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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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I have an automatic v6 and I have no performance upgrades yet, what would be the best upgrades to start off with? cold air intake? tuner? new wheels/tires? new brakes? exhaust? whats the best exhaust for a v6 for the best money? I was thinking just a y-pipe to make it dual and open it up some? any advice/suggestions are more than welcome, thank you.
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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Im in the same position your in. Bone stock V6, but from reading around on the forum I came up with a little list of what to do and when to do it.

First thing you definitely wanna do it get a tuner and some gears, then go for the dual exhaust/intake and bigger mods. Thats what im planning on doing at least...

From what I hear, the tuner/gears really open up the automatic v6's, even without any other mods.
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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voted waste for lambo doors... for around 400 you can have the gears and em installed or for go for dual catback exhaust. That'll be alot better.
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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what kind of tuner are you lookin at? only tuner i've really seen for my car is the one off of american muscle, and can you explain exactly what gears are?
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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how much would dual catback cost? i can get the flowmaster 44s y pipe for 425-450?
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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also how can i make it so not only my passenger side rear wheel spins? like when you burnout?
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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AmericanMuscle sells tuner/gear packages, look at those.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/xcal2-...r-oil-kit.html

Im pretty sure the 4.10 gears are best on autos (someone correct me if im wrong). The Traction Lok (look at the included options in link above) makes it so both wheels spin.

As for exhaust, personally id go with an off road H pipe ($100-$200), and a dual catback system (depends on brand etc...) You could easily have a shop custom fabricate a mid-pipe/cat-back for around $500 also....

Hopefully this info is some help to you. Im new here myself but have learned a good amount from just searching around. Theres tons of info on here.


https://mustangforums.com/forum/v6-1...fications.html

Another great thread for modding
Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Elias101a
how much would dual catback cost? i can get the flowmaster 44s y pipe for 425-450?
the exhaust set up i'm about to get done (a few people recommended it) is this:

straight divorced pipes from the cats back with thrush mufflers and GT cutoffs. you can do this for $200-$300 and it'd by far the cheapest set up i've seen.
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what kind of tuner are you lookin at? only tuner i've really seen for my car is the one off of american muscle, and can you explain exactly what gears are?
read the 3.8 mod sticky
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also how can i make it so not only my passenger side rear wheel spins? like when you burnout?
read the 3.8 mod sticky.

this will answer your questions. look at the part about gears. the tier 2 mods
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i read that but I don't fully understand. when are you getting your exhaust done i'd like to see/hear it
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what is the difference between 3.73 and 4.10?



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