upgrades-bang for your buck
01-09-2007, 11:14 PM
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upgrades-bang for your buck
I've been looking for a fox body in decent shape for a while and I'm new to the mustang game, but I finally bought an 89 lx vert. Car is clean, rust free, rebuilt motor to factory specs new clutch. My question is the only upgrades to the car are cold air intake and flowmaster exhaust with x pipe and high flow cats. Car also has x style subframe connectors w/drive saft loop. I have about $750 buck tho put into it, at this time, and was wondering what performance upgreades would give me the most bang for my buck?I do not want to put nitrous or a supercharger on the car. I was thinking intake, throttle body, pullies...? I paid $4,200 for it, good deal???Thanks for any help.
01-09-2007, 11:16 PM
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RE: upgrades-bang for your buck
gears or full exhaust are best bang for the buck upgrades
dont go cheap on tires either.. a nice set will make ur pony grip the road instead of spinning circles (which is fun but not when ur racing!!)
dont go cheap on tires either.. a nice set will make ur pony grip the road instead of spinning circles (which is fun but not when ur racing!!)
01-09-2007, 11:26 PM
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RE: upgrades-bang for your buck
ORIGINAL: PJB
My gears made the car totally different. Now it can get out of its own way.
My gears made the car totally different. Now it can get out of its own way.
01-09-2007, 11:37 PM
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RE: upgrades-bang for your buck
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I've been looking for a fox body in decent shape for a while and I'm new to the mustang game, but I finally bought an 89 lx vert. Car is clean, rust free, rebuilt motor to factory specs new clutch. My question is the only upgrades to the car are cold air intake and flowmaster exhaust with x pipe and high flow cats. Car also has x style subframe connectors w/drive saft loop. I have about $750 buck tho put into it, at this time, and was wondering what performance upgreades would give me the most bang for my buck?I do not want to put nitrous or a supercharger on the car. I was thinking intake, throttle body, pullies...? I paid $4,200 for it, good deal???Thanks for any help.
I've been looking for a fox body in decent shape for a while and I'm new to the mustang game, but I finally bought an 89 lx vert. Car is clean, rust free, rebuilt motor to factory specs new clutch. My question is the only upgrades to the car are cold air intake and flowmaster exhaust with x pipe and high flow cats. Car also has x style subframe connectors w/drive saft loop. I have about $750 buck tho put into it, at this time, and was wondering what performance upgreades would give me the most bang for my buck?I do not want to put nitrous or a supercharger on the car. I was thinking intake, throttle body, pullies...? I paid $4,200 for it, good deal???Thanks for any help.
Then headers. You've already got the mid pipe and cat-back. BBK ceramic shorties or FRPP shorties are the best. Summit has some ceramic shorties for pretty cheap, but I don't know about the quality. They seem to be pretty nice, but they're new and I haven't heard anything.
Next, save up for a H/C/I swap (heads, cam, intake). Trick flow makes a badass kit for a little over 2k, or Holley has the Systemax II kit.
01-09-2007, 11:44 PM
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RE: upgrades-bang for your buck
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hellyeah. i get my 3:73's put in on friday. i'm paying a local shop $314 to do them. now my car will be able to get out of it's way too
hellyeah. i get my 3:73's put in on friday. i'm paying a local shop $314 to do them. now my car will be able to get out of it's way too