What to do??
The Godfather
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 15,480
From: Temple, Texas
RE: What to do??
Well since that list has roughly 90% of the overall performance mods you can do, it all depends on what direction you want to go, do you want to continue working on the enigne, are you looking to do some suspension, what exactly. If it were me I'd invest into some gears or a power pack as that's where real speed and hp come from.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 828
From: Cleveland
RE: What to do??
Id say get gears/t-lok or true trac, underdrive pullies, a tuner, lower it, then a power pak from Super Six, thatd be a good start and start to get it ready for a supersharger in the future.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,411
From: Woodbridge, VA
RE: What to do??
mustangman im with you, yet im not with you. of course a v8 has more potential to mod over the v6, i mean its pretty much a given. but the 2v engines are expensive to build up into low 12, 11 sec monsters. thats the one thing about the v6 block, its hella durable. it can take a lot on stock internals, you wont really see too much happening with the v8. BUT theres much more than just the engine. if you want serious power to add to the v6, youll need to do suspension, get a new rear end, new tranny, etc etc the list goes on. you cant just get 500 hp out of the v6 without all of the supporting mods too. personally, i would have a pi GT to start with since it a good platform, but still its no 4v but its good. but as for the original poster. dude your 16. unless ur goin to a track, you dont even need to worry about gettin into street racing. ur gonna end up getting killed or something and this is speaking from experience. plus insurance on a GT? unless ur talking about a mid 90s GT or older, ur gonna get raped in insurance. so if i were you i would keep the v6 and just mod the heck out of it for now but dont street race. its bad.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,865
From: Ludlow, Mass
RE: What to do??
ORIGINAL: tightdogal
mustangman im with you, yet im not with you. of course a v8 has more potential to mod over the v6, i mean its pretty much a given. but the 2v engines are expensive to build up into low 12, 11 sec monsters. thats the one thing about the v6 block, its hella durable. it can take a lot on stock internals, you wont really see too much happening with the v8. BUT theres much more than just the engine. if you want serious power to add to the v6, youll need to do suspension, get a new rear end, new tranny, etc etc the list goes on. you cant just get 500 hp out of the v6 without all of the supporting mods too. personally, i would have a pi GT to start with since it a good platform, but still its no 4v but its good. but as for the original poster. dude your 16. unless ur goin to a track, you dont even need to worry about gettin into street racing. ur gonna end up getting killed or something and this is speaking from experience. plus insurance on a GT? unless ur talking about a mid 90s GT or older, ur gonna get raped in insurance. so if i were you i would keep the v6 and just mod the heck out of it for now but dont street race. its bad.
mustangman im with you, yet im not with you. of course a v8 has more potential to mod over the v6, i mean its pretty much a given. but the 2v engines are expensive to build up into low 12, 11 sec monsters. thats the one thing about the v6 block, its hella durable. it can take a lot on stock internals, you wont really see too much happening with the v8. BUT theres much more than just the engine. if you want serious power to add to the v6, youll need to do suspension, get a new rear end, new tranny, etc etc the list goes on. you cant just get 500 hp out of the v6 without all of the supporting mods too. personally, i would have a pi GT to start with since it a good platform, but still its no 4v but its good. but as for the original poster. dude your 16. unless ur goin to a track, you dont even need to worry about gettin into street racing. ur gonna end up getting killed or something and this is speaking from experience. plus insurance on a GT? unless ur talking about a mid 90s GT or older, ur gonna get raped in insurance. so if i were you i would keep the v6 and just mod the heck out of it for now but dont street race. its bad.
Id say get gears/t-lok or true trac, underdrive pullies, a tuner, lower it, then a power pak from Super Six, thatd be a good start and start to get it ready for a supersharger in the future
6th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,373
From: Wichita, Ks
RE: What to do??
i would get a powerpack from www.supersixmotorsports.com i wouldnt know but my guess is you will love the results
The Godfather
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 15,480
From: Temple, Texas
RE: What to do??
ORIGINAL: mustangman02232
why does it have more potential? cause of 2 more cylenders? not really, the 3.8 is as easy and cheap to build as a 302 is,
run a true trac no matter what, if he seriously plans on doing this he will shred teh t-lok like nothing
ORIGINAL: tightdogal
mustangman im with you, yet im not with you. of course a v8 has more potential to mod over the v6, i mean its pretty much a given. but the 2v engines are expensive to build up into low 12, 11 sec monsters. thats the one thing about the v6 block, its hella durable. it can take a lot on stock internals, you wont really see too much happening with the v8. BUT theres much more than just the engine. if you want serious power to add to the v6, youll need to do suspension, get a new rear end, new tranny, etc etc the list goes on. you cant just get 500 hp out of the v6 without all of the supporting mods too. personally, i would have a pi GT to start with since it a good platform, but still its no 4v but its good. but as for the original poster. dude your 16. unless ur goin to a track, you dont even need to worry about gettin into street racing. ur gonna end up getting killed or something and this is speaking from experience. plus insurance on a GT? unless ur talking about a mid 90s GT or older, ur gonna get raped in insurance. so if i were you i would keep the v6 and just mod the heck out of it for now but dont street race. its bad.
mustangman im with you, yet im not with you. of course a v8 has more potential to mod over the v6, i mean its pretty much a given. but the 2v engines are expensive to build up into low 12, 11 sec monsters. thats the one thing about the v6 block, its hella durable. it can take a lot on stock internals, you wont really see too much happening with the v8. BUT theres much more than just the engine. if you want serious power to add to the v6, youll need to do suspension, get a new rear end, new tranny, etc etc the list goes on. you cant just get 500 hp out of the v6 without all of the supporting mods too. personally, i would have a pi GT to start with since it a good platform, but still its no 4v but its good. but as for the original poster. dude your 16. unless ur goin to a track, you dont even need to worry about gettin into street racing. ur gonna end up getting killed or something and this is speaking from experience. plus insurance on a GT? unless ur talking about a mid 90s GT or older, ur gonna get raped in insurance. so if i were you i would keep the v6 and just mod the heck out of it for now but dont street race. its bad.
Id say get gears/t-lok or true trac, underdrive pullies, a tuner, lower it, then a power pak from Super Six, thatd be a good start and start to get it ready for a supersharger in the future
6th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,865
From: Ludlow, Mass
RE: What to do??
ORIGINAL: redass02gt
I'm pretty certain that I have never seen a single 3.8 v6 in this section that could keep up with a blown new edge GT
I'm pretty certain that I have never seen a single 3.8 v6 in this section that could keep up with a blown new edge GT
Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 35
RE: What to do??
aaigh final decision. imma keep the 6 but you guys all keep talkin about power pack and what not? im about 3/4th retarded what it comes to cars... haha ne one live in the seattle area tha tcould help me out?
my main goal here in my car is to beat my bros ***.. like not by a sec or two . i mean beat him hardcore. he got a 2002 M3 .. stock nutin done to it at all he just has this ego that needs to be thrown down hard
and thats my job
if anyone has the time just write a list of what i should do. like jhorn did earlier but he has way to many different directions to go. someone just give me a DIRECT route to take. from new starter plugs to a SC.. and in order from what i should put in first to last, new breaks new what ever.. and keep in mind all i got is 7k right now and prob wont get sum more for a while...but please help me
Suz
if need add me to msn or aim
Aim - cheezypuff6969
msn - way2lazy@hotmai.com
my main goal here in my car is to beat my bros ***.. like not by a sec or two . i mean beat him hardcore. he got a 2002 M3 .. stock nutin done to it at all he just has this ego that needs to be thrown down hard
and thats my jobif anyone has the time just write a list of what i should do. like jhorn did earlier but he has way to many different directions to go. someone just give me a DIRECT route to take. from new starter plugs to a SC.. and in order from what i should put in first to last, new breaks new what ever.. and keep in mind all i got is 7k right now and prob wont get sum more for a while...but please help me
Suz
if need add me to msn or aim
Aim - cheezypuff6969
msn - way2lazy@hotmai.com