My "NEW" Stang Complete! What do you think!?

Reign696 · Sep 26, 2006

Great Conversion!!!

I think that the Car Looks Great!!!!
You shouldn't worry about that others think as long as you like it... IMHO

LuS1fer · Sep 26, 2006

It's clearly NOT a Shelby GT500. It's way too light. Add 500lbs of dead weight and you'll be close. Don't go adding a supercharger or you'll just embarass the real GT500s and it won't do to have a car that's faster than a GT500, it has to be juuuuust right.

Like some say, it's your car, do what you like. It's not what I'd do but so what. I keep saying this and on a Mustang forum, it's not the most popular philosophy but...it's just a mass-produced Mustang. Those without the imagination to modify their own and create a faster, unique car are the ones who buy the real Shelbys.

It wouldn't be so bad if the Shelby was the be all and end all, it's not and a C6 will walk over you and the Shelby so that won't wash as a reason not to have fun.

Mustang Militia · Sep 26, 2006

A C6 will walk all over a Shelby? Surely you mean a Z06. A plain C6 will get embarrased by a Shelby.

shooterm1 · Sep 26, 2006

RisingForce said:
when i posted this , i was looking for opinions,, not just one,, and i got many different opinions,,, I do appreciate every single one of them.
I am surprised as how many people are not for the badges and stripes,, but that in my opinion is a GOOD thing, meaning not many people will do what I did,,,,

please reconsider and shave the badging .....

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Sanctus · Sep 26, 2006

RisingForce said:
Thanks man... I think any problems are resolved

Yupp All Good in the Hood

scupking · Sep 26, 2006

Keep the looks but put the GT badging back on. Once I'm done with my car it will look like a mach 1 but I'm still keeping my GT badging on. Other then that its a nice car you have.

LV51FER · Sep 27, 2006

Mustang Militia said:
A C6 will walk all over a Shelby? Surely you mean a Z06. A plain C6 will get embarrased by a Shelby.

HYpe is a fantastic thing, no really, hype is brilliant! Unfortunately, the Z06 is in a different league and the plain vanilla C6 can handle the Shelby:

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/11150/heavy-pedal.html

Weight kills performance.

moosetang1 · Sep 27, 2006

It looks like the house comes before the baby or the car. Nice house by the way. The car looks ok, but I don't like the verts. The coupes look 10 times better IMO. I don't like the stock chrome bullits, try the other rims on.

You should have converted your black 05.

cowtown · Sep 27, 2006

I hope you enjoy the car, I'm sure you will of course. I love the body kit changes, I think it looks fantastic and depending on what the next special edition model is after the bullit this is on my short list of body kit selections if I go that route.

I do fall into the shelby badging is a bit weak side of things. There is a guy in the local area that California Special'd his GT before the CS was released. He even goes to such lengths to "sell" the car as a rare '05 CS convertible at car shows and I just want to tear the 30 pounds of vinyl striping and what not from the car every time I see it.

Sgt Beavis · Sep 27, 2006

Mustang Militia said:
A C6 will walk all over a Shelby? Surely you mean a Z06. A plain C6 will get embarrased by a Shelby.

Nope, the Shelby might have 500 horses, but it is a pig. The C6 has edged it out in just about every comparison I've seen. The Z06 would distroy it.

I really dig the Shelby but Ford shoulda done something about the weight and turned it into a real contender. Heck, with the markups, the C6 is cheaper. If you look, you can get a dealer to mark down a C6 to below the MSRP of a Shelby.

07StangGT · Sep 27, 2006

RisingForce said:
Need Your opinion on finished "project" ?

Where did you find the conversion kit? I have been looking for it.

RisingForce · Sep 27, 2006

you can order any and all parts needed from your local Ford dealerships parts dept.

Keep me posted with your project man

steedastang06 · Sep 27, 2006

yeah that would be pretty bad if someone with a slightly modified GT pulled up next to you and kept up with you, if not beat you... I would feel pretty good if i was the GT owner after staying with a "GT500"

wht-v6-vert · Sep 27, 2006

wtf difference does it make what badge he has on the back of it? You guys are nutz. If the parts are cheap enough, I'm gonna put the same setup on my V6.

That's a damn good looking car.

RisingForce · Sep 27, 2006

If any mustang of any kind pulls right next to me, all I am gonna do is give him/her a thumb up for having a Mustang, but I am not gonna race them. No point in giving the real GT500 a bad name.
Also I have had people workin at gas stations coming out to look at my car. "wow, is that the new Shelby",,,"Is that a Cobra",,,, and I tell them the truth. So I am not tryin to "pass is as a GT500",.,,
In my opinion if I wasnt gonna go with the badges and stripes, I shouldve just not done anything to the car at all,,, I wanted to have a Shelby replica, which I have now,,,
Once again I do appreciate everyone's different input.

kooldawg6 · Sep 27, 2006

Nice job on your replia conversion Rising!!!! I myself plan on using the Roush front bumper, quarter window louvers and rear spoiler to add to the look on my '06 GT...I won't be using any of the badging however. If the parts are available and you like the way they look...go for it man!!!!!!! To each their own.

Mustang Militia · Sep 27, 2006

LV51FER said:
HYpe is a fantastic thing, no really, hype is brilliant! Unfortunately, the Z06 is in a different league and the plain vanilla C6 can handle the Shelby:

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/11150/heavy-pedal.html

Weight kills performance.

look here for some real world figures. Put ET Streets on the C6 and it won't go quicker than 8 seconds. The Shelby went 7.80's spinning.
http://www.modularfords.com/forums/...les-runs-on-et-streets-vids-inside-62571.html

Sgt Beavis · Sep 27, 2006

BTW, the GT500 weighs 741 pounds more than a stock C6.

I'm not a racing guy, what is ET Streets?

FNG 2001 · Sep 27, 2006

Risingforce- I am actually kind of warming up to your conversion. The GT500 really is way overpriced at the dealers, and IMO you are either rich or a fool if you get one at that kind of mark up. I like the cobra emblems on it, but the GT ones wouldn't look bad either.

I have always subscribed to the stealth/sleeper philosophy, where the car has more "go" than maybe the "show" suggests. Other people invest in appearance mods as their priority. To each his own.

The bottom line is that it is your car. If somebody wants you to tear off the emblems and stripes etc. on your car, let them make your car payment too. I don't see you as a poser because you are honest about what you have, and are not streetracing around like an idiot. It looks really good to me.

I'm looking forward to hearing what performance mods you do with it. It would be cool to say, "No... it's a modified GT... but yes, it will still take you."

$uperstang · Sep 28, 2006

Mustang Militia said:
look here for some real world figures. Put ET Streets on the C6 and it won't go quicker than 8 seconds. The Shelby went 7.80's spinning.
http://www.modularfords.com/forums/...les-runs-on-et-streets-vids-inside-62571.html

Dude you must be nutz! The new Zo6 will walk all over the GT500. Look at the numbers: Z06 - 11.5-12.2 in the 1/4 STOCK that I have seen run

Best time I have seen a GT500 run is 12.7 - 12.9 STOCK! They are HEAVY ASS PIGS!!

I am a MUSTANG OWNER FOR LIFE and always have been but do not under-estimate the power of the C6's they are simply POWERFULL!!!!

BY THE WAY I LOVE THE CONVERSION!! GREAT JOB!!!

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