Check Out My Granddad's New Ride

sneaky98gt

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Apr 23, 2008
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2004 Screaming Yellow auto Mach 1. Only 20,000 miles. It just needs a little TLC and it will be absolutely spotless. The detailing will begin when I go back home next weekend.

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All it has is an SLP catback exhaust, although I don't know what kind. It isn't too loud, but I definitely like how it sounds.

What kind of power do the automatics make in stock form? Track times? Just curious. And what are the best first things to do one? I know absolutely nothing about the 4 valves.

-Will

p.s. This brings my granddad's total up to 3 Mustangs, a Lightning, and a 57 Ford Fastlane 500....So yes, he likes Ford vehicles. :)
 
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Great Looking Mach! I like the fuel door.

My Grandad's got an 84 Corvette with 24k miles, been sittin in the garage since 1995. My other grandad has a pearl white buick lacrosse with chrome wheels, just plain beautiful.
 
305 HP stock and pulls like a proverbial freight train up above 3500 RPMs. I love mine. Like the 2V, it lacks low end torque, so one of the first things that should be considered is 4.10s or 4.30s.
 
My dad ran a 13.3 @ 105 or high 104mph. His was bone stock besides a Magnaflow catback. Awsome ride

Auto or stick?

pulls like a proverbial freight train up above 3500 RPMs.

Yea, I really took note of that first time I drove it. Barely even spun the tires over when launching/less than 3000ish rpm. But when it went into 2nd gear...man, it was all I could do to hold it in a straight line. It definitely pulls HARD up top. What kind of rpm would you take a car like this up to? He has already mentioned a programmer at some point. It seemed like it shifted a little early to me, around 58-5900. And it was REALLY pullin up there. Seems like you might could get a little more out of it turning a few more r's.

-Will
 
Thanks guys.

The CB Antennae! It must be 4 feet long!

Yea, first time we went to look at the car, it didn't have an antennae at all. They said that they'd fix that, and, well, they did. :)

Very nice:nice:

How much did he give for it?

To tell you the truth, I don't really know. I think the asking price was 13,500, and knowing how tight my granddad is I'm sure he didn't give that. I would think anything less than 14 would be a good deal, so I definitely think he got his money's worth.

I'm trying to talk him and my grandma into going to the strip a few weekends from now and racing each other. Granddad in the Mach 1 vs grandma in the intake/exhaust/pullied/tuned Lightning. :rlaugh: I say the Lightning by a car length. Regardless, if it happens, it WILL be on video. :D

-Will