I have a 1996 Mustang gt with some basic mods. Ive had it for 6 years and really always wanted to mod the heck out of it but never really had the extra cash I always buy other things because I have too many hobbies lol. The issue im running into is I wanted to start modding it this summer but after further review it seems almost crazy not to sell and buy either a 03-04 Cobra, 03-04 mach1 or a new GT 5.0. So I listed my car for sale for the first time ever this year and really havent had any bites, mostly just low ball offers or trades for fox body mustangs. Now this is my question do I just bite the bullet and start dumping money into my car or sell it for $5k and put that down on a newer stang. My goal is to be in the 12's in the 1/4 mile. I have a track about 10 miles from my house so I would like to start going regularly.
My mods:
4.10's
King cobra clutch
lowered
18" saleen replica's
steeda triax short shifter
line lock
upr firewall adjuster and cable
cold air intake
mac off road x-pipe, mac cat back
I also have bbk pullies I have yet to install
My thoughts were if I keep my car I would buy a used PI kit (intake, heads, cams) maybe upgrade to better cams, xcal tuner, subframe connectors, drag radials, rear upper and lower control arms, maybe long tubes (not sure because I would have to buy a new x-pipe and I like the way my car sounds), and id like to run a 100 shot. The only other issue I have is my car has 124k miles on it so im sure my engine could use a rebuild especially if I want to run nitrous, My car could also use a paint job because it has 124k miles so there are rock chips and scratches. So do I go ahead and mod my car or possibly buy something different. Ive found mach 1's for anywhere from $13-21K depending on mods and miles, Cobra's seem to run around $22k or higher in my area again dependent on mods and miles, 2011 used gt's lowest I found is $26k with 3k miles. I would really appreciate anyone's opinion, I really love my car but would hate to dump lots of money into it and get beat by a stock GT or Cobra.
My mods:
4.10's
King cobra clutch
lowered
18" saleen replica's
steeda triax short shifter
line lock
upr firewall adjuster and cable
cold air intake
mac off road x-pipe, mac cat back
I also have bbk pullies I have yet to install
My thoughts were if I keep my car I would buy a used PI kit (intake, heads, cams) maybe upgrade to better cams, xcal tuner, subframe connectors, drag radials, rear upper and lower control arms, maybe long tubes (not sure because I would have to buy a new x-pipe and I like the way my car sounds), and id like to run a 100 shot. The only other issue I have is my car has 124k miles on it so im sure my engine could use a rebuild especially if I want to run nitrous, My car could also use a paint job because it has 124k miles so there are rock chips and scratches. So do I go ahead and mod my car or possibly buy something different. Ive found mach 1's for anywhere from $13-21K depending on mods and miles, Cobra's seem to run around $22k or higher in my area again dependent on mods and miles, 2011 used gt's lowest I found is $26k with 3k miles. I would really appreciate anyone's opinion, I really love my car but would hate to dump lots of money into it and get beat by a stock GT or Cobra.