What is a good first Mod for a 4.6?

[BlownNOSMustang]

I was thinking,,Cold air intake. Who makes a decent one? Whats the cost. Will the car need a tune?

 

[squares98]

midpipe, gears, tuner, exhaust. Not a cai, that is somthing to do at the end of bolt on's imo

 

[smueller]

CAI...don't waste your money. GEARS, GEARS, GEARS!

 

[sgarlic]

Ditto. CAI not worth it as a first mod, tune not required.

Gears first or if you can't quite afford it, short throw shifter. If Auto, stall & trans cooler.

 

[04gtdrop]

is your car an auto or stick???


i would say that your best bet dollar for dollar will be gears!!!!!!!! if you do gears you will need to have a way to re-cal your computer i.e. a tuner can do that. So if you do not want to do gears, you could.....Do a mid pipe or cat back, short throw shifter...

I guess you could do a CAI. But its not really worth the $$$.

How much $$$ is in your budget? And what are your plans for your car? Any track or race time, or are you just looking to make your daily driver faster?

Hope this helps....

 

[myg-]

im confused.. am i the only one wondering why he's asking about a first mod when he has a blown stang already?


nevermind he has a 50:x

 

[04gtdrop]

lol, yeah i was wondering that after i put up my other post...

blownnosmustang, cow town? you must be in sac!

 

[loosescrew79]

Yeah I noticed his sig from the start. He has all kinds of stuff listed there. Its blown with NOS. Maybe that his wish list

 

[mogs01gt]

driver mod

 

[jasonh_86]

Gears or a blower!

 

[DocG]

Yeah, I'm with the rest, avoid the CAI until much later if ever. I'd vote for the shifter if its a stick (same price as a CAI about...175)....or gears, a little more costly. Midpipe will give you some power and an offroad one can be had for less than 300. Cat-backs don't offer much power but make the car sound 10x faster. I know this sounds stupid, but my car feels faster with the exhaust mods more cuz of the sound than any HP gain.

Oh...and is this a joke thread? And how come you got all that stuff in your sig...detailed list of everything...and then you got "extra large injectors"? WTF?

 

[bakos24]

I would say you need a good 15th mod according to your sig . But if I would pick defiantly gears.

 

[mity2]

Well, CAI is one of those gimmic that you can live without until you have some money to waste.

By looking at your sig, looks like what you can use is a nice catback exhaust.

 

[gtstangau]

full exahust, shifter or gears.

 

[DocG]

This whole thread really confuses me. If those mods are for a second car....how come you'd have enough sense to do all those mods on that car...and think a CAI is a good first mod for a 4.6?

 

[GettinThere]

This whole thread really confuses me. If those mods are for a second car....how come you'd have enough sense to do all those mods on that car...and think a CAI is a good first mod for a 4.6?

Me too, can't wait until the original poster responds.

Oh, what the hell, here goes... Just throw a replacement K&N filter on it (and remove the silencer) and call it good. Assuming it's a manual, then a shifter. Then properly welded-on subframe connectors. Then a SCT Xcal2. Now you're set up for the next round, the really good stuff like gears and exhaust.

 

[the98stang]

This whole thread really confuses me. If those mods are for a second car....how come you'd have enough sense to do all those mods on that car...and think a CAI is a good first mod for a 4.6?

If this guy has THAT many mods, how could you NOT know that CAI's are worthless? lol...this thread is a joke.

 

[ocbaud]

well if he's only been working on 5.0's he is probably asking what a good first mod is for a 4.6, since he's never worked on one???

atleast thats what i assume.


ok my pic: shifter, exhaust, gears

in that order

 

[loosescrew79]

WAITING FOR BLOWNNOSMUSTANG TO CHIME IN.

 

[tomustang]

First mod? The ****ing search! http://forums.stangnet.com/search.php