Update 1/6/07
I've added a page 3 for EVO stuff. I've got a Gingerbread EVO I made during Christmas break. My wife is making me an EVO Birthday Cake.

My average mpg for 2006 was 22.6, with a peak of 25.0 in July. Not bad. She's got 140,000 now. She's getting old and tired. I'm saving up for that EVO, WRX or 05-06 Mustang GT. We'll see. A Honda Odyssey is the next car we're getting as we'll be adding baby #3. Yikes! :)

Update 3/20/06

So, I traded my big meats and Cobras for my brother's stock 16's. I wanted him to have them. He'll enjoy them more and plus the stockies are lighter and cheaper on tires. Plus, I like the look of the stockies and I think my old Cobra wheels look better on his Green car. Put the h pipe back on. I think my cats are clogged. It's running better now. I'm hoping to get 24 mpg. So far I've only gotten 22.9 mpg with the stock cat pipe. Enjoy!!!

Here's a pic of the new 275/40/18 meats. More pics to come!
Update 1/20/06
Recently put the stock h pipe back on for smog in Utah. Also, just cleaned the mas sensor and wow! What a difference. Its faster and more responsive than with the o/r h pipe on. Pics coming of the new shoes. Also, check out my bro's Stang.

Update 11/27/05
Well, just purchased some new meats for the stang. I picked up some 245/40 and 275/40/18 Kumho ASX's from tirerack.com for my new adventures in Utah's winters. Just got a job there, so the family will be moving next week up to Utah. I'll have to see what the stang runs at Rocky Mountain Raceway compared to Famoso. Its usually about 1 second slower because of the 4400ft eleveation of RMR. I'll put up some new pics of the stang when I get the new tires on it next week.
Update 7/26/05
Went to the drags at Famoso Speedway in Bakersfield on 7/22/05. Had fun and met my goals for the 1/4 mile. I improved on my 15.6 by running a best of 14.81 @ 93.5mph with a 2.27 60ft time. The only changes were using my dad's stock 16's (lighter weight and newer rubber with more sidewall), unbolted the front sway bar, loosened the front strut nuts, gapped the plugs to .050" (were at .060-.070") and ported out the MAS sensor hole to .402" diameter (stock was about .380"). With the newer rubber, I was able to launch harder and and figured out that shifting into 4th above 5100 was useless for my mph on the big end. Pics coming soon!

Update 7/11/05
Went to the drags at California Speedway on 7/9/05. Had fun but dissapointed in the lack of traction on my old crusty Nitto's. Ran a best of 15.6sec, best 60ft of 2.49 sec and best speed of 91.33 mph. Sucks! I need traction and a shifter so I can power shift it. My dad with the same mods but a shifter (powershifting) and newer tires with more sidewall on his stock 16's ran a 14.7 @ 93mph. I have a whole .9 sec and 1.5mph to go. Here's some pics. My bro's little Focus that could smoked me. He ran 15.0008 @ 89+ mph all night with 2.1+ 60ft times. Check out the pics:

A little sign my wife and I painted for my dad for Father's Day for his barn/shop.

Update 6/20/05


These pictures taken today, 6/20, after I did a quick spoiler delete! :) I think it looks pretty clean. Trying to add to the clean, sleeper style. Just used some sticky-back monocote material to cover the mounting holes on the trunk lid. Tell me what you think of the new look...

Poll updated on 6/3.
RECENT STUFF
May 31 Update pics

A pic of my bro's Focus and I. The Focus is pretty stout for a 4pot. Check him out at: http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/832661 , we were neck and neck until 4th when I started to "inch" away from him. We're the "SVT Wannabe Club"

Stage 1 Update May 28th:
-Installed Unequal Length GT40P headers (instead of equal lengths for its cheaper price, ease of install and maintenance-Thanks Central Coast Mustang for the great product and stickers!)
-BBK H pipe
-C&L Modified MAS air housing
-Custom Ram-Air scoop and piping hooked to Stock airbox with K/N (See pics for install)
-Timing bumped from 10 degrees to 14 degrees
-New serpentine belt

Stealth Composites Ram-Air Kit (for info email us at stealthcomposites@hotmail.com)

MAC GT40P header top, Stock header bottom

C&L MAS housing with no screen right, Stock MAS housing with screen left

We did a timed run in 3rd gear from 2000 rpm to 5000 rpm. Baseline with Flowmasters, 2 piece underdrive pullies and air filter connected straight to MAS sensor = approximately 9 seconds. The run with "Stage 1" = approximately 8 seconds. A 1 second improvement, not bad for a few bolt-ons.

HISTORY STUFF
Brancinho born May 19, 2005 to me. I acquired this car through a sweet trade of my old '95 Civic that had some mods done to it. It was a straight across trade. The only thing wrong is the A/C doesn't work. I'll work on it. In the mean time, here are some initial pictures and current mods on it the day I purchased it. I've been waiting to get a "hotrod" for some time now, and my dream has finally come true. Let me explain the name, since I think its a cool play on words. Branco is Portuguese for White. It sounds like bronco, a horse, so its my "White Horse". The -inho in portuguese is "little", so its my "Little White Horse". Pretty cool eh, well I thought so anyway. I lived in Brazil for 2 years as a missionary for my church, so that's the reason for the portuguese. Yep, the mormon boy! :) Enjoy my stang.

Stage 0:
-FMS Aluminum Driveshaft
-Flowmaster 2.5" Catback Exhaust
-3pc Aluminum underdrive pulley set (alternator pulley not installed because the "big" stereo/amp bogged down the alternator)
-White face guages
-Cone filter (entire oe airbox removed by 1st owner)
-Eibach springs (Pro-Kit for a 1.5" drop)

Stage 1:
-Unequal Length GT40P headers
-BBK H pipe
-C&L Modified MAS air housing
-Custom Ram-Air scoop and piping hooked to Stock airbox with K/N

Future mods

Here are some more pics taken this weekend, 5/21/05. The pic of the Green Civic isn't a mistake. I traded this straight across for the Mustang, no joke.