is there anyone else who keeps their car stock or spends minimally on mods?
1st Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 128
From: New Jersey
Wrenching on cars when you want to is fun, when you have to not always so much. that being said. I am new to the whole Mustang thing and I feel I got lucky and took advantage of the previous owners hard earned money modding the car and bought it within a budget I had. due to the fact I just put one daughter through college and another ready to go in in 2 years once i got a car I knew there would not be much in the budget for many mods. so I am very happy with the deal i got. and its kind of a looker and a blast to drive.
1st Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 128
From: New Jersey
Well said
At 50 I'm at an age to have grown up during the first muscle car era but too young to have been able to get one off the lot. By the time I was old enough to drive it was the late 70s and we all know how crappy those cars were at that time. My parents gave me a Pinto to drive to high school because of gas prices.
I view the time we are living in now as muscle car era 2.0. Soon the government regulations will come down and the hp we see now will be gone.
So when I bought my 2014 Mustang I thought of what I wished people did back in the 60s. I wish there were more stock muscle cars around for people to enjoy. So any mods I do are only those that can be changes back to stock.
In 20-30 years our cars may be remembered as that great muscle car 2.0 era and I believe people will be wanting to get their hands on them just as people are wanting cars from the first muscle car era.
Even though my car is a DD and I really enjoy the mods I've done to it I like the simplicity of the stock look. It takes me back to the good old days.
I view the time we are living in now as muscle car era 2.0. Soon the government regulations will come down and the hp we see now will be gone.
So when I bought my 2014 Mustang I thought of what I wished people did back in the 60s. I wish there were more stock muscle cars around for people to enjoy. So any mods I do are only those that can be changes back to stock.
In 20-30 years our cars may be remembered as that great muscle car 2.0 era and I believe people will be wanting to get their hands on them just as people are wanting cars from the first muscle car era.
Even though my car is a DD and I really enjoy the mods I've done to it I like the simplicity of the stock look. It takes me back to the good old days.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 616
From: PA
My first ride... was a 1968 Mustang. My dad bought it from the neighbor across the street who left it parked with 4 flat tires, rusty steel wheels, rotted quarters and fenders, tattered vinyl top and original seats that were just barely recognizable. It barely would turn over with a fresh battery in it.
This was my break in car for modding. I learned how to cut and replace the sheet metal for the quarters, mig weld, prep and paint, engine swap, custom mold and fabricate interior panels and tune a motor the old fashioned way. I flipped through Mopar and Chevy cars during my time with this Mustang. Dropped in a 351 5.8 liter and edlebrok manifold, Holly 750 dble pump,
I had fun with this car throughout High School and before heading off to college sold it to a Line Backer for the NY Jets who lived next door to at the time... Mr. Brad Baxter. And used those funds to build my next project up before my college days.
This one was a favorite. It started as a mechanic's lean for a tow that the original owner never paid for...So my dad being that mechanic leaning on it...I eventually got it. It began as a white 2.3 liter Mustang L... not even an LX.. just an "L". It was a plain jane foxbody with nothing but a 4 speed manual and a real need for some love. It was transformed into a total bada$$ed ride for a kid fresh out of High School and allowed me to drop a huge 351 forged motor that I built myself and tweak it old school style since the first thing I did was rip out the 2.3 ECU and swapped in dual points...MSD and a Ford racing coil. This ride was quick and not so over the top in looks. But In my mind and those for who experienced it... especially hitting the NOS 75-100-125 selectable shot over the top of the Methl-injection... was a real kick in the pants at the Hampton drag strip or on the local turnpike catching a race from light to light.
It WUZ fun... and then there were other rides after I sold this to a friend who soon after blew the motor and wrecked the car.
My next Stang since then... is the s197...as soon as the 5.0 was reborn. I had to have it.
Mods mods and more mods...Fun Fun Fun...
Anyhooo my 5 kids... are all lined up for dibs on this s197 when their dad takes delivery on a 2015 s550 iteration of this iconic pony car.
Hmmm???...we'll see kids. Dad loves his toys and might find it hard handing the keys over.
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This was my break in car for modding. I learned how to cut and replace the sheet metal for the quarters, mig weld, prep and paint, engine swap, custom mold and fabricate interior panels and tune a motor the old fashioned way. I flipped through Mopar and Chevy cars during my time with this Mustang. Dropped in a 351 5.8 liter and edlebrok manifold, Holly 750 dble pump,
I had fun with this car throughout High School and before heading off to college sold it to a Line Backer for the NY Jets who lived next door to at the time... Mr. Brad Baxter. And used those funds to build my next project up before my college days.
This one was a favorite. It started as a mechanic's lean for a tow that the original owner never paid for...So my dad being that mechanic leaning on it...I eventually got it. It began as a white 2.3 liter Mustang L... not even an LX.. just an "L". It was a plain jane foxbody with nothing but a 4 speed manual and a real need for some love. It was transformed into a total bada$$ed ride for a kid fresh out of High School and allowed me to drop a huge 351 forged motor that I built myself and tweak it old school style since the first thing I did was rip out the 2.3 ECU and swapped in dual points...MSD and a Ford racing coil. This ride was quick and not so over the top in looks. But In my mind and those for who experienced it... especially hitting the NOS 75-100-125 selectable shot over the top of the Methl-injection... was a real kick in the pants at the Hampton drag strip or on the local turnpike catching a race from light to light.
It WUZ fun... and then there were other rides after I sold this to a friend who soon after blew the motor and wrecked the car.
My next Stang since then... is the s197...as soon as the 5.0 was reborn. I had to have it.
Mods mods and more mods...Fun Fun Fun...
Anyhooo my 5 kids... are all lined up for dibs on this s197 when their dad takes delivery on a 2015 s550 iteration of this iconic pony car.
Hmmm???...we'll see kids. Dad loves his toys and might find it hard handing the keys over.
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 37
From: MI
2013 GT/CS Convertible. A tuner &email tunes from Brenspeed and a drop in dry filter in the stock airbox for about $400 and some GT500 axle backs I found as take-offs on Ebay for $200 shipped. If I lower it with just springs and just do a shifter bracket instead of the whole shifter I should be well under a grand total and call it done.
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