5.0's are getting old! I mite go Modular

GTOReturns said:

Im talking DD's.

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That's your problem. As cars age, they go down in price until they become desired classics. It's common sense.

These cars are worth more as hobby cars. Foxes can fetch a decent price if they're not in DD condition.

If you go mod, at least get an S197; cause if you get anything older, you'll be making this same thread about the fox chassis cars in a year.

a 99 and up GT sounds really got to me some times while i working on or driving my old beater, i think we all have been there.

Kind of funny you mention it, because the 4.6 aftermarket is one of the reasons why I didn't go with those cars.

You check out the 4.6 aftermarket and the main performance items are cold-air (which is debatable in whether you get actual performance gains from it), exhaust, gears, and forced induction. H/C/I combo? Almost unheard of, search up most major parts manufacturers and compared to the 5.0 market, there's still very little out there. For example I know of only Ford Racing and Sean-Hyland Motorsport that does them, though there maybe a few more.

Okay, so that mainly leaves forced induction, but from what I've seen over the past few years, the gains from them are about equal to that of a forced-induced 5.0. Top that off with the lack of internal parts on the market to beef-up your engine for crazier setups (I have to dig through so many catalogs before I actually find connecting rods, pistons, etc. for those cars) means the horsepower is some what capped to about 400 HP without wrecking something.

To be fair, the 5.0 has been around for so long which is why the aftermarket is so large. Hopefully with time, we'll see more H/C/I related parts out there.

Oh, and for sound, that's really opinion. I personally like the way 5.0's sound better then 4.6s, though the latter does sound more refined.

Ill agree on the exhaust, my buddy has an 06 with corsa mufflers and an off road H pipe and its wicked.

not to sound rude but it sounds like your 5.0 might be a real peice of crap. I dont know about yours but mine is mint, black on black and is a bad mofo. I think 5.0's are meant for the quarter mile. With 5- 10 k into the engine you could blow away anything that gets into your path. Yeah if you have faded paint, tore up seats, ****ty trim inside the car and duct tape holding your head unit to the dash than yeah, you should go modualr. My 5.0 is only a weekend warrior and I plan on keeping it till i go to the grave. This is my 3rd stang. One of which was 03 cobra. 5.0 ftw. Sell your 5.0 now. Your not worthy

Have you gone MAD?

5.0 will never get old to me

ShortThrow50 said:

not to sound rude but it sounds like your 5.0 might be a real peice of crap. I dont know about yours but mine is mint, black on black and is a bad mofo. I think 5.0's are meant for the quarter mile. With 5- 10 k into the engine you could blow away anything that gets into your path. Yeah if you have faded paint, tore up seats, ****ty trim inside the car and duct tape holding your head unit to the dash than yeah, you should go modualr. My 5.0 is only a weekend warrior and I plan on keeping it till i go to the grave. This is my 3rd stang. One of which was 03 cobra. 5.0 ftw. Sell your 5.0 now. Your not worthy

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Yeah, you missed the whole point. If you think you found something better than your 5.0, you weren't a 5.0 guy in the first place. Keep looking, someday you'll find a car that doesn't age, always goes faster than the latest thing out there, and costs less than all the competition, forever. Glad the old timers didn't give up on the 60's musclecars, I'd never learned how cool a hobby this is. Teaching my son on my 5.0, and he'll always think they're as cool as I do.

~FrankenStang~ said:

Have you gone MAD?

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+1.