NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!
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I can buy the DRL but RGB versions from USA for about $200.
I would then need to remove my front bumper, headlights, place them in an oven, break them open, fit the DRL's, wire them to my daytime running lights and put everything back together. Not a big job, just fiddly. Expensive at the moment labour wise if you get someone to do it for you, do it yourself and the parts are about £150-£250 delivered.
I am happy with the lights now, I just set my headlights to on all the time as the inner three DRL's then look illuminated anyway as they reflect from the headlight.
For now this will do as I simply am loving driving this thing to be worried about the very minor issues with lights, in a years time my wish of course is to make it so:
Front tri-bar DRL are active but with bonus of RGB and trailblazer front indicators like you see on latest Audi's.
Rear trailblazer indicators or sequential whatever you wish to call it. I might stick with clear lenses though as I quite like them, but changing to red ones is not hard should I fancy a change.
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So have You looked in to softer Clutch spring options ?? Assume some mountain bike or something like that could do the job ??
For now Every day is a Leg day
Shame its only 1 leg tho
For now Every day is a Leg day
Shame its only 1 leg tho
Caporegime
Gibbo don't do it please, it is a good example of motors dreamer syndrome. I suffer from it a little myself.
So have You looked in to softer Clutch spring options ?? Assume some mountain bike or something like that could do the job ??
For now Every day is a Leg day
I either need to find a spring that fits, or just contact a custom spring shop to have something made.
What I have found out is the stock clutch assist spring is around 150-190lb spring.
No wonder it makes the pedal so light and lacking feel.
So ideally I need to get something of same dimensions but in the 40-60lb strength region to get the best compromise.
Soldato
Caporegime
Ahh OK. I got false information from the web. The site I looked at says 16 gallon, which would be much better!
Soldato
Only reason I know this is I'm trying to get a test drive in one. The sales guy told me it's a 3 months wait to get a build date and then maybe another 6 months to take delivery. Also waiting for them to send me details on servicing but I'm starting to think they may not have taken me seriously
MW
Don
16 US gallons is 60 litres so I guess the information was right but they hadn't specified US gallons.
Caporegime
Caporegime
Only the fact that I don't have this car
Gib bo. Gibbo. Frigging derp by me!
Soldato
Even the 2.3 eco boost has 59L tank
Have fuel tank sizes shrunk, my A4 has a 70L tank but the newer ones only have 40-58L ?
MW
Hi there
Was not happy with the allignment on my bonnet, looked too pinched in centre and was sitting lower than front bumper, very hard to see, but well I knew it was there. Yet another failing on Ford's QC checks, the car might be great value but build quality on exterior panel allignment is an issue on these cars, though I've seen some far worse where it is so easily noticable. Luckily it is easily fixed by adjusting the bonnet catch and the bonnet stops.
BEFORE!
AFTER!
It is now flush with the front-end, an equal gap all across, we even measured everything to ensure absolutely spot on. Easy to do so kind of sucks Ford did not sort it to be frank when they built the car.
Also the chrome horse, is gone, for me it was making the front-end not aggressive enough, so now it has being replaced with a new horse, a black pony and I am very happy with result, front of car looks a lot more meaner and aggressive whilst still remaining completely factory specification.
Also a shot of the rear lights illuminated.
Weather has vastly improved to wet and warm, tyres clearly switched on, no more grease in them and starting to get more of a feel for the car, she handles above expectations to be frank and the LSD works very well and the front end really turns in very well and is very confident inspiring and I am finding feedback really not bad at all, to the point I can feel the road surface in the wheel, which I was not expecting as Dave reported his Shelby is completely lifeless on the steering and its not that I don't know what to look for I own a solid bushed M3 with hydraulic steering and have gone from a 911 (997.1) with hydraulic steering. The Mustang of course is not as good as either of those for steering feel, but it has feel and the weighting is spot on. I've managed to fully get on it second gear a couple of times now and wow does it shift it feels an incredibly strong 415BHP, I'd not be surprised if it has more horsepower than stated.
Was not happy with the allignment on my bonnet, looked too pinched in centre and was sitting lower than front bumper, very hard to see, but well I knew it was there. Yet another failing on Ford's QC checks, the car might be great value but build quality on exterior panel allignment is an issue on these cars, though I've seen some far worse where it is so easily noticable. Luckily it is easily fixed by adjusting the bonnet catch and the bonnet stops.
BEFORE!
AFTER!
It is now flush with the front-end, an equal gap all across, we even measured everything to ensure absolutely spot on. Easy to do so kind of sucks Ford did not sort it to be frank when they built the car.
Also the chrome horse, is gone, for me it was making the front-end not aggressive enough, so now it has being replaced with a new horse, a black pony and I am very happy with result, front of car looks a lot more meaner and aggressive whilst still remaining completely factory specification.
Also a shot of the rear lights illuminated.
Weather has vastly improved to wet and warm, tyres clearly switched on, no more grease in them and starting to get more of a feel for the car, she handles above expectations to be frank and the LSD works very well and the front end really turns in very well and is very confident inspiring and I am finding feedback really not bad at all, to the point I can feel the road surface in the wheel, which I was not expecting as Dave reported his Shelby is completely lifeless on the steering and its not that I don't know what to look for I own a solid bushed M3 with hydraulic steering and have gone from a 911 (997.1) with hydraulic steering. The Mustang of course is not as good as either of those for steering feel, but it has feel and the weighting is spot on. I've managed to fully get on it second gear a couple of times now and wow does it shift it feels an incredibly strong 415BHP, I'd not be surprised if it has more horsepower than stated.
Soldato
Tank was down to 15 miles remaining today, filled the tank with Vpower at 109.90 per litre and was £59.01 so quite a small tank which will get me 150-180 miles of city driving. I did not buy a V8 for economy.
Isn't using V-Power a bit of a waste of money when the engine is designed to run on 87 AKI (~91 RON) regular gas?
Even normal UK unleaded is 4 octane points higher than it needs...!
Maybe, but the car is getting the best and Vpower supposedly has a lot of good detergents in it for engine cleanliness, maybe marketing BS but I intend on keeping the car for a long time, so its getting the best.
Plus in 6-9 months I plan to fit the Shelby 350 manifold intake, throttlebody and cold air induction with a remap for 98 Ron and 7500rpm. As this will take peak power from 415BHP to around 475BHP using all factory components.
This is the same engine from the BOSS 302, it has a stock rev limit of 8200rpm, Ford simply de-tuned the engine it seems on purpose, no doubt so the power would not be so close to the Shelby 350.
But lets see I might just skip this interim step and move straight to the supercharger kit anyway.
Being enough guys in the US running 7800-8200rpm limits on the S550 now for a year that live at the drag strip, stock engines, no failures. Like I say its the exact same engine from BOSS 302 which had 8200rpm limit with track key and had the 302 intake manifolds to raise peak power to 7800rpm. Plus I intend on letting the US guys get a couple of years on their engines pushing 8000rpm to see if any failures crop up but so far so good and my intention would be to instruct tuners to set limiter at 7500rpm (stock is 7000rpm) and not the 7800-8200rpm they offer.
P.S. But nothing is set in stone, I plan on no power mods until engine has a few thousand miles on it and I am watching how things go in the US and letting other UK guys be the guinea pigs. One UK customer is already fitting a Whipple super charger kit next week, be interested to see what power it makes on a UK dyno and how the engine holds with a 7600rpm limit whilst being supercharged with around 750BHP.
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