Buying a modified GT

[GlassTop09]

But isn't it specific to the 5.0 since it's DOHC? I didn't think you could "ghost cam" the 3V..

Exactly...........DOHC along w\ Tri-VCT & DBW throttle control is why the Ford Coyote "Ghost Cam Tunes" are a real thing.

 

[the sandman]

HaHa. I bought my 07 from a college kid. I would be scared of buying a car from my 74yr old self as im sure it gets beat on much more now. I bought it to have fun and I do.

 

[Steve13210]

"Soft below 3000rpm" is an understatement. Out on a flat highway at 65 mph (around 2000 rpm), 5th gear would not accelerate at all. Leaving a stop light was very sluggish. I'm trying to convince my son that he'd enjoy the car more if he had a stock cam that was fun to drive in town, which is where he'll do almost all his driving.

How do you tell that it has 3.31 gears? What does a professional gear swap cost these days? I did a gear swap myself in my underpowered 1995 Jeep many moons ago--would this Mustang be significantly harder to DIY?


Sadly, there are not plenty of unmolested manual-transmission mustangs around here at any price. I would really love to find him a stock 2011 V6 manual, but those simply don't exist within 100 miles of us, and we can't spend an entire day road tripping to see a car that we might not buy.

The rear end should be stickered - although that might be long gone. If not, you can perform a drive shaft turn test. The 3.31 was standard on automatic transmissions and the V6, and the 3.55 was standard on the manuals, but for instance, mine was changed to the 3.31 to take advantage of higher revs (or so I believe) with the supercharger the previous owner added.