Mach's gone, my new ride......
06-22-2011, 07:47 PM
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Gears AND a stall are a must for these autos. You'll have to check what you'd be trapping with 4.30s in the 1/4 mile. It will be close to running out of rpms.
I have to disagree about autos being slower. In stock form, yes. Add gears, stall and shift kit, no. It will be interesting to see what you can do with your GT. You ran some good times with just bolts on when you had your Mach. I wouldn't expect anything less from your GT
I have to disagree about autos being slower. In stock form, yes. Add gears, stall and shift kit, no. It will be interesting to see what you can do with your GT. You ran some good times with just bolts on when you had your Mach. I wouldn't expect anything less from your GT
06-22-2011, 08:11 PM
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You'll be fine with 4.30s for a while. Once you start adding power and running low 13s, high 12s you'll more than likely need 27" tires.
Gears, stall and shift kit are a great place to start and like you said would be the first place I start to mod if I started again. I don't know how soon you're going to be purchasing but I HIGHLY suggest giving Alan a call over at Dirty Dog Performance. He's a great guy and has built quite a few of the stalls guys are running on the board here. I have his 10" 3800 stall and absolutely love it. Only thing I would do differently is I would get the billet front cover.
Gears, stall and shift kit are a great place to start and like you said would be the first place I start to mod if I started again. I don't know how soon you're going to be purchasing but I HIGHLY suggest giving Alan a call over at Dirty Dog Performance. He's a great guy and has built quite a few of the stalls guys are running on the board here. I have his 10" 3800 stall and absolutely love it. Only thing I would do differently is I would get the billet front cover.
06-22-2011, 08:28 PM
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You'll be fine with 4.30s for a while. Once you start adding power and running low 13s, high 12s you'll more than likely need 27" tires.
Gears, stall and shift kit are a great place to start and like you said would be the first place I start to mod if I started again. I don't know how soon you're going to be purchasing but I HIGHLY suggest giving Alan a call over at Dirty Dog Performance. He's a great guy and has built quite a few of the stalls guys are running on the board here. I have his 10" 3800 stall and absolutely love it. Only thing I would do differently is I would get the billet front cover.
Gears, stall and shift kit are a great place to start and like you said would be the first place I start to mod if I started again. I don't know how soon you're going to be purchasing but I HIGHLY suggest giving Alan a call over at Dirty Dog Performance. He's a great guy and has built quite a few of the stalls guys are running on the board here. I have his 10" 3800 stall and absolutely love it. Only thing I would do differently is I would get the billet front cover.
06-22-2011, 09:40 PM
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Alan at DD is actually a very good person to talk if you have questions. I have called him many times asking questions and he is more than happy to help.
His hours are a little weird but they work better for me.
His hours are a little weird but they work better for me.
07-06-2011, 05:34 AM
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Nice, congrats on the new purchase. Make this little guy a sleeper lol. No loud exhaust, lower it a tad but keep stock wheels.
Goodluck with the new "project". If it's anything like the Mach, I'm sure you will have great times.
I would just have a hard time going from a Mach you had and those times to an auto GT. I would have picked up a manual in the same package lol.
Goodluck with the new "project". If it's anything like the Mach, I'm sure you will have great times.
I would just have a hard time going from a Mach you had and those times to an auto GT. I would have picked up a manual in the same package lol.
07-06-2011, 05:55 PM
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Nice, congrats on the new purchase. Make this little guy a sleeper lol. No loud exhaust, lower it a tad but keep stock wheels. Goodluck with the new "project". If it's anything like the Mach, I'm sure you will have great times. I would just have a hard time going from a Mach you had and those times to an auto GT. I would have picked up a manual in the same package lol.
07-08-2011, 06:34 PM
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yeah, she wouldn't give me an 11 second pass so I just said screw this piece of crap. Just kidding man. Started out with the wife suggesting it but it just made financial sense. I got an awesome family deal on this near-mint GT so maybe I can parlay some good moves into another Mach in the near future. I'm gonna still keep it real with all my Mach section peeps like yourself ofcourse.
07-13-2011, 05:42 PM
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yeah, she wouldn't give me an 11 second pass so I just said screw this piece of crap. Just kidding man. Started out with the wife suggesting it but it just made financial sense. I got an awesome family deal on this near-mint GT so maybe I can parlay some good moves into another Mach in the near future. I'm gonna still keep it real with all my Mach section peeps like yourself ofcourse.
07-13-2011, 07:39 PM
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I respect family comes first. I just know deep down you loved your mach. It's crossed my mind to get rid of it time to time, but I want to keep it forever. I'd like to have this car when I'm older, since I've had it basically since new, and have kept miles off her. I recently just hit 25,000. I'd love for you to by another mach someday, and meet up with you at some track or some ****.