[Kiljosh]

Gears are a tough decision for me. My car is already slow in the top end (I topped it at 120) so I don't know if I want to take off that much from my cruising speed

Then again, gears are shweet if all your doing is blasting people from light to light on the main ave or sometin.

Ah, question, how would I be able to add more topend to my car? 5 speed swap? I can see and extra gear adding a bit to it.

 

[Rick0636]

First, get Z rated tires so you dont' kill yourself, then get a chip and have your speed limiters removed, that will do it! And please be careful. I dont' have speed limiters on my GT and I haven't had it over 130 mph yet, lol. :lol:

 

[Danger Dude]

Gears are a tough decision for me. My car is already slow in the top end (I topped it at 120) so I don't know if I want to take off that much from my cruising speed

Then again, gears are shweet if all your doing is blasting people from light to light on the main ave or sometin.

Ah, question, how would I be able to add more topend to my car? 5 speed swap? I can see and extra gear adding a bit to it.

You wont loose that much top end with gears. When you get a chip to raise your rev limiter and remove your speed limiter you will have more top end.

Besides when do you really need to go beyond 120. When I blast beyond 120 I do it on a closed runway I have at my disposal where I work.

People new to modding seam to worry about top speed and really that never is that important in the long run. Drag racing on the track will never have you at top speed. In street racing top speed is not a issue. The car quickest off the line usually wins. The fact is gears are the best bang-for-the-buck Mod next to nitrous or Supercharging without having to go into the engine. Gears make you qiuicker off the line and wether on the street or at the track it will improve the cars performance.

 

[Kiljosh]

It's not like I'm worried about my topend to the point where I want to be able to go like 280 or some shitte like that. I simply want to be able to say I can go a little faster than 120 mph. Yea, it's unsafe to go that fast on public roads, but I say, if noones on that turnpike or stretch of open highway, your car can handle it(I do have z rated tires), and the only person you'll ever end up killing is yourself, then have a little fun. It's an adrenaline rush and I personally love going that fast.

Btw, rev limiters on a 97 v6. It shifts at like 4700 now, what could it be raised to? And what do you think I could top at? :chin:

 

[lowflyn]

Ya I understand ya man, it's fun to cruise like that...you can get a chip to change your rev limiter also I believe and your shift points if you have an auto. If you get gears you'll need a chip also..so might as well go all out with it

 

[Jeffsblack04]

I just recently purchased a 2004 v6 and would like to know if I decide to keep it, what would be the first thing I should modify????

 

[Jeffsblack04]

I just recently purchased an 04 v6 and want to know where should I start to modify????

 

[Rick0636]

True dual exhaust, NOT Y pipe back duals is probably our most popular first mod on V6 cars. Then maybe CAI. Cut the Y pipe behind the O2 sensors and attach either straight pipes leading to a GT catback or GT takeoff system, or a custom H pipe or just a custom set of dual exhausts.

 

[Kiljosh]

I boutght they ypipe back duals and now I'm having an xpipe made for it using 2 of my 4 old cats. If ya ask me, 80 bucks to bend tubing plus the 260 I paid for the catback, I'd say I'm getting a better deal than most other packages. Thats 340 for an Xpipe, All the tubing, cats, and mufflers.

If you really want to save money, buy 2 mufflers from a website, ebay, a local store(I'm talking flowmasters, flowpath, xr-1...those kidns, not stock OEM POS)and have a muffler shop make you a full exhaust from the headers back. Or just save up and get a set of Long Tubes before you even do the exhaust, then hacve them make you an exhaust and bam your done with that 1/2 of the equation, now for intake half . And that's the fun part!

 

[Jeffsblack04]

Thanks for the info. I'm still debating on keeping it ??? Needs more power!!!For a v6 its peppy as hell , but seems poor of the line..Well see...

 

[Kiljosh]

When I first got mine I thought, hey it's a mustang, it must be fast. Then my friend let me drive his Cobra and I realized what I was missing...

 

[lowflyn]

Headers won't give you any gain on a V6 without major mods. You'll get the same amount of power out of a GT takeoff exhaust system as anything else. Unless you go above 2.5 inch pipes..then you're losing torque.

 

[Kiljosh]

BTW, what would everyone expect to pay for a good set of 4:10's and Tlok? I'm looking at some right now and I can get both at once for a measly 150...almost brand new gears out of a Ford Ranger. 7.5", so it should fit right?

 

[lowflyn]

I believe it fits...I wouldn't pay over 150 for used gears and t-lock not knowing the condition.

 

[Kiljosh]

My friend is selling them, he lives 5 minutes from me. He cracked the block in his ranger and now hes parting it out. I asked what size rear he had, hoping maybe he had atleast t-lock, and he told me he just put a whole new pumpkin in basically. So I may end up getting that...maybe talk him doiwn to 130

 

[dark]

this seems like a more effective table to me

what do you all think?....(i put my changes in bold)

Stage 1
Dual Exhaust (2.25" for Naturally Aspirated Cars and 2.5" for Blown Cars and some big strokers)
Rear End Gears & Traction-Lok (3.73 for Manual & 4.10 for Automatic)
Cold Air Intake
Underdrive Pullies
Rims and wheels

stage 2
Short Throw Shifter (5-Speed) or Shift Kit (Automatic)
Torque Converter (Automatics)
Suspension Upgrade (Lowering Springs, Shocks & Struts, Rear Sway Bar and Strut Tower Brace).
Throttle Body (94-98) with crossover tube matching.
new braking system

Stage 3
Ported and Polished Upper Intake, Lower Intake & Heads
Custom Ground Camshaft
Pushrods and Springs
Ignition System (Only needed if Forced Induction or Nitrous is used)
Fuel System Upgrades (190/255 lph fuel pump, bigger injectors & adjustable fuel pressure regulator)
Custom Chip necessary at this level for max power! Usually worth at least 10-15 RWHP and mucho low end torque.

Stage 4
Built 3.8 or 4.2L Engine (big bore best)
Supercharger, Turbocharger, Nitrous
Forged Internals (sic) Forged rods and pistons are a good idea.
MAF (all years) and TB (99^) stock MAF is adequate before this

 

[silverford96]

where do can you find the 2.25" pipes? All i can find is the 2.5. I dont want the 2.5 because im only planing on a catted H pipe or an X pipe, LT headers, and CAI.

or would the 2.5 work, i dont want to lose too much back pressure. I have heard a lot of debate on the backpressure topic

 

[97Stallion]

2.5" will work just fine because you are keeping your cats. Also they will look better sticking out the back. i think it's funny when you see honda and such with little 1" pipes sticking out the back.

 

[KyleUSAF]

yea, and some that are so rusted and look like they've been through a grease fire and have holes all over 'em :lol:

 

[RGR]

2.5" will work just fine because you are keeping your cats. Also they will look better sticking out the back. i think it's funny when you see honda and such with little 1" pipes sticking out the back.

Ditto, and in fact, going 2.25 to the muffs and then 2.5 out the back is really
cool cuz it keeps things stepping up and the tones seem to deepen as the pipes
grow. That one MAC setup has 3" tips and sounds really hot even on stock V6's
on sound clips I have heard. It steps up like that.