Mikes_Slow5oh
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So I bought a 2015 Supercharged 5.0 GT mustang. It has the supporting fuel upgrades needed but I wanted to know what else should be done! From what I’m told the car made 715 to the wheels (having it tuned again to make sure it’s correct) and I wanted to know what else I should do to make sure the car lasts me a long time. I’m already planning on upgrading the oil pump gears but what else would you recommend? Is upgrading the ignition system going to help?
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anyhow before you go crazy buying axles which good ones are like $2000. I'd ask what are you doing with the car? Just tooling around town or beating the piss out of it at the track or strip. Back to supporting mods. Do you have a bap aka "boost a pump" or a return style fuel system? Doesn't look like you have a return style system. I don't see a pressure regulator under the hood. Vmp makes a good plug an play return system. We'll they don't make it but they sell it. Fuel is important baps are Unreliable can burn up your pump an starve your engine of fuel an leave you stranded. Or lead to Catastrophic failure. For better handling look up BMR bread an butter suspension kit. A one piece drive shaft is a good idea but you will need to buy a rear cradle lockout kit to support it. Which comes in the bmr kit. Also I recommend getting a drive shaft safety loop. Stifflers is the best some other brands hit your o2 sensors if you have long tube headers. Which you should have with boosted cars. Kooks an ultimate headers are the best I dont care what anyone says. Ive installed every brand you can think of. Those 2 fit the best. Good tires are important but again it all depends on what you will be doing with the car. On which tire you would want to buy. Mods are like tools for the trade. A plumber doesn't use autobody tools. He uses what works for his specific job. Cars are not much different. Some mods are for road race, some drag strip, some are for comfort, some are for looks blah blah. You mentioned oil pump gears,definitely want to do that. Also crank sprocket. But that is a major job. Have to remove timing chains. I'm getting ready to do that now. I live in Ohio so I spent all winter stock piling parts. I figured since I had to remove all that stuff. I'm gonna replace it all. So I got all new chains, cam phasers, oil pump with gears, water pump. Too much too list. Mix of ford performance, MMR and boundary stuff. I recommend anyone going through the trouble of changing opg's do the same unless your car has ridiculously low miles. You have to get in there anyway just spend the extra money and get piece of mind. Sorry for the Bible message but there's no short answer to your question.