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Vegasboricua's 12' V6 Build Journal

3/8/2012

Hello world! I will be documenting all my mods that will be going on to my Mustang. I figure this would be better than making little tiny threads.

So yesterday I recieved my first of many shipments from American Muscle. Im very well please how well they packaged my parts. I got in

- Rear Brake Light Tint (44.99)
- 3rd Brake Light Tint (9.99)
- White Retro Shift Knob (34.99)

A buddy and I installed them in less than 45 minutes. Very simple straight forward installed for all the items.

On March 12th, I will be driving down to Tucson, AZ to AIRAID Headquarters to drop off my car for the day to have the AIRAID Cold Air Filter installed. While they are installing it they will be filming my car for thier installation video on installing the part which will be featured on Youtube and thier website. Its a pretty nice deal cause I will be getting a free CAI out of it....well technically since im driving from Las Vegas lol

Later on next week I will be ordering BBK LT Headers and BBK Off-Road X-Pipe from American Muscle.

Stay Tuned and enjoy!

The picture below with my tail lights lit up are with the tints installed. As you can see it doesn't hinder visibility of the lights at all.

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Half and Half

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6...79223d7bb6.jpg
Al three lights tinted

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Lights on with tint

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Shift knob installed

3/11/2012

So while getting ready for my trip tonight to AIRAID headquarters to get my CAI installed. I ran across a thread on one of the many mustang forums I'm apart of which was advertising an eBay link selling some Eibach lowering springs from Roush overstock. The deal was too good to pass up for $125.00.

I should be getting them between March 19th - 23rd. Look forward for a review on these bad boys and installation pics :)

In the mean time I will be posting tommorow pics, video, and a review of the CAI.

I've provided links below if you guys are interested!

Stay tuned :)

eBay link - 2005-2012 Mustang - Eibach / ROUSH / DUB - Lowering Springs - Complete Set (NEW) | eBay

Svt forum thread - good deal on springs? - Page 2 - SVTPerformance

3/13/2012

So I'm now back home and the pony is back in the garage till the weekend. I arrived at AIRAID Monday morning at around 6am after leaving Las Vegas at 1am. I went to McDonald's to grab a bite to eat and clean up the car a little bit before dropping it off. David was more than accommodating, they were nice enough to let me use their shop truck for the day while they worked on the car. Work started around 830am and finished at 330pm (2 hours early) The staff was great and even gave me a boatload of AIRAID decals of the garage and the car.6

Now on the way to Phoenix I was VERY impressed with what the V6 got for fuel economy. Of course it was 95% highway. I was going no more than 65mph with the cruise control on through mountains I averaged 28.7 mpg. I got to Phoenix with a couple notches above a 1/4 of a tank. If there were no mountains I'm more than confident that the stang would of achieved 30+mpg.

Once I picked up the car and drove it off the lot out of AIRAID I could instantly feel and hear the difference. It gave my quiet V6 a real throaty growl. It really wakes up the engine. I'm super I pleased with the intake.

I ended up taking a different way back home which included 30% roads and a bunch of traffic once I made it in so I really can't speak on improvement on MPG. But I managed to pull 26.7 mpg back with traffic and taking city streets with a combination of highway.

I will be uploading pics right now. Stay tuned.

3/16/2012

Look what the fed ex guy brought me today. A whole week early! Look out for pics this weekend on the install :)

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Alright so it's been just shy of a week of my springs being on. I'm pretty sure the springs won't settle much more than this

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/4f286362.jpg
Before

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After

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Another after pic

Looking good! Keep the thread going! I think I'm going to order the springs today after I do a little more checking on them.

Those were a screaming deal on the springs. I just ordered my set :) Seriously, thank you for sharing that.

That really is a good deal on springs, with a reasonable drop.

Hey the car looks great!! You are going the right direction. Good first mods. I may be way off, but those look like Boss wheels? I would definitely do a tune if I were you, gears, and maybe a new, lighter driveshaft. These would really make your stang quicker. Just a thought!! Keep up the awesome work!

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