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Old 06-11-2007, 02:02 AM
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I just got my car dynoed on Saturday, and I had 191 horsepower and 250 ft/lbs. of torque. I was just wondering, what should I do next? I was figuring on getting some GT-40 heads and getting them ported and polished, or getting a new camshaft.Then I was thinkin about getting a 3.73 gear, and maybe an aluminum driveshaft.Have limited spending, so don't wantto go as far as getting a supercharger or nitrous. Want to get a new carburator too. I have an edelbrock 4-barrel on it but it sux, and I want to get a holley. What type of carburator should I get? Just want some comments on what I should do next to get the most bang for the buck.... and if anyone has a better idea of what I should do next. Thanks
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:05 AM
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i say go gears first... or what u said u didnt wanna do... sprayit... i just picked up a used wet kit for 175... there are deals out there
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:07 AM
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Wet kit off ebay or somethin? Car only has bout 20000 miles on it. So that would prolly work out good
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:15 AM
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Got a friend that works at a junkyard, so hopefully I can find a nice set of Gt-40 heads and my dad has a friend thats a mustang freak and does nice porting and polishing. If I can find the heads in the junkyard, then I could get them for free! Other than that, dont know what to get out of the junkyard that would be worth having.
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:17 AM
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the gt40 intake too... from the junkyard

and no i didnt find mine on ebay, found it on a local forum... but yea check ebay for **** like that... deals come around
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:21 AM
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I would go for 3:73 gears then start saving on heads, cam and intake maybe TFS. Good luck.
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:22 AM
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Should I go for the GT 40 intake, I got an aftermarket edelbrock intake, dont know too much bout what all the **** is, just bought the car bout a month ago.
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no the edelbrock is beter
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:39 AM
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thats the stock rwhp.. do you only have an intake? def go gears and suspension first.. thats what im doing
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I know this might be a newbie question, but I was lookin at heads, and i was wondering whats the difference with Wedge Heads, and are they better? And a camshaft, which would be a good one for a daily driver during the week but a weekend racer? Thanks to all again, everyone is very helpful
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