What to do for mods????

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agarbs87

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I just picked up a 99 black gt 5-speed with black interior. Right now for mods it has a bassani high flow cat Xpipe, flowmasters catback w/3" tips, ram air kit with k/n air filter, and its lowered 1.5". It also came with life time XM radio, 2 10" subs and amp , new brakes and tires.
I was planning on eventually throwing a supercharger on it but i wanna start out with the smaller stuff that would be needed for the s/c or would just make the car more powerfull. I was thinking pulleys, throttle body, and whatever bolt ons to give it more power. I wanna be 350hp but 400 is my goal.
Just give me some ideas and where to find it.
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GEARS

Thats the concensus favorite first mod round here.


Welcome.

 

hotstang_46

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If you do some research you'll find the best thing is to NOT buy all the little stuff and start saving for the supercharger.......... Buy a kit and all you need is in there..

 

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If you want to go fast....

lose the subs.

 

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hotstang_46 said:

If you do some research you'll find the best thing is to NOT buy all the little stuff and start saving for the supercharger.......... Buy a kit and all you need is in there..

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+1 the supercharger should put you right in the power range you wana be! The little stuff won't make to big a diffrence.

 

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If you want a supercharger definately dont buy pulleys or an air intake. Save up for a COMPLETE s/c kit which contains a fuel pump, injectors, the unit, brackets/lines/tubes/hoses, tuner. Should be around $4000 new, possibly even with an intercooler.

 

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i just thought a few little things would help the car perform better with the supercharger. What do you all recomend for a complete supercharger kit and where do i get one for a good deal. Id like to spend around 3k and i want a decent setup but i heard the engines dont handle alot of power

 

hotstang_46

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The engine will handle the amount of horsepower your looking for very well with a good tune.....

Just use the search button.....all you ever wanted to know about the kits is already here....

I personally haven't looked at forced induction yet but vortech usually offers a good price for a competitive kit..... type it in in the search and I'm sure you'll bring up a million threads

 

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MPH's Mongoose kit

http://modularpowerhouse.com/produc...d=121&osCsid=7eadcb0462d7e92ccc775baf505ded3e

 

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97stang_guy said:

MPH's Mongoose kit

http://modularpowerhouse.com/produc...d=121&osCsid=7eadcb0462d7e92ccc775baf505ded3e

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Werd. But I would start with 4.10's. I had them on my GT before the blower and they were a BLAST! Loved them. I have some videos floating around here showing me driving around with them.

 

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My car has 111k miles on it i kno is i little high but is it still ok to run a supercharger with 350-400 hp? Also buy what i have posted about my car what do u think its worth? (mint interior and great paint)

 

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agarbs87 said:

My car has 111k miles on it i kno is i little high but is it still ok to run a supercharger with 350-400 hp? Also buy what i have posted about my car what do u think its worth? (mint interior and great paint)

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Yes, as long as it checks out with a compression test and leak down test. You want consistant numbers within 10% of eachother. Don't buy a blower until those tests are done and look good.

As far as your cars value, check out kbb.com . It's probably worth 8 or 9 grand.

 

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Speaking of high miles...I also have a 96 with about 95k on it and I really want to do 3.73 gears...Should I worry about doing the bearing kit also if it's not giving any problems, or just do the regular kit?