New Project Mach

[JoshMac]

Been away for quite some time but still have my ‘03 TR 5spd. A while back my Sister In Law’s boyfriend picked up a nice 70k mile ‘04 TR auto. The car was for his 16 year old son who after a few short months unfortunately wrecked the car. It went to autction through Copart and I snagged it up. I have been wanting to get back into drag racing and that will be this cars purpose.

Hope to get enough body panels back on it to take to the track before season ends and get a baseline. Only mod to the car is weld in mufflers. Over the winter I will strip some weight, add some 4.56’s, off-road mid pipe with turn downs and maybe some suspension. I love the factory wheels so I’m trying to find a place to narrow my factory front wheels so I can run skinny’s on the OE wheels. Also have a exterior design in mind that will look like the late 60’s Ford Drag Team, more on that once I find a decal shop to print my ideas.

My main goal for the car is a reliable and consistent bracket car that I can compete in local races with. I would like to see 7.90’s with very little performance mods, then add a converter and shoot for 7.50’s. Here are a few pics of the car from right after the wreck and now that everything is torn off. The hood is ruined but for now I’ll just throw pins in it and use it.

[HAEG]

1/8 mile times??
Good luck with the car.
FYI: My auto mach1 with 4.10 gears goes 9.20 in the 1/8 with two people in the car.

[JoshMac]

Originally Posted by HAEG

1/8 mile times??
Good luck with the car.
FYI: My auto mach1 with 4.10 gears goes 9.20 in the 1/8 with two people in the car.

Yea just run local 1/8 mile tracks for now. I haven’t ever been around an auto Mach until now but I feel like the car should go high 8’s the way it sits My ‘03 5spd went 8.28 with only a Cat-back and a tire so hopefully this one will be about half second slower.

[311-420]

Welcome back, been a while since I've seen that avatar. Way to save one! I agree about the stock wheels. They're a killer design that still stands today.

[JoshMac]

Finally picked up a donor car for the front end parts I need, unfortunately it’s not red but I’ll paint them eventually. Hope to have most of the parts off the car in the next couple of days and start getting the Mach back together. Still have hopes of getting to make a pass in the next couple weeks for a baseline.

The 4.56’s and O/R X are here and ready to go on once I make my stock pass. Since I was able to pick up a complete V6 car I may swap out the brakes too, I know they save a few lbs and I can make some money off the factory Mach brakes. Finally making some progress, more to come once it has body parts on it.

[JoshMac]

Been slow going and a long winter but finally had time to get the car back together this week. The hood was so mangled that I don't trust the factory latch so I did away with it and just going to pin it. My local track should be opening in the next few weeks so hopefully I can make some baseline passes. I'm itching to get the exhaust and 4.56's in the car once I have baseline numbers.