08 Mustang Advice

[tpenfield]

$500 for head job

Pistons will be fine with dings

$300 for timing kits (plural), gaskets, and incidentals

$30 for beer, $5 for band-aids and medical tape

1 weekend tear down
1 week turn around on heads
1 weekend reassembly

Probably need to up the beer budget . . .

 

[southkogs]

I say upgrade to the coyote motor…..I know, I know it won’t directly fit and requires a host of other work. But if they put the new motor in older fox bodies….anything’s possible.

^^^ LOL ... actually we did early on think about possibly packing a V8 in.

But this is the kid's daily driver, so gas mileage came into our thinking. But the biggest reason why we went back to the 6 is that some already has a lead foot. No encouragement needed

 

[southkogs]

Probably need to up the beer budget . . .

... and the bandaid budget, knowing me.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Yeah a lead foot will definitely kill fuel mileage. I’ve got the 2014 with 5.0 and currently getting 21.4 mpg. Mines a daily driver, so no major mods. My daughter’s boyfriend has a 2012 that’s tuned with C/A intake, Roush exhaust, and supercharger. It gets around 8 mpg. I’d guess the V6 model is close to my fuel economy.

 

[southkogs]

Yeah a lead foot will definitely kill fuel mileage.

LOL ... fuel mileage won't be the primary issue. The county clerk would be be a first name basis paying the fines.

My FIL keeps antiques and fun-to-drive older cars. One that he had for a while was a an '04 GT Convertible with the Bullet package under the hood. Someone had modified the gear shift (not sure what was put in it), but that car was made for all-GO! And it did. Fun drive.

 

[aspeck]

Depends on the condition of the car and what your plans are. Last year the transmission went out of my 2010 Yukon with 150K miles. Trade? Replace transmission? I paid for a new transmission because I had not intention of getting rid of my tow vehicle. Thoughts were to get a newer gas mileage commuter and keep the Yukon for towing only. Well, 1 year later and no commuter (prices still too high). The Yukon keeps going strong. Money well invested.