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All of this talk brings up an interesting point to me. I know a lot of people on here don't like the domestic "performance" cars like Mustang and Camaro, but why aren't the import car companies better about catering to the aftermarket crowd?
As an example, Ford Racing offers a ton of "aftermarket" performance parts for their Mustangs and GT500s etc. Heck, you can even get a tuner with a tune from Ford Racing and it will up your power and as long as it is "installed" by an authorized dealer it's covered under warranty. Look at the new Mustang they just realesed, there's already a Supercharger available from Ford Racing and if installed by an authorized dealer you get over 600 hp that's still covered under factory warranty. The only "drawback" is that it all has to be done through an "authorized" dealer, which means you have to pay their hourly billing rates, but for the person who wants to add performance to their stock car while not jeopardizing their warranty this seems like the perfect win/win. The customer gets what they want and the car company gets "extra" profit.
When I owned my GT500, I never had to sweat anything that had been done to my car because my dealership was the one who was doing the "modding" and they also knew my car intimately since they were the ones working on it. Of course, I wasn't going over board like some people who were building 1,000 hp cars so maybe I was content with a measly CAI, axleback exhaust and tune (you could get the TVS supercharger though with a 650 hp tune and it was under warranty, I just never spent the money).
Also, all the Ford Racing stuff was 50 state legal unless specifically labeled otherwise.
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