Gears+tune, DR's are a good start, best mods I did hand down !

 

If its your daily driver, I would do these (and i'm no expert, this is just what i would do)

A cat back (gotta have a good sounding car, borla stingers are amazing.)
Gears (usually 3.73 for manual, 4.10 for auto)
Get a tuner (SCT tuner on americanmuscle.com comes with free bama tunes for life)
That should leav you would around $500 depending on where you buy stuff from. With the $500 I would get full length subframe connecters. Then maybe a small visual upgrade (mach1 chin spoiler, about 100 bucks from americanmuscle.)

 

Keep this in mind, gears are just about useless without ALEAST a set of DR's,

 

Each to their own but personally id rather start big (given cash in hand) then go small.

For example. You have 2k in hand to spend. Whats easier to save up for/buy. Something/one "big" thing that costs you 2k, or some gears,tuner,etc that run you a couple 100 each.

Id say blower,nitrous, something along those lines. Then do the little stuff. Where as you can get gear, plenum, intake, tb, blah blah blah with that 2k. Then if you ever decide you want a blower or good/properly setup nitrous setup youre not thinking oh **** now I need to save up or spend this big chunk. Its already spent and out of the way.

Not only that youll see a bigger gain from the little stuff given you do the big stuff first.

Also depends on what you use the car for, what your plans are, etc.

 

Cams,gears,tune. Get the gears and cam installed at the same time. Then go get your beast tuned. Should hit 275whp if it is all stock. and you will have spent right at 2000 dollars.

 

Im with AJM if i went back i would have started with a supercharger.. Ive put too much money into my car to gain practically nothing.. So i say piece together a supercharger kit.. Theres a few good write ups on how to do so and what you would need..

 

yeah you can dump even 3k into your car and not really feel anything as compared to a blower... save up for a blower IMO

 

people on this forum need to realize that a vortech kit can be put together for 1500$.. theres tons of write ups on other forums and thats what every one is doing. no one here seems to think of this as an option when reccomending what people should do to their car!?

 

Links?

 

1500$ + X for Tune + X for transporting to tuner. This is assuming he isnt going to pay someone to install any parts. Moddings not cheap.

 

well 1500 for the hardware.. then yeah 300 or so for a good dyno tune. you can drive you car to a shop, just dont enter boost. or rent a dolly for 40 bucks. and he has 2k so thats still in his price range, even if he spent 500 for a tune

 

$1500 for everything is very hard to do. It can be done but most are lucky to purchase cheap head units that are still in good shape. If you're looking for a head unit with low mileage then you won't find one for cheap. If you feel comfortable with buying one with 30-40k miles on it then sure you can probably pick it up for around $600. I bought my V1 S trim with 3.6 pulley, discharge tube, bracket assembly, oil feed/drain assembly, and Vortech air intake used with 4,000 mi for $2,000. Added a used maf and injectors. Bought new svt focus pump, belt, powerpipe with filter, spark plugs, boost gauge, wideband gauge. All this stuff equalled another $950. Then I had a custom aluminim mini catch can made for $60. So $3,000 before install and tune. That is absolutely everything you would need. Of course you don't need to do a powerpipe, catch can, or gauges so if you don't want those items you could save yourself around $525. Also if you buy a used powerpipe and fuel pump you could probably save another $100. If you want to add an itnercooler that will be another $300. I would say you need to budget about $2500 for a decent used setup.

 

ummmmmm for 2k you can ummmmmmmmmmmmm buy my built shortblock thats brand new

 

Meth:dunno

 

COCAINE!

But in honesty....go FI if you want power. If you want a good handling car, drop that 2k in suspension.

 

but i would do a mid pipe...lower that ****er and get it off those ugly ass ponies...oh and nitrous

 

supercharger. id rather have a fast car that looks stock, than a slow car that looks fast!

 

save it and put it in the bank!

 

If I could go back to the beginning I would have saved up for a nice centri first....trust me with 2k you can get everything you need for f/i.

trust me ive spent some money on my mods and like ajm said...saving up for 2k is not that easy as crap seems to always come up ( at least for me) and if you add up my mods i could have wwwwaaaayyyy more hp then I do now...and then maybe I would be a post 97 takiller

i learned from this process though and on the next go around..im going f/i first :yes

 

I completely agree, but sometimes it is hard to spend that kind of money all at once. I had about $7k in parts and labor spent on my car before I added the supercharger. I spent that much over 4.5 years, but I was also in college full time. Buying all the stuff I needed for my supercharger took me 5 months, but now I was employed full time. I just hate seeing a large some of money leaving my account so I buy parts slowly over time.

 

Very good deal here. OP you should bet on this with the $2,000 you have and add a few hundred if need be.

Vortech V2-SQ Mustang 4.6 Supercharger - eBay (item 270679510117 end time Dec-19-10 17:51:52 PST)

 

600 plus shipping you could have my whole nitrous setup

 

smuggle in an asian whore who cant speak english?



dunno

 

im down with the idea of getting a lot of booze and drugs and some girls who are dtf and have a sick party party. as for the car, keep saving for the big parts. the small crap adds up to nothing and with 400 hp your 3.27's in the back will feel like a decent amount of gear.

 

give it to me so i can buy a v2 lol

 

What are the goals for the car? Everyone always jumps right to power adders when someone asks what to to with money, which is great for a drag car or just a fun street car. But if you want a good handling car for autocross or open track days that money would be much better spent on improving suspension parts. I don't know your plans for the car so just making a suggestion.

 

smartest advice i could give is if you owe money on the car put your money to pay it off. then deal with the aftermarket parts. so many people blow their motors, trans, rears, and other parts with no money to fix it. for some reason every one thinks that cars braking will happen to some one else, or their setup is plenty safe. i have broken stock motors and built motors in my life time. its part of the game so cash in hand with a slow car, is better than a broken built car with no funds to fix it.

 

I'd say get a intake, o/r mid pipe, catback, a hand held tuner, gears, and some full length SFC

 

I have to agree with you on this one, Stal. I put out over 6,000 buying my '01 GT, put out another 565 buying my SCT Livewire, next I'm putting out another 575 to buy the complete '03-'04 Cobra bumper from blue oval, since my stocker has an unattractive crack in it.

Right now, I barely have over 300 in spare cash, and would be screwed for a while if I ran into car trouble. I should actually take care of my exhaust first, before any sort of exterior fix. One of my cats has a crack in it, which is throwing a code, and causing an annoying rattle.

 

I'd say shop around because I only paid $350 for my hand held tuner. Look for deals and you'll find them. Do you want to go a little faster or look good standing still? That's what you need to ask yourself