Track Car - 1996 Mustang Gt With Many Upgrades (see Description) on 2040-cars

For sale is a 1996 Mustang GT, Dark Green color, that has been heavily modified for track day, HPDE and SCCA Solo 1/2 use. It has seen many laps with Chin Motorsports, SCCA and MCA at Sebring, Homestead, Roebling, Road Atlanta, and Virginia International Raceway, as well as Solo 1 events in Gainesville, FL and many Solo 2 events with SCCA Central Florida Region.

The car has only had 1 owner since late 1997 - me. I bought it completely stock, and have selected and overseen all of the modifications, which are many and took place over many years as I progressed the car from a daily driver to track-only use. It has been stripped of a good deal of weight, upgraded in power, suspension and stiffness, can burn through 1st and 2nd gears in full peel yet rip through turns in the Sebring or Road Atlanta Esses like a tuned M3. Below is a list of the performance upgrades this car currently has:

Engine & Power:

Superchips Red Chip dyno-tuned

2004 Power-Improved cylinder heads

2004 Power-Improved Intake Manifold

BBK Longtube Exhaust Headers

MAC 87mm Cold Air Intake (fender well)

24-lb MAF sensor

BBK 75mm throttle body

Steeda Underdrive pulleys

Steeda timing advance gear, set to 13?

24-lb fuek injectors

BBK Fuel Pressure Regulator

Straight-back exhaust (no catalytic converters)

O2 sensor delete plugs

3-chamber Flowmaster Delta-Flow mufflers AC system removed, idler pulley

Engine Bay (other):

Steeda aluminum dual-core radiator

8"x11" oil cooler mounted in place of condenser

Flaming River needle-bearing steering shaft

Drivetrain:

Ford Racing Aluminum Driveshaft

Torsen T2-R helical-gear differential (with pre-tension springs for track)

3.73:1 Ford Racing final drive gear

Ford Racing 31-spline axles

Suspension:

Ford factory front shock tower brace

Kenny Brown rear shock tower brace

Steeda subframe connectors

Steeda adjustable lower rear anti-sway bar

Eibach Sportline springs 2” drop

KYB AGX 4-position front 8-position rear adjustable shock absorbers

Wheels & Brakes:

Cobra 2-piston 13" front calipers

13" front Disc Brakes Australia track rotors

Hawk HP+ brake pads

5-Zigen 17x9 FN01R-C lightweight wheels

Kumho Victoracer V700 17x275/40 tires

Original OEM 17" wheels & tires for street/wet conditions driving

Interior:

Longacre Hot Lap timing system

Cobra (UK brand) Imola S GT seats w/ aluminum side mounts

Sparco 6-point harnesses Sparco Harness Bar

Sparco 383 Competition Steering Wheel

Carpet, rear seats, interior side panels in trunk, back seat and door panels all removed for weight

Truth be told, I love this car, and wish I didn't need to sell it. Circumstances with family, work and finances and my free time are such that this thoroughly enjoyable track car has not actually been back to the track in several years, and I finally decided that it's better for someone else who wants to have a great deal of racing fun to take it and put it on the track again than to keep it sitting in the driveway, only turning over every couple of months to drive around the neighborhood. This car really wants to run. When I last had it tuned on a dyno and updated the Superchips Red chip, she put out 269 RWHP with 299 torque... and that was before many more upgrades and the weight removal, which now give even more effect to that power train. Instructors who rode in the right seat were impressed with the car on track - it's a nice HPDE sleeper, for sure.

The car body does need a little exterior love: the Florida sun has finally gotten to the roof paint, and the outside curb of Turn 3 at Sebring took off my bumper splitter lip a few sessions before her last track day, so I sawed it off flat and ran without that little 2" lip the last few HPDEs I attended; I honestly didn't notice any difference. Minor scratches and dings from track day use are present, but overall the car looks great, and drives wonderfully  - especially when you're pushing it. Note: this car is for sale locally as well, so please contact me to inquire about coming to see it. Since it's a track car that I've managed to keep tagged, I won't be willing to drive it to meet further than a mile away at the most - cops do tend to look harder at it with the low profile and obvious sound.  Note: mileage listed above is approximate, as the odometer gear recently stopped suddenly.

To see some more pictures of the car, view my Orlando (FL) Craigslist post here (opens in new tab/window).