darrens07gt
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First of all I want to say I love this place! The best Mustang forum on the internet IMO. Two months ago I was with my GF who was car shopping for a Ford Expedition for herself when I spotted a vista blue 2007 Mustang GT on the lot. It had a stick shift in it and only 35K miles. The car was super clean inside and out. I wasn't planning on buying a car for probably another year but when I saw it was being advertised for $14,500 I just couldn't pass it up. Other 3V mustangs with that kind of mileage were going for 17-18K in this area.
I admit it was an impulse buy. I used to have an intake, exhaust, cam only LS1 Formula that ran 11.5 @ 117 so I am no stranger to american muscle cars and modding. But I am new to Mustangs. So without doing any research I put 2K down on the car and financed the rest. For the past 2 months I have been using the search feature to research this car, the mods it likes, the limits of the stock transmissions and stock bottom ends, ect.
The car all ready has 4.10 gears, CAI and Magnaflow catback. I liked the idea of adding Detroit Rocker Cams, LT headers, ORH and a 75 shot of N20 (should put me close to 400 rwhp which is safe enough for the stock motor and hopefully the stock 3650). I also kicked around the idea of a supercharger even though I might have to save a bit more money first.
But that is not my real dilema. While researching 4.6 3V's I inadvertently learned a lot about 4V 5.0's at the same time. The idea of 12's stock and 11's with bolt-ons is very appealing. So for shits and grins I searched carsguru to see what 2011 Mustang GT's were going for in my area. I could pick one up with 30-50K miles for right around 20K. Since I got such a good deal on my car two months ago and put 2K down I figure my 2007 is worth as a trade-in what I owe.
So what would you do if you were in my shoes? Keeping in mind I have not had the car long enough to be emotionally attached to it and thus far have not put a penny into mods. Choices are:
1). Keep the 2007 GT and go with the bolt-ons, DR cams and n20 along with a good tune from Brenspeed.
2). Keep the 2007 GT and save until I can afford a supercharger.
3). Trade the car in on a 2011 5.0 and mod it up!
I admit it was an impulse buy. I used to have an intake, exhaust, cam only LS1 Formula that ran 11.5 @ 117 so I am no stranger to american muscle cars and modding. But I am new to Mustangs. So without doing any research I put 2K down on the car and financed the rest. For the past 2 months I have been using the search feature to research this car, the mods it likes, the limits of the stock transmissions and stock bottom ends, ect.
The car all ready has 4.10 gears, CAI and Magnaflow catback. I liked the idea of adding Detroit Rocker Cams, LT headers, ORH and a 75 shot of N20 (should put me close to 400 rwhp which is safe enough for the stock motor and hopefully the stock 3650). I also kicked around the idea of a supercharger even though I might have to save a bit more money first.
But that is not my real dilema. While researching 4.6 3V's I inadvertently learned a lot about 4V 5.0's at the same time. The idea of 12's stock and 11's with bolt-ons is very appealing. So for shits and grins I searched carsguru to see what 2011 Mustang GT's were going for in my area. I could pick one up with 30-50K miles for right around 20K. Since I got such a good deal on my car two months ago and put 2K down I figure my 2007 is worth as a trade-in what I owe.
So what would you do if you were in my shoes? Keeping in mind I have not had the car long enough to be emotionally attached to it and thus far have not put a penny into mods. Choices are:
1). Keep the 2007 GT and go with the bolt-ons, DR cams and n20 along with a good tune from Brenspeed.
2). Keep the 2007 GT and save until I can afford a supercharger.
3). Trade the car in on a 2011 5.0 and mod it up!
