I am new to american car shows..and obiviously new to the mustang marque. I would really appreciate it if you, as a judge, could recomend a few upgrades that would make my (and anyone else of course) engine bay better ?

At the last show, we had several cars scratched by spectaters letting their purses hit the cars when looking in and the zippers putting sctraches in the paint..if I remember correctly, one car had quite the gouge.

Back a bunch of years ago, I was showing my mgbgt at a night before party and one of the contestants slipped and fell on my left front fender. He was wearing a large belt buckle and he put a 14 inch gouge in my fender. What I did at the show was to tape the car's particulars over that gouge.

At the mustang show last year, I was about 30 feet from my car talking to another car owner when I hear a guy say that he hated side pipes and he actually kicked my car !..he saw me coming and dissapeared into the crowd quite quickly..no damage done but it was a "wtf" coment from the contestants around me car. I now know better to stand closer and I now understand why most contestanrs come with lawn chairs :)

Anyway, looking forward to some advice.

Thanks
Grassy

been to a few shows where the crowds were kinda dumb to the "no touch" rule....but man, not at the level of retardation you describe :banghead:

might be worthwhile to talk with your show organisers and get a PA system to remind folks to stay back from the cars

MGB GT?....nice:tup you'd like my 1990 Morgan +8:chacha:

with regard to making your engine bay better (aside from properly detailing it)...you should search the likes of the Steeda site, UPR etc....look under the engine dress-up sections....tons of stuff....go to the MustangWorld.com picture section of the 05+ on the main page and lurk through all the pics of what guys have done (they usually list the mods and then you're just a google away)....the list of stuff available is endless, from polished blowers to oil caps and fuse box covers

my engine bay started off looking like this

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/141/140/266015.jpeg

then I came up with a plan and ended up like this....keep in mind this took over 4 years and I'm still doing stuff

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/141/140/251162.jpg

the CAI tube has the name of the car airbrushed on it

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/141/140/181027.jpg

the underside of the hood has a running pony ghosted in

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/141/140/187270.jpg

the mods started as simple bolt-ons and then you get to a stage where nobody makes what you want so you get it done custom (the master-cylinder is a Ford factory piece that I had polished....and the reservoir cover was custom fabbed)

but most of the ideas are nothing new....just "borrowed" from others and where appropriate I put my own twist on it.......I'm pretty simple....always been a fan of a hot rod with a shiny motor....so that's what I did

All I can say is Wow !!!!!!! and wow..

however, this does give me a starting point. I do have a long way to go. No matter, I like goals. First the Cragars.

I did ask the organizers about a nive rope system that would protect the cars but they thought it would drive off spectators..

What part of Ontario are you from ? I mak the pilgramage to Gan on a regular basis. If the rest of your friends do their cars uop like this, I would love to see a show.

BTW, I found an excellent set of rims/tires seciond hand in the states..cannot figure out how to get them here without selling my daughter.

Grassy

In Toronto....there's lots of shows from May-Sept.....when you're heading this way post it up and I'll let you know where there's one when you're in the neighbourhood:tup

Thanks..will do.

Grassy

Nah I was hoping to start some poop, mind you just a little late:banghead:

I never open my hood but I guess I should from now on. My reasoning is that it's completely stock so what's the point. If I were to open the hood you would find all the black stuff black and the metal polished so open it is.:tup

Just looking at some clear blinker plastic and I found lambo doors for all year :)

My son said that they don't flip right..he wants them to look like a merc 300..oh well :)

Grassy