[bricky77]

i bought bbk plenum,75mm throttle body, underdrive pullies,long tube headers, hurst short throw, cobra clutch, and i already have slp loudmouth. what internal componets do i need to buy to basically rebuild the engine to stock but add a little more hp? i want to keep heads and crank.

[Drgnracin72]

is the car in need of it right now? if its not broke i would say dont screw with it yet. your not near the power level of that motor breaking with those mods. if ya want some more power, slap on a 100 shot and that make a huge difference. the car will handle the 100 shot with ease just make sure you get a tune for it. or another route is go for a supercharger. if you must rebuild them i would suggest maybe going to a stroker or a big bore motor. i belve people are getting something like 305 ci with an aluminum block and jyst the big bore. i may be wrong on that. oh and another thing instead of tearing into your short block, maybe have your heads ported and polished and stick a nice lumpy cam in there. youll get more power fom those two mods than if you were to rebuilt the bottom end. anyways good luck and let us know what you decided to do!

[bricky77]

the only thing im worried about is that its a high milage motor. im going to buy the sct x2 tuner to get her running right after my small mods. i was told even after ading headers you are in need of a tune. i was thinking of installing a mild cam to add a little lope, the only thing is i dont want to start installing high performance internall components. what im trying to say is id like to add a new cam lifters push rods n stuff and i will probably polish and port my heads. what im wondering is should i just buy rings and rebuild pistons and should i change the oil pump, fuel pump, and what size injectors to get i dont even know what size i have, but i would like to get a little more fuel flow too. i want to keep my block and just add to it and im trying to keep it cheap as possible because iv already spent 2000 in bolt ons and some styling and my 460 doesnt work it has zero base only highs. so i have to buy a stereo and that will be 2000 dollars more. and my wife is starting to get pissy about me spending money on my car but if there is a cheaper way to do it i can convince her to let me.right now im in afghanistan and i come home in august and i cant wait to hook my car up a little. any ideas for me would be greatly appreciated. thanks

[mdvaldosta]

Your bottom end (crank, rods, pistons) are good to about 400 hp and 6,500 rpm in most cases. Unless you plan on going over that (it's gonna take a poweradder to reach that power, or a big cam to justify revving that high) then your engine will be fine.

Your 4.6 is an overhead cam engine, therefore you don't have pushrods or lifters (well, you have lash adjustors which are kinda like baby lifters).

I'd say, honestly, I'm not sure what year 4.6 you have but if it's 96-98 you should consider dropping in a low mileage 99-04 GT engine (better heads, cams, and intake), swapping the cams, and going from there. That engine (PI) makes a solid 60 more hp stock than 96-98 GT's.

[bricky77]

thanks. i have a 99gt if you have any other suggestions on cam or anything else please reply

[mdvaldosta]

VT stage 1 cams will make you real happy, and you don't *need* to change your valve springs with those (unless you've got high mileage). I run those currently. Car has a little lope, not much but enough to let you know it's there. There were about $550 if I remember correctly, and I didn't change my springs (50k miles on the car).

[bricky77]

so you suggest i do change my springs since i have high mileage? they sound like the cams i want cause i dont want a huge lope. can i use a sct tuner or do i need to go to a shop? thanks

[Drgnracin72]

if your doing cams and p&p the heads it would be wise to go and get a custom tune. itll make it a lot better of a driver than if you just use a hand tuner on it. but yeah like joe said, some stage 1 vt or comp cams would make ya happy and youd pick up a little power from that.

[bricky77]

cool that sounds like a plan. im calling this place called pauls high performance in jackson,mi. his website is paulshp.com it looks like a pretty good place. if you'd like check it out and let me know what you think of the place, or if anybody is from michigan and knows a place let me know it would be greatly appreciated. thanks. by the way im chris

[White99stang]

your internal components will not add hp unless you are planning on boring it out to big bore or stroking it which will actually loose a little hp but gain tq, and you actually have cams (plural), not just one cam. Some of the best bang for buck would be nitrous or some vt stage 2 heads and cams which will come with comp cams springs.

[White99stang]

also with the stereo, 99's have a problem with the ground wire on the back of the fuse panel in the car come loose and you lose any bass from the amps. tighten that bolt on the back side and it might fix that problem.

[bricky77]

.im in afghan now. but when i was home in may i took it to two stereo shops and a ford dealer they told me they cold not fix the radio. maybe they were trying to sell me somethin. but i think the stereo guy sold me on a stereo so ill get it, he put one in my buddies camaro and it sounds good, not too much base. and he said the one hes got picked out for me is the best one hes heard for 2 grand. i like my rock n roll jammin when im drivin to fast lol. i have no idea what set up it is but its alpine should be ok.

[Drgnracin72]

hetcha some infinty kappa perfect speakers and a nice set of 10's(for the rock) and alpine head units are great. thats what i have in mine.