I found a 95 SHO 3.2L Auto. Has a nice body and excellent interior, 100k miles. The guy though the motor was blown but when I looked at it, it sounded like bad wiring at the starter. I bought it for $1000. I fixed the starter, now the motor hardly wants to crank over. I removed the belt and took the plugs out of it and the motor will hardly crank over. It probably turn a 1/8th of turn of the crank, and stops. I'm assuming its in need of motor work.
I also purchased a 93-95 SHO 3.0 5-Speed. The guy works at my work and he ran it while it was overheating and he said someone told him the head is cracked and now the car won't start up. It has a freshly rebuild trans and new front suspension and front end due to him jumping a curb and bending a control arm or something. He fixed it and he said it ran great until it stopped running. Got this one for $500.
I'm in hopes of building one nice SHO using parts from both, and ebaying the rest of the parts. I want to build off of the 3.2L Auto since it has the better body. I work at Ford and have my own lift. After reading up about SHOs I really want to swap in the mtx tranny and all other parts needed into the 3.2 ATX. The ATX SHO has something wrong with the motor but I'm not sure until I get the subframe out of it and check it out. This is what I'm planning... this Friday I want to get to work at like 6:30 and I will be able to stay till about 7:00, then I can work Saturday 6:30 till 5:00. I'm wondering if this is something I can do in 2 days. I understand how difficult something can be, like modifying the 3.2 head and drilled and tapping bracket holes.
I'm a quick worker and I have had subframes out of Taurus to do trannys and stuff so I understand what has to be done to dropped the subframe. The best way it seems to do a complete motor/tranny assembly is to put the car on the lift and lower it till the subframe is on jackstands, then lift the car up of the subframe, this will make it very easy to get to everything.
Since I can't occupy someone else's lift on Monday. I'm thinking of putting both cars on 2 lifts and dropping the subframes out of the them both. Then getting the motor/tranny off of the 3.2L subframe. Then getting the motor/tranny off of the 3.0 subframe. PUtting the 3.2 subframe in the 3.0 SHO and pushing it out of the shop, then I'm only occupying my lift. Then it would be just a matter of swapping engine parts and such.
I can occupy my lift all I want, it just the matter of me not being able to occupy 2 lifts. I can USE it this Friday and Saturday. I just need to get that 3.2 subframe swapped out and back into the 3.0 SHO before the end of Saturday so I can push it out the shop.
How does my plan sound?
Next question:
What needs to be swapped over and what SHOULD I swap over for the 3.0 SHO. The 3.0 supposedly has a cracked head and the 3.2...well I don't even know what wrong with that yet. I need help anyone have suggestions/ideas?
Is this something I should attempt to tackle? The biggest feat for me would be just getting that 3.0 SHO off of my buddy's lift, I can occupy mine as long as it takes.
I also purchased a 93-95 SHO 3.0 5-Speed. The guy works at my work and he ran it while it was overheating and he said someone told him the head is cracked and now the car won't start up. It has a freshly rebuild trans and new front suspension and front end due to him jumping a curb and bending a control arm or something. He fixed it and he said it ran great until it stopped running. Got this one for $500.
I'm in hopes of building one nice SHO using parts from both, and ebaying the rest of the parts. I want to build off of the 3.2L Auto since it has the better body. I work at Ford and have my own lift. After reading up about SHOs I really want to swap in the mtx tranny and all other parts needed into the 3.2 ATX. The ATX SHO has something wrong with the motor but I'm not sure until I get the subframe out of it and check it out. This is what I'm planning... this Friday I want to get to work at like 6:30 and I will be able to stay till about 7:00, then I can work Saturday 6:30 till 5:00. I'm wondering if this is something I can do in 2 days. I understand how difficult something can be, like modifying the 3.2 head and drilled and tapping bracket holes.
I'm a quick worker and I have had subframes out of Taurus to do trannys and stuff so I understand what has to be done to dropped the subframe. The best way it seems to do a complete motor/tranny assembly is to put the car on the lift and lower it till the subframe is on jackstands, then lift the car up of the subframe, this will make it very easy to get to everything.
Since I can't occupy someone else's lift on Monday. I'm thinking of putting both cars on 2 lifts and dropping the subframes out of the them both. Then getting the motor/tranny off of the 3.2L subframe. Then getting the motor/tranny off of the 3.0 subframe. PUtting the 3.2 subframe in the 3.0 SHO and pushing it out of the shop, then I'm only occupying my lift. Then it would be just a matter of swapping engine parts and such.
I can occupy my lift all I want, it just the matter of me not being able to occupy 2 lifts. I can USE it this Friday and Saturday. I just need to get that 3.2 subframe swapped out and back into the 3.0 SHO before the end of Saturday so I can push it out the shop.
How does my plan sound?
Next question:
What needs to be swapped over and what SHOULD I swap over for the 3.0 SHO. The 3.0 supposedly has a cracked head and the 3.2...well I don't even know what wrong with that yet. I need help anyone have suggestions/ideas?
Is this something I should attempt to tackle? The biggest feat for me would be just getting that 3.0 SHO off of my buddy's lift, I can occupy mine as long as it takes.
