How about we work up an imaginary plan for your Stang but NOT as it is now ... When it was stock You get a chance to do it over again without mistakes or If you are still stock Just share your plan with the rest of us Here are the guidelines and objectives The time fame is for 1 year and The budget is 6 grand ... no more but You have only 500 to work with each month Would you start with: Appearance More Power Better Handling Which of the above three categories would be your priority Briefly ... lay out your plan for everybody which includes: the order in which you did the mods and why the approximate cost of each project along the way and finally ................ What your Stang is gonna be ... One Year From Now Grady
trickflow hci - 2200$ supporting stuff for it - 800$ exhaust - 800$ gears - 450$ torq thrust 2's + tires - 1500$ ? clutch - 200$ I would save up and do most of it at once (the hci) id do the gears first though then next month the clutch then exhaust then save for the hci + supporting and do that then the tires/wheels last Edit: I am beginning install of TF HCI today
stanger007 said he would sell his mustang and buy an integra with 1000cc injectors and hondata and turbo it lol edit: only cause we couldnt figure out how to get the b18c into the mustang
It would whip that weak @$$ combo you posted above. I'll edit this post later with a REAL plan for a Mustang. Wes EDIT: Here's how I'd do it.
-10:1 331 stroker - mild enough to be daily driven, but not too mild -AFR 185 heads -Holley Systemax intake -custom cam -80mm maf -30lb inj -full Aeromotive fuel system -Kooks longtubes -o/r h-pipe -Flowmaster catback -t-56 6-speed trans -Lakewood scatter-proof bellhousing -MGW shifter -Promotion Kustom clutch -alum driveshaft -3.73 gears -I-Forged Aero 18x9 & 18x10 wheels w/ BFG kdws 275/30/18 & BFG 315/30/18 -drags -Cobra front brakes w/ slotted and dimpled rotors & MM stainless lines -Baer 13" rear brake upgrade -PA Racing tubular kmember & a-arms -Steeda x2 balljoints and bumpstop kit -MM coilovers w/ Bilsteins all around -MM double adj U/LCA -MM panhard bar -Cobra R hood -Cobra front bumper -Boss Shonida spoiler (like s-281) -35% tint on fronts & 20% on 1/4's and rear (NJ sucks, but im not gettin a tix for stupid ****... -Cobra Clear headlights and fogs with HID's -6 pt rollbar -Corbeau a4 microsuede seats -Autometer cobalt gauges -LM-1 wideband -TwEECer (ill figure it out with the help of TwEECer beastmaster Grady lol) -nice headunit w/ ipod AUX jack...i dont need a fancy stereo, the Mach system is awesome, id rather put the money towards something better HEY, i can dream can't i?? WOW, now that i actually read the whole post, i feel like a retard....but we'll just say i robbed a bank to get the rest of the cash haha
June - July = exhaust, balancer, general maintenance $1,000 August = Gears $350 Sept - Feb = Trickflow H/C/I and supporting mods $3,000 March = Edge Racing Converter/shift kit - $650 April- May = Black Bullitts and tires - $1,000
AFM 14psi stage II Vortec supercharger kit with PMS - $3900 38# inj for above kit - $300 G-force gear set and rebuild kit for T5 from Astroperformance - $1300 BFG DRs on used 15" wheels - $500 Pray that the rearend holds
Ain't it funny how you can look at this from either way ... and go and say "WOW ... $500 a month for a whole year" or "$6000 bucks" I can make my Stang F L Y with all that money Then you put a cost to all you wanna do and You then have to go and say ... "That stuff is kinda spendy" Now who is gonna come up with a really good plan and stay within the rules? Hey ... maybe we can vote for a winner :Teh-Win: Sure ... Why Not The winner will get an official 94-95 :SNSign: Atta-Boy Grady
My priority would be to make it a car I want to be in. I'd start with maintenance items and road-worthiness. Guess about $1000, depending on what needs to be fixed. 2 months gone, $5000 left to save up and spend Then I'd fix up the interior with new leather on the seats and a good stereo system Guess about $800 for the seats, another $500 for the stereo 3 more months gone, $3700 left to save up and spend By now, I'd be happy sitting in it, but not very happy when I press the GO pedal. Next would be a heads/cam/intake/throttle body/maf upgrade. I'd get the big parts lightly used off the Corral classifieds, the rest from Summit. I'd be looking for a Comp XE-262 or 274 cam, either AFR or Trick FLow heads, and either a RPM II or a SysteMax intake. Guess about $2500 for the parts, another $500 for the install. 5 more months gone, $700 left to save up and spend I wouldn't have enough left for wheels and tires, so I guess I'd lower it, and get 3.73 gears Guess about $700 $0 left If I kept saving, 2 more months and I'd get rims and tires off ebay for $1000. What my Stang is gonna be ... One Year From Now? Motor/Tranny combo in sig (almost done!) New carpet and sound deadening (dynamat) laid down New leather on the seats New stereo/GPS/entertainment system installed New black paint with silver metallic specks 17x9 17x10.5 deep dish FR500s with Toyo T1-R 255 and 315 tires It is probably gonna run me more like $15000, not $6000.
My cobra is mostly stock now. 3:73's and trac loc rebuild 500.00 In process of doing this now MGW shifter and knob 225.00 off road x pipe, bbk shorties, Edelbrock SDT catback 800.00 tweecer RT, wideband 02 900.0 upr upper and lower control arms 200.00 eibach pro kit springs, cc plates 425.00 DD 17" anthricite fr500's, nitto 315 DR using current front tires for now 800.00 get Tmoss to port my lower intake 150.00 TFS stage 1, valve spring upgrade 400.00 ABC cobra rr hood 400.00 Griggs racing rear spoiler 400.00 New rio red paint 800.00 I can get a buddy deal on my paint job and I'd do all the other work myself. In one year I think I would have a well rounded car. I'm sure I forgot some other things though.
I ain't either Paul Here is the deal :Word: ... but ... Don't tell the others :ZipIt: I thought a thread like this might help some to see a bit of reality as opposed to How can I do this or that to obtain block splitting power ...... without splitting the block without regards to the rest of the drive train without a tune and all for $1995.00 As much as a lot of us hate to admit it We've made plenty of mistakes and that qualifies us to be able to ........ help others not hose up like we did Grady
In these posts, I've noticed that NO ONE has even thought about STOPPING their "freshly hot rodded" Mustang! For a car that is notoriously "not very good at stopping", it would make sense to improve the weak points, before improving the strong points. Month 1: Amp/speakers (Cause I can go a long way in a "bone stock" anything, with good tunes!) Month 2-5: Cobra front brakes/17" rolling stock/Eibach Pro's/Tokico's Month 6: Cat-back/h-pipe Month 7-11: H/C/I and supporting mods. Month 12: Tune I currently have the tunes. The brakes are in the basement. Waiting for $$$ for tires for the Bullitts. (Wanna buy my Ruger P89?) KYB's waiting for a fellow Stangenetter to send me the Pro's. Cat back/off-road h/BBK's waiting for me to get off my a$$. Heavily ported GT-40 heads/ported Explorer intake, waiting for "winter slumber". Plan to use LaSota Racing for a chip. Prolly next Spring, it will hit the street with all the mods that I require, for now. I will most certainly NOT have $6K in the mods.
brembo front brakes--900 full length sfcs--130 front coil overs--350 shocks/struts--400 cc plates--200 rear lcas--350 panhard bar--350 front sway bar bushings/ball joints--150 bumpsteer kit--120 cut stock rear springs--free gears--300 t5 rebuild--300--if budget permits change 5th gear to .79 clutch--150 cable kit--150 shifter, used--75 wheels/tires--1000 rebuild stock engine on budget, tune up, gaskets, etc---1000
Grady, I ran out of money before I got to the wheels, brakes and exhaust. And another thing ... where's your plan? so you are doing that under $6000? yep, your choice, just tell us what you would do and how you would go about it. then tell us where your car will be in a year.
I knew it ... I just knew it I knew this would draw you out in the open Where you been lately Ben Grady
