Christmas came early for my 5.0 :)
 

Well I ordered all my suspension, aluminum 1 piece driveshaft and my Borla stinger catback. Heres some pics of it all installed :)
The stang is now becoming quite a monster now that my traction has increased greatly even on the stock tires. Some 19x9.5 and 19x11 forgestars will be my next mod along with some Michelin pilot super sport rubber.
Thanks to El_Tortuga and Bacadiesel for helping me install the suspension! I couldnt have done it without your guys help.. :)

Some pics of the goodies.. Really pissed off the UPS guy this week, hahaha
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps82c3b03d.jpg

Borla Stainless Stinger catback (you'd think for 1,200 bucks the damn thing wouldve been polished stainless)
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps8fad3f26.jpg

Strange adjustable struts /w BMR springs
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psa60643b1.jpg

BMR LCA's, BMR relocation brackets and sway bar relocation kit ( so I can run 15x10 slicks at the track when i eventually am boosted)
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps43724989.jpg

BMR panhard and panhard brace
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps192ac17d.jpg

BMR UCA mount and adjustable UCA
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps66f0600c.jpg

BMR rear shocks and Viking double adjustable shocks (ended up having to remove the panhard relocation bracket because it was not letting the sway bar sit right when the weight was on the axle..)
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psf9ba1dbf.jpg

Borla Stinger catback
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps135c3c64.jpg

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psa03423f4.jpg

Ended up having to pay a performance shop to install half my catback because I couldnt get the stock pipes out over the axle. On jackstands this was impossible
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...pse9e1bff7.jpg

Driveshaft Shop aluminum 1 piece driveshaft
This mod alone proved to me its worth as much as the tune performance wise, it really increased acceleration a ton.
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psb6dcc6d4.jpg

All looks great man! Really coming along nicely.

-Alex

Hell yeah! congrats have fun with it.

Nice glad you got it all done. Sorry I couldn't help

Its ok.. El_Tortuga did my shocks and struts and springs and Bacadiesel had a lift that made installing the rest a breeze :)

In the rush to get through, we forgot to check camber and toe. Whoops.

I was wondering how you snaked the pipes. If you are still getting the buzzy vibe at certain RPMs when cold, you might recheck that all the clamps are tight.

Enough with the explicit details. Lets see how the car sits. I don't think I even looked at it from the side when we finished.

Yea i dont think the alignment is far off if any at all. It doesnt pull at all :)
I'll take a outside pic little later today when I get home.
What setting do you keep your koni yellows on for everyday driving?
It bounces a lot with bumps i cant even see. I figure i just need to adjust my struts and shocks settings

I would have just dropped the rear end down for the pipes... Looks like you had fun.

Konis only adjust rebound. I'm 3/5 hard in the back and 2/5 hard in the front. Probably a bit firm for comfort, but feels pretty good when I play in corners.

The driveshaft made a pretty big difference? With how quickly it revs? Just really curious if its worth it.

looks real good, im on the fence about a one piece drive shaft so im glad to hear it helps out so much.

getting the stock pipes off was a bitch, i jacked the car up as far as it would go, put it on stands, then put a 4x4 block on the jack and jacked it up as high as it would go and raised the jack stands some more. took the jack out and went over to one side and started jacking the side up. essentially the whole car was off the ground at one point but i got it...lol. i refuse to pay a shop to do that so i do it myself and then bitch about it.

hope those borlas sound good, that's a lot of dough for pipes

yes the car accelerates to 100mph like it's nuthing now.. main reason i wanted it was because I eventually want to drag race the car and want to use slicks, I've seen pics of just 430 rwhp mustangs destroying the twopiece like a twig. Also got sick of hearing the clunk clunk B.S. everytime you changed gears or pushed in the clutch.. this is how the damn car should've came from the factory if you ask me.

Wow that is impressive!!

Don't forget to drill weep holes in the Borla Mufflers, they will collect a lot of water. Looks great though! I'm sure its a blast to drive!

Why do they do this? Is it only Bora that has this problem?

Yep known issue. I drained about a cup of water total from each. I called Borla and made sure this doesn't void the warranty.

Been wondering why manufacturers don't use single-piece DSs stock. Seems like it would be cheaper to build that but maybe they use the same drive shafts across multiple platforms is my guess.

-Alex

Looks good brother, thanks again:)

Thanks.. I'll be back for some forgestar wheels and tires soon :)

The one piece with the CV joint costs more to manufacture and it transmits slightly more vibration from the chassis and engine. From what I've been told the pennypinching dept. at ford made the decision to give us clunky worthless 2 piece driveshafts..

Yea I drilled two holes into my mufflers as well and they peed clear water for a good 6-7 minutes..

They sound much louder now that the material has dried out.. Glad I read about them needing to be drilled..

Heres another BMR suspension mod I did this week.
Thier tubular radiator support /w sway bar mounts. (they said it took off 10lbs from the stock piece) I didnt have a scale but it sure felt closer to 12-14lbs lol

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psrt5fh78t.jpg

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps1fw3stx6.jpg

Only thing really left to buy suspension wise for the stang is the BMR K member and the tubular a-arms.. Probably start saving for those soon as i get rid of these damn stock rims and tires..

You have spared no expense! I bet the ride is ridiculous. Talk about performance!

My only quibble is that people who purchase a $1200 Borla exhaust system shouldn't have to drill holes in the exhaust. Borla needs to fix that.

that was my thoughts also.. and the mufflers wherent even polished stainless either.. thats a bit much imo if they dont even give you polished mufflers, otherwise the kit imo shouldnt have been more than 750-800 bucks..

Finally got rid of the stock POS pirelli P-zeros and OEM rims!! I found a deal on one of the Forums on a brand new set of Forgestar CF-5's Way too good to pass up.. 2,300 bucks with Brand new Tires and rims that where never evenm mounted on his mustang :) These tires and rims easily retail for 3,700 bucks with tires and TPMS monitors and locking lugnuts.
God I love the look, looks SICK..
Specs of the tires and rims are:
20x9" Front with Michelin Pilot super sport 265/35ZR/20
20X11" Rear with Michelin Pilot super sport 285/35ZR/20

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps4677afd5.jpg

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psdf9cb00a.jpg

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psd3c97d01.jpg

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psa2d436cf.jpg

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http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/v...psaaf961ac.jpg

Looks Prefect. Other than that awful flag in the background

LOL even with as awful as they have been since the 90's I still love them.. Just wish jerry jones would step down and let a real manager manage the team. We might actually start winning again..

Wheels and tires look great. Definitely a good match for the car color.

Ford isn't the only company that does that.

Either way, your car is killer. What's next?

-Alex

Herra Frush!

You live in McKinney?

nope arlington..

Wheels and tires look sick man! I bet you're loving the new found traction too!! I know i did with my Michelin PSS's

I noticed you have your LCAs in the middle position on the relocation bracket. Do you still have any wheels spin?

-Alex

yep i can still spin the wheels even with my suspension mods and michelin pilot super sports, but it is way way less than with the crappy oem pirelli p zeros. It bites hard off the line and usually most of my tire spin happens when i speed shift into second gear the ass end kicks out sideways and i end up having to feather the throttle before burying it all the way.
i'm sure when summer rolls around this probably won't be the case but who knows by summer I'm hoping to have the car boosted either with a VMP tvs2300 or JPC large single turbo kit on E85 probably with 650+ rwhp

Thanks for the feedback. I am only lowered 1 inch and I have mine set on the top setting. Much MUCH better right quality, definitely got rid of issues I never even paid attention to. I've only had this mod a few weeks now and very impressed. Traction is much better only very minimal spin happens for me the few times I have launched on the street. My tires aren't as grippy as yours though, BFGoodrichs but, as you said much better than the stock stuff. You've got a pretty solidly built rear end(that's what she said), why didn't you go with the bottom setting?

-Alex