Ford Mustang 2013 GT Track Pack

Ford Mustang 2013 GT Track Pack

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unsprung

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Wednesday 23rd March 2016
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5ohmustang said:
GT's are stunning. It was a shame they did not make them for long. I'd rather have one than most Italian exotics.
Absolutely.

And speaking of which, if you haven't already seen it... Check out this video of original Ford GT40s as they leave the paddock and as they zip along the track.

Fabulous cam-in-block V8 goodness. And I'm partial to those in the "signal yellow" color, myself.

Video here.


5ohmustang

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Very nice, sounds like heaven. I'd love one in a gulf livery. I'd be happy with kit car.

The original gt40's remind me of the Lola in THX 1138 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nmxHjPuvY

It looks like the new ford GT will be $400k. I'd rather have it over an Italian but I could never justify spending that much on a car. It makes the new acura nsx look like a bargain.

So my latest nostalgic car want are MG Z cars. I cannot believe how cheap a zs 180 or a zt diesel costs on ebay uk. The U.S. dot import laws (25 year rule) are criminal.

Unrelated, just watching this stunning Trans Am https://youtu.be/FWd9CaAfbp0

Edited by 5ohmustang on Thursday 24th March 03:49

unsprung

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Saturday 26th March 2016
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5ohmustang said:
It looks like the new ford GT will be $400k. I'd rather have it over an Italian but I could never justify spending that much on a car. It makes the new acura nsx look like a bargain.
You're so right. What's more, the previous version of the Ford GT is now all the more desirable. I was following them a few years ago. They were actually depreciating ever so slightly. But in the last couple of years... they appear to have doubled in price!


5ohmustang said:
So my latest nostalgic car want are MG Z cars. I cannot believe how cheap a zs 180 or a zt diesel costs on ebay uk. The U.S. dot import laws (25 year rule) are criminal.
Nice choice. I noticed that these were offered also with the 4.6 liter V8.

For NCAP-certified vehicles from Europe, a 10-year buffer would be sufficient. A personal import of, say, one car per two years (or some similar limitation) would be the intelligent solution.

Keep in mind: this is not an issue of safety or emissions. It is one of OEMs protecting the cost structures of their warranties. Mercedes-Benz, in particular, was an early proponent of locking out EU cars from access to US warranties.

So now we have humorless bureaucrats policing the mundane. They are overpaid and have little to do. Almost without realizing it, they delight in destroying people's dreams.


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Unrelated, just watching this stunning Trans Am https://youtu.be/FWd9CaAfbp0
Ya know what? At first I thought, "Oh, I never especially liked this "Bandit" Trans Am." However, when I saw how this Kiwi has transformed his car... I thought, "Wow!" That's the sort of resto-mod that I'd like to do.

Love the extended fenders and the wider track. And his total reconstruction of the powertrain. Fun car. Imagine the sensory overload of being in that cabin on an empty desert road.


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I was looking at the newish buick regal gs awd whixh is basically the opel insignia. $40k and its half the car of the vauxhall insignia vxr. Why would they sell them here instead of watered down versions?

Why don't we get diesel awd's, hot hatches, awd vans? It seems anything nice or worth having here is a total rip off. I was with my father in law, pricing a new truck. $60k for a new ford king ranch f150 ecoboost. $55k for a ram 1500 ecoboost. It is insane. It makes the toyota tacoma trd pro look like a bargain at $38k. Who is going to spend this kind of money and take them off road.

I love 2nd gen trans am's. I nearly picked one up when I lived in Alabama but it was rotted. The boot and bootlid area rust really badly as water sits there, similar to the monte carlo's and other gm's of this era. Most are auto's but occasionaly a 4 speed pops up, (always seem to be gold).

It would have to be a 1977 in red, yellow/gold screaming chicken decal, no ttops (pront to rust), 6.6, 400ci, 4 speed with hotchkiss suspension.

Remember the end trans am scene in hooper?

https://youtu.be/kLokDBOb7-U


Not much going on at this end with the mustang, keeping her stored in the garage to keep the miles off.

My spending budget is going on my vstrom at the moment to improve its adventure touring capabilities.

I've also been doing basic maintenance on my chevy cruze eco. Pcv valve failed and it's integrated into the cam cover. I had it replaced under the powertrain warranty and the cam cover cracked somehow seeping oil. My guess is the stealership overtorqued the bolts. Plus they damaged the coil pack during reinstallation, so I had them replace that. I did a 300 mile trip and the cruze eco did around 54 uk mpg which is pretty damn good in America. I'd love a bluemotion polo, diesel outback or a suzuki diesel sx4. No we get none of that cool stuff.




unsprung

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Sunday 10th April 2016
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Why don't we get diesel awd's, hot hatches, awd vans? It seems anything nice or worth having here is a total rip off. I was with my father in law, pricing a new truck. $60k for a new ford king ranch f150 ecoboost. $55k for a ram 1500 ecoboost. It is insane. It makes the toyota tacoma trd pro look like a bargain at $38k. Who is going to spend this kind of money and take them off road.
Fewer hot hatches and fewer diesels in the US. But the EU has fewer trucks, fewer SUVs, fewer crossovers, fewer muscle cars, fewer V8 coupes, fewer off-road 4x4s, and fewer FlexFuel vehicles. EU prices can also be 50 percent greater (or more!) than the same vehicle in the US.

You can get the Ford Focus RS and other hot hatches in the US, now. Be sure to check out the Japanese and the Germans, here. Outside of Japan, no market has a bigger aftermarket and performance scene for Japanese hot hatches than the US.

And Chevrolet Cruze comes in a diesel. Lots of diesel Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen in the US. You can get the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck in a diesel. And that's the version I'd have. No full-sized pickup for me. Colorado and (GMC) Canyon look thrilling and are reasonably priced:



You already know the story of how diesels were stillborn in the US, due to poor engineering of diesel V8s by General Motors, in the 1970s and 1980s. Diesels have been further handicapped in the US by CARB standards (now used in 13+ states) which take note of particulates produced by diesel engines. And the recent games played by Volkswagen aren't helping.


5ohmustang said:
I love 2nd gen trans am's. I nearly picked one up when I lived in Alabama but it was rotted. The boot and bootlid area rust really badly as water sits there, similar to the monte carlo's and other gm's of this era. Most are auto's but occasionaly a 4 speed pops up, (always seem to be gold).

It would have to be a 1977 in red, yellow/gold screaming chicken decal, no ttops (pront to rust), 6.6, 400ci, 4 speed with hotchkiss suspension.
I went and searched red 77 Trans Ams, similar to the one you've described. Looks bad a** in red. It's also flat and wide -- a different look to cars of today which, as we all know, have grown bulbous in proportions so as to address requirements for crash worthiness and requirements for user "content."

While we're on the subject of second-generation F bodies, I'd probably say that my favorite is the second-gen Camaro. But only up to 1973. I love that wide-mouthed grin: a sort of New World take on a Ferrari theme, if you will.









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Good evening. I did not see your last post. I still have not heard or seen any focus rs information stateside. I don't know, for $35k you can find a nice c6 z06.

I've had a close look at the Chevy Colorado and the bed is just too small even on just the extended cab. On the crew cab it is no bigger than a suv boot. Then the interior is car size. It reminds me of the small Tata trucks in Afghanistan. They were destroyed with light duty use. Most had burnt out clutchs from Americans not use to driving manuals.

I could not justify spending that much for a modern Isuzu rodeo diesel that was on sale in the UK years ago, I recall a prodrive version.

A Toyota Tacoma Trd would be sweet and would keep it's value, however again expensive and i'd only buy that new. The 2016s are pretty ugly though.

It is getting harder to find trucks with 8ft beds. Ford f150, and 2500 Chevy/gmc and rams. I came across a rare Toyota tundra on eBay with an 8ft bed which Toyota does not list on their site.

I do not know if I trust the body on a dodge as a lot of them prior to 2010 seem to have corrosion or paint issues.

Gm trucks seem like it's old tech that is spruced up each year which may be a good thing for self maintaince.

I'd go with a new f150 with the aluminum body, 2017 should see a diesel. My father in law just bought a brand new f150 king ranch, not sure what engine, next time I'm in Gulf Shores, AL I'll take it for a spin.

Not too sure why he bought it as he had a nice 4runner which I am a fan of.

When it comes down to it, i'd be happy with a 4wd beater truck or maybe a awd Astro van. I have enough things to spend my money on as it is. I'm finally debt free and paid everything off other than I the house so it is time to start knocking that out.

The mustang is back on the road as I am sick of being caught out in random storms when riding my motorcycle or scooter.

Interesting you mention early 80s gm diesels. I learned that gm put the ill fated diesel motor in the g body, Oldsmobile platform. Really the only fast g body was the grand national, the rest of them require an engine swap to be considered worthy of their muscle car names.

The 6.2 diesel v8s in the humvees are based on petrol blocks, total junk.

Even the later 6.5 turbo diesels on the up armored humvees were slower than the regular 6.2 due to the extra weight. There's a motor trend video on YouTube with a bank's turbo modified humvee. It's one of my childhood wishlist vehicle that was really underwhelming to drive.

Regarding the second gen f body camaros. I love the late 70s z28's in white with blue side striping. I don't like the early 70's rear lights, there too small for the body. The front wide mouth looks remind me of modern audis.

There's a mid 70s movie called cannonball, in the UK it was renamed car quake. There are 2 f body's in there. I do not remember if they were camaros or trans ams. It's a bad movie but it has old muscle cars in it including a 68 charger ,1st gen mustang and a detomaso pantera.

On the topic of chevrolet. There's a guy at my work with a c7 vette z06 with the z07 package and full phase 3 aero. It looks amazing apart from factory chrome wheels, I am just not a fan of chrome.

This evening I was chatting with a zl1 owner. What a great, smashing, super car. He pointed me in the direction of some local autocross events I will be looking into.

Edited by 5ohmustang on Friday 10th June 01:18

5ohmustang

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Shelby GT350 vs Boss 302 http://youtu.be/U97I_feu8mE

I am still not liking the GT350. I like the mini lite style wheels on the boss but they are not significantly lighter than my track pack wheels.

Saleen have started reproduction of their minilite wheels which look fantastic, 19x9 and 19x10. $500 a wheel though... That's not far off forged hre wheels.




A cool look at the foxbody production line from back in the day.

http://www.mustangandfords.com/features/1605-fox-b...


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Friday 10th June 2016
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Oil change time was due again. 8.5 Quarts of 5w 50 full synthetic. I found my post exchange sells Castrol Edge at $6.50. a quart which is nearly half the price of regular auto parts stores.

While I was underneath I noticed some coolant residue near the radiator drain plug.



The good idea fairy decided to tell me to tighten the drain plug. It turned somewhat and then sheered off.

Bloody great I thought. I then ordered a new drain plug and I must have gone to 5 different parts stores in the local area for Ford Motorcraft coolant. No where sold it, just the ford dealer.

Research persuaded me not to use regular Prestone coolant and especially not GM dex cool that I had a full gallon of sitting at home.

The ford dealership sells it for $13, which suprisingly is cheaper than the parts store.



I removed the old drain plug, topped up the good stuff.






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Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Lately i've not driven the mustang. Saving money riding two wheels and trying to keep the miles of the stang. I've got a few small upgrades to do this week.

The plan is to attack the mountain roads this 4th July weekend.

Tonight I went down to the river and took this cracking picture.




Pics to come but for now I leave you with The River.

http://youtu.be/nAB4vOkL6cE

I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green




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This morning I parked next to another 5.0. 18" Enkei's, light but too small for the wheel wells in my opinion.

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Wednesday 29th June 2016
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So anyway i've had these plush Lloyd tri pony mats for a while. I didn't want to put them in the car due to not wanting to put any wear on them.

Since the stang is for weekend use now, I thought what the hell.

They are much more plush and higher quality than the factory mats.








Loaded up on tax free petrol and admired her for a while.




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Wednesday 29th June 2016
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After playing in the sand.



I like to chow down on boiled peanuts-cajun flavour. They are bloody amazing. Glorious.



So I fitted a Scott Drake Dead Pedal. It was the closest one I could find that would match the GT500 pedals. It is also really high quality, Scott Drake is a supplier of Vintage Mustang parts.

Loosen the side kick panel, loosen a 13mm bolt. Mount dead pedal and retighten.







Edited by 5ohmustang on Wednesday 29th June 14:44

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My mate just traded in his BRZ for an sti. I wouldn't do it as much as I like Sti's. They are way too expensive here. $36k is a couple of grand short of a used z06 or zl1. Which is so much more for your money.






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Thursday 30th June 2016
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I added diode dynamics tailight sequencer. This adds to the functionality of the sequential turn signals.

So now, the lights sequence also upon braking, central locking and hazzards.

Always great to see a product made in the USA and not China.

Lets make the USA and UK great again !





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Thursday 30th June 2016
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Alright, next I wanted hood/bonnet props. It was a toss up between Ford Performance or Roush.

I ordered the roush because they look good with the Roush logo and matches other Roush parts on the car. However after mounting them whih took 10 minutes, I realized the logo reads from the inside of the engine bay out. Not outside looking in. I.e. the script reads back to front.

For a minute I was thinking surely I put them on the wrong way round. The library pictures online show it this way. Bloody hell, what a stupid idea. So yes I should have got oem Ford Performance struts.

However they make opening the bonnet very nice and easy. It also raises the bonnet at a higher angle than with the bonnet prop, saving from any potiential head knocks.







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Saturday 2nd July 2016
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I'd kicked off this 4th July weekend with some snooping. I found a uhaul compound with 2 Buick Regal G-bodies. The gutted one was probably a regular regal, while the other had all the hallmarks of a Grand National.

This is a crying shame, to see a GN left to rott. Grand Nationals are rare and becoming highly collectable.

$10k will get you a project, $15k will be a good all rounder. $20k and up will be pro touring spec and concours standard.

$85k and up will get you a Mclaren developed GNX.

Eitherway Turbo type regals were revolutionary in the 1980s. While it's sexy sister the chevy monte carlo ss had a gutless V8, the Regal had a modern V6 Turbo.

This was known as the car with Efi and "the chip." My neighbour was telling me back then if you "that car with the chip" you was the bees knees.

The regal was the fastest American production car of the 1980s reporting 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Destroying Ferrari's of it's era.

I love them because of the retro styling, unapologetically American, an ode to the glory days.

On the streets in it's natural habitat, they command so much street presence. I need one. Bad.










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Saturday 2nd July 2016
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Time to get this 4th July, 4 day weekend started.

Waffle house, 24 hour classic Americana right here.



Somewhere south of Nashville.




Waffle house coffee is awesome. My wife asked the waitress if they had any available ground beans we could take, to make some at home. She was kind enough to give us it for free.

You can feel the gritty, blue collar, backstreet hero vibe in waffle house. It's like a part of America that was stuck in a time rift, it has not changed since "back in the day." That's the way I like it.

The juke box was playing David Allen Coe, I wanted to take a picture inside but I did not want funny looks. Plenty on a search engine thoughm

http://youtu.be/vAOVRkSCWmg



So then keys to the mustang. Yes it is an ugly key. The new s550 key fob is much aestically pleasing to look at.

However it's not the key that defines the ride. Its the mustang symbol itself. Freedom, adventure and independence are principles of what this vehicle means to me. It is more than the sum of it's parts. I feel the mustang, camaro and challenger are unique, but mainly the first 2. They are classless cars, in that people from all social classes drive them.

You cannot attach wealth status to a mustang. It appeals and is affordable to a wide spectrum of society. Unlike, let's say a Ferrari where bystanders care more about who is actually driving it and their wealth status than the car itself.

The fact that Mustang is now global, just means the adventure continues in different cultures. You owe it you yourself. If this is something that appeals to you, and you can afford it. Do it, do it now.




Edited by 5ohmustang on Sunday 3rd July 06:00

Matt Harper

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Saturday 2nd July 2016
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5ohmustang said:
What's going on with that battery terminal?

5ohmustang

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Saturday 2nd July 2016
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Matt that is.. a lack of operator maintenance. The mustang has been stored in my garage and I have not touched it other than an oil change. I've been doing a lot of studying and i've training, so I have not had the time, other than fitting easy modifications.

I noticed the corrosion on the negative terminal, i'll clean it up today. It was that bad a year ago. Do you think it is undercharging?

I'll look at it later after I recover from food coma. Happy 4th July mate.