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Originally posted by iron281:
Nice job–real sleeper

How do you go about smog checking after a swap like this?

I've been wanting to do this too, but I thought the smog issues would be too much hassle.

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no different than any other car, it's not like they take the VIN and look it up in a book to make sure it had that motor, if it's a mustang motor offered that year they just smog it that way.

I've never had a problem with smogging my `89 4cyl swap car, and I don't expect any with this car

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89 LX Notchback ex 4cyl, 14psi
02 Harley F150, 15psi

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Originally posted by CLEEN 50:
cool.

one thing though, get rid of those hideous gt badges.

Sleeper

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I want to but there's holes under all the badges on this car

I can't think of anything better to replace the GT badges with either.

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89 LX Notchback ex 4cyl, 14psi
02 Harley F150, 15psi

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Originally posted by EPIKMACH:
Nice job.... I vote that u keep those exact badges because everyone knows what the 96-98 GT4.6L badges represent "SLOW!!!!" I always wanted to make a sleeper car out of a 96-98 GT and keep it looking & sounding relatively stock...

Does it fit under the stock GT hood???

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yeah it fits fine, these pics are from today, I just washed it this afternoon





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89 LX Notchback ex 4cyl, 14psi
02 Harley F150, 15psi

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Originally posted by Luke87GT:
Very cool!

Love that color. That car would look wicked with some Hyper DD FR500s.

Is that a stock color? It looks a little more vibrant that the run of the mill laser red.

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yeah I think it would look good with some FR500's, but with the car needing an SCT x-cal2 and a dyno tune, I won't have money to put into appearance stuff yet

once I get it running right, I'm taking the notch apart again, so I'll be running the 17x9's with 275's on the back of the 97 soon, I think that will be a pretty "stock looking" setup that will fill the rear wheel wells out.


color is stock AFAIK, just had some good lighting this evening.

I think most laser red cars have faded a lot, this one has some spots but overall the paint is pretty nice.

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89 LX Notchback ex 4cyl, 14psi
02 Harley F150, 15psi

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Originally posted by Luke87GT:
What is the plan for the notch?

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ported gt40 heads/1.6rr's/tfs 1 cam/intercooled s-trim/42lb injectors, and swapping the BBK equal length shorties for some dynomax equal lengths that I picked up recently doing a side job for a friend.


I've had too many parts sitting in my garage for too long, but I couldn't stand to take the motor out again because I love driving the car too much, but now I have another mustang to drive while I work on it

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89 LX Notchback ex 4cyl, 14psi
02 Harley F150, 15psi