Sean's 2004 Mustang Mach 1 - ZOMG TORQUE ARM! - TriStateTuners.com :: Home of Tristate Auto Enthusiast

sean3 · 06-09-2009, 01:26 AM

Bored so I figured why not make one of these

Brought it home May 2008, 58k miles. Previous owner had installed an intake, catback, and... *GASP* RED NEON LIGHTING. God only knows what he was thinking, but they're gone now.

First thing to go was the awful stock shifter and metal shift knob that burnt my hand every day in the summer. Went with a pro 5.0 shifter. The difference was night and day.

Fast forward to August 2008 and I finally started autocrossing. F drag racing

Wasn't long before "conekiller" became my nickname

For those who don't know, the mustangs camber curve is about as awesome as bashing your head against the sidewalk. The only affordable option I had to help that stayed within SCCA "stock" class rules was this massive 35mm Steeda front swaybar

Next up was replacing the awful excuse for a tire that goodyear had "designed". When Tirerack had their closeout sale on the Bridgestone RE-01R I jumped on it. 245/45/17, they look a lot bigger in my living room than on the car

Got sick of being blinded by headlights at night and got the rear and 1/4 windows (keepin it legal) tinted 5% by AutoFX in Cherry Hill. Also popped in some xenon headlight bulbs and removed my foglights because one of the bulbs died and I liked how it looked without them.

Most recently I got a killer deal on a Magnaflow X-pipe /w hi-flow cats. Installing it was an absolute nightmare. The manifold to midpipe bolts did not want to come off OR go back on. Spent 7+ hours working on it and I still need to take it to a shop with impact tools to get them torqued down properly. HUGE thanks to my friend Jared (JKZ) for helping out (read: doing most of the work) with this. Sounds absolutely wicked now! I'll get a video ASAP.

And just a few more pictures Ciotti has taken at our weekly meets

Mod list:

Power/driveline
JLT ram air intake
SLP loudmouth II catback
Magnaflow catted X
Pro 5.0 short throw shifter

Suspension
Steeda 35mm tubular front swaybar
Prothane poly swaybar endlinks
Bilstein 03-04 cobra coupe struts
Bilstein HD shocks
H&R Race springs (isolators removed)
Maximum Motorsports camber/caster plates (5.5* caster -1.75* camber)
Maximum Motorsports XL full length subframe connectors
Maximum Motorsports HD rear lower control arms
275/40/17 Sumitomo HTR Z III
2003 Cobra wheels
1.25" rear wheel spacers
0.25" front wheel spacers

Appearance
8" shorty antenna
black "MUSTANG" bumper inserts
FRPP cobra style shift knob
5% tint rear and quarter windows
wing delete
DDMtuning 35w 6000k apexcone raptor HIDs
foglight tint overlays

abrok99 · 06-09-2009, 01:33 AM

car looks sexy. surprised i dont see it around ever.

JerseyTuscani · 06-09-2009, 09:08 AM

bro i can't believe you were thinking of trading ur car for s2000. it's a beautiful car sean.

Ciotti · 06-09-2009, 09:42 AM

Car and pictures look terrible, eat dirt cracker

**Got Insulin?** · 06-09-2009, 09:54 AM

Car looks hawt.

06evors · 06-09-2009, 10:04 AM

A stang not built for drag? I love it already. That 4.6 can rev good for an 8. Make that thing handle.

05 mazda6s · 06-09-2009, 10:21 AM

Nice mach 1 man looks good

05scooby · 06-09-2009, 10:26 AM

get some staggered wheels... or just get 17x 9s all around...

motorvated · 06-09-2009, 12:37 PM

ur a ricer...now go get gully.

but 4reelz cant wait to hear it with the new Xmen on.

motorvated · 06-09-2009, 12:37 PM

btw...thans for updating your peers.

apex32 · 06-10-2009, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ciotti

Car and pictures look terrible, eat dirt cracker

lmfao.

kill them cones

JKZ · 06-10-2009, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean3

F drag racing

Wasn't long before "conekiller" became my nickname.

Call yourself a mustang owner

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean3

Spent 7+ hours working on it and I still need to take it to a shop with impact tools to get them torqued down properly. HUGE thanks to my friend Jared (JKZ) for helping out (read: doing most of the work) with this. Sounds absolutely wicked now! I'll get a video ASAP.

Word! I swear my hands and arms got more banged up from working on your damn stang then when i work on the Z this is not suppose to happen!

Sounds like a real mustang now!

sean3 · 04-17-2010, 02:47 AM

Update! I'm lazy so there is no exhaust video and there probably never will be. There also aren't many pictures.

Anyway over the winter I finally got suspension goodies. H&R race springs, Bilstein struts/shocks, Maximum Motorsports camber/caster plates, and shorter poly swaybar endlinks. Scary thought but I did all the work my self. I haven't crashed and burned yet so it seems like a job well done

Yep, that's all I took pictures of.

They have since settled a bit more.

Also added 1.25" wheel spacers in the rear

Did some other silly visual junk. Took the wing off, reinstalled the fog lights, tint overlays on the foglights, and got some DDMtuning "30 dollar special" overnight from China HIDs. No pictures of any of that. I said I'm lazy!

video from the last autocross:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEhBHtDcFg

I've decided to build the car for SCCA E Street Prepared. As much as I'd love to do awesome Mustang things like obscenely short rear gears and a supercharger so I can turn my pistons/rods into ballistic missiles, I can't

Here's what I have planned:

2003 Cobra wheels (have them) + 275/40/17 Nitto NT05 all around
1/4" front wheel spacers so I stop hitting my giant swaybar
Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connectors
Maximum Motorsports panhard bar
Maximum Motorsports aluminum steering rack bushings
poly A-arm bushings (dread taking everything apart to install these, so they probably won't happen)
Corbeau Forza seat
rebuild the shot differential

Maybe I'll get some more recent pics... but don't count on it.

Oh I almost forgot the most important addition! My new rear window sticker!

bmatyeah · 04-17-2010, 07:27 PM

How bad was the lowering spring install, about to attempt it on my 97 just waiting on new rear lca's?

Asif22 · 04-18-2010, 01:39 AM

Nice! I like the direction you are going with this car

sean3 · 04-18-2010, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmatyeah

How bad was the lowering spring install, about to attempt it on my 97 just waiting on new rear lca's?

Super easy. Previously all I had done was a swaybar and midpipe with the "help" of friends. By help I mean they did mostly everything. I was able to get the new springs in without having the disconnect the tie rods. Had to wrestle the spring a bit to get it into the A-arm perch but everything went pretty smooth overall. Had I used spring isolators it might have been a big pain in the arse.

bmatyeah · 04-18-2010, 05:05 PM

Yeah im looking to use isolators, metal on metal, not my thing for a dd. are you on stock control arms?

sean3 · 04-18-2010, 05:08 PM

Yep stock control arms front and rear. Can't change them.

motorvated · 04-20-2010, 09:26 AM

Coming along awesome man, looked really good when I saw it at the Gully Barn! I'de look into another brand seat then Corbeau. I had them in my wrangler for a while, and after 5 months of daily driving, the fabric ripped in 3 places. They aren't made very well, or not well enough for a DD. If you're set on them , go for it. But I'de look into some other options.

sean3 · 05-02-2010, 12:00 AM

Got my 1/4" front spacers on today. It's nice to be able to turn the wheel to full lock without the wheel weights smacking the swaybar again.

Hellanotflush!

Dave, I heard the newer Corbeau seats are of higher quality *shrug* And the microsuede ones I was looking at are supposedly even more durable.

06-09-2009, 01:26 AM	#1
sean3 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Member #5757 My Ride: 04 Mach 1 iTrader: (0)	Sean's 2004 Mustang Mach 1 - ZOMG TORQUE ARM! Bored so I figured why not make one of these Brought it home May 2008, 58k miles. Previous owner had installed an intake, catback, and... GASP RED NEON LIGHTING. God only knows what he was thinking, but they're gone now. First thing to go was the awful stock shifter and metal shift knob that burnt my hand every day in the summer. Went with a pro 5.0 shifter. The difference was night and day. Fast forward to August 2008 and I finally started autocrossing. F drag racing Wasn't long before "conekiller" became my nickname For those who don't know, the mustangs camber curve is about as awesome as bashing your head against the sidewalk. The only affordable option I had to help that stayed within SCCA "stock" class rules was this massive 35mm Steeda front swaybar Next up was replacing the awful excuse for a tire that goodyear had "designed". When Tirerack had their closeout sale on the Bridgestone RE-01R I jumped on it. 245/45/17, they look a lot bigger in my living room than on the car Got sick of being blinded by headlights at night and got the rear and 1/4 windows (keepin it legal) tinted 5% by AutoFX in Cherry Hill. Also popped in some xenon headlight bulbs and removed my foglights because one of the bulbs died and I liked how it looked without them. Most recently I got a killer deal on a Magnaflow X-pipe /w hi-flow cats. Installing it was an absolute nightmare. The manifold to midpipe bolts did not want to come off OR go back on. Spent 7+ hours working on it and I still need to take it to a shop with impact tools to get them torqued down properly. HUGE thanks to my friend Jared (JKZ) for helping out (read: doing most of the work) with this. Sounds absolutely wicked now! I'll get a video ASAP. And just a few more pictures Ciotti has taken at our weekly meets Mod list: Power/driveline JLT ram air intake SLP loudmouth II catback Magnaflow catted X Pro 5.0 short throw shifter Suspension Steeda 35mm tubular front swaybar Prothane poly swaybar endlinks Bilstein 03-04 cobra coupe struts Bilstein HD shocks H&R Race springs (isolators removed) Maximum Motorsports camber/caster plates (5.5* caster -1.75* camber) Maximum Motorsports XL full length subframe connectors Maximum Motorsports HD rear lower control arms 275/40/17 Sumitomo HTR Z III 2003 Cobra wheels 1.25" rear wheel spacers 0.25" front wheel spacers Appearance 8" shorty antenna black "MUSTANG" bumper inserts FRPP cobra style shift knob 5% tint rear and quarter windows wing delete DDMtuning 35w 6000k apexcone raptor HIDs foglight tint overlays Last edited by sean3; 07-26-2011 at 07:33 PM.

06-09-2009, 01:33 AM	#2
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motorvated Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Olde City PA Member #9779 My Ride: 2010 VW Jetta 2.5, 5 speed/ 73 VW Beetle drop top. iTrader: (0)	btw...thans for updating your peers. __________________ TST....where everybody swings on nuts.

04-17-2010, 02:47 AM	#13
sean3 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Member #5757 My Ride: 04 Mach 1 iTrader: (0)	Update! I'm lazy so there is no exhaust video and there probably never will be. There also aren't many pictures. Anyway over the winter I finally got suspension goodies. H&R race springs, Bilstein struts/shocks, Maximum Motorsports camber/caster plates, and shorter poly swaybar endlinks. Scary thought but I did all the work my self. I haven't crashed and burned yet so it seems like a job well done Yep, that's all I took pictures of. They have since settled a bit more. Also added 1.25" wheel spacers in the rear Did some other silly visual junk. Took the wing off, reinstalled the fog lights, tint overlays on the foglights, and got some DDMtuning "30 dollar special" overnight from China HIDs. No pictures of any of that. I said I'm lazy! video from the last autocross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEhBHtDcFg I've decided to build the car for SCCA E Street Prepared. As much as I'd love to do awesome Mustang things like obscenely short rear gears and a supercharger so I can turn my pistons/rods into ballistic missiles, I can't Here's what I have planned: 2003 Cobra wheels (have them) + 275/40/17 Nitto NT05 all around 1/4" front wheel spacers so I stop hitting my giant swaybar Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connectors Maximum Motorsports panhard bar Maximum Motorsports aluminum steering rack bushings poly A-arm bushings (dread taking everything apart to install these, so they probably won't happen) Corbeau Forza seat rebuild the shot differential Maybe I'll get some more recent pics... but don't count on it. Oh I almost forgot the most important addition! My new rear window sticker! Last edited by sean3; 05-06-2010 at 02:54 AM.

04-17-2010, 07:27 PM	#14
bmatyeah Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Chester PA Member #4478 My Ride: 1997 Ford Mustang iTrader: (2)	How bad was the lowering spring install, about to attempt it on my 97 just waiting on new rear lca's?

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04-18-2010, 05:05 PM	#17
bmatyeah Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Chester PA Member #4478 My Ride: 1997 Ford Mustang iTrader: (2)	Yeah im looking to use isolators, metal on metal, not my thing for a dd. are you on stock control arms?

04-18-2010, 05:08 PM	#18
sean3 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Member #5757 My Ride: 04 Mach 1 iTrader: (0)	Yep stock control arms front and rear. Can't change them.

04-20-2010, 09:26 AM	#19
motorvated Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Olde City PA Member #9779 My Ride: 2010 VW Jetta 2.5, 5 speed/ 73 VW Beetle drop top. iTrader: (0)	Coming along awesome man, looked really good when I saw it at the Gully Barn! I'de look into another brand seat then Corbeau. I had them in my wrangler for a while, and after 5 months of daily driving, the fabric ripped in 3 places. They aren't made very well, or not well enough for a DD. If you're set on them , go for it. But I'de look into some other options. __________________ TST....where everybody swings on nuts.

05-02-2010, 12:00 AM	#20
sean3 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Member #5757 My Ride: 04 Mach 1 iTrader: (0)	Got my 1/4" front spacers on today. It's nice to be able to turn the wheel to full lock without the wheel weights smacking the swaybar again. Hellanotflush! Dave, I heard the newer Corbeau seats are of higher quality shrug And the microsuede ones I was looking at are supposedly even more durable.

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