Ford Mustang 2013 GT Track Pack

Ford Mustang 2013 GT Track Pack

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ManOpener

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169 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Cosworth do a range of stuff for the BRZ/GT86/FR-S. That one looks to have one of their Eaton type supercharger kits fitted.

5ohmustang

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Friday 2nd October 2015
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Thank you. It was very hard in the beginning, but I saved, budgeted and used my money wisely. Working hard and having a positive attitude allowed to make the american dream a realty.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is my interpretation of what the dream is.


5ohmustang

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Friday 2nd October 2015
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qwertina said:
You've bought that car that I would buy if I ever moved to America. Same colour as well!!
Thanks, it really is a great car my only complaint is the gearbox. I am not sure why the new s550 mustang is not being sold with grabber blue or gotta have it green. The new yellow is nice though.

5ohmustang

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BaronVonV8 said:
Looks great dude, I always wanted to go to the Smokey's or Appalachians but ran out of time and only made it as far as Nashville on my last roadtrip.

Funny you mention shifter issues, the shift on my S197 was horrific, espescially when pushing it a bit and shifting from 2nd to 3rd. So I got rid of the stty old Ford shifter...



...and went for an MGW flat stick short shifter. The difference in build quality is unreal, and the difference in feel is huge. The shift feels a lot more precise and solid. If you haven't considered a short shifter yet then try and find someone nearby with one installed because it does make a big difference for not too much cash and it will definitely resolve some of your issues. Plus they look pretty damn good too.

Baronvonv8 are you in the uk or us? I fell in love hard with colorado and the rockies. I spent 3 years riding the mountains on my buell ulysses looking for the right house in the right town at the right price. I never found it. Most colorado natives and I blame the californians that have come to colorado in the 80s and 90s and brought all there socialist b.s. with them and made a lot of places unaffordable to live. Montana is nit so bad, nicer than colorado while Idaho is pretty much untouched and cheapish.

I knew I wanted to be in the mountains so the next mountain range on the same scale was the appalachians. When I was looking at cabins in east tn, west nc and north ga I couldn't believe how cheap they were.

When I made it out there I was suprised and very impressed.

The mgw shifter is on the list. Once I get the undertray back im fitting a braided clutch line and the the blowfish racing shifter bracket. If I am still having issues I will upgrade to the mgw shifter v2.

5ohmustang

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Friday 2nd October 2015
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ManOpener said:
Cosworth do a range of stuff for the BRZ/GT86/FR-S. That one looks to have one of their Eaton type supercharger kits fitted.
Toyota should have supercharged it from the factory.

After my first mustang was wrecked I got a aw11 mk1 mr2 supercharger. Fantastic parts but had a hard time finding no longer manufactured parts.


BaronVonV8

397 posts

184 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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5ohmustang said:
Baronvonv8 are you in the uk or us? I fell in love hard with colorado and the rockies. I spent 3 years riding the mountains on my buell ulysses looking for the right house in the right town at the right price. I never found it. Most colorado natives and I blame the californians that have come to colorado in the 80s and 90s and brought all there socialist b.s. with them and made a lot of places unaffordable to live. Montana is nit so bad, nicer than colorado while Idaho is pretty much untouched and cheapish.

I knew I wanted to be in the mountains so the next mountain range on the same scale was the appalachians. When I was looking at cabins in east tn, west nc and north ga I couldn't believe how cheap they were.

When I made it out there I was suprised and very impressed.

The mgw shifter is on the list. Once I get the undertray back im fitting a braided clutch line and the the blowfish racing shifter bracket. If I am still having issues I will upgrade to the mgw shifter v2.
UK mate, also in the Forces like yourself. Would love to have done some biking out there, but my girlfriend doesn't ride and i'm not very pillion friendly. I've been thinking about moving out to the US once i've done my time. I've only really visited the South, Kentucky or Tennessee are high on my list of possibilities, would love to live out in the mountains. Part of the reason I want to leave this country is all the liberal wkiness, fed up of living in a place that cares more about minorities and people who want to sponge off the taxpayer than they do ex-servicemen.

Definitely worth checking out the MGW, I paid $300 and it took just over an hour to fit. A lot of the guys over here were recommending a Barton or a Hurst, but the US owners seemed to rate the MGW a bit more. I reckon a lot of the guys over here buy a Hurst just so they can slap a Hurst sticker on their car. No regrets at all, i've had it on the car for a week and it's starting to get less notchy, think it'll be a very sweet shift when it's worn in a little more.

5ohmustang

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Friday 2nd October 2015
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The stock shifter linkage looks so cheap it is unreal. I wonder if the boss 302 uses the same part.

5ohmustang

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Friday 2nd October 2015
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Sorry of this sounds like bullet points but Ive been writing in between classes.

Biking in the U.S. is great although I cannot comment on the UK as I did not start riding until I got here. I'm into dual sport /adventure riding. I seem to remember theres no places to ride in the UK off road as land is fenced off.

Here you could ride coast to coast off road or across each state without touching tarmac.

Tail of the dragon and all the other routes in the mountains can be dangerous, the videos of the roads do not represent how tight the corners really are.

I saw some very talented riders on the dragon, you could spent all day on that one road going back and forth and not get bored.

Virginia beach where I am right now is ghetto, I don't like it at all, not into lots of people and beaches. Were not being evacuated at this time, but were on lockdown till Monday.

I couldn't recommend more to move here if you can. If your wise with money, your standard of living will be elevated significantly. My log cabin would be worth well over half a mil in the UK. There is no way I could afford that if I was living in the UK on a Sgt's wage.

If the pound is strong you will multiplying your money probably at least by 50%. Tennessee has no income tax while I filled up the 14 gallon tank for around 16 quid before I left.

Generally the south is hot and humid but get a place in the appalachians or smoky mountains and the weather is not too hot. No minorities here. Can't say that in the UK without being labelled a racist.

I totally understand the liberal socialist hell hole Britain has become. I never realized how conditioned I was when I lived there. Being forced to pay for a tv license for the lies reported by the bbc.

Everytime there is a mass shooting it goes to the top of bbc news and portrays americans as gun toting psychopaths, red necks, blah blah blah. Then I see the wkers on here posting that st everytime time there is a negative story on the U.S. How about fix your own problems first before commenting on issues you know nothing about.

I see positive articles/events in the gun related world, everyday where lives have been saved, not one will be on the bbc news because it does not serve there liberal socialist agenda.

America has gone down hill in the last 10 years because of the same problem, the people are tired and I will bet the republicans will win the next elections. I don't exactly like the republicans either but there methodology is significantly better than the democrats marxism.

These assholes want to turn America into Europe, they need to leave here and ps off over to sweden.

I love my life here and it will be over my cold dead body before I will be a disarmed slave to the system. Oh I'm militant? I'm crazy and dangerous? Lol because I am not a brainwashed sheep watching coronation street every night thinking that is how reality is supposed to be.

In socialist England if you like guns or do not like illegal immigrants, your right wing, racist, an extremist, have a mental condition etc.

My brother still lives in England and tells me about how bad it has got with the liberals.

Then I found about Jeremy Corbyn. What a socialist piece of st. How did that asshole make a following for himself is beyond me.

The UK government, both parties have destroyed armed forces and bankrupt the country with it's socialist policies.

In 2004 I was about to join the British Army as a combat engineer and even then I saw how soldiers were not being taken care of, equipment shortages, having to call us for close air support and did not feel I would be taken care of as a soldier so I never went ahead. I have friends that served in the British Army and have worked with you guys in Afghanistan. I have the upmost respect for the British armed forces and the constraints you face.

Do you have any pictures of your mustang?

BaronVonV8

397 posts

184 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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You can go green laning here in the UK, but you even then you get tutted at by pretty much everyone. I check out the ADV Rider forums quite a bit (I ride a KTM Adventure) and i'm always staggered by some of the ride reports that come in from the US. I missed out on the Tail of the Dragon, definitely looks more fun on a bike than a car.

This country is going down the pan in a major way, i'm only really here when i'm on leave as I work a 12 weeks on/4 weeks off pattern (Thank you Royal Navy!) and to be honest 1 month at home is enough. I do love the UK, but fk me is it full of self-serving stheads. The politicians are repugnant little yes men, as for Corbyn, the day he becomes PM will be the day that I pack my bags and get the fk out of dodge. The guy has his head up his arse, but people will vote for him, why? Because they want free money for doing fk all, and he will make it so.

The left are the worst, so full of st. For example, the rioting in London after the last election. Their candidate didn't win the fair, democratic election protest, so why not throw teddy from the pram and have a good old riot because they didn't get their way.

I'm a member of a gun club and even that is overly PC and health & safety crazy. There are people in the club that seem to get upset if you start firing at a figure 11 or you want to fire from an unsupported position, whereas the practical shooting you see in the US is much more fun and also more relevant. Who cares if you can put all your shots through one hole from a bench rest?

Anyway, back to cars. Mine's an '06 GT with a Saleen MKIV Supercharger, just fitted Roush springs which have firmed the ride up nicely and of coruse the MGW which has sorted out the shift. I've got the dreaded corrosion on the bonnet, so looking at possible replacements for that too.


5ohmustang

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Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I do not have my bike or scooter with me right now so I do not go on advrider much at the moment. It is a life changing forum.

I saw that you have a 990 adv. I wanted one for a long time but maintenance scared me away. I want the new africa twin or would be happy with a new v strom 1000.

It's sad reading about how Britain was lost but that's the same as everyone tells me. Free st buys votes.

Do you get hipsters in the UK?j

And do chavs still exist?

I don't like the conservatives or lib dems either but the distopian view of corbyn is off the chart.

You are not allowed to fire from an unsupported position? WTF? Is that the standard at other gun clubs too?

Jesus christ. Well you know what that means, firing from an unsupported position means your racist. Bloody hell.

fking media. Lying manipulating scumbags. Speaking of firearms I joined the NRA today, ordered a resupply for my xdm 45acp.

I love having the ability to arm myself. Im not a hardcore gun guy. I have various guns and a good stockpike of ammo, I carry my pistol concealed. I am responsible and drawing my weapon is always the last resort. I am only a threat to those that harm my family and myself. I am not going to be made to feel like a criminal because I am pro gun.

Dude not long after I first came to Alabama a colleague came over to shoot on my land, it was the first time I was going to shoot. My friend pulled up in his chevy silverado truck and I was paranoid as hell looking around, I felt like I was a criminal because of the social programming growing up in the UK.

My friend educated me in gun safety, all the usual stuff and look at me, I havent shot up a mall or know anyone that has.

I can shoot on my land, obviously onto a back stop, I hear my neighbours shooting, they will invite you over shoot guns and bbq. No burning crosses round here. Nice mustang you have the pre facelift s197. Yours has a totally different transmission, hence $300 for the mgw shifter, the one for mine is $500, I have the 6 speed mt82.

I don't see many saleen superchargers around. It must be hard to put that power down with those narrow wheels.

Yours would look cool with american racing racestar wheels. Are you lower control arms stock?

I remember being very young seeing that odd guy driving american muscle round lancashire. Everytime it made a lasting impression. It is going to be weird to see rhd mustangs. I hope it doesn't because a trendy office boy car.


This is not yours is it?
https://www.mgwshifters.com/shifters/mustangs/79


Edited by 5ohmustang on Saturday 3rd October 17:23

5ohmustang

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5ohmustang

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The orginal damaged plastic under tray is on it's way to Texas to be remanufactured out of .040" aluminum. Suprisingly I could not find an aluminum sump guard, off the shelf.

When the guard goes on I am going to replace the clutch cable to a braided steeda cable. The stock item is plastic and expands with pressure going outward instead of towards the slave cylinder causing less clutch travel. On track days the clutch has temporarily stuck to the floor due to this.

This is the item.

http://www.steeda.com/steeda-mustang-stainless-bra...


BaronVonV8

397 posts

184 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Yup, ADVRider is good coffee time reading. I'm stockpiling ideas for my mid-life crisis. I've had a stload of electrical problems with my 990. One was a well known issue, and i'm currently fault finding to see what's causing my other fault. I think it's some shoddy wiring somewhere as the previous owner added GPS, Alarm, heated grips and a world of other assorted electronic bullst. The maintenance isn't too bad, but the bike is a pain in the ass to work on. The new 1190 is supposed to be pretty good though.

Yup, chavs are still around and there are a lot of hipsters too, mainly in the big cities though. I don't like any of the political parties, i'd rather have Putin as PM than the usual assorted hand-wringing, limp-wristed wksmiths.

You can fire from whatever position you like at my club, but I know some of them are prone only. Whether or not it's a health and safety thing or not I don't know. I won't be shooting there so I couldn't give a damn. I've been getting more into the historic military rifles, so it's good fun to rattle some of those off from different firing positions with the iron sights just to get a flavour of what it was like in WW1/WW2. Some of those rifles are still good today. The nanny state and lefty hand-wringers here don't like people being armed though, so funnily enough, the people that do have the guns are criminals. It just doesn't enter into some peoples heads that a gun is simply an inanimate object, a tool really.

Yup, i've got the Tremec 3650 so i've got this shifter:
https://www.mgwshifters.com/shifters/mustangs/102

It is pretty tough to put the power down, I get a lot of wheel hop. Haven't replaced the LCA's yet, but it's on the list. Probably have to treat myself to them for christmas. I can't see it being a popular car over here, although they have already sold out. I think a lot of 'em will be bought by 50-somethings and garaged for most of the year, as per a lot of the S197's over here. Very few of them actually get driven that hard, and you see a lot of 'em covered in cheap and nasty chrome tat or V6's with GT500 body kits and Le Mans stripes. The roadtax on a post-2006 V8 is ridiculous, fuel is expensive enough, so I think it prices a lot of young people out of running one as a daily. The Ecoboost might prove popular, but a 4 pot in a Mustang??? The Racestars look pretty good, i've been looking at the Silverhorse Racing louvres though for the rear quarter window. Expensive, but they are glorious to behold.

Always loved seeing the odd crazy guy blatting around town in a raggedy old muscle car, I was contemplating buying a beat up '65 Buick Riviera that i'd seen on eBay until I realised that it made my current fuel economy seem frugal. Great looking car though, lovely patina and it had a Deathproof Duck on the bonnet too smile

5ohmustang

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Monday 26th October 2015
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Not much going on lately. Still waiting for the aluminum skid plate. I found a decent armrest cover at 60% off msrp so pulled the trigger on that one. The factory armrest is a soft plastic but it could do with more padding.






Here's a pic of the stang at tail of the dragon.


jimmyt1202

212 posts

183 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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That looks bloody fantastic!

Shadow R1

3,800 posts

176 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Looks great. smile

5ohmustang

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Tuesday 10th November 2015
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Cool review from 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9drvzFMKs&in...

I was not able to get the undertray replicated in aluminium, something to do with the shaping being very difficult to produce cleanly, so I replaced the broken ford oem part.

Prior to fixing the shifting issues I was considering a ford taurus sho or a c6 z06.

I may be going to Alaska and will need awd. The membership to the performance awd car ownership in America is an expensive one. For example a 2003 impreza sti will cost around 15k quid. Sti's and evos are considered jdm exotica.

However one vehicle you do not hear much about is the ford taurus sho. With twin turbo and awd, loaded to the brim with luxary and gadgets, you can find a 2013 with the performance pack, with low miles for around $23k, new they were around $45k. It's biggest downside is the 4400lb weight and paddleshift transmission. I drove a non performance pack and it wasn't bad, just not into sleepers.

On the other end of the spectrum, I really like the corvette z06 corvette, cheapest I've found is $37k, which I could afford but I am sick and tired being slave to the lender, and I will not purchase another car again with other than hard cash. Regular c6 vettes can be found for around $20k, the z06 widebody fenders bolts on, even the rear fenders. However there are a lot of special stuff on the z06 that you just cannot fit to a regular c6.

I'm still researching and hankering over an 80s monte carlo ss. Shame the cars image was tarnished by ghetto scum. Found this 454.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWR_o1F1TE Excuse the crap music.



Edited by 5ohmustang on Tuesday 10th November 07:21

unsprung

5,467 posts

124 months

Tuesday 10th November 2015
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5ohmustang said:
I was originally a green card holder and naturalized through the U.S. Army. I hold dual citizenship, my wife is American.

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A fun car.

Appreciative of your service.







5ohmustang

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Wednesday 11th November 2015
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Thank you sir I really appreciate it. With it being Veterans day tomorrow, if you see a Veteran, please thank them, it runs deep.

MisterF

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263 months

Wednesday 11th November 2015
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What a refreshing read. Love the Mustang. Respect to you guys on this special day when we remember those that currently defend & those that gave their lives defending the freedoms that we all enjoy.

Best wishes
Ian from good old Lancashire, England!