what performance options do you think the 3.8 needs

kramer said:

as we all know the 3.8 is made to be an everyday car , not a race car , but if you have one and your like me , you want your everyday car to still be at least a little bit on the performance side , , but that's kinda of hard to do with the short list of available mods , and doing any major engine work just isnt worth it , but for instance a better intake and throttle body would be nice , seeing as the v8s have so many throttle bodys to choose from it would sure be nice if we had just one other option when it came to how big our intake is , most people would say to just totally eliminate the problem of a small intake and just supercharge it , which is probably the best solution , its quite out of the budget and requires more mechanical skill than most have , ive gone over and over in my head what options i have for more power , and im not particularly fond of any of them , except maybe a bama tuner , and an h pipe of course , but other then that their really isnt much for power , at least not that ive seen

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check americanmuscle.com they have a lot of performance stuff for v6 stangs

I ran mine with power pulleys, a chip, real dual exhausts (with an X pipe) air intake, aluminum flywheel and an 8.8, 3.73 in it. With a 75 shot it ran 14.38 at 97 mph with the guy granny shifting.

what kind of a gain did you notice from the chip ?

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Well we changed it to run on 91 octane and then ran another chip for the NO2. On the street you would probably only maximize it to run on the 91. I would do the air intake then the exhaust then the chip to maximize the other changes. Call this guy 727 657 2956 ( Brian) and tell him you want a v6 chip like Rob ran in his autocross car. If he doesn't get back with you PM me and I'll kick him in the balls.

On my 01' V-6 5 speed car I have the following mods: Magnaflow cat-back, I am VERY happy with this exhaust system, sounds like a stock V-8. Underdrive crank pulley, Steeda cold air kit, Accufab 70mm throttle body, had to radius the inlet to get a good smooth transition, as the 70mm t-body is a bit bigger than the stock intake manifold opening. also installed were a SCT tune, a noticeable improvement, supposed to be 20 HP and 19 lb/ft torque improvement. Installed a Trac-Lock rear diff. Now both tires leave black marks! Maximum Motorsports subframe connectors, H&R springs, lowered the car about 1-1/2", also installed QA1 caster camber plates and bumpsteer kit at the same time. Also installed UPR rear lower control arms. Installed Boyd Coddington 17X8 front wheels with 225/45/17 and 18X10 rear with 275/40/18 Nitto 555. Performed a "grill delete" and installed a Mach 1 chin spoiler. And lastly I changed all of the fluids to synthetic and installed fresh spark plugs, fuel filter, cleaned the fuel injectors, replaced serp belt ect. I am very pleased with the results. I regularly pull 32+mpg at 70mph on the highway, and I can leave some black marks on the pavement if I choose. The car currently has 145K miles on it and still runs like a top and looks great. Edit: forgot to add that I swaped out the stock cloth front seats with Leather seats out of a GT, much more comfortable.

The 01 also has about 30 more HP than his car because of the heads, intake, which is also a worthwhile swap.