What to do next???

MustGT98allday · April 29th, 2011, 09:42 PM

So i recently just finished my full pi swap on my 98 GT. I also have 75mm throttle body, plemum, cai, msd. I want to get a tune but don't know how much it will cost me. Anyways. What should I do next? I want more power but with this compression ratio theres not much I can do. I also already have a pretty good suspension and getting lca's to add on soon.

So what next?

Jazzer The Cat · April 29th, 2011, 11:59 PM

You are upping HP/T... what have you done with your brakes?

Jazzer

MustGT98allday · April 30th, 2011, 08:40 PM

nothing yet...I only have 16" wheels and no money for rims yet. I would rather spend money on performance/power than rims.
all i have for breaks are ceramic pads with powerslot rotors which i just did last year and I only drive it in summer/fall

MustGT98allday · May 4th, 2011, 01:49 PM

bump

MustGT98allday · May 11th, 2011, 05:51 PM

no one has any opinions on what to do next? At this point i am thinking taking the engine back out (yes again) and putting in a 5.4 or rebuilding my 2v with a turbo or going to a cobra motor. I want more power. So any ideas or opinions?

97S281 · May 11th, 2011, 09:12 PM

Gears.

slowwwwkid · May 12th, 2011, 09:33 AM

gears would be good built 2v with a turbo would be nice or a built 4v with a blower or turbo would be even better its all in how much $$$ your willing to spend

MustGT98allday · May 12th, 2011, 10:13 PM

ya. i just dont have that kind of money seeing how I just spent a ton on this pi swap which i am regretting because I couldve put that to a blower or turbo on my npi. now im stuck with high compression or swapping my block with low compression pistons which is also in my head.

1996 GT · May 12th, 2011, 11:23 PM

Switch your npi heads back in and use a super charger

LoveStangs88 · May 13th, 2011, 12:21 AM

maybe the exhaust that would give you some decent horses if you do all 3 parts, longtubes with a shorty no cats and maybe a magnaflow catback with strait through mufflers. would sound badass too.

Could you put on a supercharger with a PI intake manifold and non PI heads/cams since it would have the stock compression but the PI manifold would still boost some horses?? Or would the PI intake manifold change the game of adding a supercharger??? I guess its not a big deal but instead of having complete non PI with a supercharger the PI manifold would add 10-15 HP along with the SC to give better numbers if it doesnt interfear with the operation of the SC ofcourse, but im unsure on the operation of this maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.

Blower Head · May 13th, 2011, 09:04 AM

The use of a pi manifold and cams with npi heads works well for me with a supercharger. Although I just changed to a Bullitt intake so I have a pi intake C&L upper plenum and 70mm BBK throttle body for sale.

97S281 · May 13th, 2011, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Blower Head

The use of a pi manifold and cams with npi heads works well for me with a supercharger. Although I just changed to a Bullitt intake so I have a pi intake C&L upper plenum and 70mm BBK throttle body for sale.

Did you pic up a lot of power with the bullitt intake over the PI intake?

Blower Head · May 14th, 2011, 08:24 AM

I have not had a chance to get it on a dyno and see if they can tweak the tune yet and check power. Changed pulleys down one size as was told the boost goes down with the bullitt intake. Overall it idles better (had a rolling idle) and feels like it has better power. It sure looks meaner under the hood than the old setup!

jncastillo87 · May 14th, 2011, 08:35 AM

Definately long tubes, catted H and a tune ... that should net you 25-35 at the wheels with a good tune ..

1996 GT · May 14th, 2011, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by jncastillo87

Definately long tubes, catted H and a tune ... that should net you 25-35 at the wheels with a good tune ..

Catted h-pipes suck, believe me i have to have one were i live. I have 6 cats on it

Try to go O/R if you can.

jncastillo87 · May 15th, 2011, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by 1996 GT

Catted h-pipes suck, believe me i have to have one were i live. I have 6 cats on it Try to go O/R if you can.

6 cats ?? Where the hell do you live ? Nazi Germany ?

This is the one I am getting to go with the long tubes..

MustGT98allday · May 15th, 2011, 10:51 PM

just to update for those saying exhaust I already have an o/r h pipe with slp loudmouth (mufflers are basically open pipes haha). Along with the other bolt ons except gears and headers. (only two bolt ons i dont have) so maybe just a good tune would do good until i start the next build

1996 GT · May 16th, 2011, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by jncastillo87

6 cats ?? Where the hell do you live ? Nazi Germany ?

This is the one I am getting to go with the long tubes..

Canada, and i will have to get hi flow cats OR just get an o/r pipe after i etest it in the next month or two

97S281 · May 16th, 2011, 06:23 PM

I would do the gears. They will really help you get more out of your existing mods.

fsttang96 · May 16th, 2011, 07:16 PM

10-4 on the gears !! 3.73 is a good gear if its a 5 speed 4.10 for the automatic !!

April 29th, 2011, 09:42 PM	#1
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	What to do next??? So i recently just finished my full pi swap on my 98 GT. I also have 75mm throttle body, plemum, cai, msd. I want to get a tune but don't know how much it will cost me. Anyways. What should I do next? I want more power but with this compression ratio theres not much I can do. I also already have a pretty good suspension and getting lca's to add on soon. So what next? __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

April 30th, 2011, 08:40 PM	#3
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	nothing yet...I only have 16" wheels and no money for rims yet. I would rather spend money on performance/power than rims. all i have for breaks are ceramic pads with powerslot rotors which i just did last year and I only drive it in summer/fall __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

May 4th, 2011, 01:49 PM	#4
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	bump __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

May 11th, 2011, 05:51 PM	#5
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	no one has any opinions on what to do next? At this point i am thinking taking the engine back out (yes again) and putting in a 5.4 or rebuilding my 2v with a turbo or going to a cobra motor. I want more power. So any ideas or opinions? __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

May 11th, 2011, 09:12 PM	#6
97S281 Rollin' 18/ pushin' 2 1997 Saleen S281 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The lost highway Posts: 6,673 iTrader: 13 reviews	Gears. __________________ MODS IN GARAGE NCMM ORIGINAL BLOWN 96-98 CREW MEMBER # 1

May 12th, 2011, 09:33 AM	#7
slowwwwkid Newbie 1998 mustang gt Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: dublin ,va Posts: 34 iTrader: 0 reviews	gears would be good built 2v with a turbo would be nice or a built 4v with a blower or turbo would be even better its all in how much $$$ your willing to spend __________________ 98 gt - pi h/c/i, 78mm t/b, bbk u/d pullies, tko 500 trans , frpp driveshaft , 4.10s 31 spline axels , still to slow time for a 4v ! TO DA BATCAVE!!

May 12th, 2011, 10:13 PM	#8
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	ya. i just dont have that kind of money seeing how I just spent a ton on this pi swap which i am regretting because I couldve put that to a blower or turbo on my npi. now im stuck with high compression or swapping my block with low compression pistons which is also in my head. __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

May 12th, 2011, 11:23 PM	#9
1996 GT Traction...? 1996 GT/ 2008 GT Vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,207 iTrader: 0 reviews	Switch your npi heads back in and use a super charger

May 13th, 2011, 12:21 AM	#10
LoveStangs88 Regular 96 Mustang GT B There 1 Day. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 460 iTrader: 0 reviews	maybe the exhaust that would give you some decent horses if you do all 3 parts, longtubes with a shorty no cats and maybe a magnaflow catback with strait through mufflers. would sound badass too. Could you put on a supercharger with a PI intake manifold and non PI heads/cams since it would have the stock compression but the PI manifold would still boost some horses?? Or would the PI intake manifold change the game of adding a supercharger??? I guess its not a big deal but instead of having complete non PI with a supercharger the PI manifold would add 10-15 HP along with the SC to give better numbers if it doesnt interfear with the operation of the SC ofcourse, but im unsure on the operation of this maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in. __________________ PI Manifold. FRPP. Steeda. Magnaflow. BBK. Accufab. RAM. MGW. MSD. NGK. NTK. Billet. J&M. Powerslot. Hawk. Walbro. Motul. Fel-Pro. Dupli-color.

May 13th, 2011, 09:04 AM	#11
Blower Head Regular 1996 Mustang GT Vert Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: blaine, MN Posts: 270 iTrader: 1 reviews	The use of a pi manifold and cams with npi heads works well for me with a supercharger. Although I just changed to a Bullitt intake so I have a pi intake C&L upper plenum and 70mm BBK throttle body for sale. __________________ 96 GT vert, Aftercooled Vortech, Lightning MAF,42# injectors, saleen cams, Bullitt intake, tune by Hitech, Magnaflow catback and O/R xpipe, Cobra brake upgrade, lowered bilstein suspension w/MM c/c plates and subframe connectors 3000 stall and 3.73's

May 14th, 2011, 08:24 AM	#13
Blower Head Regular 1996 Mustang GT Vert Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: blaine, MN Posts: 270 iTrader: 1 reviews	I have not had a chance to get it on a dyno and see if they can tweak the tune yet and check power. Changed pulleys down one size as was told the boost goes down with the bullitt intake. Overall it idles better (had a rolling idle) and feels like it has better power. It sure looks meaner under the hood than the old setup! __________________ 96 GT vert, Aftercooled Vortech, Lightning MAF,42# injectors, saleen cams, Bullitt intake, tune by Hitech, Magnaflow catback and O/R xpipe, Cobra brake upgrade, lowered bilstein suspension w/MM c/c plates and subframe connectors 3000 stall and 3.73's

May 14th, 2011, 08:35 AM	#14
jncastillo87 Houston Bullitt 2008 Bullitt Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Richmond,tx Posts: 104 iTrader: 0 reviews	Definately long tubes, catted H and a tune ... that should net you 25-35 at the wheels with a good tune .. __________________ 2008 Bullitt #5072 JBA Stainless Longtubes, JBA catted H Pipe, BAMA Tune Via SCT, MGW shifter. Hot rod cams next.

May 15th, 2011, 10:51 PM	#17
MustGT98allday Hardcore Enthusiast 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 2 reviews	just to update for those saying exhaust I already have an o/r h pipe with slp loudmouth (mufflers are basically open pipes haha). Along with the other bolt ons except gears and headers. (only two bolt ons i dont have) so maybe just a good tune would do good until i start the next build __________________ pi swapped and dropped sn95

May 16th, 2011, 06:23 PM	#19
97S281 Rollin' 18/ pushin' 2 1997 Saleen S281 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The lost highway Posts: 6,673 iTrader: 13 reviews	I would do the gears. They will really help you get more out of your existing mods. __________________ MODS IN GARAGE NCMM ORIGINAL BLOWN 96-98 CREW MEMBER # 1

May 16th, 2011, 07:16 PM	#20
fsttang96 Regular 1996 Mustang GT need tuned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Shanksville, PA Posts: 161 iTrader: 1 reviews	10-4 on the gears !! 3.73 is a good gear if its a 5 speed 4.10 for the automatic !! __________________ 1 of 829 made Bright Tangerine Orange 10Lb Vortech V2,CXRacing FMIC MHS Stage 2 Blower cams,39# Injectors PI Intake,Ported and Polished NPI Heads BBK Headers,78mm BBK Throttle Body Mac H Pipe,2.5 inch Flowmaster Exhaust ,373 Gears

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