tips for new stang owner PLEASE help

hey guys i just purchased a 04 white Mach 1....and i need tips.... i want to get mods....tons of them...including the Rouche kit and eventually a supercharger then nitrous...... can anyone help a newbe owner and give me some tips..... possibly where to get the kit----other mods.....

catalogs, i believe that the best of all deals is online...look on ebay or go to a search engine and type in the mod your looking for

IMO, I wouldn't touch it. It's a Mach 1 and already is fast and sweet looking. Why buy a Mach 1 and change the looks. All that I would do is a full exhaust and a K&N filter if I had it.

the supercharger would be tight, but no rouche kit

Yeah, why would you buy a Mach 1 and put a Roush kit on it? :screwy:

Supercharger and nitrous, you really don't need both on a Mach 1. Get use to the power or the Mach forst then decide what you want to do. Such has gears and exhaust.

yeah i agree... i dont think that i would go any further than gears exhaust pullies and a k&n...if you wanted to heavily modify a stang and you had that kinda money, you shoulda gotten the ole 5.0 and done wonders w/ it

I wouldn't buy a new mach 1 and do those kinda modifications, I would do the normal mads, but like he said if you want extreme modifications go with a 5.0 or maybe the 4.6(regular) , but I aint going to tell you what to do you can do what you want and most people here will help we are just giving our opinions.

Internet searches for parts! Ebay!

I agree with Jetts...go for the SC and/or any other power adders you want, but not the Rousch kit...the Mach looks good as is.

if you really want a s/c vortech has a kit for the mach 1. (www.vortechengineering.com) i believe procharger has a kit for the mach as well.(procharger.com) (very expensive for either). unfortunately with either kit the shaker hood would become dysfunctional, but you could have around 500 crankshaft horsepower so i think i could deal with that.

First of all, its spelled Roush.


Second and like like the others said, why buy a specialty Mustang and then change it all around? It already has a Cobra engine, so why not just turbocharge it or use a blower? Lots of power and no image change.

it doesnt have a cobra engine....

its basicly a reworked 01 motor or a different verison of the 03 cobra motor

Be sure not go over 5/6psi on that mach 1 engine or you better pray the gods themselves made your tune.


And whats wrong with the Roush kit on a Mach 1? You guys obviously havent seen a Mach 1 with a Roush body kit have yall? Heres a Roush with the Shaker upgrade.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347674_72_full.jpg
:eek7::eek::worshippy

If you wany a shaker scoop and a rousch bodykit go buy them and throw em on a GT!

I'm all for S/C and modding the MACH1 but not fucking with it's exterior look.

its basicly a reworked 01 motor or a different verison of the 03 cobra motor

It's basically a '01 cobra motor with different cams for better low-end. The '03 motor was an iron block, the earlier 4V 4.6's were all aluminum motors with sleeves, and the Mach is aluminum.

If you want power, period, I say go with a supercharger. Do some more research, superchargers are known to work extremely well with mod motors. The pistons are so small that the valves are shrouded, so forcing air in will get a lot more gains than any port job ever will on those.

What people fail to mention is that with the mach 1, if you want to put in more than 6 psi youll have to get low compression piston/rings. The Mach 1 has a pretty high CR making it great for N/A.

The compression is good enough for 10psi and lower, and 12psi if you had balls. Definitely get forged pistons and connecting rods though.

Oh yeah, is it an auto or a stick?
If it's an auto then get a forged cobra crank.

That sounds a little more accurate to me, I know some of the SN95 4.6's run quite a bit of boost on stock bottom ends.

Just whatever you do, do not allow it to detonate, Ford engines can't handle detonation like Chevy's can. Fords melt pistons really fast.

The compression is good enough for 10psi and lower, and 12psi if you had balls. Definitely get forged pistons and connecting rods though.

Oh yeah, is it an auto or a stick?
If it's an auto then get a forged cobra crank.

Uhmm... No. Not on a Mach 1 engine. From what ive been seeing on mags and online most are pushing around 4-6 psi.

yeah, i forgot about the higher compression. 6psi should still get you 385-410hp at the crank though.