Lidio's Times with the New '05 Mustang GT in Florida!

[MI2QWK4U]

When I spoke to Lidio from Fun Ford in Bradenton tonight, he was thrilled and very pleased with the performance of his 2005 Mustang GT. He said it ran 12.92 @ 106 mph. This is stellar for the car. He has spent a lot of time working out the program for the new GT, and the results are spectacular. This is completely new stuff for him, having watched him work on the 04 Mach and Marauder, the 05 Mustang presented some new hurdles and obsticals to overcome. Since you will probably ask, he used his new Tune Program, slightly looser Torque Converter, Crank pully, and swapped out the 3:30 rear end out for 3:55's. Basic bolt on stuff, but the program really helps out the 5-speed automatic and the results are stunning. I drove the Mustang before he left for bradenton and it just solidified my resolve to get one! Its a different feeling from my 04 Mach with simular mods.

Congrats to Lidio on his good times with the new beast!

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-001.jpg

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-002.jpg

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-004.jpg

[Tallboy]

I beat you to the punch by 60 seconds...I started a thread in Lidio's forum. But, Hey!-I think Lidio deserves two threads! I wish I had gotten to drive the car, like you did...:P

[sailsmen]

Wow great times. :D

Bradenton is NMRA Spring Ford Nationals.

I saw a stock Mach I run a 12.9 on a cool nite!

[MI2QWK4U]

I beat you to the punch by 60 seconds...I started a thread in Lidio's forum. But, Hey!-I think Lidio deserves two threads! I wish I had gotten to drive the car, like you did...:P


I feel bad sometimes that Lidio is 5 minutes away, and have known him 15 years to know what he puts into his work. Not to mention occasionally helping him with R&D on his toys, like the 05 Mustang and his Mach and other beasts!

Then to top it all off, Jerry Barnes, who I consider a good friend, is just as closeby! I wish more people ran their businesses like he does, not customers, but friends.

[Tallboy]

I feel bad sometimes that Lidio is 5 minutes away, and have known him 15 years to know what he puts into his work. Not to mention occasionally helping him with R&D on his toys, like the 05 Mustang and his Mach and other beasts!

Then to top it all off, Jerry Barnes, who I consider a good friend, is just as closeby! I wish more people ran their businesses like he does, not customers, but friends.This weekend I witnessed first-hand why Jerry and Lidio enjoy spotless reputations. Just a few munites spent talking to either of them is all it takes to understand why the Motor City guys speak so highly of them. I am a bitter and jealous man that you live so close to them and I don't. :P

See you in August!:burnout: :burnout:

[JamesHecker]

Damn that car looks nice!

[FiveO]

Congrats Lidio!

I saw this car when I was in Mt. Clemens in late Febuary and she was coming together....all bolt on stuff..but still very very impressive.

Those rims look better in person...trust me :)

Awesome time...simply great.

What a great advertisment...12's on a GT with a couple of bolt on's.

[MARAUDER S/C #5]

He said it ran 12.92 @ 106 mph.
Congrats to Lidio on his good times with the new beast!
:awe: Yes, congrats to Lidio. Awesome time. :run:
I wonder what it would run with the Trilogy Supercharger? :hmmm:

[Todd]

What brand rims are they?

Out of curiosity. I dont own a mustang but they look nice on the black car.

[MARAUDER S/C #5]

What brand rims are they?

Out of curiosity. I dont own a mustang but they look nice on the black car.http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16529

[RoyLPita]

I caught that run. Keep up the good work, Lidio.

[woaface]

Those rims are HOT!
Congrads on the GT...Stellar is just one of many ways it could be define.

Killer.

[BK_GrandMarquis]

When I spoke to Lidio from Fun Ford in Bradenton tonight, he was thrilled and very pleased with the performance of his 2005 Mustang GT. He said it ran 12.92 @ 106 mph. This is stellar for the car. He has spent a lot of time working out the program for the new GT, and the results are spectacular. This is completely new stuff for him, having watched him work on the 04 Mach and Marauder, the 05 Mustang presented some new hurdles and obsticals to overcome. Since you will probably ask, he used his new Tune Program, slightly looser Torque Converter, Crank pully, and swapped out the 3:30 rear end out for 3:55's. Basic bolt on stuff, but the program really helps out the 5-speed automatic and the results are stunning. I drove the Mustang before he left for bradenton and it just solidified my resolve to get one! Its a different feeling from my 04 Mach with simular mods.

Congrats to Lidio on his good times with the new beast!

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-001.jpg

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-002.jpg

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-004.jpg:bows: :awe: :2thumbs: :drool:
BTW, what type of wheels and tires are those and what specs?

[Racerx88]

BTW, what type of wheels and tires are those and what specs?
See post #10 in this thread...............

[SouLRioT]

He had a great run yesterday. The anouncer really liked the clean agressive look of his car. I hope to hear even better times from today. Great meeting everyone there.

[David Morton]

He had a great run yesterday. The anouncer really liked the clean agressive look of his car. I hope to hear even better times from today. Great meeting everyone there.What he said.

Except for one thing, Jerry Barnes had a small problem. He was holding it in his hand. Nothing he and Lidio can't fix, though. :bigcry:

[Mike Poore]

http://www.alternativeauto.com/images/05-gt-001.jpg

That's a sensational looking car; just beautiful !:2thumbs:

[Ross]

Lidio's da man! What do I have to do to get him down here to Texas?

[TAF]

That is one HOT lookin' GT.... :up:

[Lidio]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the props!!

I went to Bradenton to try to make a statement as early as I could with the 05 Stang because of how competive the Mustang scene is with tuners and part suppliers. I think I did OK with both performance and the looks of the car.

The performance MOD’s are minimal at this time, Totally stock exhaust and suspension. Bolt-ons are really only C&L Air inlet/filter kit, under drive crank only pulley, IRMC delete plates, aggressive 93 octane tune done by me with SCT, 3.55 gears replaced the stock 3.31’s. Should have gone 3.73’s but I thought the first gear in the new 5-speed auto was pretty steep already… 3.22!! Prototype slightly looser converter and an electric water pump that I found to only be worth about 4 RWHP but left it in any way just to squeeze a little bit more out of the whole package. Also the car with me in it weighs exactly 3710 lbs.

The car surpassed my expectations in the ¼ mile by about 2 tenths. I would have been more then happy with a 13.00-something or a 13-teen, but when it went 12.92 I was beside my self. Sadly though for my first round on Sunday morning I needed to find one more tenth for my dial in and I new there wasn’t any more left in the car, so I threw a few gallons of 100 unleaded in the near empty tank and only added about 3 degrees spark to the 93 octane tune I ran until that point. Sadly the car responded with a 13.2 at only 102 mph instead of 106+mph. I don’t think more timing would have helped. I’m already learning that the new 3-valve doesn’t respond that well to octane beyond 92-93. But I tried it any way and went out first round. No surprise from me. I really don’t try for bracket consistency these days. Just max ET.

For the guys inquiring about the rim and tire combo, here it is….

After a lot of thought and really standing back and taking a good look at the 05 Stang with its huge wheel openings and longer wheels base then previous models. I made the decision that any thing less then 19” or 20” wheels wouldn’t be right. And theirs a better selection of 20” wheels and tires right now rather then the 19’s, plus the new Saleen’s set a precedence for me after seeing them at the Detroit Auto Show this January. They have 20’s with a 275/35/20 tires all the way around with an optional 275/40/20 rear tire!! Do the math… the 275/40/20 is like 28.7 inches tall. This is a big tire but the car gobbles them right up.
I decided this was the way to go regardless of not being able to get a drag radial at this time. Plus a tire this big with an auto trans and the 05 Mustangs new suspension… I new it for now would hook good, and that’s exactly what it did. With just a dry burn-out the tires didn’t spin at all and it came out with 60 foots in the 1.90 to 1.91.


The rims are ENKI’s. I forgot the model name, never even knew what they were called, just walked into a Belle Tire where a friend works who I owed lunch to. I just happened to look up at a rim display rack and there it was. I knew that it was the right rim for the car.
They stocked it for local Ford Dealers who use the rim on the new Ford 500 car. The offset is perfect for the 05 Stang which now uses more front wheel drive like offsets.

The rims are 20” X 8.5” all the way around. I wanted 10” or 10.5” in the rear but the widest they made them was 9.5”. Although the 9.5’s where back ordered till this May.
I wanted to throw away the stock 17” rims and tires as soon as I could. Very ugly and un-filling. I new that I could get the rears widened later if I really felt it was needed so I took the 8.5”s all around for now and it looks good.

Here's the tire situation. I’m old school on this one. The back tires needed to be bigger then the fronts no matter what. Much wider if possible and a little taller as well. After spending days on tire research for exactly what I wanted I ended up with Continentals all the way around. The front tire treads don’t quite match the rears but from more then 10 feet away its no big deal. The fronts are a Continental 245/40/20 and the rears are 275/40/20. The rears unbelievably don’t bulged to much for the 8.5” rim at all. The rear tires are wider and about .900 taller then the front. This has caused no problems with the ABS. I also used Steeda springs to lower the car about ¾” in front and 1¼” in the rear.

Over all I think the stance is perfect from most angles and every one seems to agree for now.


Thanks

[bigslim]

I'll be the first to put my bid in to buy it when you are done with it.