mods...for my 96 GT

[96stang]

I just got the car a little bit ago, i got a Mac cold air intake, and an exhaust, i know the only got 215 hp :shrug: ... so what can i do to juice it up for not whole lot of money???

 

[EastCoast5.0]

What do you mean exhaust? Headers to catback? Gears would be first on my list. Where in MA you from?

 

[96stang]

What do you mean exhaust? Headers to catback? Gears would be first on my list. Where in MA you from?

I have cat back exhaust, yea i wass thinking of gears mabey 355's..I live in north andover MA

 

[EastCoast5.0]

Do you have a manual or an auto? I'd get some 373's if you've got a stick. Look into a midpipe maybe, there kinda expensive if your goin to get a catted pipe but worth it if your goin to have the car for a while. A shifter will help a lot also.

I have a buddy in Andover, he's into Jeeps though :dw: .

 

[96stang]

yeaa its a 5 speed my friends got 373's there good gears i was just wondering how the 355's are...ill look into the mid pipe though thanx

 

[Darkman]

Go for 4.10 or 4.30 if you really want the performance. The gas mileage will not suffer horribly. 4.30 gears at 65mph is about 2500rpms and I have said this a couple of times you bought a Mustang for performance not a Yugo for gas mileage right? Your 96 is low on hp and torque from the factory. The gears will help a tremendous amount. East cost is right and then I would change the shifter. I little nitrous after that and you will be all smiles trust me.

 

[96stang]

i heared about a head and intake manifold swap from a 01 and up GT the ports are bigger and i should gain about 50 hp from that, more if i do the cams....So is the swap a direct bolt on or no and what will i need?

Thanks

 

[SVT GT]

Get 4:10's no matter what tranny you have, don't fear the gear! Those would be my first to do on my list! Then look into getting some pullies, upper intake plenum, T/B, CAI, X-pipe, short throw and some headers. Not in that order though...its up to you. A gain of 50hp with just a PI intake swap, I never heard of it being that much.

 

[96stang]

thanks for the info ill have to see what gears i want and the pullies are a goodd idea to

thanks guys

 

[JVENOM]

gears and pullies will help....but you be better off...putting a shot or pi head swap.

 

[fastball19]

In my opinion if you wanna wake up the car a little you should do a gear swap 3:73 or 4:10, along with exhaust ( Long tubes headers, Shorty headers, Xpipe, cat-back, etc)
Next i would change the heads on the car go to the 99 -04 Pi set up, if your gonna waste the money do it right you can have the heads ported and polished with cams, etc, then you can add a nice bottle to it or go S/C .. That's my opinion.

 

[caseypayne69]

yes, the PI headswap is at around 50 flywheel hp or 40 rwhp. You also have to factor in the increase in compression as well.

 

[96stang]

yeaa the head and intake PI swap is a must and gears i will do to i just need all the parts for the swap, ill prolly get them used and then looked over. I need to figure out exactly what i need and need to do for the swap

thanks guys

 

[Darkman]

Heads are very expensive 1100 to 1500 plus 600 for the cams 1900 or so for a gain of only 45-50 hp at the most. Not the most cost effective way to go. Plus, it is time consuming and labor intensive. You can gain 100-150 for 599.00 with Nitrous. . Your money just something to think about. With the amount of money you saved you can get the gears, headers, off road h or x pipe, and still have money left over. 100 shot is easy to install, not hard on the motor and puts you at 315hp plus you gain 100lbs of torque.

 

[caseypayne69]

Pesonally I think its worth every penny. I bought my heads and intake off ebay for 350 bucks all togather. Dark what part of KY are u from?

 

[spike_africa]

well since you do not want to spend alot of money i would either spray it with nitrous, or go and get a set of 4.10 gears installed. you can find perfectly good used gears all over the place and then install should be like 200bucks.

 

[dalamar_96]

gears and pullies will help....but you be better off...putting a shot or pi head swap.

That bout sums it up.


I think Gear's are the best feel-for-money mod there is.

373 if you're adding a blower, 410 if you're not.

PI swap is the where to start on the 96-98's
The install is the bitch...labor adds up.
if you can do it, or have a friend helper that knows how, that's alot easier
on the wallet.

Another route is a centrifigal blower, the PI intake swap & cams
but you'll be HP limited by the size of the ports in the stock
nonPI boat anchors.

 

[Darkman]

Casey I'm in Frankfort, Louisville and Lexington I travel a lot between the three.