4.6 Newbie

jastang

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Little Elm, TX

Sep 21, 2004

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• Sep 21, 2004

• #1

Hey guys, I just purchased by fourth Mustang, and my first modular motor. It's a '97 GT, Black/Black leather, T45 with about 86k miles on it and is completely stock.

I'm trying to start soaking up as much as I can about mod motors so I can start in the right direction. I will likely start with the requesite parts like, gears, shifter, etc.

So, knowing what you know and from your experience, how would you proceed in achieving a 300-400hp street/strip/autocross daily driver on a minimum budget?

 

streetstang03

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Dec 27, 2003

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the dark side of the moon/home of the 1999, 2003,

Sep 21, 2004

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• Sep 21, 2004

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do you want to go power adder, or all motor. first mods you should do:
PI Head/intake swap
4.10s
subframes
springs
UCAs/LCAs
tri-ax shifter
Cams
Long Tube headers
then top it off w/ a Kenne Bell blower or nitrous

 

T

TARZAN

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Apr 25, 2003

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Philly MS

Sep 21, 2004

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• Sep 21, 2004

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Supercharger lol

-Will

 

Sick96Stang

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Aug 20, 2004

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Gilbert, Arizona

Sep 21, 2004

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• Sep 21, 2004

• #4

streetstang03 said:

do you want to go power adder, or all motor. first mods you should do:
PI Head/intake swap
4.10s
subframes
springs
UCAs/LCAs
tri-ax shifter
Cams
Long Tube headers
then top it off w/ a Kenne Bell blower or nitrous

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Kinda thread hijacking here but what exactly do subframes, spings do? I know springs lower your car but other than that I dont know anything about them or subframes. Also what are UCAs/LCAs?

 

streetstang03

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the dark side of the moon/home of the 1999, 2003,

Sep 21, 2004

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• Sep 21, 2004

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UCAs: upper control arms
LCAs: lower control arms
subframs will stiffen the chassis up and tighten up the suspension. best part is that they are pretty cheap

steeda makes all the above parts

the springs can lower ur can and make it look better. lowering springs dont do that good for drag racing and weight transfer, but using the fox body springs are great for drag racing and give it an aggresive stance. most use the 4 cylinder springs in the front and the V8 springs in the rear.