Bringing this over from the Mustang6G Forums, so I can get as much advice as possible!
First thread/post on this forum. Two years ago I bought my second car after saving for a few years. My first was a 1995 Honda Accord EX Coupe I bought at 14 (she sat pampered in my garage until I was old enough to drive her). She developed transmission issues (these Honda models had automatics made of glass) so I sold her and bought my neighbor's 2016 Ford Mustang V6 for a smoking deal. This mustang was babied, washed every other day, and had 16,000 miles on her. Why didn't I get a V8? Insurance in California for a man my age with a mustang already is shocking, even for a V6. I will take the (now 90ish or so) horsepower hit and enjoy my lighter V6...I crave the V8 but love my girl too much even after driving a few. The previous owner (bless his soul) passed away a month before I bought the mustang, and his wife's nickname for the car was...you guessed it...Cobalt Filly. License plate coming soon in their honor.
Needless to say...I developed car fever after a year of mustang ownership. I started with simple things (having learned the basics on my Honda...and youtube off course). A nice tint and the front windshield replaced with aftermarket (had 2 large rock chips, and I gained blue visor tint). The custom exhaust was next: resonator replaced with an x-pipe and Spintech mufflers for a little throat. Shoutout Norcal Muffler for making a V6 sound decent. JBA Shorty Headers (really woke her up more! much deeper tone) went in next, with custom quad tips and a GT350 style valence (a cheapo off American Muscle, quality and fitment was OEM amazing! way better than I expected, still holds up after a half year-ish with no fading or other problems).
A little RTR grille and Cyclone badging later and I felt she looked a bit more respectable. Now we were getting somewhere. Then I decided that some suspension was in order (thank you @tj@steeda for your help and your suspension boys for their advice). Installed the following more or less in order:
Non-Adjustable Shocks and Struts
Sport Progressive Lowering Springs (1.74" drop for my girl)
New (cut) Jounce Bumpers
Camber Plates
AMR Tuning using SCT
Note - since Cobalt is my daily driver, I wanted something that would be comfortable for my older parents and yet aggressive enough in the corners for spirited driving (now tracking heh...) and this setup is AMAZING at everything. I may try some other springs or some AJ Hartman Coilover Conversion kit...but for now my goodness this is a great setup.
This year I did the unthinkable and asked "what is autocross?" And now I am addicted to the SCCA, autocross, and track days. Ran my first autocross on the stock 17s and Michis and loved every second. I was only 2 seconds slower than all the big boys in CAMC...but who cares it was freaking fantastic fun!
The addiction led me to “livery” work and my next crazy mod...Look at them MEATS. 19x11 square setup using APR studs, 25mm spacers, and 295/35/ZR19s...delicious.
At this point I swapped my tuning from AMR to MPT due to idling issues. Glad I did because the trans tuning is godly. She feels peppy and she found some power in there somewhere (I keep checking the engine bay...am I missing 2 cylinders or something?) Added front and rear tow hooks in preparation for a track day...
Track day!!!
And in preparation for my second track day next week...upgraded to PP1 Brembo brakes to prevent glazing and burning of the 2-pot pads. I can probably stop time with these big boys.
Will update when I can! Hope you guys like seeing the V6 track/daily!
First thread/post on this forum. Two years ago I bought my second car after saving for a few years. My first was a 1995 Honda Accord EX Coupe I bought at 14 (she sat pampered in my garage until I was old enough to drive her). She developed transmission issues (these Honda models had automatics made of glass) so I sold her and bought my neighbor's 2016 Ford Mustang V6 for a smoking deal. This mustang was babied, washed every other day, and had 16,000 miles on her. Why didn't I get a V8? Insurance in California for a man my age with a mustang already is shocking, even for a V6. I will take the (now 90ish or so) horsepower hit and enjoy my lighter V6...I crave the V8 but love my girl too much even after driving a few. The previous owner (bless his soul) passed away a month before I bought the mustang, and his wife's nickname for the car was...you guessed it...Cobalt Filly. License plate coming soon in their honor.
Needless to say...I developed car fever after a year of mustang ownership. I started with simple things (having learned the basics on my Honda...and youtube off course). A nice tint and the front windshield replaced with aftermarket (had 2 large rock chips, and I gained blue visor tint). The custom exhaust was next: resonator replaced with an x-pipe and Spintech mufflers for a little throat. Shoutout Norcal Muffler for making a V6 sound decent. JBA Shorty Headers (really woke her up more! much deeper tone) went in next, with custom quad tips and a GT350 style valence (a cheapo off American Muscle, quality and fitment was OEM amazing! way better than I expected, still holds up after a half year-ish with no fading or other problems).
A little RTR grille and Cyclone badging later and I felt she looked a bit more respectable. Now we were getting somewhere. Then I decided that some suspension was in order (thank you @tj@steeda for your help and your suspension boys for their advice). Installed the following more or less in order:
Non-Adjustable Shocks and Struts
Sport Progressive Lowering Springs (1.74" drop for my girl)
New (cut) Jounce Bumpers
Camber Plates
AMR Tuning using SCT
Note - since Cobalt is my daily driver, I wanted something that would be comfortable for my older parents and yet aggressive enough in the corners for spirited driving (now tracking heh...) and this setup is AMAZING at everything. I may try some other springs or some AJ Hartman Coilover Conversion kit...but for now my goodness this is a great setup.
This year I did the unthinkable and asked "what is autocross?" And now I am addicted to the SCCA, autocross, and track days. Ran my first autocross on the stock 17s and Michis and loved every second. I was only 2 seconds slower than all the big boys in CAMC...but who cares it was freaking fantastic fun!
The addiction led me to “livery” work and my next crazy mod...Look at them MEATS. 19x11 square setup using APR studs, 25mm spacers, and 295/35/ZR19s...delicious.
At this point I swapped my tuning from AMR to MPT due to idling issues. Glad I did because the trans tuning is godly. She feels peppy and she found some power in there somewhere (I keep checking the engine bay...am I missing 2 cylinders or something?) Added front and rear tow hooks in preparation for a track day...
Track day!!!
And in preparation for my second track day next week...upgraded to PP1 Brembo brakes to prevent glazing and burning of the 2-pot pads. I can probably stop time with these big boys.
Will update when I can! Hope you guys like seeing the V6 track/daily!
) that he swapped a 5.0 into. In case you ever wanted to go down that rabbit hole.
