06-09-2009, 01:26 AM | #1 |
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Sean's 2004 Mustang Mach 1 - ZOMG TORQUE ARM!
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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car looks sexy. surprised i dont see it around ever.
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06-09-2009, 09:08 AM | #3 |
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bro i can't believe you were thinking of trading ur car for s2000. it's a beautiful car sean.
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06-09-2009, 09:42 AM | #4 |
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Car and pictures look terrible, eat dirt cracker
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06-09-2009, 10:26 AM | #8 |
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get some staggered wheels... or just get 17x 9s all around...
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06-09-2009, 12:37 PM | #9 |
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ur a ricer...now go get gully.
but 4reelz cant wait to hear it with the new Xmen on.
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06-10-2009, 02:57 AM | #11 | |
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lmfao.
kill them cones
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06-10-2009, 04:02 PM | #12 | |
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Call yourself a mustang owner
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Sounds like a real mustang now!
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04-17-2010, 02:47 AM | #13 |
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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. |
04-18-2010, 02:14 AM | #16 |
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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.
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04-20-2010, 09:26 AM | #19 |
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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.
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05-02-2010, 12:00 AM | #20 |
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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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