What if you want a Mustang Cobra? continued

Well now that you all know how to look for a Mustang, lets get into my story of how I picked mine up. We start out with a little background on the trek to Oregon. When my dad was just out of college he flew down to a little suburb just outside Chicago, Illinois to purchase a Stingray Corvette. I always remembered him talking about the drive back to Minnesota and how the experience of the trip was the best part of the whole process. So, when I found a deal on my Mustang that would require me to fly out to Oregon to purchase and pick it up, I was so very excitted. I flew out to Portland, Oregon and upon arrival, was met by the couple that owned the Mustang. I then took my testdrive to double check that everything on the car checked out. When it did, I gave the owner his money, signed the title over to me, and started the long drive home. I had so much fun driving my new car home. I made very good time and by midnight I was into Wyoming. I took a three hour nap at a weigh station along the highway and when I woke up, I just kept on driving. On my way home, I got to see things that I had never seen before. First of all, I had never been in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, or South Dakota. Secondly, I had never been to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, so on my way through I stopped and enjoyed how increadible this monument really is. In the weeks that would follow, I came to relize that my dad was right, the experience of traveling to get a car was the best part. The experience I had was amazing and I do not regret it at all. Here is another story I found online that was a blog on a group of people that drove a mustang to Raratonga, Disneyland, and Las Vegas. There experience had some similarities to mine and I enjoyed reading it. Virtual Traveller Blog

Mustang News

I have been looking for a good source for information on Ford's mustangs and have found it in Mustang world. I had only seen one example of the new Knight Rider series kit until I came across this site. As I have looked at the site more, I have found that the site has so much information covering a very wide variety of topics dealing with Mustangs. From new upgrades to club meets, this site lets you know when everything is going to happen and the site has highlight pictures from the events. My favorite part of the site is the one-stop-shop of information available at Mustang World.

What is you want a Mustang Cobra?

What should you do if you want to buy a Mustang Cobra just like mine? Well what I did at the beginning of this summer was started researching. I would first like to say that unless you know how much your machine is worth, you will not know if you are getting a good deal or not. I kind of took this thinking to the extreme and researched and searched for a sportscar for about two years total. The reason for so much preliminary research, was that I was spending my own money on the car. So, I did not want to make a poor decision. Another idea to keep in mind is to keep your options own. The broader your spectrom of cars that you would be happy with, the better deal you will be able to find. Finally when you have narrowed down your search to a couple cars and a few different variations of those cars, I would start your formal search for your car. I would first input the general specs, of the vehicles you are looking for, into a depreciation calculator, such as Kelly Blue Book or NADA Car Guide. These two sites will help you get a grasp on the average pricing you can expect for the vehicles you are looking at. Take this information and go online to such websites as autotrader, carsoup, or craigslist. You can also look in the classified section of the newspaper or a cars forsale magazine from the grocery store or gas station. Finally check the car over or have your mechanic take a look at the vehicle before purchasing it.

New Exhaust

I have done quite a bit of research on Mustang Exhaust Systems. I am looking for the biggest gain in horsepower, while still staying in a reasonable price range. During my research I found a company called Hi-Performance Art. This company comes with a wealth of recommendations from some of my friends that also have a Mustang. Nearly all of them recommended Hi-Performance Art to do the work on my Cobra. They claimed that the owner and those that work there are incredible at getting the very greatest amount of horsepower for a very competitive price. I have decided to have the guys at Hi-Performance do the work on my Cobra installing a new Magnaflow Catback System, a custom made cold-air intake, and they will tweak the computer.

Mustang Club

Wow, I never thought I would be in a car club at such a young age. I am seriously considering signing up to become a member of the SVT Mustang Cobra Club. When I think of a car club, I think of going to meetings and weird initiations. But as I have been studying up on the idea, I have come to relies that a car club is so much more than that. Memebership into a car club gets you invitations to car meets, access to the web page, the opportunity to meet other friends that share your love of a particular type of car, etc. The most important thing that a car club can offer is experience. When involved in a club, you have the opportunity to pick the brains of others in the club and find out exactly what to do to your car to make it go the fastest speed, for the least amount of money, if you need to purchase a new exhaust you can go to a meet and listen to the various options and then pick which one you like. This way you know exactly what you want and you can make the right decision the first time.

Who else has a Cobra

I found this Forum page for Mustangs a couple months ago when I was looking at buying new exhaust pipes for it. The page has every thing about Mustangs you could want. I especially like the part where they tell stories about Mustangs. Some of them are very funny and others are very helpful. Ford Mustang Forum

New wheels I am looking at getting

GT4 Mustang Wheels
There is a new wheel design rolling around on the market this year and it was released early this spring. These new GT4 style wheels are available from AmericanMuscle.com! There are several advantages to having these wheels. Most important, there is a larger interior clearance for larger brakecalipers and rotors (a bigger deep dish clearance). This will allow just about any high-performance brakingsystem, including the new Cobra brakesystem, to be easily installed. The GT4 wheel molds style and functionality into one solid wheel. Not only will you beable to fit those new performance brake calipers and rotors inside your newwheels, but you will be turning heads with a brand new design that is absolutely sleek and cool. These new Mustang wheels are available in a chrome or hyper-coated black finish and can fit any 1994-2004 Ford Mustang or 2005+ Mustangs. If I end up purchasing these fine new shoes for my Cobra, I believe I will be getting the chrome finish

Second thoughts

Four days ago, I was thinking about what I want to do with my Mustang in the future. Do I want to keep it next year, sell it in the spring, or start adding parts to it to make it go faster and look better? I have always wanted a Mustang Cobra and now that I have one, I feel like it is not what I pictured. I want a car that is better at handling around the corners and that has a better low end acceleration. If I had the opportunity to sell it and get a cheap M3 BMW I may just do it. Then a couple days ago, I came back to my senses. I saw a picture of a Mustang Shelby GT500 and fell in love all over again.

Speeding in a Mustang Cobra? Which color!

Mustang owners can be in love with any of the following characteristics; the Look, the speed, or even the company's Heritage. But, of these three I believe owners of a Cobra are mostly looking for the Speed aspect of this trio. While I love Speed just as much as the next car enthusiast and probably more, this can get owners of these fine cobra machines in a bit of trouble with the law. But which color cobra is more susceptible than the others? Well, I believe that the red colored cars receive more notice in a pack of cars. This leads me to believe that I would not want to get a red colored car. In a close second I would say yellow, this color also sticks out and would be looked at more times then not by a police officer with his radar gun. But, I picked a White Mustang Cobra, because as I have noticed white cars, I have found that their lines (the shape of the car) are a lot less noticeable. Not to mention that a white car can blend in with the pack of cars very easily. For more information on the Color Theory and other interesting Traffic Myths simply click on the link. Click Here

I would suggest storing you Mustang for the winter

I was home for thanksgiving last week and decided to store my Cobra for the Winter(Salt On The Street) Season. I just got the Cobra at the beginning of the summer and have never had a car worth storing. So, I will explain how to store a vehicle safely. The first step is the last two times you fill up your tank with gas, fill up with the non-oxygenated gas because it does not go bad as quickly. Before you leave the gas station, fill the tires up to fifty PSI so that your tires do not go flat before spring. Then you have the option to park the vehicle in a sheltered area like a garage or if no space is vacant, you can simply park your car in your driveway, but in this case, more preparation is necessary. If stored outdoors, you should remove the battery and bring inside so that it does not loose its charge. Next, place steal wool in the exhaust pipes of the vehicle so as to protect from mice making a home in the muffler. Finally a cotton blanket should be placed over the car and a steardy tarp over that. Then fix bunge cords at the bottom of the tarp so that the wind does not blow the tarp away. This is how to store your vehicle in the winter months, remember to get the heavy snow off the vehicle when it snows. If you have any questions please check out this link explaining this process in more depth. How to Prepare for Storage.

Where can I get the Cheap Specialty Parts for my COBRA

Well this summer I needed to find the Cobra Emblem that goes in the front grill of my car. I tried Ford Dealers, Ebay motors, Craigslist, Ford Racing, Personal Friends, etc. The cheapest places I found the emblem was at two shops in North Carolina named, American Muscle and Holcomb Motorsports Inc. I was so impressed with American Muscle's service, I decided to purchase my new cobra floor mats from them as well as the emblem. If you need any specialty parts for the SVT Cobra, I would suggest checking out eithe of their web sites.

Ah yes, the first link to more info on the SVT project COBRA

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Welcome to my blog on Ford's line of automobiles, the mustang. This blog will be covering the Ford Mustang's history, the process of acquiring one, and endless avenues to find anything and everything there is on Ford Mustangs. This blog, while simply titled Ford Mustang, will actually be from a Cobra SVT owners point of view. Thank you for visiting and enjoy.