Ford Mustang GT (4.6l) S197

Looks Awesome in Black with the Black wheels, Gash interior though but I s'pose you can't have everything for that money.
 
After a long weekend away I'm able to collect my car with a few 'improvements'!

Bullett alloys now on the car;





Headlights have been removed, resealed and the condensation should now all hopefully be gone (I'm not holding out all hope for this as it's apparently a complete nightmare to completely fix). I'm sure I'll end up having to get a new set (the current ones look a bit crap anyway).

Cold air intake and tune installed, this makes the car so much more aggressive. The throttle lag is completely gone and the car is now always straight on the power. I'm going to get some new lower control arms on the rear to help the car put the power down a bit better as it's almost caught me out a few times!

I have the inlet manifold cleaned at the same time as it was a bit jolty in 1st after a cold start.

An annoying rattle was located (screw under a seat) and removed, the windscreen wiper arms were removed and sprayed and the car had a complete brake fluid change and a check of all the pads and discs to sort a slight pull the the right under heavy breaking. Finally a power steering pipe was replaced due to a small amount of rust and the door handles were pulled apart and put back together to make sure they retract correctly.

I still need to source a relay for the fog lights as the current one is broken but apart from that I'm on my way to getting a fair few bits done.

Aside from that I've done about 1000 miles in the car since purchase and have loved every second. I can't stop grinning like a cheshire cat on crack every time I drive it.

The next few bits I'll be getting are the rear suspension (lower control arms), new wing mirrors and hopefully some new headlights if I can't sort the condensation out.
 
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GSXRMovistar said:
Nice, out of interest who did the work?
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A local garage who I know very well, I actually took it down to them on Friday to go through the bits and pieces and the senior mechanic is a massive fan of American muscle so already knew how to do most of the work and why I wanted it doing.

As an added bonus they've got all the kit / laptops to read and clear the codes.

They've actually dealt with all my cars for about 5 years now and I wouldn't go anywhere else!
 
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Looks good, on the fence wether to save up for the impending arrival of the RHD Mustang and have to wait for the warranty to expire before modding it, or go for an older cheaper LHD Mustang and mod it off the bat.
 
Surely they are at completely different price points?

A new RHD V8 could be close to £40k where as a really nice S197 (even with a supercharger already fitted) can be got for around £20k.

A few better images of the wheels on the car, the headlights (still a slight bit of misting up on the drivers side light) and the cold air intake installed;

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I find it amazing since moving here how many Mustangs there are, I imagine on my 10mil trip home I'll see 25.

Yet in the UK this is considered rare and pretty amazing.

Does look good though!
 
The new alloys look great. I liked the black ones too, but those new ones are just a far nicer shape and fit the profile of the car better.
 
Peerzy said:
Surely they are at completely different price points?

A new RHD V8 could be close to £40k where as a really nice S197 (even with a supercharger already fitted) can be got for around £20k.
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Obviously.

Just like the concept and idea of owning a brand new, built to my specification, RHD Mustang, but obviously the price difference and the fact I can't modifiy it for some time without voiding the warranty are the major sticking points. We shall see in a few years time.
 
The low millage; in theory, and its only theory because I know the following is not actually possible in a Mustang, would it reduce the mpg much if one was to not hard accelerate at every opportunity and to not take every long way round of getting anywhere?
 
bushmins said:
The low millage; in theory, and its only theory because I know the following is not actually possible in a Mustang, would it reduce the mpg much if one was to not hard accelerate at every opportunity and to not take every long way round of getting anywhere?
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No idea, I don't tend to drive it like a nutter and it's settled between 14mpg and 15mpg (USA) which works out at about 17mpg UK. The drive back from picking it up was about 40 miles, most of it the M3 which I took at 60mph as I was trying to get use to LHD and I averaged about 17mpg USA so not that much better.
 
Peerzy said:
No idea, I don't tend to drive it like a nutter and it's settled between 14mpg and 15mpg (USA) which works out at about 17mpg UK. The drive back from picking it up was about 40 miles, most of it the M3 which I took at 60mph as I was trying to get use to LHD and I averaged about 17mpg USA so not that much better.
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Wow, that's appalling! To get about 20mpg sitting at 60mph takes some doing. To put it in context, the 300bhp 4.2L V8 in the Jag would be happily returning 35mpg+ at that speed..
 
It does seem odd, even my brick shaped huge Range Rover with full time 4wd (petrol V8, 4.4L) will return 25-26mpg at 60mph.
 
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