New Mach...Mods?

ReallyShady · July 6th, 2010, 08:42 PM

Hey guys, new member. Im picking up my 04 Azure Mach 1 on Monday. Its got 38,000 miles on it. Its also a 5 speed. Bone stock. I'd like to mod it a bit. But its a daily driver. Can anyone hook me up with some input on what you all are running on your Stangs that are daily drivers. I dont really want to loose engine life or anything. I just wanna smoke my buddy in his stock Mach 1. So any list of popular parts, and/or links to them would be awesome! thanks guy. -Cody

Applehead281 · July 6th, 2010, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by ReallyShady

Hey guys, new member. Im picking up my 04 Azure Mach 1 on Monday. Its got 38,000 miles on it. Its also a 5 speed. Bone stock. I'd like to mod it a bit. But its a daily driver. Can anyone hook me up with some input on what you all are running on your Stangs that are daily drivers. I dont really want to loose engine life or anything. I just wanna smoke my buddy in his stock Mach 1. So any list of popular parts, and/or links to them would be awesome! thanks guy. -Cody

gears maybe bump up to a 373 you have 355 stock which is a good street gear (your choice)and c&l makes a shaker cold air kit for your car also, and get yourself a dyno tune and that will be plenty, and good for 12's and will walk all over your buddy's stock one, fuel mileage shouldn't be affected a whole lot

and one other thing get you a shifter.

neverfastenough1 · July 6th, 2010, 09:17 PM

Wouldn't personally spend that much money to up the gears from 3.55 to 3.73. I would post up in the 4v section if you haven't. Congrats on the Mach, and welcome to the site.

Applehead281 · July 6th, 2010, 09:17 PM

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then find you a shop to tune it.

zigbigadoru · July 6th, 2010, 09:32 PM

hey man id be willing to trade you my 3.73 gears i have for your 3.55 gears if you would be interested in it. just a thought for ya

SWEET2KSTANG · July 6th, 2010, 10:04 PM

if doing gears, 4.10's minimum. 3.73's arent enough in the 4v's. i also would look into a C&L MAF and inlet, ported t/b, manifold work, and head work.

04MachOne · July 6th, 2010, 10:07 PM

Congrats! 4:10s at a minimum if doing gears at all but other than that just midpipe, catback, cold air intake, and a tune should be more than enough to stay ahead of your friend unless of course he's a much better driver than you.

281 4v FTW · July 7th, 2010, 10:17 AM

Getting 4.30's with a cobra trac lok and 31 spline moser axles put in very shortly.......I ll let you know what i think of the gear

from what ive heard 4.10-4.30 are a great gear for the mach. highway revs arent too high at all.

manolith · July 7th, 2010, 10:36 AM

Get a c&l intake along with a diablo sport tunner or the other tunner stc I believe. Also get an offroad xpipe if you don't need to pass inspection if you do then get a set of catted xpipes along with your favorite mufflers. If you want you can get dumps which sound amazing.. 4:10 gears and good set of tires. Lets see what else... that pretty much your basic 12 second mach 1 setup. You could run the quater with lightly moded terminators because mach 1s tend to put down very good 0 to 60 foot times. 12.60s to 12.90 with that setup. 125shot of nitrous will greatly improve that and wont hurt a thing if done right but drivetrain will need to be beefed up.

Doc8224 · July 7th, 2010, 11:34 AM

I did C&L Mass air, C&L intake, ported TB, PHP intake spacer, Stewart Components water pump, O/R X-pipe, and mac pro dumps, steeda underdrives, aluminum DS, Steeda Tri-Ax short throw, and a Diablo tuner and that was a very nice jump. I have alot more done but that is what I would call "bolt ons" you could do with hand tools in a drive way easily in a weekend. This will give you a very nice increase and you will slaughter stock Mach's and even give some stock termi's a run at the track. Gears would be a very good idea but as was said before nothing less than 4.10's, 4v's love to breathe up top so don't waste your time and money on anything less than a 3.90. IMO

M.P. Cobra Fan · July 7th, 2010, 11:43 AM

4.10 gears, off road midpipe, catback exhaust and an intake spacer will have you at over 300 to the wheels in both TQ and HP. That should give you some room to walk off a stock Mach if you can drive.

weems · July 7th, 2010, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

4.10 gears, off road midpipe, catback exhaust and an intake spacer will have you at over 300 to the wheels in both TQ and HP. That should give you some room to walk off a stock Mach if you can drive.

Everytime I look at your sig I hate you.

M.P. Cobra Fan · July 7th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by weems

Everytime I look at your sig I want to make sweet sweet whoopy!

Um. Thanks. I think.

weems · July 7th, 2010, 01:22 PM

I hate you again.

M.P. Cobra Fan · July 7th, 2010, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by weems

I hate you again.

Get your ass up here Friday night. I am going to the drags unless my iPhone 4 comes in and I have to go to Lenox Mall to pick it up. Trying to get Bubba to come as well.

Sorry for the thread jack.

futureMACH1racer · July 7th, 2010, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by ReallyShady

Hey guys, new member. Im picking up my 04 Azure Mach 1 on Monday. Its got 38,000 miles on it. Its also a 5 speed. Bone stock. I'd like to mod it a bit. But its a daily driver. Can anyone hook me up with some input on what you all are running on your Stangs that are daily drivers. I dont really want to loose engine life or anything. I just wanna smoke my buddy in his stock Mach 1. So any list of popular parts, and/or links to them would be awesome! thanks guy. -Cody

Suspension, tires, wheels, gears, exhaust, RAI, shifter, intake spacer, high flow water pump, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT INSTALL UDP'S, tb, maf, aluminum driveshaft, and flywheel are a good start.

Doc8224 · July 7th, 2010, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by futureMACH1racer

Suspension, tires, wheels, gears, exhaust, RAI, shifter, intake spacer, high flow water pump, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT INSTALL UDP'S, tb, maf, aluminum driveshaft, and flywheel are a good start.

My UDP's work just fine

futureMACH1racer · July 7th, 2010, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Doc8224

My UDP's work just fine

Mine cost me an engine...

rk_2000_Z/28 · July 7th, 2010, 04:17 PM

Yeah, what's the story on UD pullies for Mach1's? My neighbor is thinking about gettins some for his Mach, but I thought I remembered hearing horror stories about them.

futureMACH1racer · July 7th, 2010, 04:19 PM

In a nutshell.. They don't fit on the shaft quite right. This sends a vibration down the crankshaft shattering the bearings in the oil, and seizing up the engine. Even the Steeda ones which were supposedly developed with Ford aren't right. That is why my motor went down with only 4k miles on it...

July 6th, 2010, 08:42 PM	#1
ReallyShady Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3 iTrader: 0 reviews	New Mach...Mods? Hey guys, new member. Im picking up my 04 Azure Mach 1 on Monday. Its got 38,000 miles on it. Its also a 5 speed. Bone stock. I'd like to mod it a bit. But its a daily driver. Can anyone hook me up with some input on what you all are running on your Stangs that are daily drivers. I dont really want to loose engine life or anything. I just wanna smoke my buddy in his stock Mach 1. So any list of popular parts, and/or links to them would be awesome! thanks guy. -Cody

July 6th, 2010, 09:17 PM	#3
neverfastenough1 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 2,789 iTrader: 3 reviews	Wouldn't personally spend that much money to up the gears from 3.55 to 3.73. I would post up in the 4v section if you haven't. Congrats on the Mach, and welcome to the site. __________________

July 6th, 2010, 09:17 PM	#4
Applehead281 Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 mustang gt 13.86@ 100.5 street tires Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Muncie Indiana Posts: 1,227 iTrader: 0 reviews	C&L Filter Kits for Modular Ford Mustangs Ford Racing Ring & Pinion Rear Gear Sets on special at BrothersPerformance.com for Ford Mustang 4.6L-4V 2003 then find you a shop to tune it. __________________ The usual bolt on's..

July 6th, 2010, 10:04 PM	#6
SWEET2KSTANG mm's nitrous mod 2000 mustang gt 11.79@115.83 (old set up) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.W. AR Posts: 12,540 iTrader: 8 reviews	if doing gears, 4.10's minimum. 3.73's arent enough in the 4v's. i also would look into a C&L MAF and inlet, ported t/b, manifold work, and head work. __________________ project warhorse under construction wagon burner under construction as well (04 lightning) being built by MP2 Performance

July 6th, 2010, 10:07 PM	#7
04MachOne Regular 2004 Mach 1 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 461 iTrader: 0 reviews	Congrats! 4:10s at a minimum if doing gears at all but other than that just midpipe, catback, cold air intake, and a tune should be more than enough to stay ahead of your friend unless of course he's a much better driver than you. __________________

July 7th, 2010, 10:17 AM	#8
281 4v FTW Newbie 2003 Mach1 13.615 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mississauga On. Canada Posts: 9 iTrader: 0 reviews	Getting 4.30's with a cobra trac lok and 31 spline moser axles put in very shortly.......I ll let you know what i think of the gear from what ive heard 4.10-4.30 are a great gear for the mach. highway revs arent too high at all.

July 7th, 2010, 10:36 AM	#9
manolith Hardcore Enthusiast 11 Mustang GT Track times coming soon. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Miami Posts: 1,721 iTrader: 0 reviews	Get a c&l intake along with a diablo sport tunner or the other tunner stc I believe. Also get an offroad xpipe if you don't need to pass inspection if you do then get a set of catted xpipes along with your favorite mufflers. If you want you can get dumps which sound amazing.. 4:10 gears and good set of tires. Lets see what else... that pretty much your basic 12 second mach 1 setup. You could run the quater with lightly moded terminators because mach 1s tend to put down very good 0 to 60 foot times. 12.60s to 12.90 with that setup. 125shot of nitrous will greatly improve that and wont hurt a thing if done right but drivetrain will need to be beefed up. __________________ 2011 Mustang GT MT. Ford Racing K springs, Boss intake manifold, JLT Cold air intake, BBR O/R Xpipe, Ford Racing 4.10 gears, TA Rear End Girdle, VMP E85 Tune/BBR 93 Tune.

July 7th, 2010, 11:34 AM	#10
Doc8224 N/A 4v Guru 2003 Mach 1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 3,463 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	I did C&L Mass air, C&L intake, ported TB, PHP intake spacer, Stewart Components water pump, O/R X-pipe, and mac pro dumps, steeda underdrives, aluminum DS, Steeda Tri-Ax short throw, and a Diablo tuner and that was a very nice jump. I have alot more done but that is what I would call "bolt ons" you could do with hand tools in a drive way easily in a weekend. This will give you a very nice increase and you will slaughter stock Mach's and even give some stock termi's a run at the track. Gears would be a very good idea but as was said before nothing less than 4.10's, 4v's love to breathe up top so don't waste your time and money on anything less than a 3.90. IMO __________________ Military Crew U.S. Army Aviation Apache's Lead The Way

July 7th, 2010, 11:43 AM	#11
M.P. Cobra Fan It's in the details Mod! 01 Cobra Vert Nov 09/10 ROTM! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ft Stewart/Naples/Hampton/Tampa Posts: 11,013 iTrader: 1 reviews	4.10 gears, off road midpipe, catback exhaust and an intake spacer will have you at over 300 to the wheels in both TQ and HP. That should give you some room to walk off a stock Mach if you can drive. __________________ Pinup in signature by loish.net Modded Mustangs Cobra Club#007 Military Crew E5 VOTED MM's BEST SIGNATURE 2010. THANKS STANGGTR07

July 7th, 2010, 01:22 PM	#14
weems Tech Exchange Head Honcho 2003 SVT Cobra 11.70 @ 121 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Forsyth/Statesboro, GA Posts: 9,176 iTrader: 3 reviews	I hate you again.

July 7th, 2010, 04:17 PM	#19
rk_2000_Z/28 Forever in our hearts travis_afx 2003 SVT Cobra Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Enid, OK Posts: 4,311 iTrader: 0 reviews	Yeah, what's the story on UD pullies for Mach1's? My neighbor is thinking about gettins some for his Mach, but I thought I remembered hearing horror stories about them. __________________ 03 Cobra-Slow 02 SS, 00 Z/28-Gone Rest In Peace Travis Billings Last edited by rk_2000_Z/28; July 8th, 2010 at 12:20 PM.

July 7th, 2010, 04:19 PM	#20
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,347 iTrader: 0 reviews	In a nutshell.. They don't fit on the shaft quite right. This sends a vibration down the crankshaft shattering the bearings in the oil, and seizing up the engine. Even the Steeda ones which were supposedly developed with Ford aren't right. That is why my motor went down with only 4k miles on it... __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

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