What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[ice445]

That's interesting... I've never heard that before. The Performance Package versions don't have the active grill shutters, so how do they combat the "extra turbulence"?

Practically speaking, the Mishimoto bracket and oil cooler seem to be completely incompatible with the active grill shutter system. Besides removing the blades, the OEM stuff would have to be heavily modified to fit as the Mishimoto bracket bolts into the same place the upper part of the shutter housing mounts to.

I've had 6 track days in 90-100 degree Texas weather and so I have a good baseline on the car's stock cooling capabilities. This weekend should be a good test of the oil cooler setup.

As someone already said, the performance pack has its own "scoop" assembly, it's not just bare. With that said it's simply not optimal to have nothing, since air already loved bypassing the radiators in these cars as it is. Having no direction from the airflow makes it worse. Your car isn't going to overheat without it and you'll still see better temps especially on the street, but it's something to think about. Fair point on it not fitting with the additional coolers though.

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[MattMPA]

Wheels are on! My OCD wanted the car off the mid-rise. I got a set of domed center cap decals to cover the aftermarket logo. Next...put the factory wheels on marketplace....

 

[Bit_the_Bullitt]

Wheels are on! My OCD wanted the car off the mid-rise. I got a set of domed center cap decals to cover the aftermarket logo. Next...put the factory wheels on marketplace....

What are you parked on? Is that a home-made box so you have access for oil changes etc, or just want to have it parked higher off the ground?

 

[MattMPA]

What are you parked on? Is that a home-made box so you have access for oil changes etc, or just want to have it parked higher off the ground?

It's a pair of ramps I made...there's a mid-rize lift under the Mustang. The ramps give enough clearance for any car to park above the lift. You an barely see the powerpack in near the Excursion's headlight...

 

[MattMPA]

Here it is…

 

[NightmareMoon]

Today I had the carpets cleaned and interior detailed (at a shop), because my Mustang is officially retired from daily driver duties (yay!) and won't be transporting dogs or lumber ever again (if I can help it).

She's now a dedicated track and autox toy which will occasionally see weekday use, which means I can probably actually keep her kind of clean for a change. At least on the inside.

Also changed the cabin air filter after 87k miles. Turns out I shoulda done that a while ago because it was gross.

 

[WD Pro]

Also changed the cabin air filter after 87k miles. Turns out I shoulda done that a while ago because it was gross.

Can we play top trumps … ?

There’s a good chance you might win - mines a max of 61k

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[NightmareMoon]

Can we play top trumps … ?

There’s a good chance you might win - mines a max of 61k

WD

Ok that’s pretty bad, but I’ll play along

 

[WD Pro]

What’s the hair from, have you been roll racing with Santa … ?

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[NightmareMoon]

What’s the hair from, have you been roll racing with Santa … ?

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my Corgi sheds... a lot.. all the time.

Only half that hair is mine

 

[Gnatsum21]

Ok that’s pretty bad, but I’ll play along

Thats just wrong

 

[1 old racer]

Here it is…

Very nice build. I did something similar

 

[DeepakGTCS]

Got sick of the terrible fitment of the Drake decklid panel, noticed it was splitting from the base. Put the stock one back on and sold the split Drake lid for $50.

 

[Highvolts]

Washed the car and unhooked the center dash speaker today. I THINK it sounds somewhat better. But I'm not sure.

 

[KingKona]

Washed the car and unhooked the center dash speaker today. I THINK it sounds somewhat better. But I'm not sure.

You're not going to get better sound disconnecting a speaker, contrary to what has been suggested here. There's no logic in that practice.

Now, replacing speakers......that's a different story.

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