05 4.6 3v NA Track Build in Progress, Dark Horse
Specs & Mods
- Ownership Status
- Currently Own
- Year
- 2005
- S197 Model
- GT 4.6L
- Transmission
- Manual
- Mods - Handling
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Maximum Motorsports K-Member with manual transmission cooler scoop, bumpsteer kit, radiator core support, radiator core support reinforcement with sway bar mounts, and prothane billet polyurethane engine mounts.
GT500 front lower control arms with all poly bushings
Eibach adjustable front sway bar with Powergrid front swaybar endlinks
About to replace Whiteline double-adjustable rear lower control arms with Ford Racing Boss 302R rear lower control arms (driver side just failed and, uh, went Bluetooth)
Whiteline rear lower control arm relocation brackets
RTR rear upper control arm with RTR mount
Whiteline adjustable panhard bar with support brace
Blowfish Racing V2 TR3650 shifter support bracket with driveshaft safety loop
Barton short-throw shifter
Stock Ford Mustang GT rear swaybar with poly bushings
SR performance rear shock tower brace
(Technically a mod since they weren't available in 05) 06-09 Mustang GT premium rims, with Michelin Pilot Sport 4s 235/55/r18 tires
- Mods - Power
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Ford Racing intake manifold
Ford Racing twin 62mm throttle body
Roush cold air intake
Bama 93 octane non-dyno tune
MSD coil packs
American Racing Headers 1 5/8 longtube headers with high flow catted x-pipe
Borla Stinger axle-back mufflers
3.73 Ford Racing rear gears
Exedy Stage 1 clutch with hydraulic cylinder and Ford Racing throwout bearing
- Mods - Exterior
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MRT aluminum rear window louvers
Trufiber A53 hood (basically a GT500KR hood for a regular Mustang GT)
Shelby American aluminum hood pins
Silver Horse Racing rear quarter windows (waiting to be installed)
Ford GT/CS and GT500 rear bumper
Painted red racing stripes
- Mods - Interior
- Only minor aesthetic interior mods
- Background & Plans
- Bought the car when I was about 19, been daily driving it for years, and have been very slowly putting performance parts on it with the intent to make it a corner-carving machine. End goal is to make it a technically streetable car with a focus on track performance, keep it as a naturally aspirated 4.6 3v factory aluminum block that can reliably rev to 8k+, and probably bore and sleeve it to the max that is reliable.
