ipscshooter
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I got my first Mustang (an 89 GT) in November 1988. It got some performance enhancements (heads/cam/intake/exhaust/gears/GW suspension) at the age of 10.
It remained my daily driver until December 2008, when I bought an F150. When my 2nd son was about to graduate from high school in 2009, we got him an 89 GT as a graduation gift. Shortly after I finished paying the truck off, I was visiting my mechanic who was doing an oil change on my son's wife's Fusion. He and my 1st son (who has had his eyes on MY ' 89 for the better part of a decade) started hammering me about getting a new Stang. On the way home, we stopped at a Ford dealer and I fell for a Race Red GT that has GT500 style black racing stripes. Well, long story short, 1st son bought my 89, and I drove home in a beautiful red/black 2013 GT. We're now a three-Stang family and most of the time, we look kinda like this...
First pic is "my" former 89 on the left and 2nd son's 89 on the right. The other two are my new 2013...
My 89 has Pro M 77, 70mm BBK Throttle Body, Cobra Intake, 24 lb injectors, GT40X heads, 1.7 rollers, BBK Long tubes and High Flow Cats, Aluminum drive shaft, Global West suspension parts, Koni Sports all around, Cobra 600/400 springs, 3.73's, and probably some stuff I've forgotten. It makes about 290 rwhp, and I've run 13.2 @105 on street tires, and shifting like a granny, since it was my daily ride at the time. I'm pretty sure it'd make mid 12's with some slicks and somebody who knows how to drive it.... I've only made 9 1/4 mile passes in it.
2nd Son's 89 is pretty much all stock, with an auto trans. We've since replaced the headlights, since the blacked out ones were dangerous on the roads at night, and we recently added a set of FRPP shorty headers...
The 2013 is likely to remain stock at least until the warranty runs out, although a little more sound from the exhaust would be nice.
First pic is "my" former 89 on the left and 2nd son's 89 on the right. The other two are my new 2013...
My 89 has Pro M 77, 70mm BBK Throttle Body, Cobra Intake, 24 lb injectors, GT40X heads, 1.7 rollers, BBK Long tubes and High Flow Cats, Aluminum drive shaft, Global West suspension parts, Koni Sports all around, Cobra 600/400 springs, 3.73's, and probably some stuff I've forgotten. It makes about 290 rwhp, and I've run 13.2 @105 on street tires, and shifting like a granny, since it was my daily ride at the time. I'm pretty sure it'd make mid 12's with some slicks and somebody who knows how to drive it.... I've only made 9 1/4 mile passes in it.
2nd Son's 89 is pretty much all stock, with an auto trans. We've since replaced the headlights, since the blacked out ones were dangerous on the roads at night, and we recently added a set of FRPP shorty headers...
The 2013 is likely to remain stock at least until the warranty runs out, although a little more sound from the exhaust would be nice.
