A Plan for your Stang

[final5-0]

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

 

[sage2k]

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

 

[sage2k]

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

 

[Stanger007]

stanger007 said he would sell his mustang and buy an integra with 1000cc injectors and hondata and turbo it lol

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.

 

[stprorolla49]

-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

 

[gcomfx.com]

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

 

[JJ95GTID]

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

 

[final5-0]

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

 

[gcomfx.com]

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

The rules say we start with a stock car. I'm not putting mine back stock.

 

[BlackVert]

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.

 

[rj95svt]

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.

 

[final5-0]

The rules say we start with a stock car. I'm not putting mine back stock.

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

 

[reddy351]

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.

 

[final5-0]

All Ya'll gotta admit it

Rob's got a good point

Being able to stop is always a good thing

Grady

 

[bimmertech]

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

 

[Pokageek]

408W -

 

[urban96]

we going for looks, straight line, twisties or all around?

 

[sage2k]

we going for looks, straight line, twisties or all around?

I think its your choice

 

[BlackVert]

Grady, I ran out of money before I got to the wheels, brakes and exhaust.

And another thing ... where's your plan?

408W -

so you are doing that under $6000?

we going for looks, straight line, twisties or all around?

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.

 

[final5-0]

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

I knew it ... I just knew it

I knew this would draw you out in the open

Where you been lately Ben

Grady