Ford Mustang to be released in EU

Gibbo said:
I am leaving mine alone he says for a year to himself. ;)

GT350 intake, GT350 throttlebody and GT350 CAI is around $1500 and about $500 to tune it, so all in your looking at $2000 and on a UK car it will probably net around 55-70BHP so not too shabby at all plus of course a new redline of 7800rpm as peak power if shifted to 7500rpm with new intake.

But I am happy to sit back and watch from a distance as guys in the US are fitting BOSS 302, Pro Jet and 350 manifold intakes, though the 350 does make the most sense, basically replicating what Ford did with the Shelby and what is proven to work and be safe on the Coyote.

Or I could just hold tight and go ahead with the original plan of upgrade the oil pump/gears and fit a Whipple super charger kit, that way I still have a new peak power of 7500rpm but I also have around 750BHP so a good 300+ horsepower gain and that will cost $10,000, so more but a much larger power gain.

If a lot of guys go the 350 intake route and have good results I might visit that as an interim to supercharger as good thing is any modifications are easy to sell/move on.

Yeah with the GT car you can upgrade to the 12 speaker Shaker 1000 system which I have optioned for, so hoping that is OK, most say once it is custom setup it is quite a nice decent sounding system, there is better but for factory system it is ok. :)

Am sure you can fix the sound system easily, just take it to the right place to get it sorted.

If you get a wing made up for $500, grab two, I shall take one of you m8 as for that money it is worth the risk of it looking terrible on a regular GT. :)
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I am clearly missing the point, but why can't you just buy it and drive it as it is without adding all of those bits and bobs? Surely it's going to be lovely stock?
 
George Hincapie said:
I am clearly missing the point, but why can't you just buy it and drive it as it is without adding all of those bits and bobs? Surely it's going to be lovely stock?
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I am sure it will be and maybe you missed the bit where I said I will leave it stock for a year?

Things can always be improved and power is very tempting and modding Mustangs is the done thing and Ford make it very easy to do so, hence the huge aftermarket for these cars. :)
 
Gibbo said:
I am sure it will be and maybe you missed the bit where I said I will leave it stock for a year?

Things can always be improved and power is very tempting and modding Mustangs is the done thing and Ford make it very easy to do so, hence the huge aftermarket for these cars. :)
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I did miss that bit, sorry.

I don't overclock; cars or PCs, but thinking about it the ethos is the same so perhaps not surprising :)
 
I have a small collection of bolt ons and other bits sitting here in a box waiting to go on the car in a few months time, but in my case its because I'm waiting to be 21 so the insurance issue is reduced a little. :p
 
Acme said:
I have a small collection of bolt ons and other bits sitting here in a box waiting to go on the car in a few months time, but in my case its because I'm waiting to be 21 so the insurance issue is reduced a little. :p
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Get yourself on a decent policy with a Modified/Performance specialist. You'd be amazed at how reasonable they can be
 
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Get yourself on a decent policy with a Modified/Performance specialist. You'd be amazed at how reasonable they can be
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I'm with Aviva who are pretty good for basic things like induction, suspension, exhaust and wheels. But after chatting to them on the phone it would save me a fair chunk of money to declare it all in one go when I renew when I'm 21. So zat is what I shall do. :)

No modified/performance specialists were interested in giving me cover due to my age. Sky were the only one who gave me a quote, and they were more expensive than Aviva even with the mods listed for both.
 
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Why are Ford making these so difficult to get hold of?
It's nice for first owners if they are rare-ish and depreciate less, but what is the incentive for Ford? Do they have a production bottleneck?
 
Demand above expectation in RHD markets.

Ford increased pricing again yesterday by £500 due to exchange rates most likely. My car has increased by 2k in value since ordering which makes me happy. :)
 
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Gibbo said:
Demand above expectation in RHD markets.

Ford increased pricing again yesterday by £500 due to exchange rates most likely. My car has increased by 2k in value since ordering which makes me happy. :)
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Haven't they known about demand for around 2 years now, though? I'd have naively thought that's time to get things moving a bit more quickly.
 
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