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Latest pics from the Mustangs on Top Show and shine in Vancouver BC. on page 2
PAGE 1: Pics, history, mods and dateline for "Ratchet".
PAGE 2: Videos, the latest pics and ideas for the winter of 08/09.
Page 3: Paint work and other detailing pics.
This is my pride and joy. Bought it on Nov27/07. This is what it looked like when I brought it home. 45,500 Km's on it.
This is what "Ratchet" looks like now...
Performance Mods Done:
Accufab 70mm Throttle body and Plenum.
UPR Intake Spacer
BBK ceramic long tube headers
High flow cats
Stainless Steeda Catback
Diablo Preditor tuner
CAI
FRPP 3.73 gears
MGW Shifter and MGW Pony Shifter Knob.
Steeda Springs
Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plates
Edlebrock adjustable upper rear control arms.
Hotchkiss lower rear control arms
Koni Yellow double adjustable Shocks and Struts
Steeda Full length subframe connectors with battle box re-enforcements.
Full urethane bushings front and back.
One of my best mods. The shifter. This thing is sweet.
Another one of my Favorite mods, the Accufab Throttle body and Plenum. Along with the UPR intake spacer.
This is the new stance after the springs, C/C Plates, full urethane bushings front and back and the Hotchkiss control arms.
These are shots of the engine before and after some detailing and painting along with the installation of the Accufab.
A pic of the gears and the adjustable upper rear control arms before they went in, why I don't know!
Appearence Mods:
18" CT-R Ford GT Wheels with 295/30/18's out back and 265/35/18's up front.
Steeda Wing with hand polished aluminum ends.
Mach 1 Grill delete.
Custom painted interior panels.
Tinted windows.
Billet shifter ring.
Billet door handles.
Billet door locks and power/window buttons.
Steeda stainless kick panels.
Bullit pedals.
Steeda Billet Fuel Door.
Painted calipers and rotor trays.
Custom painted CAI.
Custom Valve covers.
This is what she looks like after the wheels and Grill Delete was done.
Here are a couple interior pics that show some of the Billet mods that are done. Like the Steeda Shifter ring and power button complimented by Billet door handles! Nothing over the top, just some nice quality pieces.
Mods to be done shortly:
Under-drive pullies
Chin Spoiler
Steeda Bumpsteer kit
X2 Balljoints.
Aluminum Driveshaft
Cobra Brake Upgrade with hawk pads front and back.
Baer 13" Eradispeed rotors all the way around.
Steel braided brake lines.
Jan5/08: Have an appointment to get the Steeda full length Sub-frame connectors welded in. Also getting the battle boxes re-inforced. Will let you guys know how it goes and if I feel a difference on launch.
Jan. 7/08: I picked up some 3.73 gears today, FRPP. Looking forward to getting them installed now and see how she runs.
Jan. 10/08: The Car is in the shop getting the gears put in, we decided to basically rebuild the whole rear-end just so every thing is new, to be on the safe side for future HP mods. We are also finally doing the Sub-Frames, got delayed a couple days on these because of recieving the wrong braces. Should be quite the change when we're done!!
Jan.11/08: Got the car out of the shop tonight, set up the programming again in the Preditor, and my mechanic Kyle, of Billy's Mustang re-tuned the car again to squeeze out a few more pony's!! Only drove the car home, and have to "break in " the gears before I can play any, but I could tell the differene in the shifts and how stiff the car now feels with the Subframes welded in. Will give a better update when I drive "Ratchet" some more. First impression is real good though.
Jan.19/08: Finally got my Mach 1 tail-lights today and put them in, what a difference, looks much better without the Altezzas on there. Also picked up some Koni Yellow adjustable shocks/struts for it. Hopefully be putting in the shocks/struts in the near future.
Jan.22/08:Finally got out of the garage to take a couple better pics with the Mach 1 tail lights in, looks much better now me thinks, here they are!! LOL
Jan.23/08: I got cut off by a friggen ricer and my back GT wheel hit a curb. That rim is gonna need a fair amount of work. But should have it back in a week or 2. At that point I'll put in the new Koni Adjustable shocks and struts, and some new racing application u-joints. I figure already I did everything else down there, might as well do that to!!
Jan. 27/08: Worked on the Stang a bit this morning, taking off the door stripping. Took a while to get all the freakin tape off, but it turned out good and looks much cleaner now.
Feb. 12 /08: The Koni Shocks and Struts were installed today. For now we Have them set fairly sof in the back and pretty stiff up front. But I will be fine tuning them as time goes, and when I actually drive the car more frequently. So far so good, made a real nice change already. Also changed the U-joints and put on a new passenger side ground effect that was a bit scratched from the previuos owner. She's all coming together.
Feb.20/08: Decided to take apart my interior and redo all the trim peices, the instrument custer bezal and the trim peices in the door panel. They had some scratches in them and I didn't really like the charcol color. So I did them in a satin black graphite color. I think they look good so far, but we'll see what they look like when everything is put back together in the car. For pics of these, go to page 3.
Mar.6/08:Got bored with not being able to do much to the car so after 6 hrs of prepping, and 2 hrs. of painting the valve covers and CAI are completed. The pics of these are on page 3.
Mar.11/08:Just ordered the Accufab Throttle body and Plenum. Can't wait to throw that thing of beauty on there.... to match it, I picked up the UPR Intake spacer as well.
Mar.15/08: Got bored yesterday after work. So I did some more detaiing work to the engine bay. Polished up the thermostat housing, and painted a couple other peices just so they would look new and cleaned the fire mat up under the engine hood.
Apr. 12/08: Had a decent sized cruise this today with about 20 other real nice Stangs. It was a real blast, ran some nice winding country roads and got to see how my car stands up agianst some other Stangs. Found out it stands up pretty good. Took an 04 Mach 1 by a couple or more cars and a nice Fox body by about 6-8 cars. Was real nice to see how "Ratchet" hooked up and felt real strong. All in all, an awseome day. I love my car.
Apr.26/08: Picked up some more parts this morning, My caliper kit and some adjustable upper rear control arms. After that, went on a nice cruise through the mountains with about 20 other Mustangs. There are a couple pics from it on page 2.
May 12/08:Put the summer insurance on "Ratchet" today. YEAH!!! Now I can drive my pride and joy whenever I want. Also finally got my Baer rotors on order so now I just have to wait for them to come in. The pads and cobra calipers are already sitting on my dining room floor. The steel braided brake lines are still on order as well.
Page 2: Some Videos, including one from the first Cruise of the year. Feb. 17/08. The latest pics are also on page 2 and plans for the winter of 08/09.
Page 3: Paint work and other detailing pics.
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