04 gt 2v stater mods

My opinion for first Mods will be as followed.

Full length subrame connectors
Lowering springs
shocks, strut
Short throw shifter
4.10 gears......after those, its all up to how much power you want

Start by reading this in depth:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/246291-modification-survey-thread.html

Ported heads... they bolt on.... lol

H pipe.

russ1979 said:

i'm waiting on gears ... we also plain on supercharging it at SOME point.

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What type of blower you get will play a part in deciding what gears you get. 4.10s may be too much for a roots type, so maybe 3.73s are better for that. 4.10s are probably good for a centrifugal type blower.

Here are a couple great starter mods:
-cleaning
-preventative maintenance
-learning about mods
-preventative maintenance
-studying mods
-preventative maintenance
-planning mods
-preventative maintenance
-more cleaning

russ1979 said:

the car was bought with a catback and i have now taken out the air slicer and put in a k and n drop in filter. but whats next i was thinking about a t.b. and plenum?

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First, a shifter, then subframe connectors.

get rid of that stock

mid pipe and pick up an h or x pipe with not cats if you don't have emissions testing, or a catted one if you do.

after that i would do the 4.10 or 3.73 gears and pick up an sct tuner from amercianmuscle while you are at it because you get free tunes for life from bama chips. Plus you will need the tuner anyways for any other mods you do to get he most out of them and to have the car run right.

also i wouldn't worry about a tb or plenum just yet.

pick up some lowering springs, h@r,eibach,bbk,ford c springs, vogtland.....are all very nice, do shocks and struts at the sametime....bilsteins are extremely nice, tokico are a good midlevel set up, if you are on a budget kyb gr2's are very good for the money. if you drop 2 inches or more pick up some caster camber plates as well, I myself don't think they are needed for a drop less than 2 inches, but some will disagree.

a nice set of wheels also helps get 17x9 with 275/40/17 tires for the front and 17x10.5 with 315/35/17 for the back, or 18x9 for front with 275/35/18 and 18x10 for back with 295/35/18.

subframe connectors will also help a great deal and keep the car going straight.

you already have a good set of h/c/i on the car from the factory and they don't have to be changed. if you wanna cam it tho I have saw with my own eyes a few 99-04 gt's that with hitech stage2 cams and just a few bolt ons reach 290-300hp alone, if you go the route though you may have to get it dyno tuned as well.

underdrive pulleys are also a great edition to get rid of some of that engine lag.

man the possibilities are endless as to what you can do to these cars.

Don't bother with a TB and plenum. Get your exhaust on it, a CAI, gears, UDP's, and a tune. IF you can afford L/T's throw some BBK's on there.

If you supercharge it the UDP's will have to come back off so keep your stockers.

Gears
Tint
Springs


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decent tuner , 3.7s , long tube headers then cams , everything else is wasting time and money if your supercharging it , depending on roots or centri blower , you can either get a cai , or just wait for supercharger and get a boost pipe from Anderson ^^

Hea man. Id say a CAI, O.R. X pipe FOR SURE!!, and a set of flowmasters. A 3.73, UDP, and a set of headers.
If you want to go the heads and cams route Id say trick flow heads, .550 lift cams with 228-230 duration, TFS trackheat intake, and an SCT X3.

tossing my hat in the ring:

Round 1
cat back (i did pypes and gained 12 hp peak)
3.73's or 4.10's
steeda tri ax shifter

Round 2
Longtubes
Catted X Pipe
T/B and plenum

Round 3
Decide if you are staying N/A or going boost