03 Mach-1
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All I can say is that my family used to be die hard ford fans...I'm not taking anything away from fords...but I do have to say that no one in my family drives a ford anymore... I drove a mach 1 and then a WS6 and they were comparable...but I still felt that the mach 1 was alittle weaker....that's just my opinion...but thats a big reason why I just bought a WS6....
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Originally Posted by HOSS99
My neighbor just had a turbo put on his 5spd '03 Mach1 at Livernois (new sponsor). It's a bad *** set up. They think if boost is kept resonable the bottom end should be OK. He's going to be able to switch from 5lbs to 8lbs. With the 5lb tune it made 416rwhp, and 435rwtq on Livernois's Mustang Dyno. They are doing the 8lb tune now. Stock he ran a 13.4. Since he's done some suspension/chassis mods. Should be an 11 second car now. We should know within the next month. This MACH will surprize a lot of LS1's since it sounds stock, until you hear the turbo whistle, and blowoff. 
Originally Posted by Stone0fFire
if you dont like what they have to say,
skip their threads.
why complain about anything you need not subject yourself to?
skip their threads.
why complain about anything you need not subject yourself to?
because i was interested in the Mach 1's times...... as i said, i work on mustangs more than i work on my car and i am always talking about em so i'm interested in them
I have an 03 cobra and I have a 2001 ws6 with 55000 trouble free miles on it and I still laugh every time I go on a mustang board and see guys saying that the f bodys are junk and have all kinds of problems.My ws6 has been nothing but good to me.I used to be a die hard ford man but now I think that as long as you like the car it dont matter what the name on the front of it is. 
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Just to clear it up, the Mach 1 internals aren't any weaker then the '99/'01 Cobra's. The compression is up a bit from 9.8 to 10 and that's why people are weary of boosting them. To me .2 isn't really that big of a difference and with intercooling it shouldn't be a big deal to run 8lbs.
As for your 12.97 that's a good run. I went 12.90 with a crappy 1.94 60' on Nitto's. I babied it out of the hole because I had smoked my clutch good a couple weeks before. I wanted to make sure it held.
As for your 12.97 that's a good run. I went 12.90 with a crappy 1.94 60' on Nitto's. I babied it out of the hole because I had smoked my clutch good a couple weeks before. I wanted to make sure it held.
nice lookin' car chris! tell you what for outta do, give a 03+ cobra the mach 1 paint skeem and package. that would look hot. i like mach's alot. two guy 'round where i live run 13.3-13.4 consistant with exuast only. both a beautiful cars. (on subject, one of those mach 1 owners had a blown 2002GT which would tear something outta it internally every week!! no lie. i like mach 1;s alot, but i'm still gonna hold on to my LS1 
-Jim
-Jim
Originally Posted by N20D5OH
Just to clear it up, the Mach 1 internals aren't any weaker then the '99/'01 Cobra's. The compression is up a bit from 9.8 to 10 and that's why people are weary of boosting them. To me .2 isn't really that big of a difference and with intercooling it shouldn't be a big deal to run 8lbs.
As for your 12.97 that's a good run. I went 12.90 with a crappy 1.94 60' on Nitto's. I babied it out of the hole because I had smoked my clutch good a couple weeks before. I wanted to make sure it held.
As for your 12.97 that's a good run. I went 12.90 with a crappy 1.94 60' on Nitto's. I babied it out of the hole because I had smoked my clutch good a couple weeks before. I wanted to make sure it held.
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Originally Posted by 12stones
nice lookin' car chris! tell you what for outta do, give a 03+ cobra the mach 1 paint skeem and package. that would look hot. i like mach's alot. two guy 'round where i live run 13.3-13.4 consistant with exuast only. both a beautiful cars. (on subject, one of those mach 1 owners had a blown 2002GT which would tear something outta it internally every week!! no lie. i like mach 1;s alot, but i'm still gonna hold on to my LS1 -Jim
-JimThanks Jim. I'm pretty happy with the car. It's funny you mention your friends car because that's the reason I have the Mach 1 now. I got tired of wrenching on my '94 GT that pretty much had everything done to it. I got to drive it maybe one day of the week and the rest of the time I was working on it and driving my beater Saturn around. Got tired of it so I sold both cars and bought the Mach.
Originally Posted by BT03mach-1
My new best is 12.916 @ 108.63 with a 1.992 60' on factory tires. The only mods I have is a O/R-X and weld in magnaflows. Just a heads up. 
ill keep my heads up to my rear view mirror
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That is with no headers, stock internals and a good 3750 lbs weight. The only Stangs that bite on a tease are 5.0's and Cobras. And I have to admit that 5.0's are slapping the **** out of Cobras most of the time.
That is with no headers, stock internals and a good 3750 lbs weight. The only Stangs that bite on a tease are 5.0's and Cobras. And I have to admit that 5.0's are slapping the **** out of Cobras most of the time.
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Nice times for the Mach 1s guys. Would be a fun race for my 02 Z. 12.87 at 111 with a lid/catback. Seems the Machs are getting better 60 foots than the LS1s on radials. On the 12.87 pass my 60' was a 2.08, and the track prep was pretty good.
Originally Posted by SilverSurfer
Seems the Machs are getting better 60 foots than the LS1s on radials. On the 12.87 pass my 60' was a 2.08, and the track prep was pretty good.
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Different driver, maybe. I'm not too bad of a driver, if I do say so myself. Car is full weight, jack/spare, front sway bar intact. Stock suspension including the rear control arms. Clutch is a little on the weak side though. Track prep is very important. Track prep was pretty good for the track I ran at. But that's not saying much, the place is a **** hole.
Got my last Mustang to run 12.6s at 109 w/1.85 60' on street radials. No sway bar and aftermarket rear control arms. No F-bodies could keep up with it from a dig on street tires 2 years ago.
Got my last Mustang to run 12.6s at 109 w/1.85 60' on street radials. No sway bar and aftermarket rear control arms. No F-bodies could keep up with it from a dig on street tires 2 years ago.
