schedule"
and now runs a 5 door focus wagon with the same 2.3 block i use (my injectors came off this car) and went 9.03 Still wearing a full interior, working stereo, stock floorpan
"The car is set on stun. If I crank it up, no one touches me. I'll work the top guys in my class like rented mules."
"Joe Morgan broke a crank at around 900hp on the dyno. That may have been rwhp, since I believe his Focus is around 750rwhp on the stock crank and the 900hp engine was one they were trying to push a little further."

and there are guys faster.......

there are people here that have seen the first two guys do their thing at mokan and the last....Hot Rod magazine can confirm

keep in mind these guys run factory blocks and i've seen 420+whp out of a STOCK bottom end (do you know the difference?) 420/85x100=495bhp......right about where a BUILT 5.0 splits in half

oh snap: i forgot don nase jr....he went 7's in a 2.3T ranger....sorry

lesson: just because it has more displacement, doesnt mean it has more potential

[Mr. Merk]

Originally posted by Vette666@Mar 16 2006, 04:23 PM
hahaha.. don't try to convince me that a 2.3 motor has more potential hp than a 5.0.
Do some homework..

school's out

[solo]

oh i've got nothing agianst v8's either. i had one and loved it.... and can't wait to get another one. im not a big vette fan but they are bad ass. but i just like cheap cars turned bad ass. sure you can get a few bucks selling a vette, but some one who puts at least over 5k in their 3k car usually isn't going to want to sell it. at least i wouldn't.

[Mr. Merk]

not asking anyone to be impressed, you just said you couldnt believe a 2.3 could put out more than a 5.0, believe it

[Mr. Merk]

no, you dont make sense, or you obviously didnt read half the post, because i told you the horsepower limit of a 5.0 block, (500hp) and then listed sveral 2.0/2.3 cars that are making well over 500hp (up in to the 900s) and even some stock bottom end 2.3s that are making 420+ (last i heard)

a 5.0 block (according to mel) will often split right down the middle after 500hp, when you unbolt the intake manifold the block falls apart)

your argument was if the 5.0 or 2.3 had more potential, there is your answer

do get what i'm saying here? it does not matter how much you build a 5.0.......let me speak in words you understand.....it doesnt matter how much money you spend, the 5.0 will always have that limit of around 500hp, but the 2.3 block can take more

is this all greek to you? i dont really expect you to know anything technical, but since you made the uneducated statement i had to chime in

"ha, you dont know as much as you think you do"

dont get me wrong, i like 5.0s, but all too common in a mustang (and heavy) so it wont ever happen, in the ranger? that's the eventual plan, a 347 with mr. kenne riding atop

[John02Hawk]

Please keep post related to the topic.

If you feel the need to argue, please, do it where everyone doesn't have to read it.

Thank-you.

B)

[StreetLethalCamaro]

I saw it friday night. Looking good.


And for the record, I think you should put a SBC in it. :2thumbsup:

[SmokeyTheBear]

i like the car patrick, the hood def. looks good. there is no doubt that a lot of import motors/cars are never looked at in the manner they should. Sallie, i have yet to see a ls1 with 750+ HP on a stock anything. the toyota 2jz holds more power than your ls1. the RB (skyline series motors) hold more horsepower on a stock bottom end than your ls1. just because it has 8 cylinders doesn't make it stronger. the inline part (both the 2jz and RB series are inline 6s) means higher revs and less force on import parts (there are no crazy angles to dick with, unlike your LS1) you don't have to respect patricks car, but you should respect the fact the ls1 isn't the best motor ever, neither is the 5.0, SBC, BBC, or any other v8. (btw im not ragging on the ls1, i fucking love that motor, but when it comes to things holding power, RB/1&2JZ hold more horsepower stock the almost any v8 in america (certain LSx series motors have different advantages, higher horsepower stock (ls7 = 505 bhp, rb/1&2jz are 250 hp stock, and have the possiblity to hold 200% more horsepower than stock, the ls7 will never see a 200% increase on a stock bottom end)

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally posted by Vette666@Mar 19 2006, 09:36 PM
eh.. i never said anything was the best motor.. b/c i don't know.. and i dont really care. haha.. i don't even like the 5.0. but it would definately be better than a 2.3. and it wouldn't sound like shit if it were done right. all of patricks cars that i've heard have been so ungodly annoying

but im not impressed w/his car and i'm glad you agree that i don't HAVE to be.

i prefer v8's for many reasons.. and will never own a 4 cyl. ;)
if it hauls ass, it hauls ass. who cares what it sounds like, its not all about sound. how does your v8 sound any better?? personally id rather hear a bov than the redneck roar of some v8s (lots of dodge trucks sound like shit, lots of v8 mustangs sound like shit) lots of v8s sound like shit, so do lots of 4 cyc. there is always gonna be someone out there saying they don't like your exhaust, it could be too quiet or too loud. i never said you said the ls1 was the best motor ever, i showing you an example of what a 1/2jz and RB (skyline) motors are capable of compared to something you have. you could not do a 200%+ add on a stock bottom end of a ls1, hell almost any v8 out there you could not. just because you think it sounds like shit doesn't make it any less of a motor than the ls1 or any other v8. compare what a stock ls1 bottom end will hold and what a 2.3t will hold, whp for whp, the 2jz and RB will blow ls1 or any SBC for that matter out of the water (stock for stock and the % of more power the bottom end can take) ive heard 4 cycs. and 6 cyc. cars that i prefer way more than the loud, obnoxious and often redneck roar of a v8.

also, what is wrong with a 4 cyc. car?? great gas mileage, less to replace, higher revs and power potenial of a v8, how does it make it any less of a car, just because it doesn't sound loud as hell?

[John02Hawk]

As far as I am concerned, you all have trashed Patrick's thread.

You all were already warned to keep posts on topic.

Topic is now closed.