hey guys,

i am looken for some suggestions of what to do with my money. I have roughly $450 dollars to work with. I am looking for performance products, not appearance products. so far i have a chip, exhaust, and intake (see sig). what would you guys do next with this budget. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Arom

 

Send the money in small unmarked bills to my address.

Actually $450 could get you a nitrous system, or headers, or underdrive pullies, or a hi-performance MAF sensor. If you didn't do headers with your exhaust that would be your best bet. If you go with a new MAF your chip might have to be re-burned. The pullies are a good investment if you don't mind losing some alternator output. Nitrous is the most fun but it only works in short bursts

-Jon

 

The best $300 I've ever spent on a performance mod.

 

Ford4ever,

will headers make me loose backpressure?? i already lost some low end tourque with my gibson supertruck and do not really want to loose anymore. thanks

 

Electric fans for one.

 

4.10 or 4:30 gears fer yer rearend.

Got limited Slip?

 

You could make my Wife's car payment for March...that would be good for about 240hp...

(sorry, I couldn't resist)

 

Put that cash away and start saving for the supercharger!

 

what about some handling mods? like sway bars

 

webmaster- i know. if it was not my own post I would have said it myself.

thewhiteford- your right, i am going to need the money for the s/c. but that is going to be my last performance mod. i want to take care of everything else first.

crazedf1 - i am for sure going to get sway bars in the future. but as for right now i think i am going to go for some more straight line performance. i think i might be addicted.

LE PEW - forgive me for my ignorance. i do not know if i have limited slip, let alone know what it actually does. but if it is a option...i am guessing no.

and last but not least,

max mitchell - about the electric fans...what kind of performance gain would i see? (rough ballpark) and what kind or model would you suggest.

thanks again guys.

 

Money order: Addressed to Seth Albers Rt 1 Box 7 Brownell Ks 67521

 

For a mere $50.00 more you can buy a Lifetime Membership in the NRA.

JR

 

For a mere $50.00 more you can buy a Lifetime Membership in the NRA.

JR

 

I SAY SAVE IT FOR A SUPERCHARGER. OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUY SOME HEADERS AND A COLD AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM. BUT I WOULD SAVE IT FOR SUMPTHIN' BIG (LIKE A SUPERCHARGER!!!)

 

You see solid gains in performance from removing that much rotating mass. I don't have dyno charts or exact reductions on the 6-cylinder, but most of the kits for 5.4s claim 15-18HP, removing 11-12lbs rotating mass, and 1-2 mpg. Another that I saw claims 12HP and 15ft/lbs of torque. It's a great mod and my seat-o-meter says well worth the time/effort/money. Perma-cool, Flex-a-lite, Hayden, and Spal make universal fans that you can use 2 of; 14"-16" depending on cfm. Many here use the suggested Ford update that Matt recommends. Flex-a-lite and Perma-cool both have a kit with a release date of March that comes in a dual kit, pre-wired, with shroud, etc. The Perma-cool is called "Cool Pack II" and the Flex-a-lite is number "270"; both have variable temperature and the "270" has variable fan speed.