hinch47

I just bought a stock 98 mustang gt 4.6L. i want to start racing it...so what can get me the most hp? i just bought an intake for it...k&n generation 2...they say that can add up to 26hp...if you could please give me some more ideas that i can do to it....that would help me alot...

04mustang

oooook looks like ill be the first to tell u . your not gonna get 26hp outa the k&n and your probably not gonna even get maybe 10. u might get 15 to 20hp outa the whole intake change including the mass air meter. all modifications add up. each decent mod adds up to 10 or so hp . catback 10hp if u get a good brand. x pipe 10hp underdrives maybe 10. intake up to throttle body and changeing maf maybe 15 to 20. alot of these mods depends on the other and they feed off of one another to get a few more hp outta them when all of them are done. these are your basic bolt ons and these should be done first. exhast is restricting and u will get more power if u change that. and u will get more power outta your intake mods when if u have the exhast done.

tarpymac

i have a 98 gt myself, so far i have hypertech programmer, msd ignition coil packs, mac cold air intake, ford racing 9mm wires, THIS IS A MUST OFF ROAD H PIPE, AND FLOWMASTER 2 CHAMBERS (i have these and they are crazy), mac short shifter, flamed gauges, mill eliminators for the check engine light, three 10 s in the trunk.

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Acer2428

....Hahaha...the man wants to race.

Anywhoo...being a fellow '98er I have to tell you this...

If you bought the car purely to race, you really f*cked yourself. we're about 35hp behind stock 99+ GT's. Easily made up in exhaust, intake, etc, but that's vs. a STOCK gt. You have a very nice car that can handle most imports (exclusing wrx, sti, rsx-s I think, and a **** load of others) Like just today a beat a white RSX in my automatic 98Gt.

DO LOTS OF READING on these forums, modulardepot.com stangnet.com and you'll learn a lot...and that K&N MIGHT give you 4hp on a stock engine.

happy reading!

hinch47

hahaha great....well this is my first car and yea...didnt have enough $$ for the newer body style lol....well what do you think should be the first thing i should buy? i heard good stuff about the k&n...is there another intake that is better?

04mustang

ahhhhhhhh did he say flows and h pipe is he crazy dont listen to him . save yourself get a x pipe and magnaflows. h pipe will make it louder but x pipe is more power. and slowmasters are more for sound .

04mustang

look threw all the forums and past posts and see what brand ppl have the best comments about and look for dyno charts on the products FOR YOUR CAR not other cars like cobras and mach1s. intake i have C&L and alot of guys on here have denscharger. ask almost anyone on here about magnaflow and u will hear good comments. magnaflow has one of the best sounds and its geared all for performance and top quality. look into it.

hinch47

i looked for the C&L intakes......i couldnt find them...do you know where i could find them?

mdvaldosta

click here for C&L .... not!

04mustang

MD u punk that wrong. lol www.crmotorsports.com they are the cheepest around and they are who i bought mine from. u can also goto www.cnlperformance.com for dyno results and info on the product