[kanniiee]

I have a 04 mustang i havnt done ne preformance mods yet just installed 2 jl 12w1s in a custom box and 18" bullits. on the 04 mustang wat mods would u guys rec. to start with. i ordered a CAI system comes in tomm

[AtlanticBlue99]

long tubes, off road H pipe, magnaflow cat back, 4.10:1 gears and t-lok, cam, xcal 2 and dyno tune, then forced induction

[ChrisJ]

exhaust and gears are going to be your biggest gains other then forced induction or spray...

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by ChrisJ exhaust and gears are going to be your biggest gains other then forced induction or spray...

Well, full exhaust may get you 20rwhp over stock restrictions, but a cam can get that much or more with a free flowing setup w/ or w/out forced induction. I shaved .6 seconds off my e/t with gears alone. I run high 14s and stock I would run low 16s... I know a guy with a shift kit and a cam (plus what I have done) on his 00 convertible 6cyl running 13.9 N/A.

Supercharge your car with a procharger or vortech and run 11 psi intercooled for 350-400 rwhp and you can run 12s in the 1/4

[kanniiee]

someone told me if i go with true dual i lose back pressure and it can hurt my engine? true? and the mods u said are most of the things ive looked into wat order? but superchargers people have been talking about the thunderbird sc supercharger wont work on the 04 model or will it?

[flattusmaximus78]

Whats the most rwhp you can run on a 6 cylinder ( mines a 97 ).

[ChrisJ]

Best bang on the exhaust is a O/R xpipe...

Problem with cams is that if he decides to go forced induction later he has to get new ones...Plus putting in new springs in the 2V is not something eveyone can do...

Exhaust can be done cheaply...$200 for x-pipe...$150 for gears (dont knwo who much for install...I did my own)...And there is high 13's for his car easy...

I am also basing this that shit is a 04 GT...If it is a V-6 I have no clue...

*EDIT FOR BEING A DUMB@$$*
I just noticed I m in the V6/4 CYLINDER area...Guess that what I get for using "Posts Since Last Visit"...Sorry...

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by ChrisJ Best bang on the exhaust is a O/R xpipe... Problem with cams is that if he decides to go forced induction later he has to get new ones...Plus putting in new springs in the 2V is not something eveyone can do... Exhaust can be done cheaply...$200 for x-pipe...$150 for gears (dont knwo who much for install...I did my own)...And there is high 13's for his car easy... I am also basing this that shit is a 04 GT...If it is a V-6 I have no clue... *EDIT FOR BEING A DUMB@$$* I just noticed I m in the V6/4 CYLINDER area...Guess that what I get for using "Posts Since Last Visit"...Sorry...

no way. I have every bolt on for the N/A split port V6 and run high 14s...

btw, saw your edit: the 3.8 has one cam and isn't difficult to swap out. but since a cam "tops off" your mod list, do it last with the final tune.

[ChrisJ]

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 Originally Posted by ChrisJ Best bang on the exhaust is a O/R xpipe... Problem with cams is that if he decides to go forced induction later he has to get new ones...Plus putting in new springs in the 2V is not something eveyone can do... Exhaust can be done cheaply...$200 for x-pipe...$150 for gears (dont knwo who much for install...I did my own)...And there is high 13's for his car easy... I am also basing this that shit is a 04 GT...If it is a V-6 I have no clue... *EDIT FOR BEING A DUMB@$$* I just noticed I m in the V6/4 CYLINDER area...Guess that what I get for using "Posts Since Last Visit"...Sorry... no way. I have every bolt on for the N/A split port V6 and run high 14s... btw, saw your edit: the 3.8 has one cam and isn't difficult to swap out. but since a cam "tops off" your mod list, do it last with the final tune.

Yeah thought I was on the GT side of the game...Did not know there was only 1 cam for the 3.8...

I was OWNED by not paying attencion...

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by ChrisJ Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 Originally Posted by ChrisJ Best bang on the exhaust is a O/R xpipe... Problem with cams is that if he decides to go forced induction later he has to get new ones...Plus putting in new springs in the 2V is not something eveyone can do... Exhaust can be done cheaply...$200 for x-pipe...$150 for gears (dont knwo who much for install...I did my own)...And there is high 13's for his car easy... I am also basing this that shit is a 04 GT...If it is a V-6 I have no clue... *EDIT FOR BEING A DUMB@$$* I just noticed I m in the V6/4 CYLINDER area...Guess that what I get for using "Posts Since Last Visit"...Sorry... no way. I have every bolt on for the N/A split port V6 and run high 14s... btw, saw your edit: the 3.8 has one cam and isn't difficult to swap out. but since a cam "tops off" your mod list, do it last with the final tune. Yeah thought I was on the GT side of the game...Did not know there was only 1 cam for the 3.8... I was OWNED by not paying attencion...

It isn't bad to learn something new every once in a while

[99mustang232]

Originally Posted by kanniiee someone told me if i go with true dual i lose back pressure and it can hurt my engine? true?

if you use too big a diameter of piping there can be an issue, but just follow the listed chart when selecting your piping:

Originally Posted by kanniiee and the mods u said are most of the things ive looked into wat order?

CAI>XCAL2>exhaust>gears w/tlock>cam>tune>f/i or n20>tune

Originally Posted by kanniiee but superchargers people have been talking about the thunderbird sc supercharger wont work on the 04 model or will it?

there are also blower kits availible from procharger and vortech, along with turbos from tmaturbo.com