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Hi Burton...long time since we've chatted! There are some essential things I can't reasonably change on the car to make it a long term keeper. I've found over the last three years I miss a manual tranny in the worst way. I also want those things listed above that the Roush had. I'm start'in to feel like a trapped rat. Not a huge fan of the '15's so if I want to make a change I have to find the right '12-'14...tough nut to crack with my finicky particulars. Before I bought this f'ing thing back in Apr, '12, I should have taken my cash and bought myself the pre-war Gibson RB3, or Granada banjo I've alway dreamed of. No depreciation there...only increased value...stupid, stupid...STUPID!!!!!!!!! Listening to Flatt and Scruggs at Carnagie Hall as I write this...pure musical magic!!! Johnny- The Redneck Banjo Picker Speed/Performance Freak John
Btw, I didn't know you had an auto"tragic" transmission (sorry I hate autos) in that sweet ride of yours. That to me, is reason enough to upgrade/sell your car, as you pointed. Don't bother with any more mods.
A used Shelby is definitely something you should be looking into, preferably a 13-14 to take advantage of the better engine and overall car versus the 12.
Sexy it is. What color was the Roush? And what don't you like about your car? Don't you know I'm the forum bad influence for modding? Let's get your ride hooked up and make it even better than any Roush offering! Just don't ask me which vendor to buy from, I'm pretty pissed at most of them right now 
Hehe. Kidding man.
Btw, which vendors are bad now? I think you and I know which is worst.
I was looking at this beauty. If it was in CA, I'd trade my car for it in a HEARTBEAT. http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...d-Shelby-GT500
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Dealer where I bought my GT/CS still sends me letters all the time trying to get me to buy a new car. Most insulting one I've gotten yet came last week. Carrying on about how bad they need used cars and they'd love to have my car, even if I didn't want to trade it in, they'd still buy it. Said they wanted it so badly that they'd give me above their normal black book value. $33,000. I'm sure you would, you ****ing crook. Really pissed me off.
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I have to admit though, the 10-12 tail lights just don't look very appealing with the red and white/clear stripes. Just a weird look, like Ford didn't devote any time to designing them.
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. But you're right it would still be lots of fun. That gap can be filled! 
http://www.americanmuscle.com/raxiom...trim-1012.html
http://www.americanmuscle.com/raxiom...trim-1012.html
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[QUOTE=FromZto5;6914660]Looking good! Did you wire the halos to your parking? I did individual control to mine. Which brand of halos did you get and are they CCFLs or COBs?
Thanks.. Not directly to parking... but yes they are "triggered" off the parking lights. (Both upper and lower ) The grille halos are Raxiom. The lower are off Ebay from China that I took apart to fit the lower fogger. Both are CCFLs.
I've been told that two sets of fog lights are illegal in this state, so I got them wired separately from the halos. As I've been told that halos are more of a parking/marker light rather than a "driving" light and no restrictions on how many you can have are in place. With that...I wired the "circuit" so that if the upper foggers are turned on whilst the lowers are on, the lowers shut off regardless of cab switch position .. As shown:
Thanks.. Not directly to parking... but yes they are "triggered" off the parking lights. (Both upper and lower ) The grille halos are Raxiom. The lower are off Ebay from China that I took apart to fit the lower fogger. Both are CCFLs.
I've been told that two sets of fog lights are illegal in this state, so I got them wired separately from the halos. As I've been told that halos are more of a parking/marker light rather than a "driving" light and no restrictions on how many you can have are in place. With that...I wired the "circuit" so that if the upper foggers are turned on whilst the lowers are on, the lowers shut off regardless of cab switch position .. As shown:
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Autos are quicker, more accurate and all the things mentioned, especially at the drag strip. I’m a road course/oval guy. In my opinion a good manual in the hands of an experienced driver is tough to match in a road course situ…most of the roads I drive on resemble road courses verses drag strips! However, I was supremely unimpressed with the MT82 in the car I test drove. Fact is, I couldn’t wait to end the test drive it stunk so bad! That and all reported issues many had experienced with the manual are largely what pushed me to the auto camp. The one thing I thought was going to be the saving grace was the select shift option. It works but the single button on the side of the shifter completely blows. It needs paddles on the steering wheel to make it more acceptable. Better still would be to incorporate a bump shift into the stick. Fords logic of putting paddles on the steering wheel in other ‘13 models and not on their performance vehicles completely escapes me. John
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I agree on the auto not having paddles (it does in the 2015 now), but I also agree about rowing your own. I also tend to take curves with my car, versus all out straight line. I hate the MT-82 more each day, and I don't even have my car right now. Even with the MGW, it's just a crap transmission. Clunky, loud, not accurate...I'll see if the trans fluid swap, clutch fluid swap, clutch line and my Blowfish bracket help.
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Thanks man! I brought her up to Brainerd INTL Raceway the weekend of the NHRA Nationals as eye candy for my brother at his Trackside Tire trailer. He parked it out front to draw people in and I scooted down to the top fuel pits to hang out. He said all the attention it was getting really made him nervous so he moved it under one of the open canopies he wasn't using hoping to kind of control access a little more. The red color is a lot more striking in the sun. ...I just wish black wasn't such a PITA to keep looking sweet.
Happy Easter bud,
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Happy Easter bud,
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I have 1,600 miles on my 2013 GHIG Stage 3 and is in showroom condition, (as you can see by the photos I post), and I wouldn't accept anything under 54k.
