Your suggestions on 1st mods?

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04SBGT

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What's up guys, Mark here. I just picked up my SB 04 GT 5 spd sometime in early May, and I now finally have cash for mods!

Winter is coming soon (New England weather), so I wanted to do some improvements, but nothing major (clutch/tranny/gears).

I was thinking along the lines of some nice springs, catback/h/x pipe combo and an mac cai.

For the exhaust, what would you recommend? Ive read good reviews on this site about the MAC Prochamber...

I was thinking a MAC Prochamber/MAC H with cats setup...Any fitment issues on a 04'?

Last but not least, the 04' has o2 sensor changes...what will I need to fix this to bolt on the catback? TIA!

-Mark

 

Q's Stang

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going w/ the mods i got first always seem like one of the best starter combos. catback, gears, and some suspension work for anywhere from 1 to 1.5 grand...in my opinion at least

 

mity2

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Q's Stang said:

going w/ the mods i got first always seem like one of the best starter combos. catback, gears, and some suspension work for anywhere from 1 to 1.5 grand...in my opinion at least

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ditto
if not enough deniro, then I would suggest catback, and spring.
And buch of other cheap stuff, like grill delite, Mach1 chin spoiler and such

As far as cat back goes, I would most definatly suggest macprochamber, and magnaflow. But since your fellow newenglander, and I don't know if your car is going to be daily driver or not(mine isn't), you might want to just go with Magnaflow catted X and catback. as they are Stainless steel...

 

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spikeGT_99

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welcome to stangnet!
and IMO the first thing you should do is get a shifter, pro 5.0 and steeda tri-ax are the most popular. a cai is more or less for show on these cars, you might get 2 hp from them, but i still want one anyway (looks cool). I have a prochamber and love it but they dont have a catted one out yet, i dont think anyway. and definitely get gears, DONT FEAR THE GEAR, had to be the first one to say it on this thread, 4.10s if u dont do a ton of highway driving, good luck whatever you decide to do
-Spike

 

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Crackerballer

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Tri Ax, Catback (ure choice), K&N drop in, springs (H&R looked great on my 00 GT), and tint ure windows. That's about a grand right there, if u have more, densecharger and long tubes!

 

mity2

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spikeGT_99 said:

welcome to stangnet!
and IMO the first thing you should do is get a shifter, pro 5.0 and steeda tri-ax are the most popular. a cai is more or less for show on these cars, you might get 2 hp from them, but i still want one anyway (looks cool). I have a prochamber and love it but they dont have a catted one out yet, i dont think anyway. and definitely get gears, DONT FEAR THE GEAR, had to be the first one to say it on this thread, 4.10s if u dont do a ton of highway driving, good luck whatever you decide to do
-Spike

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oh yeah, i forgot the shifters...

 

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04SBGT

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:nods:

Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Ive come to the conclusion, Im gona go with this setup:
MAC Prochamber cb w/ catted H pipe (later on)
Pro 5.0 Shifter (hear rave reviews)
Steeda springs

Im not looking for a drop more than 1.5", as I fear of my camber goin crazy and killin my tires. I might also look into H&R's as well.

Thanks for the info guys!

 

propellerhead

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Some links to basic mods...

http://www.mustangworks.com/articles/misc/StangFAQ.html#5

http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/ctips.htm

 

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welcome and the answer is new shifter..

tri-ax and pro 5.0 are popular choice

 

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"but what's with the but shots?"

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Don't forget non-bling, non-performance mods like a one-touch-down window module from ponyperformance.com. It will let your passenger side window work like the drivers side.

Or installing an auto dimming rear view mirror from a Ford Expedition.