ProjectLacey

What's up guys and girls, as you may notice I'm new to mustang forums! I'm 16 and driving a 2009 V6 mustang coupe, and I'm trying to turn her into the meanest V6 around. Here's a few pictures of what I've already got going on to give you a feel of the look:

Original (how it was bought, completely stock)


What I've thrown on:




- Sequential LED smoked tail lights, Halo headlights, removed side stickers, plasti-dipped stock wheels (on a 16 year-old's budget, unfortunately..) & also have a Cherrybomber extreme muffler thrown on.
I already know I will need to either buy a new front bumper entirely or a chin spoiler, as the previous owner did a pretty good job of cracking the bottom of the bumper by running over parking curbs.

I'm basically just looking for a mean, tough, blacked out look & sound. With my job going full-time over summer, I'm expecting to have around $9-10k to throw down on parts, with a good amount of cash in savings. Installation won't be very much, as my dad is the president of an automotive college and if we can't do it at home it can be done at his school for a pretty fantastic deal if not free.

So again, a tough blacked out look with as aggressive sound as possible. I'm not sure how much I'm needing power as this is my daily driver and not something I'm running at the track, so superchargers and such aren't something I'm specifically looking for or needing.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, and sorry if there's a better forum for this to be posted under.

Thanks!

ProjectLacey

P.S. - the car is named Lacey, after Lacey Holsworth... I'm Josh.

Tanner05

Since you're looking at a good bit of money to spend on it, I'd do wheels. The stock wheels look good plasti-dipped, for what they are, but you could find a better set on Craigslist of the forums that would really compliment the car. When you go to replace the front bumper, maybe do a California Special front bumper or GT. They look a lot more aggressive than the V6 bumper, that looks like a happy seal. For sound and looks you could do dual exhaust with a California Special rear bumper. Then if you cared to do it, you could lower it an inch or so to get rid of the tire gap in the rear.

Right now your car looks great, though. What I listed above is just kind of the basics for the V6s to make them look more aggressive. Good luck.

tx_zstang

Back it up with power...such as a turbo setup!

ProjectLacey

Aren't superchargers better for daily drivers? I'm not 100% on the difference but I've heard that turbos are less preferable for some.

2005Redfire6

All opinion/preference. In theory, a turbo would get better mileage.

ProjectLacey

Haven't looked up turbos much, any recommendations for a v6?

2005Redfire6

As far as turbo? Powerhouse makes a good kit a lot of people run. Supercharger? It's also preference and budget. I ran a Vortech on 4.0 and loved it, other people prefer the X-charger which is a bit more expensive as well.

ProjectLacey

Do turbos usually offer greater HP and torque gains? Most of the v8 turbos compared to supers I see give much larger HP gains, but is that just a general fact or am I just seeing it coincidentally? And is it the same for v6 engines?

yourmom6990

9g's is deep. If you're going for appearance mods, I recommend some side window louvers as well as a GT style front grille w/ foglights. A dual conversion exhaust kit with an H-pipe (NOT an X-pipe!!) the h pipe sounds a lot deeper and muscular. Considering its a v6, you don't want a raspy sound(which is what the x-pipes provide). Youll sound like a ricer. If you're getting a chin spoiler, I would also recommend a rear valence with the exhaust cutouts (dual conversion) to match the lower rocker panel and chin. With those few mods, she would look real pretty. Not to mention only cost about 2gs. Also, tint those nasty orange and red marker lights!