The wait is over, she is here and I love her!

[Gibbo205]

Wheel and knob fitted:

I absolutely love the wheel, thicker grips, suede is lovely and just is more befitting to the type of car I feel, install took me 45 minutes in the dark, really a very easy job to do. No air bag lights or errors and you can only put the wheel back on in the position it came off so no need for an allignment afterwards.

The knob is very easy to install once you get the stock one off, mine the factory went OTT on the loctite so I need pipegrips and rubber mat to get it off. It feels no better than stock and yes its cold on an icy morning but I prefer the looks and it feels no worse.



Stock wheel / knob

Shelby wheel / billet knob

That is my interior modifications completed, the white stitching on the wheel matches the interior spot on as the seats and dash all have white stitching.

Won't manage to get the exhaust on today, got a party to go today and then the casino tonight, so wish me luck and if I am not too hungover tomorrow then maybe I shall fit it.

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[666mac]

Looks nice pal just need to convince
The dealer to let me take my car with the
Loom as is most annoying you wait a year
Only to be told two more weeks gutted,
My wheel should be here this coming week
Still not seen you about yet eyes are peeled.

 

[SteveS]

Wheel and knob fitted:

Aw man! Now want that wheel! Where did you get the knob from?

Looks immense

 

[slowhand99]

Wheel and knob fitted:


That is my interior modifications completed, the white stitching on the wheel matches the interior spot on as the seats and dash all have white stitching.

Your dash has white stitching? Don't tease.

Nice shiny knob

 

[Gibbo205]

Your dash has white stitching? Don't tease.

Nice shiny knob

Sorry its black, just seats and stuff that is white.

 

[Lone Survivor]

Looks great, might pop it on my 'to do' list

Edit: The wheel looks massive BTW, might just be the photo.

 

[Gibbo205]

Looks great, might pop it on my 'to do' list

Edit: The wheel looks massive BTW, might just be the photo.

Same size as stock.

 

[Monty]

Wheel looks great and that's the best aftermarket knob I've seen.

The film Excalibur was on the telly last night and their attempts to remove the sword from the stone reminded me you your attempts to remove the stock item.

 

[Lone Survivor]

Same size as stock.

Both do.

 

[Timewarp]

Nice car. Congrats.

 

[Gibbo205]

Hi there


Fitted my rear decklid last night, very easy to do, just undo 4x 7mm bolts in the boot and I then pulled it off with my hands, swap cameras over and reversal. Does not take long and is easy to do.

Those who know their Mustangs will realise this is the EB rear decklid from the USA, but there is no mistaking my car for a V8 from the noise the 5.0l badges all over the car. I went with this because I feel it simply looks the best and cleanest of them all and it really sets the rear-end of.

My average mpg is now hovering in the 16-17mpg range and the car is now over 100 miles, struggling to clock them up due to all the horrible weather.

Still loving the car, still hating the clutch pedal and the car is getting so much attention on the road and when parked up, even in this horrible dull weather.

 

[Gibbo205]

Hi there


Video is here:

Cold start, revs to 2500-3000rpm:

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Loved the drive to work, exactly as Hypermotive promised, a deep constant tone, at no point in the revs does it just become loud it holds the tone throughout the RPM.

 

[Gibbo205]

Warm start and more revs:

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Over coming weeks I shall get some drive by and in car videos done, as when engine is loaded the exhaust note changed to one that sounds deeper, very typical american V8 rumble/baretone burble, love it.

 

[Twin Turbo]

Now that's what they should all sound like

 

[Gibbo205]

Hi there

Nothing to excited but I changed my boot or should I say trunk and all interior lighting to LED based, which was mainly just the map reading lights, but now the car only has white/RGB leds throughout, hard to show in a picture but here goes:

Wherever you see blue lights these are the stock RGB units from Ford where you can change to any colour you wish or adjust brightness. The LED lights I installed give a cleaner look and in the boot you can actually see more now as the LED's are obviously more powerful.


Next onto the clutch, as I've said several previous times the clutch is completely lacking any feel at all, it is very light and there is no biting point that I can feel. So it seems a very common thing in US to remove the clutch assist spring as it is just not me finding this issue but 100's of owners in the US who have all removed the spring. Here is a picture of the culprit:

Took a minute to remove with no tools, push pedal to floor with one hand and with the other hand take a good grip and push to centre of car, it just comes off. The clutch is now heavier for sure but I can feel the biting point and it has made my pulling off and 1st-2nd gear change much smoother. So seems us UK owners need to do the same as US guys.

Would be nice if I could find an in the middle spring as now the clutch pedal is very heavy, if I could make it a little lighter, just a little with say a weaker spring would be great, but the car is for sure better without it, just means I will have an Arnold size leg in a years time.

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