im new and want advice from the veterans
01-10-2008, 10:02 PM
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im new and want advice from the veterans
i have a 2002 GT that has a cold air intake off road X pipe and magnaflow catback and i want something more for my car. i was thinking about getting bigger gears maybe to 3.73 or 4.10 and maybe get a handheld tuner but i want something reasonably priced that would help my car get alittle more power. im not looking for a 12 second car but something that would make it alittle meaner on the streets. thanks for your help i appreciate it.
01-10-2008, 10:09 PM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
I think a good next step for you would be either add a good set of headers since you have exhaust all set up already, or get 4.10 gears. You'll get a decent amount of HP gain with headers, or if you want a good jump, definitely the 4.10 gears will help your accelleration.
01-10-2008, 10:13 PM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
yeah i was looking at long tube ceramic coated BBK headers that i liked i think i will go for those. would i be able to install gears myself? i have everything needed to work on my car my dad restores old mustangs so i think we could do it.
01-10-2008, 10:19 PM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
Gears can be tricky, you have to have a few special tools, which you might not have. You also have to have a tuner to be able to adjust your car's computer for the different gear setting. You can get a cheap dip switch one, or just get one of the flash tuners.
01-10-2008, 10:46 PM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
If you want to do the gears, which I'm doing in the next couple wks, look on ebay for tuners. I picked up my Superchips tuner which retails for $410 for $150 brand new off of ebay. Plus I hear going to 4.10's is a HUGE difference. Definetly looking forward to that!
01-10-2008, 11:13 PM
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ORIGINAL: JayC
Unless you're looking for every possible horsepower, longtubes are a poor return for your money. Get the gears[8D]
Unless you're looking for every possible horsepower, longtubes are a poor return for your money. Get the gears[8D]
Gears and a tune FTW.
01-11-2008, 12:00 AM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
You can install gears yourself with no problem so long as you have half a brain, can turn a wrench and can read instructions. If you are serious about it, I'll get you the link to the instructions I used. I had never done gears before and I managed to do the install with no problems. You can use the MHD method to calculate pinion depth (so you don't need a pinion depth tool) and it works great.
01-11-2008, 12:08 AM
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RE: im new and want advice from the veterans
that helped me alot i started looking and it seems like a good idea with the gears and tuner and yes ebay does wonders and i found some good deals on the combo so ill try and work out how i will install them but ill do it as it comes. thanks for all the help
