- Your goal in modification is to beat a stock LS1 F-body.
- Your first mod is flowmasters
- You have mufflers and a K&N for a new mustang before you take delivery
- Your car has 10,000 miles and the dealership mechanics say the squeeks and rattles are “normal”
- Your answer for those squeeks and rattles is a louder exhaust.
- You spend the money you withdrew on gas instead of food like you planned.
- You have “Bullitt” on DVD, and you’ve seen the chase scene tons of times, but never the rest of the movie.
- You notice every damn ricer on the road tries to race you
- You look in the rearview every time you notice Mustang headlights.
- You recognize the year and trim of that Mustang by those headlights (or tail lights in some cases)
- You floor it under every bridge and overpass just to hear your car.
- You can hear a Mustang from a mile away, and tell the difrence between a 5.0 and a 4.6
- Your windows squeek
- You turn your music down and roll down your window to hear another Mustang’s exhaust.
- In the short walk from your car into the convenience store, you turn
around at least twice to admire your car. - You have ever come to a complete stop if there is water on the road
- You have a towel and some quick detailer in the trunk in case you
forget rule #16. - The first thing you do when you get in your car is turn off the T/A
- You know what T/A stands for
- You have “lost a race” because of your T/A
- When you have to respond, “what glove compartment”?
- You know what PI stands for.
- You use parts catalogs for reading material while on the “throne”
- You laugh histaricaly at Fobras and Faleens, and you can spot them from a mile away.
- You spend hours looking at different brands of the same product.
- You know that you’re one of the few cars on the road with true duals.
- You get pissed that people want to ride in your car cause they add weight.
- You put your mercedes outside so your mustang can stay in the garage.
- When the stoplight is considered practice for the dragstrip.
- An “intake” to you is more than just the piping leading to your throttlebody. (full manifold and up)
- You wish they made INTAKES for your car that was under $1500(4.6)
- You have to put the beer cooler in the back seat because it will not fit in the trunk. (coupe/convertible).
- You you already know you’re calling in sick the weatherman says 3-6 inches of snow forcasted for the rush hour.
- You’ve ever been pulled over by a cop just to see your car
- You have over ten parts catalogs under ur bed (best aftermarket)
- You know where the real cupholder is (5.0 guys)
- For every suspension mod you’ve done 10 engine mods.
- You change your exhaust setup more often than u change ur hairstyle.
- You’ve made your ricer friends hypotheticaly crap their pants on their first ride along.
- You can change ur sparkplugs in 15 min… all 8 (5.0 guys)
- Your car is looked down on by older people if it doesnt have a 5.0
- Your car leans to one side (5.0 guys)
- You stare in astonishment if you see someone with a working ashtray door (5.0 guys)
- Your air silencer is home to some mouse in the corner of ur garage
- Your car has 200,000+ miles and still spanks others (5.0 guys)
- You dread being at a stoplight next to a cop for fear of them hearing ur car at anything above 2k rpm.
- You set off alarms like no ones biznis.
- You remember people by what they did to their car.
- You’ve gotten used to the “drone”
- You occasionaly brag about how many stock things u still have on ur car.
- You know what the porno interior is (5.0 guys)
- You can tell when other drivers hide their jealousy with anger when you beat them, because they are used to beating Mustangs.
- In the rain you still park your car a mile from the mall, because you don’t want to car dinged.
- Your car is always up on jack stands to make it faster, not because it broke (cough DSM owners)
- You spend two hours a night on stangnet.com
- The first place you look on a random Mustang is the front for foglights or the rear for dual exhaust
- You’ve ever been flagged down in a parking lot by a total stranger and the spent the next 30 minutes shooting the breeze about the merits of the Foxbody vs. the SN95.
- On long trips with your buddies, you still take two cars because no one will sit in the back seat.
- You have the church van or school bus driving beside you telling you to punch it.
- You have a 4 foot parts pile in your living room waiting for install.
- When you come home late at night, you put it into neutral halfway.
- You know what people are talking about when they say 4v.
- You have to explain why modular cobras are called a Quad-cam.
- You put your car in neutral to say “hello” to the f-body watching you drive by
- You always do heel and toe downshifting.
- You know ford transmissions are junk, But continue to modify anyways.
- You know that 5th gear ( 5.0 guys ) cannot go past 145
- You feel the body twist when launching hard ( 5.0 )
- You can always win a arguement about best bang for the buck.
- You know that a 4/6 banger mustang are turds.
- You cannot roll on Turbine wheels
- You are always upgrading something.
- You know the 5.0 with the airbag didn’t come with tilt wheel.
Its 90% right!