Newbie Modification Questions

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DTalasko

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Hello, I'm new to these boards though I've been lurking for a while. I own a stock 2000 GT stang, and I'd like to sink some extra cash into it every once in a while.

I'm a newbie to this, so if anyone could provide some tips as to whose and what kind of parts I should go with, and if anyone knows of a good place in or around St. Louis where I can go to learn how to do some of this myself, I'd be very grateful. I'd like to start with a new clutch and ratios, and then purchase a new exhaust and pipes and such, but if there are better places to begin working on a car I'm totally open to any suggestion.

Thanks in advance!

 

stangman

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well if you could let us know what direction you want to take your car, it would help us more to give you better suggestions

i wanted a nice handling car that would be pretty good in a straight line. i have 4.10 gears(alot more low end grunt) longtube headers, prochamber mid-pipe, flowpath mufflers(gives you better top end), upper & lower control arms(helps keep the wheels from spinning so much & limits side to side motion) & a trickflow plenum & 70 mm tb (again just a hp mod, although my car felt more torquey after i put it on ) & lowering springs


i love driving my car, it's a fun everyday driver the way it sits, but it's gunna get a lot more nasty in the coming months

 

Betrayer00GT

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If you have a manual, you need to get a shifter for it. If not, then nevermind.

Get the 4.10s and lower that 4x4, lol.

 

twogts4us

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Gears are the best bang for the buck, then add exhaust (working back to front, starting with a catback), an aftermarket shifter, plenum & TB, etc, etc, etc...then you'll realize the basic mods are done and you need a supercharger!

 

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don't forget the timing adjuster, and u/d pullies but if you plan to ever get a s/c the u/d pullies will have to come off, and timing can be added w/ a dyno tune also.

 

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DTalasko

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Thanks for the suggestions; yes, I am going for straight line speed, sorry about neglecting to mention this

So I think I will lower, get gears and start with some bolt- ons and then get a supercharger when money allows. Or is it possible/advisable to just go with a supercharger kit without first putting on bolt-on mods? Thanks again!

 

stangman

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DTalasko said:

Thanks for the suggestions; yes, I am going for straight line speed, sorry about neglecting to mention this

So I think I will lower, get gears and start with some bolt- ons and then get a supercharger when money allows. Or is it possible/advisable to just go with a supercharger kit without first putting on bolt-on mods? Thanks again!

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it's very possible to just bolt on a s/c to a otherwise stock car. & after you do that; when ever you do bolt ons after that, half the time you get about double the power out of them as you would have n/a. but good luck having the restraint for saving for a s/c

 

cmb91LX

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gears, sticky tires, shifter, exhaust, springs, etc, etc

 

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Hmm, perhaps I'll start saving until the Fall semester begins to purchase an s/c kit. I've looked at the Vortech SQ- trim kit on their site; the reviews on this site recommended it highly, but with the aftercooler it runs for over $5k. Would you guys recommend going for the s/c by itself or saving a bit for the combined s/c and cooler package? I don't want to risk detonation ... but as c2see21 said, It'll be difficult to find the discipline to save another few thousand