Busy, Busy, F'ing Busy

Yep, you guessed it, things have been busy as hell for a while now. Work has been utter hell, the remodel is kicking full-swing, and Spring has officially started. BUT... the Mustang is now looking even better. The BBK CAI is still kicking ass/taking names, and now there's a couple of other mods to join it. The stock plastic headlight knob finally gave out after having the clip bent...*cough*BEN*cough*... so it got replaced. Got a Stack Racing Billet Aluminum knob from American Muscle. Slid on the post assembly and fastened with a set screw tightened by an allen wrench.


Also added a Mach 1 Chin Spoiler, also from American Muscle. Attached to the bottom of the front bumper using bolts, washers, and lock nuts attached through holes drilled through the slots in the chin spoiler. Took some re-adjusting a couple of times, but Joey (with a slight bit of help from me) finally got it lined up/fastened on. It's good having a friend who loves to work on cars. Finally got a decent pic of it today before it started raining, and then played with the image editing software just a tad. This is the end result:



I absolutely love it. I plan to clean up the engine bay on my next day off, and I'll take/post some pics of the CAI after I do. I'll try to update a little more often now, depends on how hellacious things become at work. Oh well, we'll see.

Another boring weekend

Well I worked this weekend, so there wasn't really much opportunity to do much. I hung with my cousin Friday afternoon/night since he came up from the beach for the weekend. Went to Hooters to eat, then came through Clemson and cruised for a little while. Sat at the top of the parking garage listening to the Clemson/USC baseball game (Tigers won, fuck yes) for a little bit. My buddy Mitch called me and we met him at Bloom just outside Clemson so he could check out the intake. I think he liked it, we sat and talked for a little while then parted ways.

We went to Walmart to get some Transmission Fluid for Ben's Tahoe to see if it'd help since it's all sorts of fucked up. Bought it and went back to Ingles in town where he parked it to meet up with me. We put the fluid in, let it idle for a few minutes, then he went to test drive. No help whatsoever. He's gonna have to get the transmission replaced. Sucks to be him.

I'm actually off today and tomorrow, and have yet to do anything productive. Might go hang with Joey a little later, then who knows what. Hopefully something fun comes up. Anyway, deuces.

*Shhhhhhhhp!* VROOOOOM!!!

If you're looking into a BBK Cold Air Intake system for your vehicle and are second-guessing yourself... quit it and just buy the damn thing! It was a bit of a pain to install, but it was well worth the effort.

Got in touch with Joey about 7:00 and headed over to his place, and we started the pre-assembly for the intake. We left to get a drink from the gas station, then came back and disassembled the stock intake system, which took all of 5 minutes. We ended up having to change up the installation process just a little to get it all installed correctly. About 70 minutes after we started, we were finished and there was a gorgeous looking chrome intake system under my hood. I cranked up and let it idle for a little while to get everything "broken in" while Joey and I cleaned up outside.

We ended up playing some Halo after that for a little bit, then I left cause I had to open at work today. Thing sounded sick! I emailed American Muscle's SCT representative about a re-tune to include the CAI. It got emailed to me today, and I just put it on the tuner and uploaded to my ECU about a half hour ago. BIG difference, and it is absolutely awesome. Best money I've ever spent. Will update more later, including pics. Take it easy!

Ok so...

I completely sucked at this whole "blogging" thing for a while. Once Mustang Week came about, this thing was well forgotten. Oh well, my fault. Time to let this phoenix rise from the ashes and make it's triumphant return.

Nothing has really changed with the car. I got the tuner I talked about and it is absolutely phenomenal. For a completely stock V6 Mustang, I'm blistering some people and running a decent amount faster than I should be. The 93-performance tune is magnificent. Transmission was re-calibrated, shift points changed, shifts were firmed up and much quicker, there is more power being put out, and my exhaust is much deeper than it was before. But alas, it's still just a stock engine... for now.

I bought a BBK Cold Air Intake from American Muscle, which was delivered yesterday. I'm going in just a few minutes to Joey's house and we're gonna install it. I'll be sure to put up some pics of the install, and I'll have a whole before/during/after album on Facebook later. I've also purchased a chin spoiler from AM which is en route from Richmond, VA as of 9:06 this morning... or so UPS says. Joey's gonna help with the install on that too.

Yeah, it's only mods as of right now. One performance, one appearance, but you gotta crawl before you can walk. Looking forward to this transformation from showroom-equipped to "holy shit". Will keep you all updated.