600 dollar budget.

red05v6stang said:

haha i knew that comment would have u come in, reason i said it. i dont know ive never been one to use a bottle on anything. would rather have full power at all times instead of haveing it triggered. so you think a gt high flow cat and and gt take off would open it up good enuff for a while? i've never really modded my own car and knew how it was before and after, so is 10 whp a noticeable increase feeling wise? im sure i could do that for now. im just looking at getting this eclipse cd player ive wanted since the day it came out!

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NJstangpilot said:

Red05V6stang,

I agree with the advice specified above, i.e. SCT Xcal2 and/or Nitrous. The nitrous may be a bit over $600 ... but well worth it from what I've read.

What I like about nitrous is that you can keep the engine basically "stock" for daily driving, thus enjoying the gas mileage and reliability of a stock setup. But ... get a HUGE blast of extra power when you need/want it. Seriously, how often do most people do full-throttle runs on a dat-2-day basis. I don't think officer-Mc-friendly will allow this.

The only question I have regarding nitrous is; if you are able to configure it as an "always-available" setup. I would like to have the juice installed in an instantly(always)-available setup. Thus, if I'm at a light and some heavily modded tuner car pulls up beside me, engine farting full tilt, I can just press the button and waste him but good. I don't want to have to go through a bunch of "getting-ready" operations before the sauce is available. Is this possible? (Screaming?....)

Finally, if you are at all concerned about the cars handling, I highly recommend installing the GT F/R swaybars (if you don't already have the pony package). The 34mm front can be had as a takeoff from saleen for just $34, postage included. The rear bar will be significantly more since you will need the associated links, bushings, hardware, etc. My Progress Tech setup was $270 and *well* worth it IM(LTH)O. Front & Rear were around $300 and the difference is very noticeable. I installed them by myself, using car ramps, in about 2.5 hours, no special tools required. They make a huge (+) difference in the agility. The car turns tighter, faster and more level. I *highly* recommend this mod for handling.

Good driving stang-brother!

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scrming said:

Bascally that's how I feel about my Nitrous setup... I get in enough trouble without even using the juice... with the 4.10s i'm pretty darn quick from stop light to stop light... I don't street race... and have really never been challenged... So for me I really only need the extra ponies at the track... And the fact that when i hit the juice at the track, I spin my tires on a sticky surface... I can only imagine what would happen on the street!

Now if you did want to be able to use the nitrous, there are a couple of things... Yes, you can get a remote bottle opener... I have no idea how quick the opener works.. I imagine it's pretty quick... The other thing is you need to have your nitrous tune loaded all the time... Your peformance will suffer a bit when your not spraying but it not terrible...

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The Fang said:

Well Magnaflow just went up on a set of flow since two or three weeks ago I bought mine for $479 and now they are $517. That's with free shippin http://www.magnaflowexpress.com/shop/magnaflow-16605-253.html

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rygenstormlocke said:

Yea, I noticed that when I was looking at hopupracing for jimp, cause thats where I got mine for 440 on sale. Can't wait to hear the difference with an x pipe, just ordered one off of ebay. Goes in this week probably.

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The Fang said:

How much did u pay for the X?

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