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some extra horse?!
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fordracing25
CEG'er
sell your car. poor thing. there should be a short quiz while registering for CEG, and if you fail you can never own a 'tour. cougars and mystiques i dont care.
CSVT1214
Addicted CEG'er
sell your car. poor thing. there should be a short quiz while registering for CEG, and if you fail you can never own a 'tour. cougars and mystiques i dont care.
I guess you failed it. You can leave now as well.
fordman302
Hard-core CEG'er
I was wondering some ways of getting some extra horspower. I am getting NOS in the fall. Just wonder a way to get maybe another 50 horse. my buddy was telling me to do 3l heads. wondering what all you guys thought on other ideas
I guess to answer your Question..Do Header back Exhaust..Intake and Tune..
But you are not going to gain 50Horse..Or you can do a 3L swap but thats a whole other world im sure your not ready for yet seeing how your friend says to put 3L heads on your car..
Most of all SEARCH..Theres alot of time and effort into the stickys that are at the top of each section..Go read them and you will find most of your answers.
posthuman63t
Veteran CEG'er
I was wondering some ways of getting some extra horspower. I am getting NOS in the fall. Just wonder a way to get maybe another 50 horse. my buddy was telling me to do 3l heads. wondering what all you guys thought on other ideas
Back to basics...
Before getting nitrous, go ahead and get a open filter intake. Most popular is K&N + MAF Adaptor. After you do that, go ahead and buy some headers from Marty @ MSDS. Then decide which Y-pipe you want to upgrade to, and get a cat-back system. After that, you can either get a tune, or wait until you have the nitrous and get it tuned. Those upgrades won't net you 50HP, but they are basic modifications to set you on the right track. Other than that, look into a 3L swap, which isn't switching heads, its switching the entire engine block plus components (depending on which swap you do). For details on where to buy all the forementioned parts, or to do a little homework and learn more about the car, do a search on the items. "headers" "cat-back" "intake" etc wil give you enough reading material. If you run out, check out the old forums and search the same terms and you'll be reading non-stop for a couple years. There is a lot of information here, take your time and learn some of it so you don't have to be told what you can do, you'll already know.
fordracing25
CEG'er
Haha. Yea after I read post I thought the same thing, just didnt bother to change it. Oh well.I guess you failed it. You can leave now as well.
elraido
I kant speel
Back to basics...
Before getting nitrous, go ahead and get a open filter intake. Most popular is K&N + MAF Adaptor. After you do that, go ahead and buy some headers from Marty @ MSDS. Then decide which Y-pipe you want to upgrade to, and get a cat-back system. After that, you can either get a tune, or wait until you have the nitrous and get it tuned. Those upgrades won't net you 50HP, but they are basic modifications to set you on the right track. Other than that, look into a 3L swap, which isn't switching heads, its switching the entire engine block plus components (depending on which swap you do). For details on where to buy all the forementioned parts, or to do a little homework and learn more about the car, do a search on the items. "headers" "cat-back" "intake" etc wil give you enough reading material. If you run out, check out the old forums and search the same terms and you'll be reading non-stop for a couple years. There is a lot of information here, take your time and learn some of it so you don't have to be told what you can do, you'll already know.
instead of a y-pipe and cat back, get a true dual set up. Steeda managed to gain about 20 hp on his car when he made his. Without headers.
beyondloadedSE
Hard-core CEG'er
You can add 2.5L heads to a 3.0L, but you cant do it the other way around.