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[SLOW-OH-2]

I came across a little extra money. I have a shop near me that will sell me a Professional Products intake manifold/plenum/tb combo for 500 out the door or a set of Mac longtube headers for about the same price. What would be the best bang for the buck? What would u do? Thanks in advance.


BTW car is stock except for bbk cai/maf/and muffler delete.

 

[BLOWN00GT]

the longtubes sound nice and create awesome power. but installation is pricy, and you wont be able to use them until you complete the exhaust because of course the stock exhaust will not work. so you are looking at another 600-1000 dollars depending on what you want to go with the longtubes. if all you are buying is 500 worth of parts go with the intake upgrades or something else. longtubes arent any good if you dont have the rest of the exhaust.

buy some nitrous for 500 bucks... its a piece of cake to install! but usually doesnt do your engine any good!

 

[SLOW-OH-2]

the longtubes sound nice and create awesome power. but installation is pricy, and you wont be able to use them until you complete the exhaust because of course the stock exhaust will not work. so you are looking at another 600-1000 dollars depending on what you want to go with the longtubes. if all you are buying is 500 worth of parts go with the intake upgrades or something else. longtubes arent any good if you dont have the rest of the exhaust.

buy some nitrous for 500 bucks... its a piece of cake to install! but usually doesnt do your engine any good!

The stock exhaust is no prob. Ive got the tools to fab up the exhaust. I am going to run off the headers with a h-pipe that I already have. No cats and flowmaster 2chamber 40 series that came off my old pickup truck. With turn downs for sure. The only thing is I am going to hate dropping the k-member to put those beasts in if I decide to go that route. I have a lot of old parts laying around the garage. I did not know which would be better for a "first" mod. Doller to HP ratio. And no laughing gas for my motor.

 

[SilverBullet00]

really, I would look at getting an o/r H pipe with your flows and getting 4.10 gears. That would be the best on the SOTP meter.

 

[BurningRubber]

Skip the Professional Products intake manifold. They wont make enough gains to justify the cost, and some have actually lost HP with them.

I highly suggest doing gears, 3.73's or 4.10's make a good gear. Your car being an 02 I would suggest 4.10's as your 5th gear is a little lower ratio and better for cruising with numerically higher gears.

If you do the throttle body and plenum, they will help a little bit. The Professional Products ones are fine, just skip on their intake manifold and spend the money elsewhere.



What part of South Carolina are you from?

 

[SLOW-OH-2]

Skip the Professional Products intake manifold. They wont make enough gains to justify the cost, and some have actually lost HP with them.

I highly suggest doing gears, 3.73's or 4.10's make a good gear. Your car being an 02 I would suggest 4.10's as your 5th gear is a little lower ratio and better for cruising with numerically higher gears.

If you do the throttle body and plenum, they will help a little bit. The Professional Products ones are fine, just skip on their intake manifold and spend the money elsewhere.



What part of South Carolina are you from?

Thanks for all of yalls suggestions. I will get some 4.10s and put them in. I was thinking of that too. I have done some more research and I dont think my mileage will drop off too badly. I dont do a lot of interstate driving anyhow. Maybe headers and the 4.10s with a "lincoln locker". I love welded diffs. My mud trucks is welded front and rear. I think I will do the Mustang the same way, no slip ever.

Oh and Burning Rubber I am from Spartanburg BTW.

 

[BurningRubber]

Thanks for all of yalls suggestions. I will get some 4.10s and put them in. I was thinking of that too. I have done some more research and I dont think my mileage will drop off too badly. I dont do a lot of interstate driving anyhow. Maybe headers and the 4.10s with a "lincoln locker". I love welded diffs. My mud trucks is welded front and rear. I think I will do the Mustang the same way, no slip ever.

Oh and Burning Rubber I am from Spartanburg BTW.

Cool, sounds like your off to a good start. If you do headers, spring the extra work and money and get longtubes... they gain the most power.


Im from Myrtle Beach, we have a group down here... just seeing if you were local and wanted to join in.

Check out www.carolinarides.com though, a good bit of mid-up state people on there...

 

[StangYellow]

The intake plenum and t/b can be bought in magazines for $200 for the pair. Put it on yourself, it takes an hour