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Posted by Stalkerstang (Member # 4208) on :
 
Hi. I'm lightning89mg older brother. I just have a question. I have a 95 stang/automatic that is stock. I have 3:73 in the rear end and ram air kit w/ K&N filter. At the track my best time was a 15.4 (which I am not happy about at all) so I've decided to put $$ into my car.I would like ot get the Edelbrock Performer II manifold with BBK pulley kit as well as BBK shorty headers and BBK X-Pipe exhaust system w/ high flow cats and 40 sereies 2-chamber flowmasters. Would anybody eb able to tell me possibly how much more HP increase I will get (stock comes with 215) and how much time will I be bale to take off in the quarter mile?? Thanks!!
 

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Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on :
 
Dont get the Edelbrock RPM II manifold for your car...The runners are too short and it makes power in the higher RPM where you wont reach with stock heads....Stick with the regular Performer intake....

Dont buy BBK, there are a ton of other products that have WAY better quality control....Try ASP pulley's, Ford racing performance parts headers, Bassani X pipe, and Flowmaster "cat-back"...You might want to add a shift kit on top of that...

With pulleys, an intake manifold, headers, catted X-pipe and a cat back I'm guessing you'll probably be in the 14's....Those mods are worth about 40hp
 

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Posted by NorCalRydaz (Member # 3233) on :
 
Get nitrious. Best bang for the buck!!! $300 make you fly
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
When I had my 95 I went 15.8 at 88mphwith a 2.3 60 ft. I added cold air, FMS pulleys(you can get those really cheap at Serramonte Ford), then a BBK off road H 2 chamber flows and the two things that really made my car scream were the 4.10's and the shift kit. My neck was snapping when the car shifted it was great. After this I went 14.2 with a 2.2 60 ft at 99.8 MPH. That was on street tires with 10* of timing. Bump timing up to 14 and give me some dragradials or slicks and we're talking 13's. You already have the ram air, I would just get the c&l tube that goes between the mass air and TB. Smoothe out some of those curves the stock tube has. I could pick up the pulleys for you tomorrow for $100 if you want me to. If I was you I would keep your stock H and get a Bassani off road X. Your dad or Marc even could change to the stock pipe in the matter of an hour for you to pass smog, then the off road X will get you numbers you're looking for the rest of the time. Don't get the flows, try something straight through like Dynomax or Magnaflows seem to be real popular these days. Your almost there with the gears as well, get the shift kit(gotelli's $70 plus install) and these few thinks and some sticky tires and talk about some 13's. It'snot going to take a manifold to get you where you want to be. You could hit the same numbers you would've with that manifold for way less money. If this doesn't satisfy you then you cn go with some more bolt ons like headers and a mass air meter and aluminum driveshaft. It's not always smart to go expensive. If you want more than this just spray it like everyone says. If you tune it right, it will be as safe as it gets
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by DropTopFox:
[qb] When I had my 95 I went 15.8 at 88mphwith a 2.3 60 ft. I added cold air, FMS pulleys(you can get those really cheap at Serramonte Ford), then a BBK off road H 2 chamber flows and the two things that really made my car scream were the 4.10's and the shift kit. My neck was snapping when the car shifted it was great. After this I went 14.2 with a 2.2 60 ft at 99.8 MPH. That was on street tires with 10* of timi

[ March 04, 2004, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
Hey, we want to keep his car smog legal, so its gonna be x-pipe with high flow cats. But if the intake is pointless what else would help hp other than Nitrous... I dont want to do anything too major like heads or cam, but what other things that are LEGAL can we do???? Thanks guys!
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
we've pretty much named them all marc...

the only other things that i can think of are... deleting the a/c and power steering, 1.7 rockers, 65mm throttle body

[ March 01, 2004, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
 

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Posted by Stalkerstang (Member # 4208) on :
 
I checked Summit Catalog and I think Im gonna go with the Performer Manifold. IT says it dynaed 37 extra HP at 5,500 rpm w/o sacrificing torque and I think it will increase the HP in my motor some. I think it will do better then my stock manifold. I think it will work even with the stock stuff I have.
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
a manifold is not worthless on a stock 5.0. its one of the best mods you can buy especially if you find a used one for $300-350
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 

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Originally posted by HungryHippo:
a manifold is not worthless on a stock 5.0. its one of the best mods you can buy especially if you find a used one for $300-350

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Thats an awful waste of good money . The rest of the mods listed will have more of an impact than getting a manifold. Get some track times with the other mods first, add the manifold, and then see if it was worth the bucks. If your gonna spend $350+ on anything why not get nitrous which can drop you roughly 7-9 tenths than a manifold which might get you 1.

Rick, that 37hp is a maximum power gain and im sure on a non stock application. Im sure even cold air can give you 15 hp with the right combo

[ March 02, 2004, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
so spending $600+ on a full exhaust isnt a waste of money? headers dont do shit. catback barely does anything. the only thing that will make power is the X/H pipe. a new maf wont do anything. the intake is the most restrictive part on a 5.0
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
I think the stock exhaust is a little more restrictive than the intake in this situation, but hey its his money, right? You can find some used headers and an x-pipe im sure for $200 in good condition, and a catback is how much? $600 is a rough figure... I didnt say to get a new maf, i mentioned the same inlet tube that drop top was talking about.

-oh and the heads are the most restrictive part on a 5.0

[ March 02, 2004, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
 

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Posted by BlueLightning302 (Member # 3974) on :
 
first thing I would get is torque converter.
 

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Posted by 1SLOWLX (Member # 558) on :
 
Marc I thought you had a lightining? Did you and your brother trade cars? I would get a converter get heads cam and intake and you will be set
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by lightning89mg:
Hey, we want to keep his car smog legal, so its gonna be x-pipe with high flow cats. But if the intake is pointless what else would help hp other than Nitrous... I dont want to do anything too major like heads or cam, but what other things that are LEGAL can we do???? Thanks guys!

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Well we have two bad moves here. I understand your concern for keeping the car smog leagal which is why I stated to keep the stock pipe laying around while the off road pipe is on the car making more power than a catted pipe which people seem to be having trouble with on the new smog anyways You're losing everything from your tranny rick until you realize that your car won't make any of the power numbers these parts are advertising. They also advertise motor power and not rwhp. People are willing to give you good advice, it's yours to take if you wish.
shift kit shift kit shift kit, but never mind I don't remember anything about what worked and what didn't on my old 95
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by HungryHippo:
so spending $600+ on a full exhaust isnt a waste of money? headers dont do shit. catback barely does anything. the only thing that will make power is the X/H pipe. a new maf wont do anything. the intake is the most restrictive part on a 5.0

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I didn't tell him to spend this money on a manifold nor exhaust. I told him tp spend $70 on a shift kit and $260 on an off road pipe from bassani. Yes those two mods will own a performer intake manifold at the track. If you don't believe this you buy a stock 94-95GT with an automatic and I'll buy one. You throw a performer intake on and I'll throw a shift kit and an off road pipe on and we'll see who wins. The most restrictive part on a 5.0 is not the manifold it's the heads. I'm going to have quote 93 Pony on this one. "Build it, Race it, proove your point!" I had a 95 GT with a shift kit, 4.10's off road pipe, CAI, pullies, and a cat back with street tires and 10* of timing. It went 14.2 at 98. Best capable 60ft was a 2.2 with the 4.10's and street tires. If you want to substitue the shift kit and off road pipe for a manifold and proove to me I'm wrong go for it, I'd even pay half the money to see it happen
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
i was implying that headers and catback are a waste of money. why cant he buy an intake as well as a shift kit and X/H pipe?
i have proved my point... 94 gt, cobra intake, catted H, pulleys, 3.73's, nothing else 13.8@100. out of every mod i have done, the cobra intake has done more than anything else alone. it gives you 500 more useable rpms
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
yea this is on a 5 speed that you can shift as fast as you want. The stock AODE blows ass and with a shift kit it was worth much more time then any other mod. You can't expect the same results from an AODE that you can a T5. I'm talking about matching the money for money not getting both at the same time. Go drive an AODE and you'll see how incredibly long it takes to shift, we're talking a half a second just our of a shit kit at least

[ March 03, 2004, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: DropTopFox ]
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
Byt the way judging by your car page if you hit 13.8 with just those 3-4 mods why do you only hit 13.6 after all the rest of your mods including the cam and ported heads, not to mention rockers ignition headers, I'm all confused here...this stuff only gave you two tenths
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 

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Originally posted by DropTopFox:
Byt the way judging by your car page if you hit 13.8 with just those 3-4 mods why do you only hit 13.6 after all the rest of your mods including the cam and ported heads, not to mention rockers ignition headers, I'm all confused here...this stuff only gave you two tenths

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and 2 mph
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 

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Originally posted by DropTopFox:
Byt the way judging by your car page if you hit 13.8 with just those 3-4 mods why do you only hit 13.6 after all the rest of your mods including the cam and ported heads, not to mention rockers ignition headers, I'm all confused here...this stuff only gave you two tenths

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exactly, that is my point. btw it was 13.5 with untouched heads and before the cam was degreed.
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
You know I agree. Rick go with this guys opinion not mine, he's will to spend close to 2 grand for 2 tenths, sounds like you are too
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
Waoh, Ryan, no need to be angry... Now one person is saying one thing, while the other person says something else. We came on this forum to find help, but instead we got 2 different opinions and a bunch of people fighting. After reading this whole thread, it seems that we should just sell the mustang and buy a chevy, because one person says one part makes a difference while the other says its a waste of money and garbage... So, clearly nuthing has been accomplished here! Good work guys! --->
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
Well your bound to get a couple different opinions on a message board... But then again thats whats good about it, you get different tips/views that the other person might not know... In this case, go with what you think is gonna work on the car, but im 100% with ryan and many others would agree as well...


btw: that is ryan calm,

[ March 04, 2004, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
Scott, honest to God, I hate you! lol, j/k bro, well the reason we asked about the mods is to get info... Cause if I know what was gonna work, I would not have asked.. especially you! lol, j/k again! I know, its just difficult cause you want to spend the least amount of $$ and get the most amount of performance possible.. U know how it is!!!
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
check pm's marc
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
it hasnt come yet scotty!
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 

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Originally posted by PeNiNsula302:
check pm's marc

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Posted by greekss (Member # 4062) on :
 
I agree go buy a chevy.... j/k. Other than that i dunno i think best plan is to go Nitrous, but hey that just me, and from what ive seen *cough* *cough* 94-95 5.0s dont like it too much. But we shall see.
 

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Posted by 1SLOWLX (Member # 558) on :
 
Marc you don't want a chevy. Tell your brother that your truck could smoke him . Just get some parts and try them out you can find a shit load of them used on this board and they aren't to hard to install
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by greekss:
I agree go buy a chevy.... j/k. Other than that i dunno i think best plan is to go Nitrous, but hey that just me, and from what ive seen *cough* *cough* 94-95 5.0s dont like it too much. But we shall see.

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Costa if you knew jack shit you'd know that since my car was running 2* of timing the nitrous was there just couldn't feel it. when on the dyno the first run was at 112 next two on the jug were at 150. Obviously way underpowered there was something wrong, but the nitrous was working. Found out that my timing was 8* lower than I wanted it which is why the car made no power. Got the car right finally but mom found out about the nitrous and I had to settle for a high 13 second car off the bottle. I believe these are the same times you are currently running and I spent less than 1/3 of what you spent on your car When you learn something talk shit to me

Marc ricky doesn't need an intake manifold, as you said you want bang for buck and right now that is not the intake manifold. I was arguing to proove my point. I prooved my point which is why there was no reply. You know how many different things I tried on my car and we know what worked and what didn't. If want to listen I'm glad to help whenever you need it, but if you want to waste $600 on an intake manifold for 2 tenths then post in the original post that you want to go least bang for buck instead of most. As Scott said this is me calm, you know how I get when I'm really heated
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
i have not replied because there is no point in arguing with someone who has so much experience
someone who had to pay to get a nitrous kit installed when it is basically 3 wires
if someone wants to buy "Edelbrock Performer II manifold with BBK pulley kit as well as BBK shorty headers and BBK X-Pipe exhaust system w/ high flow cats and 40 sereies 2-chamber flowmasters." why would you tell them to only buy a shiftkit and Xpipe? they obviously have a budget that can buy more than that. tell me, have you put an intake on a stock longblock 5.0?
 

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Posted by highofftiresmoke (Member # 2159) on :
 
add a tq converter, shift kit, slap on a smog legal blower, up your fuel, get sticky tires and call it a day....
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by HungryHippo:
i have not replied because there is no point in arguing with someone who has so much experience
someone who had to pay to get a nitrous kit installed when it is basically 3 wires
if someone wants to buy "Edelbrock Performer II manifold with BBK pulley kit as well as BBK shorty headers and BBK X-Pipe exhaust system w/ high flow cats and 40 sereies 2-chamber flowmasters." why would you tell them to only buy a shiftkit and Xpipe? they obviously have a budget that can buy more than that. tell me, have you put an intake on a stock longblock 5.0?

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Have you put a shift kit on a stock AODE I don't know have the tools to install a nitrous kit and the ridiculuos deal i got on the kit included install so damn right I didn't do it myself. I told you if you want to proove a point you buy a 95 GT and I will and you do your intake and I'll do my X and shift kit and we'll race. he's not going to see as much power from the manifold as you do because of the transmission. As I said he wanted most bang for buck I gave it to him, he probably won't take it, he'll take your advice and cut his time to a 15.2 with the intake manifold, go for it Rick do his mod first and when your looking for more results and decide to finally get a shift kit let me know what did more. I think it's been prooven that I'm just some babling idiot on this board that hasn't gone through mod after mod on a 95 and an 88. I'm glad you'll spend over $1000 to get your car to sit in the 14's rick. You'll probably be able to beat me since I have a stock manifold
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by highofftiresmoke:
add a tq converter, shift kit, slap on a smog legal blower, up your fuel, get sticky tires and call it a day....

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Posted by greekss (Member # 4062) on :
 

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Originally posted by greekss:
I agree go buy a chevy.... j/k. Other than that i dunno i think best plan is to go Nitrous, but hey that just me, and from what ive seen *cough* *cough* 94-95 5.0s dont like it too much. But we shall see.

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Costa if you knew jack shit you'd know that since my car was running 2* of timing the nitrous was there just couldn't feel it. when on the dyno the first run was at 112 next two on the jug were at 150. Obviously way underpowered there was something wrong, but the nitrous was working. Found out that my timing was 8* lower than I wanted it which is why the car made no power. Got the car right finally but mom found out about the nitrous and I had to settle for a high 13 second car off the bottle. I believe these are the same times you are currently running and I spent less than 1/3 of what you spent on your car When you learn something talk shit to me

Marc ricky doesn't need an intake manifold, as you said you want bang for buck and right now that is not the intake manifold. I was arguing to proove my point. I prooved my point which is why there was no reply. You know how many different things I tried on my car and we know what worked and what didn't. If want to listen I'm glad to help whenever you need it, but if you want to waste $600 on an intake manifold for 2 tenths then post in the original post that you want to go least bang for buck instead of most. As Scott said this is me calm, you know how I get when I'm really heated

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what are u runnin now with the bottle just curious.... funny how u were afraid to race marc and not me. Im currently runnin a 13.50 with a 2.4 60 foot (crappy). I cant hook up im on street tires, and my car is basically stock. My offer still stands i will race u for fun, not money. o btw im goin to the track today ill let u kno what i run .... Im not tryin to start shit, ur actually pretty cool, its just there is an unwritten rule that i have to hate ford, j/k. For whats done to it ur car is fast ill give u that.
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
can't go to the track. I hear they are being really strict with the NHRA shit this year in which case my car needs to have a roll bar for anything 13.99 and below They'll just take one look at the bottle and send my ass packing It's not even worth the drive up there and pay just to get booted I was afraid of Marc cause I thought with the slicks and pulley he'd be a hell of a lot faster than a high 13, but obviously his heads keep getting fucked up so god only knows what that truck is truly capable of. I doubt this car will ever hit the track with me driving it, I'm 99.9% sure right now I'm selling it. I have to talk everything over with my parents and make sure this is ok. Right now looking at an 04 Cobra, 350Z or 05 GT. The 350 Z is largely my favorite right now. I have nothing left in my bottle and I can't afford to refill it right now cause I want to get a few things done to clean the car up a bit before I put it up for sale. my 95 was faster than shit for what was done to it. This car is in need of some aftermarket aluminum heads, it's got the shortblock, a mild cam, soon to have a hell of an intake manifold, all the bolt ons and a 100 shot, it just needs to find that extra 40+ horse from some AFR's. If you want to gofor some baseline shit try to run my brother's Z28. His car has everything except heads, cam, a rear end and a tranny. I think he'd take me on the jug but I'm not going to have a fan for a while so my car will only be sitting in the driveway for the next week at least. Hit me up...late
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 

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Have you put a shift kit on a stock AODE I don't know have the tools to install a nitrous kit and the ridiculuos deal i got on the kit included install so damn right I didn't do it myself. I told you if you want to proove a point you buy a 95 GT and I will and you do your intake and I'll do my X and shift kit and we'll race. he's not going to see as much power from the manifold as you do because of the transmission. As I said he wanted most bang for buck I gave it to him, he probably won't take it, he'll take your advice and cut his time to a 15.2 with the intake manifold, go for it Rick do his mod first and when your looking for more results and decide to finally get a shift kit let me know what did more. I think it's been prooven that I'm just some babling idiot on this board that hasn't gone through mod after mod on a 95 and an 88. I'm glad you'll spend over $1000 to get your car to sit in the 14's rick. You'll probably be able to beat me since I have a stock manifold

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Originally posted by DropTopFox:
Have you put a shift kit on a stock AODE I don't know have the tools to install a nitrous kit and the ridiculuos deal i got on the kit included install so damn right I didn't do it myself. I told you if you want to proove a point you buy a 95 GT and I will and you do your intake and I'll do my X and shift kit and we'll race. he's not going to see as much power from the manifold as you do because of the transmission. As I said he wanted most bang for buck I gave it to him, he probably won't take it, he'll take your advice and cut his time to a 15.2 with the intake manifold, go for it Rick do his mod first and when your looking for more results and decide to finally get a shift kit let me know what did more. I think it's been prooven that I'm just some babling idiot on this board that hasn't gone through mod after mod on a 95 and an 88. I'm glad you'll spend over $1000 to get your car to sit in the 14's rick. You'll probably be able to beat me since I have a stock manifold

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hey man, what are you trying to argue about? please read my posts again. i never even said a manifold would do more than a shift kit and H/X pipe. i think it might, but i never said that. all i suggested was getting an intake instead of headers and a catback. if you want to debate, that is the only thing i've said that could possibly spark one. why do you keep insisting on arguing about "dollar per dollar"? where did you get this idea when the guy listed over $1000 worth of parts he wanted to get? the guy wants to drop a nice chunk of money into his ride, tell me AGAIN why he should limit himself to an Xpipe and shift kit. i totally agree he should get a shift kit, i figured it was mentioned by other people already. the going rate for a cobra intake is $350. i swear, some people just want to argue for no reason. i already dropped the whole thing, but you just had to keep persisting.

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If you knew the guy personally as I do you'd know he doesn't want to dump that much money into his car, he feels that he needs to do so to get where he wants the car to be but in reality he doesn't need to spend that much. The stock AODE takes so long to shift you can almost count a half a second that the car is not in gear. I'm sure you know what will do it for a T5 it's not hard because the respond well to everything. It's no use do any mods on an AODE until the tranny is up to par with some snappy shifts or else you won't feel the full effect of each mod. A $70 shift kit will give him a half a second and it will be a totally different car. Once he has this then other mods start to make sense because now the added speed will be more effective. He wnats bang for buck mods as he has previously posted and the intake manifold doesn't make sense right now with the current set up. The power is in your car rick, just give your tranny help finding it
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
its all good man, i love low budget shit. i respect a 14 second honda with boltons and a good driver more than a 12.9 second viper or something. look at me, i blew my intake manifold gaskets so i decided to pull my heads and port them even though i dont know what the hell i'm doing, lol. i totally feel you on giving people advice that you know and them not listening to you when you have been through it before... i still think he should get a shift kit, o/r H or X, AND a cobra intake though

ps: i am drunk as fuck! i was at the bar tonight wearing an old all wind-up alarm clock on a rope around my neck pimp shit!

pss: dont forget a tranny cooler

[ March 07, 2004, 02:35 AM: Message edited by: HungryHippo ]
 

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Posted by greekss (Member # 4062) on :
 
Hey ryan why a change of heart, ur goin to get a nissan ? its all good, are u gettin a convertible ? I'm bored of the track and crap, all u do there is break crap. Like yesterday, i broke my 3rd geard synchro, so i shift 1st 2nd 4th lol... o well. I hope for all the stuff rick is gettin he wont start breakin stuff.
 

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Posted by Stalkerstang (Member # 4208) on :
 
First off, why is everyone so angry?? I thank all for your replys to help me with what I want. HONESTLY THOUGH, I WILL BUY WHAT I WANT First of all, I was planning on getting a shift kit for my car. I was a little skeptical on it becasue my tranny is still under warranty, but I've decided to get it. And yes, I know an intake WILL NOT do as much as it would with aftermarket cam/heads, but IT WILL do something with headers and an X-pipe. Im making the car fast enough for MYSELF. I don't care about who I can beat and can't becasue i know in all reality, THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE A FASTER CAR THEN YOURS OUT THEIR SOMEWHERE!! My car has the looks, but it doesn't have the performance (or at least enough performance for my taste ) so that is why Im gonna spend some $$ on it. I've done alot of research on all the shit Im gonna get, and I know after my car is finsihed, I should be happy wiht the results.
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
You will do what you want but please refrain from using the word research because looking at a summit catalog advertisement meant to sell you the part is not research. Congrats on your 37 horsepower gain
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 

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LOL coming from the guy who wants to sell his SS for an '03 cobra
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by greekss:
Hey ryan why a change of heart, ur goin to get a nissan ? its all good, are u gettin a convertible ? I'm bored of the track and crap, all u do there is break crap. Like yesterday, i broke my 3rd geard synchro, so i shift 1st 2nd 4th lol... o well. I hope for all the stuff rick is gettin he wont start breakin stuff.

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Rick won't break anything with a shift kit, it can only improve his tranny, the less time it takes for the tranny to shift the less heat that builds up. If he gets and tanny cooler as well that is bigger than the stock one for $50 he will have a nice tranny for the track. The only ricky will need to worry about breaking at the track is his axles if he runs on slicks but even at that he really cn't launch it hard enough to do so unless he runs a trans brake but I don't think ricky is about to get a shift kit, trans brake, and torque convertor, it doesn't sounds like he looking for much power, just enough to drop into the 14's maybe high 13's

Edit: oh and about the Nissan I'm just looking for a nicer car. swomething with a more comfortable driving position for my tall ass maybe I might even start looking at used SUV/Trucks like maybe and Escalade EXT or something like that. I'll keep you guys posted

[ March 08, 2004, 06:57 PM: Message edited by: DropTopFox ]
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
Lightnings are the way to go! Wait til the 06s come out!
 

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Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 

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Originally posted by lightning89mg:
Lightnings are the way to go

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yeah those are sick, stock they run high 13's and if you put on a pulley, cold air, an slicks they run high 13's!!

hehe jk marc
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by lightning89mg:
Lightnings are the way to go! Wait til the 06s come out!

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I thought about it but I really wouldn't use the bed for anything so it would be kind of a waste plus you already have one so why am I goign to buy the same thing that you have. I didn't realize I could afford one but I like Escalade EXT's and I could get a used one for around $35000, so I'm looking at those also right now along with the 350Z but I might wait for the 2005 tocome out. If I can't find anything that tickles my fancy then I will just get another AODE 94-95 and I have a few goals for it. If I can find a white Cadilac Escalade EXT for the right price I'm sure that's what I'll get
 

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Posted by greekss (Member # 4062) on :
 

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Originally posted by PeNiNsula302:

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Originally posted by lightning89mg:
Lightnings are the way to go

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yeah those are sick, stock they run high 13's and if you put on a pulley, cold air, an slicks they run high 13's!!

hehe jk marc

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Scotts a funny man ....... and ya i would trade my SS in a heart beat for an '03 cobra or a Z06, o well. O i think rick should invest in a set of D/R's what do u guys think.
 

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Posted by lightning89mg (Member # 2673) on :
 
Ryan, your talking loike your 60 and ready to retire.. Your young go with speed and fun, why are you looking for like a family reliable car... And scott, when you do get a car, i am sure it will be fast! VRRRM!!!
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by lightning89mg:
Ryan, your talking loike your 60 and ready to retire.. Your young go with speed and fun, why are you looking for like a family reliable car... And scott, when you do get a car, i am sure it will be fast! VRRRM!!!

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I need something to tow my next 95 to the track. I just want something more comfortable to drive. When your my height with a fucked up knee and a lower back problem ever since I got hammered going up for a dunk in that san mateo game last year it's hard to drive a mustang everyday. I figure get the expensive car now while Ican afford it, then when I'm doing nothing but teaching and writing books and coaching and can't afford dick but a used 94-95 I'll be able to afford that instead of looking for something to tow my nicecar to the track. We all want speed no doubt about that, but you have to look at things before you make decisions to truly understand what will bet better in the future
 

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Posted by Stalkerstang (Member # 4208) on :
 
Hey Guys. I was wondering which muffler to get for my new exhaust system. Can anyone tell me overall which muffler would be better to get?? Flowmaster 2 chamber 40 series, Magnaflow, or dynomax?? I want a pair that will give me deep sound, but performance/better gas mileage if possible. Thanks!!
 

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Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 

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Originally posted by Stalkerstang:
Hey Guys. I was wondering which muffler to get for my new exhaust system. Can anyone tell me overall which muffler would be better to get?? Flowmaster 2 chamber 40 series, Magnaflow, or dynomax?? I want a pair that will give me deep sound, but performance/better gas mileage if possible. Thanks!!

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Anything with a straight throw design. Magnaflows seem to be the new thing producing the sound and th power for a good price. Borla's and Bassani's are bad ass if you feel like paying that much, best choice in my opinion are the Dynomax race bullets that Albert has. SOund sick and may as well be a straight throw pipe. Dynomax superturbo's are also a good choice. SPintech's are something to look at as well. Basically if you want power look for something with a straight throw design not chambered. It's not going to make a huge difference but there will be some difference. However, if you like the sound of flows better than anything else I'd say just stick with them
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
I run Hooker Super Comps into Magnaflows with dumps. I have tried every kind of flowmaster, dynomax super turbos, bullets, you name it, ive tried it.

The Magnaflows sound the best in my humble opinion with my setup of course
 

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Posted by greekss (Member # 4062) on :
 
i still say sell it and buy a camaro
 

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