© Copyright 1995 thru 2008 - The Mustang Works™. All Rights Reserved.
MustangWorks.com is designed and hosted by Aero3 Media.
MustangWorks.com is designed and hosted by Aero3 Media.
10-11-2001, 09:50 PM | #1 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 220
|
Anyone ever FINISHED with mods?
Just curious...has anyone ever made mods to their car and then said - OK, now I'm done, no more mods, it is exactly how I want it...
I guess it would defeat the purpose of having a hobby, but it seems like I will never actually be done...what's next - brake upgrades, roll bar, heads, blower, wheels, 130A alt... |
10-11-2001, 10:24 PM | #2 |
Huh? Whatcha said?
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Posts: 1,073
|
In a word......No.
I'll never be done. Just when I get happy with it, I'll blow something up and have to re-do everything, only better and faster. ------------------ "Is that a Cobra?" "Yeah" "It's a V6, right?" "Yeah" |
10-12-2001, 01:28 AM | #3 |
Not broken anymore!
Join Date: May 2001
Location: La Porte, TEXASS :)
Posts: 1,963
|
For lack of a better word, I'll use BigWhiteCobra's...NO!
Finally got my SVO Side exauhst in last Friday!!!! YEEHAAA! I made a post about it on the Female Power Forum if anyone wants to check it out!! When you think you're done, you'll think of something else...I'm allready thinking of more sh** to order!!!! BUT: AINT IT FUN?????? ------------------ 1994 GT CONVERTIBLE TOPLESS IN TEXAS Girls can too's July "Mare of the Month" Performance Red. Cold Air Ind.,K&N,H.P. Pulleys,OffRoad H-Pipe,Subframe Connectors,Flows,3.55,Light bar,Custom HeadRests.Lotta Chrome |
10-12-2001, 01:39 AM | #4 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Seymour,IN. USA
Posts: 5
|
I will go with their answer NO. It's a never ending journey
|
10-12-2001, 02:35 AM | #5 |
gear banger
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: CHICAGO
Posts: 1,144
|
I can quit anytime I want. Just because every dime I make I put into the stang dosn't mean I have a problem.
Now that I think of it this sounds like a heroin problem. ------------------ 79 hatch w/ NA 347,stage 2 Canfield heads, out of the box Victor 5.0 intake, solid roller cam, Aeromotive fuel system, proshifted TKO II.MY CAR http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1288 93lx all stock + tremec |
10-12-2001, 04:56 AM | #6 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Georgia
Posts: 3,866
|
In this hobby - no way, never. Well, I cant speak for everybody, but generally speaking, its an on-going process.
To a lot of people, doing the work on the car is the best part. Then they sell it, and start over with another one. I started out with my latest project car with a big bang, spending around 4,000 in initial mods that took a couple months to install. Then I have taken as long as a year doing nothing to the car at all. It depends on your expendable income, your priorities at the time, blah, blah, but if you enjoy modifying your car, and you keep the car for a long time, you usually will always tinker or change something. My wife is expecting a baby soon, and unlike many others on this site in the same situation who are selling their stangs, I have vowed to keep mine, although keeping future mods to a bare minimum ------------------ 1993 GT/AOD '93 Mustang GT |
10-12-2001, 08:38 AM | #7 |
or '331 LX Eric'
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 2,142
|
My wife and I are also expecting, so instead of getting a ProCharger, I got a new Tremec, which is a little less expensive when it's all said and done.
But, to anwser the question, I guess I will never offically be "done." However, once I get an R302 block, stroked to 327 or 331, professionally built by Bennett, a big-a$$ ProCharger, Baer brakes all around, and it's streetable....well, then, that's kinda like heaven But, I'll still want to change the oil, wash her, and then maybe get a cool top quality paint job and maybe a cage... Ok, I guess I have a problem E ------------------ 1991 5.0 LX Coupe - 38,000 miles 13.17 @ 106.14 mph w/ 2.138 60' |
10-12-2001, 08:45 AM | #8 |
Drag Racer!
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Lake Worth, FL USA
Posts: 757
|
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA...::wiping tear from my eye::...
That was pretty fun...you're only done when the car is sold. Bill ------------------ 00 GT, MAC Offroad H, Steeda Pulleys & Timing Adjuster, C&L 80mm, 4.30’s, Flows w/turndowns, UPR shifter, UPR Pro Series LCA’s, Lakewood 70/30’s & 50/50’s, 253.8 RWHP/292.8RWTQ Best ET 12.91 Best MPH 105.49 M/M 100, 7085 2001 Mod Motor Shootout 2V NA Champion |
10-12-2001, 09:18 AM | #9 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 220
|
THIS IS GREAT NEWS! I'm glad I am not the only one that will NEVER be done :-)
The planning and anticipation of upgrades is a lot of fun - and the pride in ownership from doing your own wrenching is great too. Fortunately, my wife is very supportive of my hobbies, I think she is starting to realize it is a never-ending saga. |
10-12-2001, 01:48 PM | #10 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
LMFAO - yeah, I've been finished about 3 times already !
------------------ '90 LX 5.0;12K original miles;FMS 3.55 gears; March pulleys;Edelbrock Performer Heads;BBK 1 5/8" equal length shorties;MSD 6AL ignition w/ blaster 2 coil;FMS E303 cam;Pro-M 75mm MAF;BBK 70mm TB; Eibach drag-launch spring kit;Southside weld-on subs;9" K&N cone filter charger;Hurst shifter;Cervini 3" turbo hood;A/C delete;gutted cats;2 chamber Flomasters;Corbeau racing seats;FMS 30# injectors;JMS custom chip;Holley 190lb fp;TFS track heat intake (12.299 @ 113mph w/ a 1.78 60') ....soon to be b |
10-12-2001, 05:06 PM | #11 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Kamloops, BC
Posts: 2,875
|
Oh Ya, I'm done. I don't want to do anymore to my stang. A stock mustang has more than enough power.
j/k, I don't think so Jim! My problem is that my wife says I can do a couple things. I then start listing off a couple "short term" projects. She says OK, and then I continue to ramble off things I would like to do. She then tell's me that she doesn't want me to start, because IT WILL NEVER END!. But then again she is right.... ------------------ 1995 Mustang GT |
10-12-2001, 05:24 PM | #12 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Sale Creek, TN. C. S. A.
Posts: 4,652
|
you know it's funny , when i was pouring money in my 69 the old ball & chain , joke, used to gripe & moan , but i buy a 00 gt & she just love's it she will even let me buy the smallest good for nothing thing for it , and it's ok i don't get it ,i am not flameing gal's here at all , but you guy's know what i am saying ! geuss it must have been the 4- speed now that i let myself get an ---doh! ---aod oh well , just waiting to mod for speed & then we will see what happen's ,later.
------------------ |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
What mods next? | SteveAZ | Windsor Power | 0 | 05-20-2003 09:00 PM |
next mods... | 92Stang_ | Windsor Power | 1 | 05-04-2003 03:09 AM |
New mods | 84gt347 | Racer's Club House | 4 | 09-23-2002 04:05 PM |
Brake mods ( and other first mods) for a 98 Vert | Chevyguy | Modular Madness | 11 | 09-19-2002 10:03 AM |
Making a fast Street Car = More mods? | MrClean | Windsor Power | 15 | 09-11-2001 04:40 PM |