ing headlight gap and the fact that it's missing nostrils....anyways on to the "build."march '09
bought for 8500 with 45k miles. not too bad but it has some transmission issues like kicking out of third gear and grinding into 2nd. needs a new shift fork and a clutch. here's some pictures.
don't have a picture of the engine bay stock but i just swapped out the intake in this picture(ebay intake FTW)
april '09
had emissions done and already had the maxxfab side exit sitting in the trunk. i didn't wait long to swap out the mufflered exhaust on there.... also bought a dual stereo with bluetooth/ipod/usb/hd/sat. pretty sick radio for only 250. replaced stock speakers with alpine type s in front and kickers in the rear. also swapped out the gauge lights for blue led's (thanks lilsparkplug). also did the fuel pump rewire, spring mod (for wastegate, holds 17psi to 5000 on stock wastegate!).
new radio
gauges
old exhaust
side exit
i will update with a picture of it on the car.
summer '09
did the fog light rewire. best visual mod so far. also, did the home depot lip and home depot catch can. swapped out the coldside for an ebay coldside with a knock off greddy rs (i'm cheap). i also got a boost controller (ebay as well) and sold the side exit after getting pulled over too many times and swapped it out for the stock exhaust (i think sounds good). also, i swapped out the hacked up mopar short throw that came with the car (previous owner had shortened the shift rod down about 2 inches causing a rough gear change and engagement). will update with more pictures.
fog lights
fall '09
got a ported intake mani and throttle body. the intake mani has direct port nitrous taps (may or may not get used
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winter '09
bought some falken ziex 215/50/r17's all seasons and got a 3" downpipe with a cut out (ebay as well, i know, i'm cheap but it works). also, bought hid fogs (3k) and headlights (6k). also, bought progress lowering springs. looks so much better now. again, i'll update with pictures.
made this girl clean off my car from the 2 feet of snow
spring '10
literally just finished swapping out the stock clutch (went out at the track after a ran a 9.3 (1/8th mile)). swapped it for a stage 4 clutchmasters 6 puck with a fidanza lightweight flywheel. BALLER. still working out some bubbles in the clutch fluid but it feels awesome.
summer '10
Well, pivot fork went out which caused partial engagement of my clutch. of course it happened in myrtle beach so i had to drive back 300 miles with a clutch that didn't disengage. ugh. anyway, dropped the trans to find my 6 puck was already 50% toasted...fugggg. bought an act street disk which actually fit into the clutchmasters fidanza combo quite well and replaced the fork and throw out bearing. painted the trans black and old ford blue. painted a lot of other things black and old ford blue. i like the color ha ha. anyways, got it back together and the starter caught fire. fuuggggggg. towed it back and bent the front support bar. triple fug. replaced the headlights with black housing stockers and hopefully will have the whip back tomorrow. all this put a dent in my funds so i may have to wait til next year for my direct port set-up. put on a maxxfab 3" 02 housing and a FM wastegate. new project for the summer will be a custom dual side exit exhaust
i'm sure i've forgot some things but i will update as i remember. thanks for looking!
