New Mustang Owner! 03 Gt

I finally bought my first mustang. I have wanted one since I was about a day old. And FINALLY, here it is! It is an 03 GT with 110k miles. Premium Leather interior, Mach Sound system, but unfortunately the previous owner took out the original sub woofer, and replaced the head unit, and it doesn't sound that good.



Its very clean, only 2 spots to address body wise.

It's a 5 speed car, with a few things done to it. AccuFab throttle body/plenum, BBK cold air intake (I NEED to get a new filter, it has a Spectre on it...), Magnaflow exhaust, not sure what type of clutch, but it is not stock. It is heavy, but very streetable. Also has an MGW short throw shifter.


Also, it has an SCT Eliminator Chip installed, with the 7 way switch. I have ZERO idea about this tuner. What do the numbers mean? I am assuming each one is to store a different tune, but how am I to know which one is what?

Also have 2 small issues with the car. First, at random times while driving, or turning the wheel, the horn will make a very slight honk. Just a small beep. It does it every once in awhile, and while not loud, it bugs the hell out of me.

Second, the rpm's like to hang a little bit before coming down to idle. It revs down very slow, then hangs at 1000, then down to 500 and idles smooth there. Vacuum issue? Tune issue?

In closing, I am in love with this car, and I hope to become an active member of this community.

Awesome, luckily my uncle is a mechanic, and while I have worked on cars my whole life, and can do about anything I need to, I do not like airbags, so I think I'll have him help me on that one.

I'll definitely do that. The engine is spotless up top. A lot of new stuff.

I need to put in a new rear and front main seal, and a pinion seal underneath. That's about the only issues underneath.

I took a couple pictures today of the car. Just a side shot and an engine bay shot.




Here is my stereo wiring mess....it had a Mach 1000 stereo in it, and the previous owner put a new deck in, and got rid of the amp rack, and subs in the back. It sounds horrible right now and I want to fix it. I have not looked in the doors to see if it has the stock speakers in, but it has the stock tweeters by the side mirrors. Also I believe the rear has been replaced with just 2 speakers. I have no idea how to fix what is going on here. Maybe you can help.

I blew out a plug today number 2. It really sucks! I bought a kit to fix it, but am Leary because it's not a Time Sert Kit. But I've also heard good things about them. It would be hard to swallow the 400 dollar price tag on the time sert kit.