2003 mustang gt 5 speed
suspension- eibach pro kit springs, tokiko shocks/struts, steeda caster/
camber plates, polyurethane spring isolators, i installed all of this at the same time, installation took about half a day and was a pain in the ass to do by myself, would not nessicarily recomend this installation for beginners or someone without a lot of paticance,lowered my car about 2- 2.5 inches looks awsome, handles awsome, however the ride with all of my other
suspension mods is a bit stiff and quite unforgiving but the handling is worlds better than stock.
grannatilli upper and lower control arms- helped traction and made rear end feel much more solid also noticed that my stock aluminum
control arms had been bent and flexed quite noticabbly, the stock
control arms are a weak point on this car and i would deffinetly reccomend replacing them with much stronger and better designed aftermarket ones. installation was a breeze with a lift, took about 45 min.
17x10.5 deep dish bullit rims wrapped in 315/45/17 sumitomo htrz- this mod not only looks sick but helped my traction immensly, with my stock rims and tires i would accidently spin them all over town just trying to get my car moving, but with these my grip is so much better, the extra 2.5 inches of rubber really helped. installation was easy, just changing rear tires, i did need to remove my quad shocks for clearance issues, easy 2 bolts and they fell out. traction is still much better even without the quad shocks
custom intake- would not reccomend doing this, just buy a kit. i peiced together an intake pipe and filter setup thinking it would save me some $ but the rubber sleeves, especially the 4- 3.5 inch one that connects to my tb ended up making it just as expensive as if i were to buy a kit. preformance is good overall though because i found a 4" intake pipe.
c&l 80mm maf- good mod, deffinetly helped gain a few horses, easy install.
accufab 70mm tb- good mod, deffinetly helped hp and throttle response was improved drammatically. this a a very good quality throttlebody. easy install.
exhaust- h-pipe,
flowmaster 2 chamber,
magnaflow 4" rolled tips, no cats, steeda mil eliminators. this exhaust setup sounds sick, it is however very loud because i removed my cats but it really brings out the throtyness of the v8. this is a good setup if you want your 4.6 to sound really mean and loud. also a very noticable power gain throughout the entire rpm range, much less restriction.
steeda triax shifter- this mod comes highly recommended, it is cheap, easy to install and you will enjoy it every time you drive your 5speed. this shifter is so much better than the stock one, i could not go back to stock.
ram heavy duty clutch- this a a very streetable clutch while still giving better grip than stock, it's a good mild upgrade from the stock clutch. install took about 4.5 hours including getting my flywheel turned and tracking down a new pilot bearing. you do have to drop the tranny so this isn't really an install for amatures. also would not reccomend doing if you don't have access to a lift.
upr clutch quadrant with adj .cable- this is another install that comes highly recommended for the 5 speed. the stock quadrant is cheap plastic and it has an assist mechanism that makes your clutch feel sloppy. after installying this quadrent (with my stock clutch still in) i had a much firmer and more solid feeling pedal. also i like that it came with an adjustable clutch cable and the whole kit was only about $60. this a a fairly easy install as long as you are flexable enough to get up under your dash.
diablosport predator computer programmer this was probably the preformance mod that made the most differance. i got this toy after installing all of my other mods, before installing diablo's program on my ecm my car ran a little funky because the stock program didn't know what to do with all of the extra airflow i got from my boltons, after installing this program all of my mods seemed to be working with each other instead of against the computer. my car runs much better now and it really smoothed out my powerband as well as added a noticable increase in hp. i recommend this mod especially if you have a lot of bolt ons already. installation was easy, just plug it in to your diagnostics port and follow the on screen prompts. another cool feature is the data logging, you can download a free program from diablo so that you can log data on to your laptop!
hope this helps someone out there, these are only my preformance mods (the ones i can think of off the top of my head anyway), the list pretty much doubles if i put my cosmetics up there too.
one cosmetic that is probably worth mentioning is the autometer luner gauge cluster. i picked this cluster up second hand at a swap meet for about $200 (that's half price) all i had to do was take off the face and clean it up a little bit and it looks like new. this cluster looks so cool during the day and at night. it looks 100 times better than any of the overlays that you can buy, it does cost a little bit of $, about $400 new, but it's worth it, this is a very nice addition to the interior of any stang. the installation is easy, all you need to do is remove your stock cluster and swap the circuit board to the autometer cluster, this may sound a little difficult but it's really not as long as you are careful not to damage the circuit board in the process.