New Mustang owner self intro - With pictures!

[chilema]

New owner of 2013 Red Candy GT -Intro with pictures!

Hey all,

New 5.0 owner reporting for duty! Just picked up a 2013 Red Candy GT a month ago but haven't gotten around to posting on the forums till now. Having just graduated from school and started work I thought I'd reward myself with a new car. It sure was a big jump from the 91 Mitsubishi 3000GT to a muscle car but I'm lovin' it!

My old car:

Like its predecessor, the Mustang will also see autocross action. I'll be running it in the SCCA F-Stock class for the next year or so. It's going to be a frugal build; so far I have a set of Koni Yellows installed and some dirt cheap R-comp scrubs mounted on the OEM wheels. I'm probably stopping at some Ford crash bolts for more camber and will see about how necessary a front bar is going to be.

I got a set of the AMR 18x9s in Charcoal from American Muscle and I'll be running my OEM tires on those as daily driving wheels for a good while. Anyways, on to the pictures!

Stock off the dealership lot. I have a soft spot for B&W shots.

Some quick shots after installing the new wheels

Cheers!

-Howard

 

[weather man]

Welcome!

 

[IHVOCD]

Welcome! Car looks nice.

 

[stanglife2007]

Nice ride Howard, and welcome!


Mike

 

[eddieval5]

Beautiful color 13s are better looking than the 10-12s

Welcome to S197!

 

[mikeyfitz]

Way better than the 10-12. But mine is still best

Great looking ride man!

 

[GerRod]

Nice ride and welcome to the forum!

 

[TonyGT]

Welcome to S197! Your car looks great.

 

[calispecial08]

I agree, '13>>>> 10-12

Great looking car Howard!

-Eric

 

[Phuck Phace]

Welcome, nice car boss.

 

[HEMI LOL]

welcome sir.

 

[eddieval5]

Way better than the 10-12. But mine is still best

Great looking ride man!

Of course 05-09 are over them all lol

 

[bullitt6019]

Congratulations on your new ride. Wheels look great...

 

[GallopingFord]

Looks nice man!

 

[stkjock]

Nice to have ya here at S197forum! Please read through these:

http://s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30272

http://s197forum.com/forum/announcement.php?f=19

 

[VTXFrank]

Congrats on the new ride, Howard, and welcome to the forums!! You will find that with minimal mods, these Mustang's can really handle on the road course. My suggestions would entail Steeda Sport Springs to compliment those Koni's, an adjustable PHB and LCA's with relocation brackets. But you may not be able to do all of that in your class. I'm not that familiar with the different class rules.

Talk to Sam Strano, a member and vendor on the forums, about setting up your Mustang. He is a 7-time SCCA champion and really knows these cars inside and out.

 

[LAStang1234]

Welcome brother! I'm guessing you've graduated from College right, not high school considering that you bought a brand new car?! Great pictures btw!

 

[chilema]

Congrats on the new ride, Howard, and welcome to the forums!! You will find that with minimal mods, these Mustang's can really handle on the road course. My suggestions would entail Steeda Sport Springs to compliment those Koni's, an adjustable PHB and LCA's with relocation brackets. But you may not be able to do all of that in your class. I'm not that familiar with the different class rules.

Talk to Sam Strano, a member and vendor on the forums, about setting up your Mustang. He is a 7-time SCCA champion and really knows these cars inside and out.

Hi Frank! Yeah in F-Stock I won't be able to do anything past struts/shocks, swaybar on one end of the car, catback, and of course any tire you can squeeze onto stock sized wheels +/- half an inch offset. When I leave the class in the future I'll definitely be looking into all the goodies for this car though.

I actually did talk to Sam by e-mail a couple of times, almost bought my Koni's from him. In the end I was in a hurry to get them on the car before an event and a local vendor happened to have them. He definitely knows his stuff on these cars though. I'll be going to him for a future build for sure.

Welcome brother! I'm guessing you've graduated from College right, not high school considering that you bought a brand new car?! Great pictures btw!

Thanks! Yup, I meant graduated from college haha. I do feel lucky to have a job as a new college grad in this economy though! I hear so many stories from my peers about how awful the job hunt has been.

With 6 years of driving and 3 years of of autocross under my belt I'd say I'm not that new to cars. But, I've done my share of dumb things with a car and I feel like it's going to be a whole lot easier to do those in a 5.0, so I'll definitely try to keep that in the back of my head when I drive my car.

 

[Deez-67]

upgrade!

 

[DDTCM]

Welcome aboard! Car is beautiful but it's gonna take me a minute to get used to the new rearend just like when I bought the 11.