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Old 02-24-2012, 09:57 PM
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Nope. The motor mounts have to come off and the engine lowered. As far as turbo or supercharging that is out of my area of knowledge. Always been an naturally asperated guy not much experience there.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:46 AM
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Here is a link to BBK step by step dyno runs with this setup. Car ended up making 406 hp. 406x.17(drivetrain loss)= 475 hp. Net gain of 63 over stock 412hp numbers. And that is with crappy *** BBK parts. I apologize for the link if it doesn't work I have no idea how to do that here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlmOL-7iBJ4
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Old 02-25-2012, 09:47 AM
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whats wrong with bbk? they seem to have good reviews...

what are some better brands?
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Old 02-25-2012, 09:54 AM
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Aftermarket BBK TBs are known for their problems.

Just saying...

Search BBK Throttle Body and see.
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Old 02-25-2012, 11:30 AM
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Hello BeitzelGT,

If you are looking to add some great power can I recommend the Boss 302 intake manifold, cai, and custom tune? We have seen some tremendous gains with this combination (up to 50 HP). Add the Steeda exhaust and you will have a fantastic sounding/powerful mustang.

http://www.steeda.com/store/mustang-...ss-intake.html

I will let you check out the video on the website and let me know your thoughts?

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Old 02-25-2012, 12:39 PM
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I think 17% is a bit generous, but impressive gains, nonetheless. I do wonder how much of that would come from the tune without the physical mods.
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BBK performance wises just doesn't stack up. Steeda is my personal favorite CAI. If I were getting a tune I am partial to brenspeed though I have heard good things about steeda. Bang for your buck from the headers back check out the pypes website and their catback super system and headers. Cheaper and perform as well as the others. American racings are nice but quite expensive. Not to disagree with tjsteeda but I wouldn't run the boss intake. That power is caputured only in the high rpm range. Somewhere around 6000 depending on who you talk to. Unless you are going to the track or constantly keeping your car in a higher power band for me it doesn't make a ton of sense. Remember the boss 302 was set up to be a track car.
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Originally Posted by SSKILLER5.0
BBK performance wises just doesn't stack up. Steeda is my personal favorite CAI. If I were getting a tune I am partial to brenspeed though I have heard good things about steeda. Bang for your buck from the headers back check out the pypes website and their catback super system and headers. Cheaper and perform as well as the others. American racings are nice but quite expensive. Not to disagree with tjsteeda but I wouldn't run the boss intake. That power is caputured only in the high rpm range. Somewhere around 6000 depending on who you talk to. Unless you are going to the track or constantly keeping your car in a higher power band for me it doesn't make a ton of sense. Remember the boss 302 was set up to be a track car.
That's what I was thinking too... Im not a fan of the BOSS intake, wouldnt serve me well... but the rest from steeda might be an option after hearing that BBK isnt as good as others.
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