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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 05:32 AM
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Hi, I have a mustang gt (stock)and was wondering what would give mebiggest power increase for around $500</P>


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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 06:50 AM
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NItrous oxide....100-150 horses/250+ft. lbs. torque easy.
Old Feb 16, 2004 | 06:54 AM
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I heard nos ruins your engine over time. Is there anything else besides nos. I heard someone talk about a venom chip that gave significant gains</P>
Old Feb 16, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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SO DO MODS IN A WAY...how so you say..more mod puts more stress on the engine and you more likely to run the hell out of it..so don't frat about the nitrous..next would be a set of gear no hp gain but your looking at a few .10's faster<edited><editID>vfast</editID><editDate>38033.4735416667</editDate></edited>
Old Feb 17, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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With $500 you can get yourself some forged 4340 Steal H-Beam rods from EAGLE.
With $400 bux you can get yourself some Forged Pistons
With another $700 why dont you get yourself a Billet Crank from Scat?
Then spend another $2-300 more for all your bearings, oil pump and crap like that, little things for the whole engine...
And for about $2 bux each you can get ARP-L19 bolts to hold everything together.

All of a sudden with a modest general investment of $1800 you have yourself a bottom end that can handle 1200hp



But anyways, with $500 bux you should concider long headers and an exhaust kit with Replacement test tubes to take out your cats whenever you want.... That will probably free up 50 ponies and make your car sound awesome.

If you look hard you can find a rebuilt turbo with a head for your car for about that much... But thats a rare find for that price.

Dunno about what other things would really increase the power.
Dont worry about the venom chip or any other pre burn chip.... If your thinkg about chipping your car then have it Dyno'ed and custome burnt and tuned right there... Somtimes they can free up as much as 100hp depending on your application and mods. It also gets rid of your spark retard at whatever speed it is for your car, your RPM limiter and your speed limiter.

If you can get the exhaust and the custom chip/tune. You will love the results.
Old Feb 17, 2004 | 01:04 PM
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50 horses my ***.....maybe 10-15......

Nitrous is fine for a daily driver as long as you know the limitations of it and how to use it correctly.
Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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this is sooo true..just because you get say 150hp doesn't it mean use it..a nice 50-75 shot will do wonders
Old Feb 17, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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put some new rear end gears in there...oh yea thats not a power increase, but its a start...
Old Feb 17, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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N.O.S.
Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:36 AM
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Gears don't increase power, but for the money (180$) they will make the car faster then any mod for the same price.



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