[DickH]

Alright, I have an 03 gt, all stock as far as I know aside from the K&N intake, plenum and exaust. I have ~2k I can spend on it right now, along with ~2-4k at the end of summer. I don't exactly know where I should put the money, at first I thought I should just save everything for a nice winter car, but then I thought maybe I don't need something real nice. I would like my car to be a little faster and im not sure where money should go. Ignoring gears, where should I start for the most for my money? How much could I get N/A with that money? Could I get away with running a 8-10psi supercharger with 4k?

[lilmarc1988]

Stage 3 Motorsports 2000-2004 Mustang 4.6L GT Vortech Supercharger Kit (V2, S-Trim)
Modular PowerHouse
JMS Chip & Performance Center

[silvergtstang99]

You're gonna need a bit more than $4k for the supercharger and its components. The s/c alone with probably be about 4, but you need a MAF, fuel stuff, tunes etc.

Btw, there is a sticky at the top for your first mods

My opinion- pick up a few horsepower and make it sound sexier by finishing up for exhaust with headers and mid-pipe

[lilmarc1988]

u see the ones i just listed???? all of em comes with everything he needs. i know the mongoose kit does

[silvergtstang99]

^ haha

save up another thousand or so dollars and get a s/c with everything, that will make over 400whp/400tq. from what ive seen the v2 is lacking. just my opinion though

[lilmarc1988]

theres a link somewhere where tim is running like 600+ hp on his mongoose kit. but he has like heads, cams and a built block and is running like 15ibs of boost or so

[lilmarc1988]

cant find the link. some1 help me out


edit: found it 626rwhp 560TQ - MPH Forums

[DickH]

Well... how much would a chip, full exaust, throttle body, and pullies get me? I tried looking, but it didn't seem like I could get much from the 4.6 without adding boost. I would love to just poke a few 100 here and there over a few months, but it doesn't look like it would work out better in the end.

[lilmarc1988]

nothing like a vortech supercharger

[lilmarc1988]

you could get nos and a tune with headers. that should be 2g's

[DickH]

Well what would it take for me to keep up with/beat a mostly stock sti?

[G.T. Rags]

Originally Posted by silvergtstang99 ^ haha save up another thousand or so dollars and get a s/c with everything, that will make over 400whp/400tq. from what ive seen the v2 is lacking. just my opinion though

a mongoose kit from MPH will have no problems making more then 400rwhp...... u just need to up the boost

[silvergtstang99]

with bolt-ons, gears and good tires you should stay ahead of most sti's. but they can be quick pretty cheap.

[DeMello]

id say get that mongoose kit...

[mr boogeyman]

Originally Posted by DeMello id say get that mongoose kit...

I agree. although he needs to have the supporting mods for the S/C to work effectively

[DeMello]

like?

i thoguht EVERYTHIng came with that kit including the injecters and fuel system

[silvergtstang99]

By supporting mods he means getting the most out of the supercharger. For the n/a stangs, headers, mid-pipe catback , bigger throttlebody and plenum would be a decent gain. With a supercharged application you will see much much better results.

With all the supporting mods you can see close to 400 ponies. give or take. just slapping a supercharger on it would be awesome, but you wont run 11's. But with full bolt-ons gears and slicks you will.

[mr boogeyman]

Originally Posted by silvergtstang99 By supporting mods he means getting the most out of the supercharger. For the n/a stangs, headers, mid-pipe catback , bigger throttlebody and plenum would be a decent gain. With a supercharged application you will see much much better results.

Exactly, thats why most people start there..You need to make sure your car is breathing correctly etc..

[DeMello]

oh alirte lol....yea i knew bout that

but cant you sorta just add like 1-2 psi to make up for not having cams or something

i was plannign on gears, shifter, bbk t/b and plenum to go with it at least

[mr boogeyman]

Originally Posted by DeMello oh alirte lol....yea i knew bout that but cant you sorta just add like 1-2 psi to make up for not having cams or something i was plannign on gears, shifter, bbk t/b and plenum to go with it at least

Yeah CAMs are really not a must.. I was more thinking about exhaust, MAF/Intake and gears minimum