I just baught an 2003 V6 Mustang! *HELP*
 

Hey, whats up guys? As I said I just baught a 2003 V6 Mustang Coupe. It is Sonic Blue color. I will post some pictures of me and the car tomorrow when i wash it. But for now.... I was wondering if some people in here could help me with a few issues?


Well first, i just baught 2 12'' sony xplod subwoofers, and a 750 watt sony xplod amplifier. But the thing was that the 2 12'' subs are to big in the custom box there in right now to fit in my trunk. I really dont wanna rebox the subs becuz the custom box there in right is awesome. So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas?

Ok then also.... I was wondering what i could do to get more "horsepower" out of my V6. As of right now everything is stock. PLEASE help with any info/links/advice you can give me. :confused:

gears....better acceleration @ few hundred $$
underdrive pulleys...10hp @ $200
tb/plenum combo...10hp @ $400
cold air....10hp @ < $200
x-pipe/catback...10-20 hp @ $300-up





dont forget ricer spoiler

I hear those add LIKE 50+ HP OMGZZZZZ

hahaha, well bro I see what your saying but I am a newbie when it comes to cars and car parts so I am gonna need a better break down of the parts and stuff. Lets say I dont have alot of money to spend on the car at one time, then what do i do?

I am only 18 and I have to pay for my car and insurance and stuff so its hard to get that money to spend on my car.

ALSO I forgot to mention that my V6 is Automatic!


ALSO ALSO ** if anyone knows of a good painting place around the California Los Angles area let me know. i need to paint a spoiler i baught and repaint the front bumper because of scratchs.


ALSO ALSO ALSO (sorry about the so many also's, haha) If anyone is in the California Los Angles area and wants to join a AWESOME Mustang Car Club let me know because I just joined one and they are AMAZING people.

where in the l.a. area?

Well I live in Van Nuys. But the people from the club are all over the San Fernando Valley (I think).

Cold air intake, other than that dont waste your time. I shouldn't be one to talk cause I know i cant afford that car but I would say if you care about performance I would trade it in asap for a V8. The V6s drop like a rock in resale value. I had a friend that wanted to get his V6 balls but, It was cheaper just to get GT. You can put cams , exhaust , supercharge it , and a whole bunch of other things if you do want to make it go fast tho. I dont know how many places sell aftermarket performance parts for the V6 engine gl man.

yo i also got a 2003 V6, honestly, the best first thing to put into your car is a cold air intake. I'm usin the one from Mustang Tuning and it works great, and it also help with your gas mileage. Aside from that and an exhaust i'd stick with visual mods, check out my car domain page to see some of the stuff i've put on mine, As soon as my Black FR500's come in i'll have somethin to wrap these 4 Pirelli tires with. Lol apparently i have to wait 4-6 weeks for them to ship due to a typhoon. but yeah CAI, Exhaust, oh and with the exhaust just say no to an H-pipe, u'll loose horse power, stay cheap with either a dual kit from MAC or Flowmaster or a cheap x pipe.

yo grimmz thanks for the ideas bro, ill try and do those. you got a link for me to take a look at some pictures of your car?


yo "black" that was a ridiculous post bro... why am i gonna trade in a V6 i JUST baught to get a V8.... OBVIOUSLY the V8 or GT is more powerful..... but thats not what i can afford... -_-

Welcome,always advice around here good and some bad :)

Yeah dude, a lot of the GT owners are really anal. The first day i bought my 2002 V6 i posted pics here and everyone was like "OMG what a P.O.S. you should trade it in for a GT". Really, I dont give a ****, I dont feel like driving around a v8 because i drive in traffic a lot, and a v8 aint gonna really help much in traffic. But yeah, its my car, i'll do whatever i want to it. But just a word of advice, just put on the basic bolt ons (Cold air intake and dual exhuast), and then just everything els put exterior parts, wheels, lowering springs, kit maybe. The way i see it is, Chicks dont care about whats under your hood, they just care about how your car looks.

true f**king that brother! yo man, i couldnt have said it better myself. and i really dont care if these GT lovers dont like my V6 either. But dont get me wrong i would've gotten a V8 or GT if i had more money and i wasnt 18 and paying for my OWN insurance.

But anyways... ya i wanna put that cold air intake but i think ill need help with installation. I live in Van Nuys California. I also wanna put that dual exhuast but i am not sure which to get. i need to talk 1 on 1 with that chick "stang gurl" she has a VERY VERY VERY nice V6 that shes done some AWESOME stuff to.

A Stang is a Stang. I have a GT but i really have no problems with the V6's. Anyone who dogs somebody because thier car has a bigger engine has some real issues and probably a pretty small dick. It is not an extention of a person, it is property. plain and simple.

anyways

Figure out yer sub situation yet?

Personally i think yer best bet would be to build a new box. Get one of the rear-seat delete kits and use it as the front baffle on the box. You'd lose yer backseat, (big whooP) and you would have dual subs built in facing yer back.
I think that'd be pretty sweet.

Just do us all a favor and dont crank the gain up to the point that yer amp is clipping and yer subs are bottoming out.

Make sure yer licence plate and trunk dont rattle either, that is the lamest crap. some dumb kid with his stereo boomimb, clipping amp, bottoming out sub, trunk sounding like a trashcan full of rocks.

keep it tight and smooth

Ya i havent figured out what to do with my subs yet. but i am not to worried yet because i dont have a head unit to hook everything togeather, so until then... but i was also looking at problly selling these 2 12'' sony xplode subs because there in a custom box and it would be pointless to re-box the unit.


also does anyone know that if its possible to hook up some pioneer 150 watt speakers to replace the current ones there. right now i have the mp3 single cd MACH sound system (there are no tweeters on this system, its pretty cheap). because i heard something about the wiring harness or something being a problem and not being able to do certain things...

I know this is off topic but which club are you referring to?

Honestly i think you would be better with some JBL's or something rather than the Sony Explode line. Never liked thier equipment much. Its pretty crunchy, you would be better off with a single 10' JBL and an 500w Eclipse amplifier. With stereo stuff, it is better to have 500 clean watts than 1000 crappy watts. I have a hard time believing the Explode Amps put out the rated power without clipping to the point where it is dangerous for the speakers.

Replacing the speakers shouldnt be a problem. i havent done it, but i would imagine they are just like any other speaker with a postive and a negative.
Replacing the Deck is a total pain in the ass, better off to replace the entire system. I dont even know if the mach amps will work with an aftermarket deck, the output will be amplified on the aftermarket deck whille the amps get line level inputs from the stock deck. I imagine it would be a complete pain in the ass to re-run wire and yank out the mach system alltogether.

The mach stereos are pretty impressive for a stock stereo, but it blows my mind they decided to go the "Bose" route of using 2in drivers instead of tweeters. Talk about workin up a good system and dropping the ball.

Ive been tempted to play around with some aftermarket tweeters and get them running with the system and change the crossover around and make the 2in drivers into midrange and have a cutoff at about 8kz. they probably just use caps and dont even use real crossovers.

I saw a site somewhere that tells how to use aftermarket subs with the mach1000, cant remember where it is.

www.mustang.com we are the Los Angles part of the club. they are country wide. we meet on zelzah and chatsworth every 3rd wenesday of the month at a resturant called Bakers Square.

i might come down of of these times, i live up in santa clarita. im mike, by the way.

that would be awesome if you came down. some of the members are older but the guys that i hang out with in the club are young from the ages of 18-40 and a few of the younger guys have Mustang Roushs.... there ridiculous. the club also does alot of fun stuff like cruises and stuff. they are also VERY helpful with anything you need. i am sure glad i joined it!

By the way, i found the solution to your sub problem.|

http://www.crystalworks.gotstang.com/index.htm

does anyone know what the name of the company is that makes subwoofers just for Mustangs? i forgot the name of the company...