My son just ran the 92 RS over a curb. 2 blown tires, 2 bent rims, 1 torn open oil pan, and the header pipe crushed.

I can fix all that but....

I noticed the crossmenber is deeply dented. I'm not sure if it is removable or how to go about it. any ideas?

 

Gee that exact same thing happened to me once... except it was my little brother... in my case it hosed the bell housing and the trans too.

Yes that piece is replaceable. It's usually called the "K-member". It's not exactly a back-yard job though, unless you have an unusually well-equipped back yard. The engine of course sits on it, and the front suspension is all attached to it. But it can be done. Once you get the engine out (which you'll need to do anyway to take care of the oil pan and oil pump), you can put the body up on jack stands, and then there's only 6 bolts hold the K-member on to the body. You'll have to disconect the tie rod ends, the struts, and the brake lines; and swap whatever of all that stuff over you want to keep, rather than using the stuff that's on the donor car. If you intend to keep the car, it would be a good time to put in new motor mounts, springs, ball joints and struts; you'll have to have nearly all that stuff apart anyway.

It sounds to me like what you need to do is find a smashed one of the same kind of car and strip it, I think the cost of new parts would be outrageous.

------------------
"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

Sounds like a winter project.
Thanks for the response.

 

I hope your sons paying for all that damage he did.

Anyways I just wanted to say it be a good time to really clean up the engine bay while your at it and make it look real nice :-)
And yea, definately a winter project.

 

Yeah, I think i'm gonna make hime drive a Honda.

that should be payment enough.