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06SatinSilverGT

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My new toy..impressed!! Pics Added!!

Alright, I finally made the cross over to the S-197 world..I work at the Ford dealership in my hometown in south east Iowa, and have been contemplating this for awhile.. Before this I had an 03 GT that was Kenne Bell s/c and I loved the damn thing. I had owned about 30 cars prior to this, and with the exception of a 98 SS Camaro it was my first real glimpse into the world of muscle cars. I bought the 03 with 5k miles on it and when I traded her she had nearly 70k, so in 4 years we definitely spent some time together.. My sales manager @ the dealership bought this 06 GT last year and put a mere 2.2k miles on it..so its still a baby and the price was right so I did it and after owning it less than a month Im real happy.. Its an 06 Satin Silver GT, bone stock when I bought it, right at 3k on the odo right now...Has the Shaker 1000 system in it and all that good stuff..I was a bit anxious as to whether Id be happy going from the 03 to the 06 style and giving up my s/c, but I cannot complain. I am looking forward to getting to know more of you on here, Ive frequented quite a few forums over the years and moderate a local drag racing forum.. I was really up in the air as to where I would begin modding this car but I knew I wanted to go one of two routes.. 1 either I wanted to mildly modify it and keep it NA, or 2 I wanted to base it off the Roush Stage 3 which is the route I have taken.. The FedEx guy brought me about 7k worth of Christmas early:damnit: (Reason for the smiley: I said I was going to try and resist as much as possible with modifying this car...3 weeks later there are 2 huge white Roush boxes at my door and a nice hole in my wallet)..So let me know what you think, and as soon as this weather breaks I will get some pics posted.. I appreciate everyones input and its good to be a member, thanks for your time!
Nate
 
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Congrats on the switch to the S-197. And The purchase of the Roush sc! Post some pics of the new Ride!!
Patrick
 

kooldawg6

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Congrats on the S197! Can't go wrong with cloning the Stage 3 Roush especialy as I don't see many silver Roush Stangs.
 
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Welcome a board Nate. We have found that the Rouch super chargers don't work on the S197. The only 2 mods that I've found that have any real impact is the tb spacer and the tornado with a quart of slick/50 ha ha, just kidding!!!! Good luck with the car and the super charger should be sweet.
 

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congrats on the purchase and welcome to this side of the fence.
 

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interested in how the car looks and runs
 

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ranger04 said:
Welcome a board Nate. We have found that the Rouch super chargers don't work on the S197. The only 2 mods that I've found that have any real impact is the tb spacer and the tornado with a quart of slick/50 ha ha, just kidding!!!! Good luck with the car and the super charger should be sweet.
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Oh man, Ill have to give that a try!! And thank all of you for your warm welcome, hopefully this thing will come together well and be ready for the spring/summer (any of you that have ever seen an Iowa winter understand my frustration with all these damn parts sitting in my basement and the half inch covering the streets ) As soon as we get a half ass descent day (last 2-3 weeks have weve seen a high of maybe 15 degrees and had snow about every other day) Ill get some pics of her and the parts so I can show you all the progress. Anyways, thanks for the kind words and I look forward to getting to know you all better!
 

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Looking forward to the progress report and pics
 

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Finally a half ass descent day..and some pictures!! It was like 35 today ( I know, ****ing wonderful right?? ) I took the stang to the carwash and decided Id give you guys a few "opening" pictures of her, let me know what everyone thinks..Ive only just begun




















Give me your feedback please, Im interested to know what everyone thinks so far, and like I said its a work in progress with allloooonnnggg ways to come!!
Thanks..Nate
 

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Nice start. Come on Spring, so he can continue modding!
 

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kooldawg6 said:
Congrats on the S197! Can't go wrong with cloning the Stage 3 Roush especialy as I don't see many silver Roush Stangs.
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There ya go!!
 

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06SatinSilverGT said:
Oh man, Ill have to give that a try!! And thank all of you for your warm welcome, hopefully this thing will come together well and be ready for the spring/summer (any of you that have ever seen an Iowa winter understand my frustration with all these damn parts sitting in my basement and the half inch covering the streets ) As soon as we get a half ass descent day (last 2-3 weeks have weve seen a high of maybe 15 degrees and had snow about every other day) Ill get some pics of her and the parts so I can show you all the progress. Anyways, thanks for the kind words and I look forward to getting to know you all better!
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Great looking car, Nate.

Whereabouts are you located? I've got some details to release soon on a two-day track event this fall near Omaha. Be sweet if you could make it.
 

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timeless2 said:
Great looking car, Nate.

Whereabouts are you located? I've got some details to release soon on a two-day track event this fall near Omaha. Be sweet if you could make it.
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Im located in eastern Iowa, by the Illinois border.. And you let me know the dates and such and Ill put it on my calendar and you can count on my being in attendance!! I cant wait for the season to come around this year, Im really tired of cold weather and about ready to move to California!!
 

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Welcome aboard. Quad Cities, here.

I'll be at said event.
 

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I've also put the event in Omaha on my calender If all turns out ok, I WILL be there
 

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kooldawg6 said:
I've also put the event in Omaha on my calender If all turns out ok, I WILL be there
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Hell yeah, sounds like this should be a good time..do we have any tenative dates yet??
 

kooldawg6

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06SatinSilverGT said:
Hell yeah, sounds like this should be a good time..do we have any tenative dates yet??
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Possibly Sept 20-21
 

bigcat

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sept 20-21 are SET!!!!!! just waiting for the flyer from the track manager. this will be a stang only event! road and drag racing!

details will be posted as soon as they are set in stone and the flyer is released.

and BTW, in case you cant tell, i will be there too! i am registering this week as i will be in omaha for a few days.
 

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Cool! I'm originally from Omaha, and still have family there. I may have to get over there for this! What track? Scribner's not there any more, is it?


Edit - I think I found it...elevation 955 feet! Woohooo! Beats the heck out of 5800 feet! Wish it was a 1/4 mile track, though.
 

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AlloyGT said:
Cool! I'm originally from Omaha, and still have family there. I may have to get over there for this! What track? Scribner's not there any more, is it?


Edit - I think I found it...elevation 955 feet! Woohooo! Beats the heck out of 5800 feet! Wish it was a 1/4 mile track, though.
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really beats the 7220ft that i am stuck at!! sadly, schribner is closed. the track is www.midamericamotorplex.com for anyone else that is interested. more details should be posted really soon.

alloy, where in colorado are you? im just north of the colorado border. maybe we can get the those of us from the rockies to drive out there together. would be sweet to see a group of stangs cruising down I-80. those of you to the east should get together too and do the same thing.
 
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