Leave it alone

[POPPOP]

With supercharging and now tuning, was wondering how many of you are satisfied with leaving the car "as is" with no modifications ? As for me, I am happy with the performance, comfort, and fun it offers.

I am 79 years old. With handling package, Ricaros and Tremec, it's enough for me!

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[Katzenjammer]

Splitting hairs about the answers seems nuts to me. The original post was aimed at performance mods, and "no performance mods, only cosmetic" is a legit answer to that question as far as I'm concerned.

 

[AlloyPony]

My group has several 5.0 cars, S197 and S550 mainly, with superchargers, turbo kits, etc. All of them are nothing but trouble. Sure, they push 1,000 HP or more on the dyno but the guys miss 50% or more of our car events because there is always SOMETHING wrong with their cars. Tuning isn't quite right, trans is slipping now, turbo pipe blew, suspension is too stiff, boost controller isn't handling shifts correctly, on and on and on and on. It's so annoying. They would be better off just buying a nice poster to hang on the wall if they're just going to sit and look at their cars all summer.

We're leaving tonight to head to Bowling Green, KY for Ford Fest (formerly the NMRA World Finals) and it'll be a miracle if all the heavily modded Mustangs in our group make it to the hotel to meet each other without being on a trailer.

Me personally.....I like to DRIVE my cars. I want to get in and drive anytime and anywhere I want to with no issues.

 

[Eli GT]

I'm one of those guys who has no need for more HP than 486. I love my '25 GT Convertible, 6 speed, as is. Heck, I owned a Harley Electra Glide for 25 years and even kept the stock exhause on it. I remember when the fastest car I drove was a new '69 Camaro, SS350, 4 speed, that belonged to a friend. I thought that was very fast as it was with only 300 HP. When he went on his honeymoon he let me have the car for a week. Never thought I could afford to own one, but now at 75 I have my muscle car.

 

[Paul's stable]

Similar boat. I really don't need much more, its optioned with everything I wanted besides the Tremec. At most, swapping to a tremec in the future, but the whole point of this car for me is to be a good GT for driving long distances with a rock solid reliable motor, comfortable seats, and decent dynamics. Will eventually throw winters on it.

The mustang is one of the last cars on the market that I could see myself doing most maintenance or repairs on, its a decent mix of old school and new school. No turbos, not a crazy tight engine bay, no wet belts, it has a dipstick, manual transmission, RWD.

It's also got the biggest brakes I've ever seen on a car short of performance SUV's. Those Brembo's are dirt nasty

As a big guy with fat hands the engine bay is tight.

 

[Cz_Ziemniak]

As a big guy with fat hands the engine bay is tight.

its not that bad

 

[robvas]

My group has several 5.0 cars, S197 and S550 mainly, with superchargers, turbo kits, etc. All of them are nothing but trouble. Sure, they push 1,000 HP or more on the dyno but the guys miss 50% or more of our car events because there is always SOMETHING wrong with their cars. Tuning isn't quite right, trans is slipping now, turbo pipe blew, suspension is too stiff, boost controller isn't handling shifts correctly, on and on and on and on. It's so annoying. They would be better off just buying a nice poster to hang on the wall if they're just going to sit and look at their cars all summer.

We're leaving tonight to head to Bowling Green, KY for Ford Fest (formerly the NMRA World Finals) and it'll be a miracle if all the heavily modded Mustangs in our group make it to the hotel to meet each other without being on a trailer.

Me personally.....I like to DRIVE my cars. I want to get in and drive anytime and anywhere I want to with no issues.

1,000hp guys have problems that 600-700hp guys don't

At that level your car is going to be a perfectly fine and reliable daily. Especially a TVS/Whipple car.

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