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Posted by Joe Weinstein (Member # 8495) on :
 
Hi all.

I'm just not having the time to use more than one car, so I'm
going to sell my Mustang:

1986 Saleen Mustang (real Saleen), #45 one-owner.

3000 miles on a Dave Williams 410ci stroked 351 Windsor motor
The car dynoes 330 hp to the wheels, and has a huge torque
output from 1500 RPM to 5000 it is always around 400 ft-lbs.
The intention was to build a smog-legal autocross motor that
would leap out of corners. It is fuel-injected now. With a
carb setup it might gain another 100 hp.

Equal-length long-tube headers to custom exhaust with cats.

T-56 6-speed transmission to aluminum driver shaft to a
torsen limited slip differential.

Full heavy-duty Griggs Racing suspension, including the
Watts-link rear, all installed by Griggs Racing, including
special K-member to set the motor farther back in the chassis.

17"x9" ford wheels with 5-lug conversion, and Baer disks
all around.

Extrude-honed upper and lower intakes. Remove cold air
intake and filter.

Aluminum heavy duty radiator.

Fiber-glass hood with 1.5" rise.

Kirkey delux road-race seat for driver, adjustable.
Interior redone, with a custom storage compartment
where the spare used to be. Rear-mounted Optima battery
with kill switch. Rear seats removed.

Bolted-in 4-point roll cage and fire extingisher.

Air conditioning is all good.

1.5 qt pressurized oil accumulator for maintaining
lubrication in sustained high-G turns and at startup.

Almost new, very good looking Guards Red paint.

Receipts and various paperwork available.

This car is currently street registered in California, recently smogged for the sale. NB: this sale
will be as-is, with no guarantee of
street legality.

Known problems: the heater core was leaking, so I bypassed it. The racing suspension and mounts transmit some
differential and suspension noise to the cabin. It's
been muffled with new sound-deadening material, but it'll
never sound like a stock car. The exhaust is not too loud,
but at full-song, it got flagged at Laguna so I would
shift into 6th passing the sound booth. It still passed
BMWs so annoyingly at their track day event that they
almost formed a committee before approaching me en masse
to find out about the car. One ding on an otherwise new
windshield.

Asking $15k

[ July 05, 2008, 11:36 AM: Message edited by: Joe Weinstein ]
 

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Posted by SN Roush (Member # 5234) on :
 
pics
 

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Posted by Diamond Dave (Member # 5023) on :
 
^^ yes, I'd like to eye hump your car please. LOL
 

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Posted by Joe Weinstein (Member # 8495) on :
 
Once I figure how to attach photos, I will.


Here's a writeup of the motor build:

http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/engine/wein410/wein410.htm

[ July 16, 2008, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: Joe Weinstein ]
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
upload your image to www.imageshack.us

then copy the "direct link" text (it will be a http://)

then come here create a new post

then click the "image" button below the field

then paste the link you copied from imageshack in the field

then BAM....images on this site.
 

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Posted by Joe Weinstein (Member # 8495) on :
 
Pics:

http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010361ug5.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000177bw4.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6913/p1010358qx3.jpg

[ July 16, 2008, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: Joe Weinstein ]
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
you copied the wrong part. But the pics seem to work... That is a clean looking car man.

[ July 16, 2008, 05:14 PM: Message edited by: N8 ]
 

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Posted by SHORTSHIFTER89 (Member # 7810) on :
 
very nice
 

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Posted by Joe Weinstein (Member # 8495) on :
 
Thanks for the kind words. Yes it is a great car,
and just talking about it makes me want to forget
that it never gets driven any more... The day it
was dynoed, the guy (who didn't know me from Adam)
thought something was wrong, and adjusted the
throttle cable (there *was* a problem, and I
wasn't getting full throttle), and suddenly the
numbers jumped up, and then, when he figured a way
to prevent the tires breaking traction with the
rollers, He laughed to himself and felt he needed
to stroke my ego to warn me without offending me,
saying "I know you're a great driver and all
(remember he didn't know me at all) but this
amount of power isn't going to be safe all the
time..."

Having 415 ft/lbs from 1500RPM *is* brutal. It
truly jumps with throttle pressure and you
can break traction unintentionally, much more
easily than a car that needs to wind up even a
little to get into the power band.
 

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Posted by Casey90GT (Member # 6175) on :
 
Good lord that's gorgeous!
 

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Posted by EPIK (Member # 7481) on :
 
WOW!!! That car is really, really, really, REALLY sick!!! i couldnt imagine getting rid of something like that if i owned it. Fox Saleens are my favorite Saleens, especially 4 eyeds......good luck with the sale....TTT
 

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Posted by BlowN67 (Member # 4229) on :
 




[ July 16, 2008, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: BlowN67 ]
 

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Posted by 86BackInBlack (Member # 5372) on :
 

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Originally posted by EPIK:
WOW!!! That car is really, really, really, REALLY sick!!! i couldnt imagine getting rid of something like that if i owned it. Fox Saleens are my favorite Saleens, especially 4 eyeds......good luck with the sale....TTT

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Originally posted by Diamond Dave:
^^ yes, I'd like to eye hump your car please. LOL

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lol... thats a good 1....
 

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Posted by 65shelbyclone (Member # 8557) on :
 
PM
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
Not sure what the big deal is. That is just a regular old 4-eyed with a lil beefy motor. And 15k wtf? Are you on crack? I can get that all day on Craigslist for 3k.
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
I couldnt even hate on it with a straight face

Sick ass car.
 

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Posted by phildog (Member # 1214) on :
 
I have worked on this car over the years, and have seen it recently since Top of the Hill Race Cars got done with it. This is a nice street car that would be a total blast on the track. You could not build this car for the price, and it will always hold value for being a Saleen.

Good luck with the sale.
 

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Posted by v-town50 (Member # 4920) on :
 
i liked the license plate 1G TURNS
 

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Posted by jaejae (Member # 7958) on :
 

 

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Posted by F8LSN8K (Member # 7080) on :
 

 

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Posted by 925GT50 (Member # 2683) on :
 
holy shi* thats one rare fox!! dont sell it...
 

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