I am looking to buy a 2nd car to drive to work since i put about 500 miles a week on my Mustang. I decided to stop by local Ford dealership and check out a used fusion, focus or something similar.

The sales man was talking to me about mustangs and one thing led to the other I drove the new automatic 3.7L V6 and the new manual 5.0 Gt. The V6 was pretty nice although was an auto; and the gt was awesome.

I am looking to get the 2nd car so that i can work on my car and fix her up. Lots of rock chips from the highway traffic and normal wear; plus i plan on doing normal performance upgrades.

The Gt made me think again on what i could do to my car. The new Mustangs are sick but a brand new car is out of my budget currently. I would like to plan on keeping the car forever, who knows if that will happen. But my plans are to make it a badass car. Either making it a V8 or keeping it a bad ass v6.

Id like to stay within a budget of 7-10k. It will probably change as I go but id like to set up a list on what do and what average prices will be.

Suspension, performance, styling, looks, lighting everything.


My Mustang is a 3.9 L manual v6. I did a dual exhaust with magna flows and i cut out the Y pipe and a CAI. Both are basic mods. I know there could be a list of stuff but I want a set up that will be the best.

For sound i have 1 solo barric L510 powered by a 1000wt 2 channel Kenwood excellon amp.



What your guy;s ideas?