Hello all,
I'm currently a SVT Lightning owner, and have had a couple SN95 projects in the past. I was thinking of picking up a S550 Mustang GT in the next month or so and throwing some mods on it and turn it into a pretty cool street car. Something in the 650-700 RWHP range would be nice. Having said that... I have a few questions, and I'm hoping y'all can point me in the right direction.
Firstly, a lot has changed since I last worked on a mustang, notably the number of different power-adder kits. Is there an established "best of breed" for a stock motor? Ideally one I can grow into once I have the other mods to support it. I've seen the Vortech kit, as well as a few single and twin-turbo setups that seem pretty cool. I figure that eventually the motor and/or trans will get smoked, but until that happens I'd like to have something fun to drive. When things start failing, I can replace with a built motor, trans, whatever.
Second question in regard to the suspension/drivetrain. The last GT I worked on had a solid rear axle, and it looks like the new ones have an IRS. How well do these hold up? Also, is the norm just to drop it with springs? Or is there a well-known kit that gives the best bang-for-buck.
Third - how well does fuel delivery handle higher HP? My last mustang had a returnless-style fuel system, and higher HP required a return-style system, or any number of boost-a-pump style addons. What's the latest with this tech?
Lastly, if anyone has any good links for wheels, I would greatly appreciate the info.
I'm currently a SVT Lightning owner, and have had a couple SN95 projects in the past. I was thinking of picking up a S550 Mustang GT in the next month or so and throwing some mods on it and turn it into a pretty cool street car. Something in the 650-700 RWHP range would be nice. Having said that... I have a few questions, and I'm hoping y'all can point me in the right direction.
Firstly, a lot has changed since I last worked on a mustang, notably the number of different power-adder kits. Is there an established "best of breed" for a stock motor? Ideally one I can grow into once I have the other mods to support it. I've seen the Vortech kit, as well as a few single and twin-turbo setups that seem pretty cool. I figure that eventually the motor and/or trans will get smoked, but until that happens I'd like to have something fun to drive. When things start failing, I can replace with a built motor, trans, whatever.
Second question in regard to the suspension/drivetrain. The last GT I worked on had a solid rear axle, and it looks like the new ones have an IRS. How well do these hold up? Also, is the norm just to drop it with springs? Or is there a well-known kit that gives the best bang-for-buck.
Third - how well does fuel delivery handle higher HP? My last mustang had a returnless-style fuel system, and higher HP required a return-style system, or any number of boost-a-pump style addons. What's the latest with this tech?
Lastly, if anyone has any good links for wheels, I would greatly appreciate the info.