SPEND MY MONEY!!! About $1000 to spend what should I get?

04YELLOWGT · Apr 8, 2006

Ok, springs here and Im ready for some mods. I got about $1000 and am not sure what to get. Mods are listed in sig. I want some go fast parts that are gonna help me out at the track. Ive been looking at nitrous but I still get a little scared when I think about it. What else could I do staying away from that, that I will be able to notice.

BlackenedSVT · Apr 8, 2006

get some Ford C-springs $150. good for the track, will lower the car an inch. Then i'd recommend some Gears (get 4.10s if you like the track...about $250 for all the parts and oil + another $250 for install). Then i'd recommend an MGW Short Shifter ($180). And that would leave you with a few bucks left over to spend where you like. And it would be a good start.

If you are going to do all your work yourself, which im guessing you wont...i might have recommended some Stage 1 cams, along with everything i said above. The money you would have saved on paying labor would have bought you the cams.

helty · Apr 8, 2006

he already has 4.10s.

I'd look into LCA's, Plenum/TB, Cams (cams alone + install, there's your $1k and then some) or Longtubes. You could get any combo of LT's, LCAs and TB/Plenum (2 of the 3, all 3 if you got cheaper stuff) but cams its either all or nothing.

You're about where Im at in modding and Im stuck in a rut too. Not sure if I want to throw more money at the stang just so I can run low 13s, or put it back to stock and buy a Mach 1 (the exhaust and gears will swap over, the rest I'd sell.)

Its a tough call, save a few grand for a blower or cut your losses and uprgrade to a better starting platform. I know the Mach would be another money pit, any car I buy would. But instead of spending a lot of money to go 12s, Id spend a lot to go 11s.

Dan_Soprano · Apr 8, 2006

Headers...........

BennyBlown2v · Apr 8, 2006

Find a nice T-56 and ditch the auto.

steveb24 · Apr 8, 2006

you have run into my problem.. i just cant justify 5 to 600 dollars for these parts/installing them just to go .1-.3 seconds faster. i guess its all part of the game, and selling/ buying a new stang is just out of the question. period.

Mike97gt · Apr 8, 2006

04YELLOWGT said:
Ok, springs here and Im ready for some mods. I got about $1000 and am not sure what to get. Mods are listed in sig. I want some go fast parts that are gonna help me out at the track. Ive been looking at nitrous but I still get a little scared when I think about it. What else could I do staying away from that, that I will be able to notice.

this car is a auto?

well then thats easy

PI 3200-3600 stall converter

J-mod and trans cooler.

no other mods you can get for a grand other than nitrous will give you the bang for the buck these mods will

Dan_Soprano · Apr 8, 2006

svttech76 said:
this car is a auto?

well then thats easy

PI 3200-3600 stall converter

J-mod and trans cooler.

no other mods you can get for a grand other than nitrous will give you the bang for the buck these mods will

nice sig pic.........Photographer's name looks familiar!

Mike97gt · Apr 8, 2006

Dan_Soprano said:
nice sig pic.........Photographer's name looks familiar!

LOL I was thinking the same when I saw yours. funny part is that pic was me launching my best run ever to date. hopefully I will beat that time next time I get up there.

the98stang · Apr 8, 2006

I would save $2700 more and buy a Mongoose Vortech S-trim

Your almost half way there!

hotmustang331 · Apr 8, 2006

^ Yea...or cams . Stg 1s with a tune and your broke. . But you would be on your way to 290-300RWHP N/A .

Dan_Soprano · Apr 8, 2006

hotmustang331 said:
^ Yea...or cams . Stg 1s with a tune and your broke. . But you would be on your way to 290-300RWHP N/A .

Blown is the way to go!

04YELLOWGT · Apr 9, 2006

This is the thing too I can order a new 06 GT in December for my early grad present but im not sure if I like the new body style. I wont get a mach because if i still realy want to crank up the hp im gonna have to fordge it, same with the new GT. This leaves me with 03-04 Cobra only problem insurance and for some reason Im an auto fan. Its not that I cant drive manual, I can drive better than prolly 90% of the kids at my school and Ive never even had one as a DD. Its just that where Im are located at the auto is much more of a pleasure to drive. I could save up and have my parents buy me an 03-04 and then put in an auto but then thats taking away from what that car is.

hotmustang331 · Apr 9, 2006

Dan_Soprano said:
Blown is the way to go!

I know that ....but not for a DD IMO . BUT the 66 is getting blown later this year with a novi 2000. (I know there are alot of DD blower cars so save the drama lol...I personally dont like the idea )

Mike97gt · Apr 9, 2006

04YELLOWGT said:
This is the thing too I can order a new 06 GT in December for my early grad present but im not sure if I like the new body style. I wont get a mach because if i still realy want to crank up the hp im gonna have to fordge it, same with the new GT. This leaves me with 03-04 Cobra only problem insurance and for some reason Im an auto fan. Its not that I cant drive manual, I can drive better than prolly 90% of the kids at my school and Ive never even had one as a DD. Its just that where Im are located at the auto is much more of a pleasure to drive. I could save up and have my parents buy me an 03-04 and then put in an auto but then thats taking away from what that car is.

I would do a auto 03-04 cobra. a terminator backed with a good auto is excellent for drag racing.

ProCharger GT · Apr 9, 2006

svttech76 said:
I would do a auto 03-04 cobra. a terminator backed with a good auto is excellent for drag racing.

:Word: The guy that owns the dyno my car is at today is swapping an auto into his 650 RWHP Terminator

jasonh_86 · Apr 9, 2006

If you can install them yourself, you could do some VT Stage 2 cams and valvesprings, get a tune and then save the rest of your money

04YELLOWGT · Apr 9, 2006

I know a couple of guys that install autos into 03 Cobras and this will be a half ass DD too except for winters.

3.8L_of_Pain · Apr 9, 2006

svttech76 said:
this car is a auto?

well then thats easy

PI 3200-3600 stall converter

J-mod and trans cooler.

no other mods you can get for a grand other than nitrous will give you the bang for the buck these mods will

He is right. For 1 grand, this is your best acceleration mod at this point.

Stang|ess · Apr 9, 2006

jasonh_86 said:
If you can install them yourself, you could do some VT Stage 2 cams and valvesprings, get a tune and then save the rest of your money

What money?

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