2013 5.0 upgrades and ideas

[Cooter]

Please do not strap those turds under your car. Borlas are loud without cats, but if you have cats it definitely quiets them down a bunch. Magnaflows belong on trucks...they just have that sound to them.

flowmasters sound way better than borlas

[46Tbird]

Uh... why would you put lower gears in something you plan to run at a high speed event?! Keep the 3.31s. Keep the stock tires up front, and put 255/55-18s on the rear (Porsche Cayenne size). That's a 29" tall tire that will keep you in your powerband and add stability. You might want to ditch the catalytic converters just because long periods of full throttle can hurt them. Stock mufflers are fine but get whatever you're happy listening to. Get a tune from one of the well known tuners - AED, etc.

That is really all you'll need from a performance aspect to get into the 130 club. A K&N drop in filter doesn't seem to help anything, and the 'cold air kits' eliminate a few million dollar's worth of Ford's ram tuning R&D just to inhale hot underhood air. Might be fine for the drag racing crowd but it's not what you want for high speed.

As for safety stuff, just read the rules and make sure you do what they say.

[SonicblueGT03]

For some reason, I was thinking his car was a Brembo package car. My bad.

[Whiteboy]

I have outlaws (flowmasters) on my car sound great borla and magnaflow sound gay IMO

[Whiteboy]

I'm looking to do some bang for buck upgrades on my 5.0. I'm thinking the old standbys, a filter kit with tuner, Flowmaster axle back, aluminum driveshaft, perhaps a shifter. I'm also wondering what size tires you are able to cram onto the 18" factory wheels, since I might need to change the speed rating, even though you generally want skinnier tires where I'm headed. In short, the end goal is this: Finally after 3 years of talking about it, going to Bonneville and getting into the 130mph Club this summer.

I'll also need a helmet for this big noggin and a driveshaft safety loop. I haven't read the rules in awhile, so that's off the top of my head. What cold air kits and tuners are seeing the best gains these days? I haven't modded a car in a long time, or really ever looked into upgrading this thing since I've been pretty satisfied with 420 horsepower on the street, especially with the pizza cutter tires it came with. Hell, maybe I should just throw some 373's and fat tires on it. First gear is already almost useless anyway. Thoughts?

Hell, maybe I should have posted this in the build section.

steeda makes a nice saftey loop and aluminum driveshaft. Airraid is a good cold air
longtubes make good power. Swing by sometime and drive mine with 373's cold air and boss intake see what you think

[wickedblkgt]

Whiteboy put a Procharger on his and made 650hp?

[talisman]

Thought you posted you were gonna sell it. This is a helluva better idea. A window full of DFWMUSTANGS stickers on top of stated mods should get you the power you seek.

PS. Pit crew, extra drivers?

Friend is planning on taking his '03 Cobra and running the same class.

flowmasters sound way better than borlas

This. I've never liked Borla on a Mustang.

Uh... why would you put lower gears in something you plan to run at a high speed event?! Keep the 3.31s. Keep the stock tires up front, and put 255/55-18s on the rear (Porsche Cayenne size). That's a 29" tall tire that will keep you in your powerband and add stability. You might want to ditch the catalytic converters just because long periods of full throttle can hurt them. Stock mufflers are fine but get whatever you're happy listening to. Get a tune from one of the well known tuners - AED, etc.

That is really all you'll need from a performance aspect to get into the 130 club. A K&N drop in filter doesn't seem to help anything, and the 'cold air kits' eliminate a few million dollar's worth of Ford's ram tuning R&D just to inhale hot underhood air. Might be fine for the drag racing crowd but it's not what you want for high speed.

As for safety stuff, just read the rules and make sure you do what they say.

Gears are low cost/high return. It isn't like 373's would keep it from going 139.

The one thing in the rules that is annoying is that you have to have screw in metal tire valves and eliminate the TPMS. Going to have to have a tire shop swap them out up there then swap them back in since driving that long loaded up with an extra set of wheels isn't practical and Im not looking at that idiot light for that long either. Might have to modify the battery hold down also, haven't looked at the factory unit yet. Needs to be metal with no plastic wedge.

[Cooter]

can they turn off TPMS with tuning? I can do it on dodge and ford diesels... didn't know if they were able to on the cars

[46Tbird]

This. I've never liked Borla on a Mustang.

Me neither, until I heard what Flowmasters sound like on a coyote.

Gears are low cost/high return. It isn't like 373's would keep it from going 139.

Man, I am on the complete opposite side of the fence on this one. Too many shop install NIGHTMARES and too many cars that lose performance by putting a lot of gear in them. Worse mileage, howling rear ends, traction problems, and a lot of times worse performance at the drag strip, much less top end. You seem dead-set on doing it though, and I don't think it will stop you from achieving your goal, but IMO gears are a complete waste of time and money.

Your first sentence mentions 'bang for the buck,' so I would spend the money on a good pair of rear lower control arms for high speed stability.

The one thing in the rules that is annoying is that you have to have screw in metal tire valves and eliminate the TPMS. Going to have to have a tire shop swap them out up there then swap them back in since driving that long loaded up with an extra set of wheels isn't practical and Im not looking at that idiot light for that long either.

Here is your $20 ghetto solution.

parts list
1- piece of 3" pvc pipe 10-13" long
1- 3" pvc end cap
1- 3" pvc by 3" female adapter
1- 3" pvc threaded plug
1- bolt style Schraeder valve
1- can pvc primer
1- can pvc cement
4- TPMS sensors

[cool cat]

I wouldn't mess with gear changes until you figure out if you need more or less gear to make it to the end of the course near the end of the power band. You don't want to end up shifting to top gear (OD) and loose your ability to pull as hard. Figuring this out may require a few late night trips to Mexico, or possibly some math skills. Sound fun though, good luck.

[talisman]

Me neither, until I heard what Flowmasters sound like on a coyote.
Man, I am on the complete opposite side of the fence on this one. Too many shop install NIGHTMARES and too many cars that lose performance by putting a lot of gear in them. Worse mileage, howling rear ends, traction problems, and a lot of times worse performance at the drag strip, much less top end. You seem dead-set on doing it though, and I don't think it will stop you from achieving your goal, but IMO gears are a complete waste of time and money.

Your first sentence mentions 'bang for the buck,' so I would spend the money on a good pair of rear lower control arms for high speed stability.

Here is your $20 ghetto solution.

Actually man, gears are probably last on the list. I like the 24.5 mpg on road trips. I've had probably half a dozen sets installed over the years without issue. The only set that made noise was the set I installed when I converted the SVO to an 8.8.. lmao

What the fuck am I looking at in those pictures? TPMS pipe bomb to throw at the Tech guys?

[46Tbird]

What the fuck am I looking at in those pictures? TPMS pipe bomb to throw at the Tech guys?

Put your TPMS in the pipe, seal it up, pressurize it to 32psi, store securely in trunk of car. Done - with no idiot light, and no swapping TPMS out just for the trip.

Forrest suggested having TPMS disabled in the computer but that doesn't seem to be an option on the Fords for some reason. Maybe you can find someone that can.

[talisman]

Put your TPMS in the pipe, seal it up, pressurize it to 32psi, store securely in trunk of car. Done - with no idiot light, and no swapping TPMS out just for the trip.

Forrest suggested having TPMS disabled in the computer but that doesn't seem to be an option on the Fords for some reason. Maybe you can find someone that can.

Summary of likely outcome:

*car gets stopped and searched leaving Colorado. Cops think I have a bomb. I get roadside beatdown, bomb squad does a controlled detonation in my car, destroying it; they figure out it was nothing, leave me on side of road with burning car, I sue, get 2015 Mustang, Frost makes a thread about me on here, Matt threatens to give me a second beating, and the circle of life continues*

[cool cat]

Summary of likely outcome:

*car gets stopped and searched leaving Colorado. Cops think I have a bomb. I get roadside beatdown, bomb squad does a controlled detonation in my car, destroying it; they figure out it was nothing, leave me on side of road with burning car, I sue, get 2015 Mustang, Frost makes a thread about me on here, Matt threatens to give me a second beating, and the circle of life continues*

What's wrong with that?

[Baron Von Crowder]

What's wrong with that?

I see no problems.