I've come across several sites such as http://autochipsdirect.com/ford-mustang-231 which has chips for ~$60 and says adds up to 75 hp. Now, I feel like that might be a bit exaggerated for that price or everyone would immediately chip their car. Is this legit? Do these chips actually push 75 hp or is it a lot lower than that?

 

Crap, basically just a resistor to modify whatever signal they are talking about causing the computer to get a false reading and making the motor run more lean/rich, bad for your motor if not specifically designed for your vehicle, which these are generally "universal". Turbos would be obsolete if a little wired box could make these gains for real for that cheap.

 

Dangerous, stupid **** to sell to people. Save up a little and get a dyno tune if you already have a couple of bolt-ons and a dual exhaust/catback.

 

They don't add any power and can ruine your motor. You need to invest in an SCT. Find one unlocked and used.

 

yea after reading all these, thats what i'ma do. once i get some money of course. broke college student. lol.

 

Aye, those are garbage. Resistor chip in a plastic box usually.

 

Ok, we have you saved now from wasting money, lets help you spend it in the right way.

What are your current mods to your car, are you an auto or stick, what kind of driving/racing would you like to do (Dont say Street racing) and what are your performance goals that you would like to meet?

 

Haha yea really. And currently nothing is really modded on my car. I haven't had the money to spend on getting anything at all lately, but I drive a manual, and pretty aggressive driving when I want to and eco when I need to save gas haha. (Not sure how else to answer that) I eventually want to get my sixxer supercharged (along with everything needed to hit that point, CAI, REAL chip, tune, exhaust, internals, gears, short shifter, fuel injector, etc.)(high hopes I know but hey, I can dream right) as it is my first Mustang and since I was young I've been in love with this style of Stang. I wanna keep this thing til it (hopefully never) blows up or I die. Whichever comes first.

 

Same basic goals for mine lol also a broke college student, mine is auto though. Got full exhaust, next check I'm gettin limited slip and gears, and temp I'm getting the speed sensor correct box till I can get a tune to correct for the gears. Also chip and tune are basically the same, the chip "tunes" the computer, it plugs onto the computer and tunes the fuel curve and all that where as a tuner plugs into the obd port long enough to install the tune.

 

Whelp being that you want to go supercharged there are few basic ways that you can go about this.

1.) Save up till you have enough money for the supercharger and tuning that you want, be it a Procharger kit or a M112 that you put together.

2.) Build your suspension, chassis and brakes first and then power adders later. You would be really surprised at how much more fun a car is to drive that has had a good amount of suspension and chassis work done to it.


Building your suspension/chassis/brakes will allow you to spend chunks of cash at a time and put the part on one at a time.


3.) Do your supporting mods first, then choose option 1 or 2.

Supporting mods are things like:

* Long tube headers and full exhaust
* DIY Porting of a spare set of heads and lower intake or pick up an already ported set.
* If you are going with a centrifugal supercharger then going to a Windstar upper intake is a great option. Dont bother with the upper intakes if you are going with a roots supercharger.
* Aluminum Flywheel with a good clutch. A Spec aluminum Flywheel matched with a RAM HDX is an awesome way to go and is the setup my wife uses.
* Aluminum Driveshaft
* Gears
* An unlocked/used SCT tuner (Or whichever your dyno tuner guy uses)
* Maybe even find a 4.2L to swap in.


Really you have to ask yourself if you prefer big gains for big grins or little gains for little grins. Pretty much.