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Old 06-01-2007, 11:05 AM
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Default RE: What's the cheepest and safest way to get my v6 Mustang to do 0-60 in 5.3?

Find a used GT at a dealership, trade in your car, and invest the money youd spend on modding a V6 into getting a GT.
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Old 06-01-2007, 11:44 AM
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Find a used GT at a dealership, trade in your car, and invest the money youd spend on modding a V6 into getting a GT.
Let's see, I have a fully loaded 06 V6 with the pony pacakge that I bought used with 8000 miles on it for 18,000 and I added a supercharger for $4000 that makes it $22,000.
Lets see you get a fully loaded GT for that price. NOT going to happen.
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Old 06-01-2007, 12:00 PM
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Find a used GT at a dealership, trade in your car, and invest the money youd spend on modding a V6 into getting a GT.
Let's see, I have a fully loaded 06 V6 with the pony pacakge that I bought used with 8000 miles on it for 18,000 and I added a supercharger for $4000 that makes it $22,000.
Lets see you get a fully loaded GT for that price. NOT going to happen.
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Old 06-01-2007, 04:57 PM
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Default RE: What's the cheepest and safest way to get my v6 Mustang to do 0-60 in 5.3?

Agreed, it's cheeper to put a supercharger on a V6 than buy a GT (and slightly faster). If you're going to do a GT conversion kit it's even price wise.

Plus the v6 pony weighs less than the GT so it handles better. It's a tough call, but made easier because I'm not going to put a GT conversion kit on, and there's about a $1000 hit on trading in a car.

I've been weighing trading my car for a new or used black GT/CS premium with a few more goodies but that would probably cost 13k if it's not gotten used. This way, I spend maybe 7k on all the mods and get a decent tan,then get a car that actually looks better.

Only thing I don't like are that the seats are from a v6 but you can option those seats on a GT... so they must be sporty.

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Anyway, how hard is it to instal a limited slip differential? A this point I think I am going to go with CAI S/C LSD and Lightweight drive shaft.
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Old 06-02-2007, 11:02 AM
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Anyway, how hard is it to instal a limited slip differential?
Easiest mod I've ever done.

Dropped it off at my Ford dealer in the morning, picked it up in the afternoon.

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Old 06-02-2007, 11:16 AM
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Default RE: What's the cheepest and safest way to get my v6 Mustang to do 0-60 in 5.3?

Can always get an rpcaster supercharger kit for ~$1100 last time I checked, then pick up an Eaton M90 on ebay for a few hundred. Slap it all together with some injectorsand booyakasha!

Edit: They sell new for $1495, but can be found on online classifieds for less!
http://users.adelphia.net/~rcaster/page3.html
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Old 06-02-2007, 11:48 AM
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Default RE: What's the cheepest and safest way to get my v6 Mustang to do 0-60 in 5.3?

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Find a used GT at a dealership, trade in your car, and invest the money youd spend on modding a V6 into getting a GT.
GEE and you wonder why the GT douche bag comment was made in the michigan thread.....was this the question the OP asked? Sure you can also go buy a used Vette or Viper or oh its pointless, you just don't get it.
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