ajspellm

i am starting to plan mods for my 1996 gt and i am looking at how much it will cost me to get where a newer mustang is at. i am wanting 300rwhp and then like a 100 shot of nitrous on top of that. well i was concidering do a pi head swap but i think it will cost to much. my car is in excellent shape and only has 50,000 miles on it so i dont know what to do. i was thinking about saving my money until this summer and then selling my car for a newer 1999- 2004 mustang. is this a good option? i figure it would cost me more than $1000 to get my car where a 1999-2004 is hp wise so i figure might as well get a new car for that price. i do have 4.10 gears in my car though. but if i saved til this summer i could get 3 or 4 grand and then sell my car for $7000 maybe. that would be like $10000 to spend on a new car. so what do you think i should do?
thanks

mustang_montana

id honestly sell it, as much as i love sn95s it will be easier to just get a 99+gt and juice that. you can get a good 99+ gt for 8 or 9 grand, 7 grand for your 96 is pushing it though.

HaV

Pick up an SN95 cobra for the same price range.. start with more HP to begin with


.. but.. I may be just a tiny bit biased about that.

sprostang

Yeah, I would sell it then mod a 99+. The only bad thing is, you`ll only get about 5500 for your car if your lucky.

ajspellm

these cars seem to sell high in my area. i looked in the paper and it seems all the mustangs are kind of high. the guy i bought my car from was asking $8000 for it. i think i should be able to get $7000 i hope.

MustangMafia

That would be a good plan if you could find one with low miles in good condition for a good price. But I personally like the newer body style A LOT more

sprostang

Do they go by KBB or NADA in your area? If its NADA, then you will get more.

ajspellm

ya i am starting to like the newer body style more also. i am not sure what to do. i dont know if my dad will let me sell this car. i guess we will see. thanks for the feedback.

axs377

unless you really pefer the newer car's style take the 3000-4000 dollars and invest in a s/c. This will put you well beyond the 99-04 numbers. I believe I saw vortech has a nice +100 hp kit that includes everything for under 4k.

XxphantomsnypzxX

im in a similiar position, I bought mine with 67k miles on it for 6000 after the taxes . I was considering selling it and getting a newer one im not sure though. I'm still undecided.