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Hi All,

I am new at this forum and wanted to see if somebody could help me.

I currently own a 2000 Mustang GT with 94k in the ODO, I want to make some more RWHP right now my stang has:

-MAC Off-road Pro Chamber Mid-Pipe
-Magnaflow MagnaPack Catback Exhaust

I bought it with that stuff.

I believe the catback is just for sound is there any difference between violators and Magnaflow? o like the sound of the violators but don't know if it will affect performance.

I want to make more horsepower first off was planing on puting and I need some advise on what I am planning to install:

AEM cold air intake (dry filter)
underdrive pulleys from AM
BBK (154.99) aluminum alloy
MAC (99.99)billet steel
STEEDA (239.99) nodular iron
SR PERFORMANCE (84.99) lightweight aluminum


Questions:

I was looking at the throttle body and is it worth it? and also which brand since there are tons and a lot of difference price range I saw this one which seems interesting:

SR Performance 75mm Throttle Body + SR Performance Intake Spacer (184.98)
or just BBK 78mm (269.99)

I also want to buy some headers, talked to american muscle and they told me that since my configuracion was the mac off road they would recommend shorty headers because of the fitting, i want to ask you guys, if this true? ive also read that shorty headers are not real worth it, so i was thinking on going with LT, but if i can't go with LT what should i do, tough call.

What do you think about this little mods and i would also appreciate if you could recommend some other mods not that expensive.

Thanks guys..:facepalm:
 
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throttle body,CAI, and Under drive pulleys are worth a handful of HP.

personally i wouldnt touch underdrive pulleys, and if i did it would be steeda's, throttle body to is a lil waste of money unless you plan on a centri or turbo in the future as it will help a little in getting air into the engine.

Headers will give you a lil bit of power but for the price you will be unsatisfied. My headers were on the car when i bought it.

IMO get a Tuner, and gears.

If you want more put it on the bottle

And if cost is an issue, then dont waste money on bolt ons, the bang for the buck is terrible. headers,cai,tb,UDP's plus a tune to optimize everything will run you into the $1600 range or more, you will need a new mid pipe which is in the $ figure and that doesnt include install
 
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exceso said:
Hi All,

I am new at this forum and wanted to see if somebody could help me.

I currently own a 2000 Mustang GT with 94k in the ODO, I want to make some more RWHP right now my stang has:

-MAC Off-road Pro Chamber Mid-Pipe
-Magnaflow MagnaPack Catback Exhaust

I bought it with that stuff.

I believe the catback is just for sound is there any difference between violators and Magnaflow? o like the sound of the violators but don't know if it will affect performance.

I want to make more horsepower first off was planing on puting and I need some advise on what I am planning to install:

AEM cold air intake (dry filter)
underdrive pulleys from AM
BBK (154.99) aluminum alloy
MAC (99.99)billet steel
STEEDA (239.99) nodular iron
SR PERFORMANCE (84.99) lightweight aluminum


Questions:

I was looking at the throttle body and is it worth it? and also which brand since there are tons and a lot of difference price range I saw this one which seems interesting:

SR Performance 75mm Throttle Body + SR Performance Intake Spacer (184.98)
or just BBK 78mm (269.99)

I also want to buy some headers, talked to american muscle and they told me that since my configuracion was the mac off road they would recommend shorty headers because of the fitting, i want to ask you guys, if this true? ive also read that shorty headers are not real worth it, so i was thinking on going with LT, but if i can't go with LT what should i do, tough call.

What do you think about this little mods and i would also appreciate if you could recommend some other mods not that expensive.

Thanks guys..:facepalm:
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I have all the bolt ons, full exhaust, cams, built axle, suspension, etc.

If you really really want to go fast, just save up 3g's, and shop the classifieds on the forum for an intercooled blower setup for sale. a dynotune depending on the location can range from a few hundred to a thousand bucks and you will be far better off dollar/hp wise.

If you are dead set on doing bolt-ons.

Get a SR CAI from Amercain muscle... its on sale right now for $60.00
underdrive pulleys go steeda, picked mine up in the classifieds for $170 shipped
I would shop forum classifieds for good deals on throttle bodies and plenums, I picked up a Professional products throttle body, plenum and plenum spacer for 150 shipped.

just shop classifieds as much as you can.
 
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Do not waste money on bolt ons. Go straight to FI. Used kit can be out together for around 23-3000.00

Read the noobs to mods link


Only buy steeda UDP. But keep in mind you'll need a stock pulley to run a SC


If your on a budget and don't plan on FI:
Lower
Flsfc
Gears
Tuner
Tint
Lower control arms
Wheels & sticky tires


Don't waste money on a cold air. Intake spacer is worthless. Do you still have the stock plastic intake? Don't buy SR products. Are you auto or 5spd



Use Google, all of these questions have been answered many times.
 
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if you dont plan on going forced induction i would say

o/r x or highflow cats
some magnaflow mufflers or if you keep cats maybe some magnapacks or slp's
gears 373 or 410's
lower it
short throw or shift kit depending on if your auto or 5speed
 
Discussion starter · #9 ·
Hey bro thanks for the reply what tuner should be better bama or diablosport

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DGS2vGT said:
SIG??

also for those wondering it was just re-stickied :)
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i will take a look on that guide

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Cabikejumper said:
Do not waste money on bolt ons. Go straight to FI. Used kit can be out together for around 23-3000.00

Read the noobs to mods link


Only buy steeda UDP. But keep in mind you'll need a stock pulley to run a SC


If your on a budget and don't plan on FI:
Lower
Flsfc
Gears
Tuner
Tint
Lower control arms
Wheels & sticky tires


Don't waste money on a cold air. Intake spacer is worthless. Do you still have the stock plastic intake? Don't buy SR products. Are you auto or 5spd



Use Google, all of these questions have been answered many times.
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sorry for my lack of culture but was is FI, i wouldnt SC this mustang, i will probably buy a 2007 gt and that one will become the SC for sure,:naughty:

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xandraxal said:
Man, Ive been waiting forever for someone to finally ask this question!!
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jaja this kind of question? why :computer:

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1_nice_03_gt said:
sell it get a 4v
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oh man this is my first stang, but next year i will start saving for the next gen mustang 2005-2009, gt standard and that will become my baby , probably if i got the money SC.
 
#11 ·
Honestly I would just save up for forced induction of some sort (as already mentioned). you will be basically wasting your money on very very minimal gains with normal bolt ons.
 
#12 ·
Magnaflow mufflers are straight through. They do not restrict flow.

building a car is expensive. Many of us have $10,000-20,000 of mods. You really don't want false starts and redos. You need to define what you want to do with your car. Is is a daily driver? Dragstrip monster? Autocross corner carver? Most of the mods that we do are not universial.

We can help you much better if you tell us how you intend to use your car.
 
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Eagle2000GT said:
Magnaflow mufflers are straight through. They do not restrict flow.

building a car is expensive. Many of us have $10,000-20,000 of mods. You really don't want false starts and redos. You need to define what you want to do with your car. Is is a daily driver? Dragstrip monster? Autocross corner carver? Most of the mods that we do are not universial.

We can help you much better if you tell us how you intend to use your car.
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basically it is my daily driver but once every month go to the drag strip, so i just want to be a little plus from everybodies daily car.
 
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If you plan on getting rid of the car then don't waste your money. Mods do not add value. You will never get your money back.

If you plan on keeping your car a while then I would recommend gears and a handheld tuner. Gears get you into your power curve faster. A handheld tuner will be necessary to correct your speedometer. It also will allow you to put in a more agressive 93 octane tune.

The more popular gears are 3.73s and 4.10s. The debate on which is best is endless. The truth is that neither one is best for all applications. A T-45 transmission has a fairly low overdrive gear ratio. An automatic is even lower. If you drive a lot of highway miles then I recommend 3.73s. A lot of people will say 4.10s. The two biggest complaints about 4.10s is the very short first gear and high highway rpms. This affects people with manual transmissions more than those with automatics. If you don't think the short first gear will bother you and you are dedicated to fast quarter mile times then you would probably want 4.10s. But I seriously do not understand why someone would put gears in a daily driver that makes first gear useless for the daily drive. That makes absolutely no sense to me.

I do not recommend that you buy lowering springs. Since you drag race you do not want to inhibit weight transfer to the rear wheels. A lot of dedicated drag racers take their front sway bar off to help the weight transfer. Personally I wouldn't want to do that on a daily driver.

If you want headers then get the shorties. Tests on engine dynos have proven there is very little difference between shorties and long-tubes. Since you have an off-road mid-pipe you've already taken most of the restriction from your exhaust so you probably won't gain much from them at all.

Other mods will let you pick up 2-3 rwhp at best. Don't believe the advertised numbers. They are extremely high.
 
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There is a new thread on here for beginners and modifications just read it the other day, the write up was really good so if someone has a link to that they should post it on here for the OP.


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Eagle2000GT said:
If you plan on getting rid of the car then don't waste your money. Mods do not add value. You will never get your money back.

If you plan on keeping your car a while then I would recommend gears and a handheld tuner. Gears get you into your power curve faster. A handheld tuner will be necessary to correct your speedometer. It also will allow you to put in a more agressive 93 octane tune.

The more popular gears are 3.73s and 4.10s. The debate on which is best is endless. The truth is that neither one is best for all applications. A T-45 transmission has a fairly low overdrive gear ratio. An automatic is even lower. If you drive a lot of highway miles then I recommend 3.73s. A lot of people will say 4.10s. The two biggest complaints about 4.10s is the very short first gear and high highway rpms. This affects people with manual transmissions more than those with automatics. If you don't think the short first gear will bother you and you are dedicated to fast quarter mile times then you would probably want 4.10s. But I seriously do not understand why someone would put gears in a daily driver that makes first gear useless for the daily drive. That makes absolutely no sense to me.

I do not recommend that you buy lowering springs. Since you drag race you do not want to inhibit weight transfer to the rear wheels. A lot of dedicated drag racers take their front sway bar off to help the weight transfer. Personally I wouldn't want to do that on a daily driver.

If you want headers then get the shorties. Tests on engine dynos have proven there is very little difference between shorties and long-tubes. Since you have an off-road mid-pipe you've already taken most of the restriction from your exhaust so you probably won't gain much from them at all.

Other mods will let you pick up 2-3 rwhp at best. Don't believe the advertised numbers. They are extremely high.
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Thanks for the info man, my car is partially my daily car, since thank god i got another, when i have to go to small distances i use the 4 cilinder car and when need to go somewhere further i like to hear the v8 rumble through the street :p, but the V8 is the one i usually do drag racing in the track.

I bought it used, i dont know if it has some engine mods or what but i bit out a new eclipse v6 and a 2007 gt auto, a couple of times, probably bad drivers :whackylol::whackylol:
 
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me2dumb4college said:
gears and tune... 1st place i'd start

welcome and have fun modding :)

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btw, get a SCT tuner, not diablosport
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Thanks bro i am going to buy a sct bama tuner, supposedly is for mustang from 96+2014 so if any day i change mustang i can just use the same tuner.
 
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