there are some dress-up stuff not on their. i have also gutted the trunk to and other stuff to get weight down

 

Haha. I know whatcha mean. A guy that works with me has an 05 sonic blue GT...my dream color and everything. I'm so jealous. haha. But, I'm 19 and still managing to get through college, which is most important to me. Then I can cruise around in a hot cobra when I get settled.

 

Thunder, with all due respect because you know I give it, but DON'T ride in an '05 GT unless you're prepared to throw rocks at your '03. Maybe you won't. I'm just saying be prepped. [sm=boohoo.gif]
I drove, back-to-back, an '04 GT with 200 miles on it and then an '05 GT with 350 miles on it and it was apples and oranges, man. Now, with the mods you have made, yours would probably be faster than an '05, tit for tat. [sm=smiley20.gif] But this '05 was WAAAAAAY faster than the stock '04, had a 6-speed, Shaker 1000 system, etc. [sm=loveeyes.gif] The killer factor was the way the 05 felt. No comparison. The ergonomics of the 05 compared to the 04 made the biggest difference. In our generation, it feels to me like everything is far away: I am 6'1", and I feel like I need to reach for everything - radio, A/C, fan controls yada yada yada, because I need the seat so far back because I'm tall. Not so in the 05. Feels like a cockpit...very snug. The seats are so much more comfortable, lots of leg room, controls are fingertip easy to reach, you feel like you're sitting lower in the car, and the ride is maybe not day and night better, but dawn and noon. To say absolutely NOTHING of the gauge display. Oofdah! The 05's is A LOT better. [sm=trust_me.gif]Steering is more responsive, the handling is better, and the "feel" for the road is much more prevalent. The car lets you know better where you stand with your pavement relations. Now they wanted to deal like a mo fo on the 04, and wouldn't give an inch on the 05. Payments were like $425 on the 04 and close to $600 on the 05 despite havin similar stickers. Makes a difference, but there is no way I would buy the 04 new. I'd wait until I can afford an 05. I would buy a Cobra if I could, though.[sm=tongue.gif]

 

For does not put 6-speeds in the 05s. i know, it sucks

 

2000iav6 and 2004 RagTop you guys are real mustang fans we should have more people like you in here. Amen to all that you said. 92camaro05mustang don't loose your will to mod. Welcome to the forum.

 

I think one of the main reasons is about $5-6k in cost and the insurance. Being in NYS for one, I am thinking twice about V8 power becasue of the ridiculous insurance I would have to pay and I'm almost 50 with no tickets in the past 8-10 years!

Intakes, exhaust, chips, wheels...all would cost less than the $5-6k difference for the GT. Too each his (her) own...it's still a sweet ride!

 

hey guys thanks for sticking up for me .well im gonna stay around the forum you guys seems pretty cool.im really new to modding and everything though so im gonna need a lot research on here before i do anything.thanks for the suggestions and stuff.

peace

 

whew - that was close. glad we did didnt lose one. I just read through this thread and im happy it worked out...i have a v6 as well, 2003 true blue convertible and i love it too. may not be a gt but it its hell of a fun drive and it still turns heads .... cant wait till i add exhaust and make it turn EARS too!

anyway good luck welcome and have fun

 

The Camaro's were nice while they lasted but the Mustang lives on. I do like the early Camaro's but then the body style just stayed the same until they were discontinued. During the height of the Mustang/Camaro era, it was the decision of the buyer which manufacturer they liked better. Sure there were some ups and downs with the Mustangs throughout the years but they survived.

92camaro....I was told by my salesman when I bought my 02 not to baby the car from day one that they breakin better without having to take it easy. I have driven my 02 the same since day one and I haven't had any problems with the car. It now has 84000 miles and all I have done was new tires, alignments and oil and filter changes. I haven't even replaced the brakes but I am sure they are getting close by now.

 

Peace to you too, homey!! Glad we didn't run you off!

I'm telling you right now, 92, you can spend A LOT of time around here and pick up A LOT of clues. So much that I wouldn't even know where to tell you to begin. Just surf. Ask a few questions here and there, too, and chime in. Starting this thread didn't end up the way you intended, I know, but if we can get this one back on course, you'll be rolling in ideas in no time. You might even try starting another one - this one's gotten so far off track of where it was intended to go.

Neckbraker said back on 12/2 that it's early on figuring out mods, and he's partially right. But I'm telling you, http://www.steeda.com/ is going to give you A LOT to look at. Understandably, the aftermarket is geared towards V8 power, so V6 stuff will take a tad more effort. But it's there. You might even try to give them a call.

I have found that on this forum, it seems that we have a whole lot of serious fans, but mostly casual modifiers for whatever reason (present company included), save a select few. There are some dead serious high mod racing dudes in here, to be sure, and sooner or later you're going to run into them, and their insight will be able to help you a lot.

But even then all this 05 stuff is so new, it's impossible to be well-schooled on modding an 05 because they haven't been out long enough to know what works for them in particular! Now it won't take long for the public to get up to speed, but it's a catch-22 for you right now. But you have your basic stuff to start with that I know is out there: Cold-air intake (seen those for 05's), headers (have heard about those), true dual exhaust (available anywhere at a local muffler shop as long as they know what they're doing about oxygen sensors and bung locations, etc.)