That exhaust sounds nice, just a little too grumbly for me. There's all sorts of things you can do for more power, depending on your budget, time, and how much you want out of it. You can swap in a 5.0 for the most power, but you will lose your good gas mileage. You can also swap in a 2.3 turbo engine. Many go this route because it takes less time and money than the v8 swap, with almost as much hp stock. If you don't want to do a swap, however, you'll have to try harder for each extra horsepower. Here are a few popular n/a mods:
DIY Cold air intake- <$20 and <1 hour for ~3 hp
Air intake silencer delete- FREE, <30 min, no major modification, maybe 1-3 hp.
Ranger exhaust header- ~$25, ~1 hour plus time making/blocking egr tube, ~10 hp, maybe 20-25 if egr blocked and header is ported.
Depending on local legality, you can cut out the cats or replace them with high flow cats. Mine were plugged and needed replacing anyway. I got magnaflow cats for $120, ~1 hour, ~10-15 hp probably
Since you live in Georgia I doubt you would want to delete the a/c, but mine didn't work in the first place so I just took the ac belt off. You can buy lightweight pullies, but they aren't really worth the money.
You can swap in a bigger cam too for about ~$400-500, 2-4 hours, and up to maybe 40hp before you would have to replace other valve train parts.
Others might have a better Idea on horsepower estimates, those are just my estimates. For the most bang for your buck, go turbo if you can.
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