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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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i am out of ideas to make more power out of the stang...Got the Aluminum DS and Flywheel on the way.....they are not even here yet and i am thinking what next.....NO Juice or X...any suggestions, i want to get all the parts in for spring as i am covering the car next week for the fall and winter...
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 08:01 AM
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Without some sort of power adder, you won't get much more out of your car.

You can try heads/cams but at the cost you might as well go with an FI setup.
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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if youre modding just to mod throttle body
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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i am modding to drop my e.t. and up my mph in the 1/4 mile...i am stuck at 14.2-14.4 depending on weather conditions and my mph is between 94-95....i wanna be a 13 second v6
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Are you using a DR or just regular street tires?
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Get some LCA's with relocation brackets to lower the 60' ft time.
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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regular street tires, i am afraid of busting my rear with DR, only using a 7.5 rear end
Old Nov 2, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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Put some inexpensive Jeg's drag lites on it. Front and rear for additional savings. Look at a rear seat delete and look into taking the 48lb passenger seat out.

EDIT. Tlok is fine at your power levels. I was cutting low 12's on a tloc with 3.73's. I did eventually put a lpw girdle cover on it though

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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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What Rygen said ^^^^^^^
Old Nov 8, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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thanks for the ideas...keep em comin



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