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I have a stock blue 04 GT and I think it's the best car I ever owned. But last week I got smoked. At least it was a Mustang. I'm thinking about spending alittle money, maybe 500.00 or so. What is the best bang for my money?

 

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373 or 410's

 

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auto 4.30 stick 4.10, if you have $500 to spend this would be the starting point an offroad x or h-pipe would be 2nd, a K&N air filter would be 3rd( don't not waste your money on a cold air ). These are good starting points to enhance your stang.

 

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Buy an O/R X and some MIL elims. Then a Trick flow plenum. That would help quite a BIT.

 

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gear em 4.10s

 

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white96blown2v said:

auto 4.30 stick 4.10, if you have $500 to spend this would be the starting point an offroad x or h-pipe would be 2nd, a K&N air filter would be 3rd( don't not waste your money on a cold air ). These are good starting points to enhance your stang.

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i agree. gears are the best mod you can do. if your a auto i would get a tourqe converter 2nd

 

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Another vote for 4.10's, then let the avalanche unfold into the darkness we call modding. Or a n2o kit.

 

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gears or a tune...factory tuning is really mild. open er up. that is if you want to put 91 octane in your pony.

 

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i say do what im doing next king cobra clutch mgw red short throw and 4.10`s so from light to light with the same person u wont get ( if your a good driver )

 

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hotmustang331 said:

Buy an O/R X and some MIL elims. Then a Trick flow plenum. That would help quite a BIT.

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If you are changing mid-pipes, you will need o2 extension harnesses, too. (Just for the 2004 model year)

 

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Did you get the car recently? If so, you should get some practice before you start modding it.

 

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Nitrous ?? For $500 or a little more you can get an adjustable kit and have extra power whenever you want it. Start with a 75 shot to get used to it, the upgrade your plugs and get a tune and go bigger.

 

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A Nitrous kit is a good idea, but it'll be in the neighborhood of $1000 if you get all the necessary safety features, even more if you want a tune, or if you get a kit like a NOSzle kit.

 

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Don't hit the bottle if it's a daily driver.

 

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svttech76 said:

i agree. gears are the best mod you can do. if your a auto i would get a tourqe converter 2nd

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PI convertor

 

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I would just go trade it in for cobra or corvette.

 

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Roger_4.6_96 said:

I would just go trade it in for cobra or corvette.

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really, if you just got this car I would do what "40th GT" said. Get use to the car first, then go mod crazy later.


But if you want mods......do your gears first.

 

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Stock 04GT said:

I have a stock blue 04 GT and I think it's the best car I ever owned. But last week I got smoked. At least it was a Mustang. I'm thinking about spending alittle money, maybe 500.00 or so. What is the best bang for my money?

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If its an auto, start with 410-4:30's, and a 3K stall cnvtr, and I bet u will be very happy...Then xpipe/cat back and tbody/plenum...should be in the mid to low 13's easy.

 

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What kind of mustang did you lose to, though?

I personally have skipped the gear thing. I guess for me, I wasn't all that impressed. In fact it kind of turned me off to the idea. Which is why I still have the stock gearing. Suspension will carry you a long way, I think a lot longer than gears will.

 

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Thank's for all the imput. I got it in sep. of 04 and I should of just sucked it up and got the cobra. Even my wife wish that I did now that she loves my buddies 04 Mack1. If I put gears in do I need to tune or get a programmer? It might be a stupid question but this is my first muscle car and I don't want to screw it up.