New guy, son of the skunk (nstycpe93)

Just joined last night. I work with Jerry and Jarrod at Hilti. I bought this car about a month ago.

Its had a long crazy history. It was bought new by someone and left stock
for about 50,000 miles. Then it was bought by Chris Richards, the
Saleen sales manager in NM. He had it for about 30,000 miles and in
that time the car was resprayed viper red, the block was bored out to a
306, vortech supercharger, and tremec tranny. He sold it sometime
around 1995 to a guy in Houston, TX. He only drove it about 3,000 miles
in 2 years, but in that time it was at MTI in Houston a lot. They did
an unreal amount of work to it. Aftercooler,aeromotive & paxton
complete fuel system, 10 rib pulley, baer brakes, full griggs
suspension kit with koni shocks, and an amazing alpine stereo system.

I guess eventually him and his girlfriend broke up and since she paid for
the mods he let her take the car. From there it was sold to some guy in
texas that only drove the car a few times and when he had problems with
it he parked it in the garage with a car cover. There it sat for about
11 years and was never driven. Eventually it was sold to a guy in
Austin who spend a year or so fixing the car because it sat so long. It
wasnt rusted or anything, but the fluids needed changing, aftercooler
rebuilt, etc. Due to financial issues he sold it to me.

So in nearly 15 years it was barely driven, but its finally getting its legs
stretched, by me. The car still needs a bit of work like getting tuned
and some small cosmetic stuff. But man is it fun to drive.

beautiful ride!! and welcome to the forum!!

Nice ride! Gotta love Saleen!

looks like you're one lucky son of a b_____ to find that prize. nice find if you got a good deal on it. welcome to the forum hope possibly one day i'll get to see that beauty in person, but who knows. looks gorgeous via pictures. once again welcome.

It is a nice ride.




Not the greatest of pics. We like to have our own mini car show at work.

Welcome to the forum Robert! That is a beautiful car! Hard to find a nice clean Fox these days! Congrats!

YO Robert!! Glad you made it here! We have a great bunch of guys and gals here that are absolute Mustang and Muscle Car enthusiasts. That is one beautiful Saleen and your very lucky to have found such a prize. Hold on to that puppy as it will only appreciate in years to come.

Wow. Whats your take on Gay marriage?


Really.. Welcome and I really love the car. I would trade you tomorrow if I thought youd do it.. lol.. Hope to check the car out at an event some time soon.

Welcome Robert! Nice find. Looks like they built it right! Can't wait to see it!

wow, i likey. it is nice to know the car has been gone through that thouroughly, but not used up over the years. very rare find. like David said, theyre hard to come by a Fox that clean these days.

I got an amazing deal on it. I watched the forums for the right deal for 2 months.

I spent all day on it today fixing small stuff. Hopefully by the summer it will be perfect.

What are you fixing Robert? Did you ever get the heater core worked out?

Grabber07' wrote:What are you fixing Robert? Did you ever get the heater core worked out?

Crooked ass hatchback. Fox's were notorious for having weak hinges, they bend too easily. Still not fixed, I need like 3 pairs of hands to hold it. I wish it was a notchback.

I check the voltage on the tps sensor, it was dead on.

Changed it to the right set of plugs and gapped right. It took 2 hours because of the intercooler. I had to change the plugs from the bottom.

Lots of little interior plastic needs to be reinstalled properly.

Guess What I Found! An old mouse nest from the previous owner. Little bastard chewed through the battery vent tube and balled up insulation for a nest. I hope thats the only thing he chewed on.

Grabber07' wrote:What are you fixing Robert? Did you ever get the heater core worked out?

I decided not to fix the heater for now. Its not a daily driver and its garage stored.

Welcome! Great looking ride.

kensington wrote:

Grabber07' wrote:What are you fixing Robert? Did you ever get the heater core worked out?

Crooked ass hatchback. Fox's were notorious for having weak hinges, they bend too easily. Still not fixed, I need like 3 pairs of hands to hold it. I wish it was a notchback.

I check the voltage on the tps sensor, it was dead on.

Changed it to the right set of plugs and gapped right. It took 2 hours because of the intercooler. I had to change the plugs from the bottom.

Lots of little interior plastic needs to be reinstalled properly.

Guess What I Found! An old mouse nest from the previous owner. Little bastard chewed through the battery vent tube and balled up insulation for a nest. I hope thats the only thing he chewed on.

Wow looks like you've got your hands full!! My father has a 96 Cobra convertible that we found a mouse nest in. That little bastard chewed through the whole damn back seat!

Whats the car doing? Do you have a miss in the RPMs somewhere? Car stalling? Or did you just do some maintenance on the plugs and TPS?

were heater cores notorious for going bad too? my buddy has a fox with the same problem and ive heard it a couple of other times too.

The heater cores in probably 80% of the cars failed. I got lucky and when it busted it didnt go in the car.

Jarrod, the car needs to by dynoed and a chip cut for it. When you get past 5k rpms it bogs down.

I had a issue with it not wanting to start but got it fixed. The fuel pump was hooked up incorrectly.

Yeah my heater core went out on my 85 GT twice...piece of crap. Also went out on my Twin Brothers 82 GT and my older brothers 83 GT. Those things were a hassle. AND to even change the damn thing out you have to take the enitire dash out!! Almost drove me to drink.

So what are your predictions on why the car is bogging past 5k? Not enough fuel? Spark?

I guess you really wont be able to tell until you run it on the dyno.

man that thing isn't worth your trouble. you should just sell it to me for a few grand. i'll take your headache from you so you can find a nice car for yourself

Psycho Bob wrote:man that thing isn't worth your trouble. you should just sell it to me for a few grand. i'll take your headache from you so you can find a nice car for yourself

Your truly a kind person. lol.

jarrod, im really not too sure. Across the rpm range Im not sure its reaching its potential. Im getting zero traction right now anyway, it needs drag radials. Its running decent for now, maybe next summer Ill have a few bucks saved up to dyno it.

If its just Bogging...and not missfiring or backfiring...that leads me to believe its fuel supply. Either the Pump, filter, etc. Sounds like a fuel starvation issue. I would bet that pump is still causing an issue somehow.

Great looking car! I had a '90 red GT that I drove for a good 10 yrs. I bet the Saleen is a blast.

Sorry, but I won't trade you.... But I would like to have it. I'll give you 20 bucks more than whatever Psyco Bob offers!

Oh and from one newby to another.... WELCOME!

Ill give you 20 bucks and a half eaten box of corn flakes more than what Oldokie gives you!!

The bidding war is ON!

I'll add a Hewlett Packard with windows 95 on it.....

Now your just plain fighting dirty at this point! I cant compete with windows 95

i got a 13 year old boy that will eat everything in your fridge, cabinets, doggy bowl, candy drawer and then he'll beg you to go shopping, but he'll mow your lawn for 20 bucks ;)

Wish i could upgrade to windows 95.

03.sonicblue wrote:

It is a nice ride.




Not the greatest of pics. We like to have our own mini car show at work.

now there just needs to be a green sn95

Nice fox.Dont see many Saleen's around.