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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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I really hate my 4.6L. Its too weak. Is there something I can do to increase horsepower and tourque with a budget of $1200?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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AF1 intake..................$240
Magnaflow exhaust.......$400??
XCal II.......................$450
Efans.........................$350ish??
U pulleys....................$250ish

Basic stuff there. I guess thats over your budget, or at least pushing it, but you dont need to do it all.

Search, every possible thing has been talked about.
www.Troyerperformance.com -go there.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Nitrous. Yeah, yeah. Nitrous. Nitrous doesn't discriminate.

Barring that, start with the basics. Cold air intake of some type or another, exhaust, chip/tuner.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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i have the 4.6 and seems to have enough power lites up the tires i pulled off a 350 but i was planning on getting a superchip programmer just because i never was able to have enough power, earlier i saw the "turbonator" on the homepage of this site, i think its an electric turbo, does anyone no if it works, ive never tried any of these kinda "different" mods
 
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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Turbonator = Great paper weight. Bartak1 Basically gave you some of the best bang for your buck performance upgrades...
 
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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If you're real patient, you can get a powerdyne blower setup used off ebay for about $1200 (thats what I paid) and that'll net you the power you want, bar none. You sound like you want like I did. Don't get me wrong, all those mods are great, but they always leave some to be desired. The blower was the best bang for the buck addition of everything I did. Once you get it, you can piddle around with other things over time to increase power like a smaller pulley, bigger injectors and so forth. Also, after adding a blower certain mods are no longer needed like an intake, or pullies.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by capn kirk
earlier i saw the "turbonator" on the homepage of this site, i think its an electric turbo, does anyone no if it works, ive never tried any of these kinda "different" mods
Here we go again
 
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