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I'm giving serious consideration to selling my 90 GT to buy a KB for my '98 GT now that they have released their 96-98 kit.

In addition to the blower kit, what does a KB need to be optimized? The engine is not coming out of the car if I do it. The car is 100% stock except for the Magna Flow cat-back.

On the short list...
Throttlebody (what size?)
MAF (again....what size?)
Cold Air Inlet Tube
Custom Computer Tune by a local KB sales and tuning specialist (Kennedy's DynoTune, Buffalo NY)
 
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tjm73 said:
I'm giving serious consideration to selling my 90 GT to buy a KB for my '98 GT now that they have released their 96-98 kit.

In addition to the blower kit, what does a KB need to be optimized? The engine is not coming out of the car if I do it. The car is 100% stock except for the Magna Flow cat-back.

On the short list...
Throttlebody (what size?)
MAF (again....what size?)
Cold Air Inlet Tube
Custom Computer Tune by a local KB sales and tuning specialist (Kennedy's DynoTune, Buffalo NY)
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Depends on what your plans are in the long run. If it is a daily driver and only sees the track once in awhile. Then the kit comes w/ everything you need. The 9psi kit will bring your car to its limits safely. If you go any bigger w/ anything you will have to start upgrading your MAF and bottom end. w/ the 9psi kit you should be around (at least for 99 & up) arond 400 rwhp. I am not sure the power difference w/ the earlier years. Good luck man.
 

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To optimize the blower, intake and exhaust mods will be necessary. Quite honestly, if you can afford it, I'd consider having the stock NPI heads ported. That, along with a set of stock PI cams found cheaply on EBay will put you ahead of the '99-up crowd without altering your compression.

Aside from that, A full exhaust, larger MAF and 75mm T/B will net you the best gains with the kit.

To tell you the truth though, I'd be saving up to beef-up the bottom-end myself. It doesn't take a lot of boost to crack a ring landing. Running the 400hp level for any length of time is going to have detrimental effects sooner or later. It's not a matter of if a rod or piston is going to go south, but when. You can beef up your engine for as little as $1,199.00. Pretty cheap insurance against almost guaranteed failure later on, if you ask me.
 
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