Any 08/09 Extreme Owners?
02-14-2009, 12:24 PM
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Any 08/09 Extreme Owners?
Are there any 08/09 Extreme owners on here? I know Saleen only made 55 Extremes in 08 with 25 of those being the 25TH anniversary cars. I am not sure if they have built any 09's. I would like to know how happy people are with 08/09 Extremes, I have wanted one for a while.
02-14-2009, 01:18 PM
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Are there any 08/09 Extreme owners on here? I know Saleen only made 55 Extremes in 08 with 25 of those being the 25TH anniversary cars. I am not sure if they have built any 09's. I would like to know how happy people are with 08/09 Extremes, I have wanted one for a while.
S302E 08-0011, here. The number I got was 32 08 S302E's, which would make the total 57 (assuming they really did make all 25 Stirlings). I love the car, but that is purely subjective right now - she only has 250 miles on the clock, and so I'm still keeping her under the recommended 4k RPM - quite a challenge I can tell you! I did have some paperwork problems to start with (emmissions stuff for import to California), but the guys at Saleen sorted everything out for me.
I was amazed at the attention she got in the short amount of driving I have done. Literally everywhere I went, I was getting thumbs up, people coming over to ask questions, etc. I thought the '68 KR (also in yellow) got a lot of attention, but the E gets even more!
I am a believer in keeping these cars stock, and I am definately not going to do any serious moding, but there are already a couple of things I am considering doing. One is the rocker covers, it just seems sad to have a 302 engine under the hood wearing the original plain-jane 4.6 rocker covers. I kind of like the wrinkle-finish ones on the Dark Horse, so I'm considering that. The other thing is the rear-brakes - the stock Ford calipers just look out of place back there. Its also been recommended to upgrade the injectors.
Do you have a particular E you are looking at? I think the Beryllium convertible (#25) is still for sale, and I saw black coupe #21 advertised a while back.
Chris.
02-14-2009, 01:50 PM
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S302E 08-0011, here. The number I got was 32 08 S302E's, which would make the total 57 (assuming they really did make all 25 Stirlings). I love the car, but that is purely subjective right now - she only has 250 miles on the clock, and so I'm still keeping her under the recommended 4k RPM - quite a challenge I can tell you! I did have some paperwork problems to start with (emmissions stuff for import to California), but the guys at Saleen sorted everything out for me.
I was amazed at the attention she got in the short amount of driving I have done. Literally everywhere I went, I was getting thumbs up, people coming over to ask questions, etc. I thought the '68 KR (also in yellow) got a lot of attention, but the E gets even more!
I am a believer in keeping these cars stock, and I am definately not going to do any serious moding, but there are already a couple of things I am considering doing. One is the rocker covers, it just seems sad to have a 302 engine under the hood wearing the original plain-jane 4.6 rocker covers. I kind of like the wrinkle-finish ones on the Dark Horse, so I'm considering that. The other thing is the rear-brakes - the stock Ford calipers just look out of place back there. Its also been recommended to upgrade the injectors.
Do you have a particular E you are looking at? I think the Beryllium convertible (#25) is still for sale, and I saw black coupe #21 advertised a while back.
Chris.
I was amazed at the attention she got in the short amount of driving I have done. Literally everywhere I went, I was getting thumbs up, people coming over to ask questions, etc. I thought the '68 KR (also in yellow) got a lot of attention, but the E gets even more!
I am a believer in keeping these cars stock, and I am definately not going to do any serious moding, but there are already a couple of things I am considering doing. One is the rocker covers, it just seems sad to have a 302 engine under the hood wearing the original plain-jane 4.6 rocker covers. I kind of like the wrinkle-finish ones on the Dark Horse, so I'm considering that. The other thing is the rear-brakes - the stock Ford calipers just look out of place back there. Its also been recommended to upgrade the injectors.
Do you have a particular E you are looking at? I think the Beryllium convertible (#25) is still for sale, and I saw black coupe #21 advertised a while back.
Chris.
02-14-2009, 06:24 PM
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I'm still waiting for the right moment to do a full-blown photo shoot. Here is one pic I posted a while back:
1-of-1 Speedlab yellow.
To be honest, one of the things I dig is simply the fact that, while there are a lot of S281 based cars, there are very few S302 based cars. Whats in a name? Well, it makes google searching easier! 
Campbell Ford had the vert, but looks like it sold. I got mixed up about the black one, it is actually owned by a member here, J.R. Jet. Saleenperformancedealer shows they have an '09 in black "on its way" - maybe a Dark Horse?
http://www.saleenperformancedealer.c...nsinstock.html
With such a small number made, finding one second hand might require quite some patience, but I tell you, it will be worth it!
You could try the saleen location service to see if they know of any up for sale....
Chris.
1-of-1 Speedlab yellow.
I like the 08/09's because they have 620HP compared to the previous 550HP E's.
Who has the Beryllium Vert or the Black coupe for sale?
http://www.saleenperformancedealer.c...nsinstock.html
With such a small number made, finding one second hand might require quite some patience, but I tell you, it will be worth it!
You could try the saleen location service to see if they know of any up for sale....Chris.
02-15-2009, 12:28 PM
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I'm still waiting for the right moment to do a full-blown photo shoot. Here is one pic I posted a while back:
1-of-1 Speedlab yellow.
To be honest, one of the things I dig is simply the fact that, while there are a lot of S281 based cars, there are very few S302 based cars. Whats in a name? Well, it makes google searching easier!
Campbell Ford had the vert, but looks like it sold. I got mixed up about the black one, it is actually owned by a member here, J.R. Jet. Saleenperformancedealer shows they have an '09 in black "on its way" - maybe a Dark Horse?
http://www.saleenperformancedealer.c...nsinstock.html
With such a small number made, finding one second hand might require quite some patience, but I tell you, it will be worth it! You could try the saleen location service to see if they know of any up for sale....
Chris.
1-of-1 Speedlab yellow.
To be honest, one of the things I dig is simply the fact that, while there are a lot of S281 based cars, there are very few S302 based cars. Whats in a name? Well, it makes google searching easier!
Campbell Ford had the vert, but looks like it sold. I got mixed up about the black one, it is actually owned by a member here, J.R. Jet. Saleenperformancedealer shows they have an '09 in black "on its way" - maybe a Dark Horse?
http://www.saleenperformancedealer.c...nsinstock.html
With such a small number made, finding one second hand might require quite some patience, but I tell you, it will be worth it!
You could try the saleen location service to see if they know of any up for sale....Chris.
That is perfection right there!! You sir have my favorite Saleen ever!!
02-15-2009, 09:32 PM
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02-16-2009, 07:50 AM
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If you can't wait you could always get a used S281E and use the extra money to mod the crap out of it. But like stated above its not a 302E. Just depends on whats more important to you. Either way your going to have to spend more to get the S302E.