took the engine cover off, blacked out the pony emblems and started polishing the paint. For a new car, it has some flaws. Rubbing compound and polishing by hand wasn't enough, so it looks like I'm going to have to clay the whole car and go from there. Don't want to have to break out the RO on new paint.
I bought a K&N drop in filter. Have not noticed anything really besides for slightly more turbo noise, still wish there was more spooling sound though.
I took off my engine cover a few months ago when I put in an intake manifold spacer; the cover won't fit anymore. I haven't had any trouble driving it this winter, and I'd like to think the engine will stay a little cooler in the summer.
I've been thinking about a CAI. Let us know how you like the Mishimoto. Any problems installing it? How does it affect performance? Acceleration? Mileage?
Installation was pretty easy. I did encounter two problems:
1. I had trouble with the pressure clamp on the turbo. With the clamp on the silicon tube it didn't want to go on the turbo, and if I opened the clamp it wouldn't close around the turbo inlet. I ended up re-using the clamp from the stock intake.
2. The airbox uses one of the ground points behind the headlight as a mounting point. This worked fine for two days, but doesn't give a good enough ground since the box itself is powder coated. I ended up re-locating the ground to another point nearby.
Performance seems good, though I'm sure some of that is just in my head. Since I'm running the Cobb Stage 1 tune, I haven't noticed any gains, but the sound is awesome. With the open element you can really hear the intake and bypass noise, and I love that. Because of that though I have tended to be a little heavy on the pedal just to hear it sing.
Thanks, zhent. I haven't picked a CAI yet. It's good to know what can happen installing the Mishimoto.
I finally got my Mishimoto oil separator installed. It's only been on a couple hundred miles, so it's a little early to check it and see how much it's collecting.
New wheels/tires - SVE Drift in 19x9.5 with Nitto Invo 275/35ZR19 tires from LMR.com
Diode Dynamics switchback 4th brakelight/reverse light
Diode Dynamics tinted LED rear marker lights
Got up Friday morning, decided it was time to replace the mufflers, went to the muffler shop that pulled off the resonator and had them put on Magnaflow Performance series mufflers, required welding in new exhaust pipe, and the 4" S/S tips don't look bad either. It rained Saturday, poor thing got dirty, so washed and waxed on Sunday, white looks soo good clean. Monday, contacted a local Ford dealership that has a body/paint guy that tints lights, so I pulled out my tail light assemblies and side markers and took them to him, picked them up at lunch today and installed, looks awesome! Waiting now for reply from a couple of places to quote me on installing lime green GT350 dual stripes on it, can't wait!
I just got one and am slowly figuring it out. Don't know enough to say if I like it or not. If you have any hints or advice for a tuning newbie, I'd love to hear it.
I just got one and am slowly figuring it out. Don't know enough to say if I like it or not. If you have any hints or advice for a tuning newbie, I'd love to hear it.
Having only done the intake so far, I'm running the Cobb Stage one tune. I'm planning on getting a custom tune done with tune+ once I do more mechanical upgrades. Honestly aside from putting on the new base tune I've not done much with the Cobb tuner.
I started out with Stage 0 just to be cautious, just went to Stage 1 this week. Mostly, I've kept it in slot 5/economy mode for highway driving and haven't pushed it hard yet. So far so good. I hope to get the Cobb CAI next month.
Are you still on original wheels and tires? I'm trying to figure out how to input the new tire circumference for my summer wheels.
Beautiful looking mustang zhent. I only did a bit of washing today ^^
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