Ford Mustang: 03 Gt Mufflers

Go for a Bassani street thunder cat-back (the aluminized version is
cheaper). They have decent tail pipes, but Magnaflow has some better
looking tailpipes.

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then 

"Cory Dunkle" <net> wrote in message
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Because most people are wanting to get that bad-ass sound that just isn't
there from the factory. And doing something like this doesn't leave you up
a creek from a warranty perspective. Also, it's easy.
 
know 

The stock catback isn't, but the catalytic h pipe is. Cams are expensive to
purchase (springs are required too), expensive to have installed if not
doing it yourself (much more difficult than a pushrod cam swap), and the
timing can only be adjusted through the computer or with a timnig adjuster
which adjusts base timing only.

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-Keith
'96 GT 5spd ... with an '02 engine

"Keith" <mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Not much seems easy on new cars, but after plunking down $20,000 or more a
warranty is always nice.
 
car, 
to 

I see, so basically there aint shit you do to make these things faster for
$200 or less except a new exhaust. Kinda stinks, but that's what you get
with a new car. For $200 I can do _lots_ of things to my old 289 or 302. I
just recently bought a 4v aluminum intake adn holley carb for $150 second
hand. Put on some new closed chamber 289 heads I got for $81 with only a
couple thousand miles on them. Sure perked up the car, until the beat to
hell bottom end croaked. Oh well... You live and learn, don't up the
compression on a worn bottom end (I didn't know I was raising it until I
already had the engine apart).

I just couldn't imagine buying a car where the first and possibly only
upgrade I would get would be a new exhaust, and it would give me a thrill. I
suppose you could also change the rear-end ratio on these new Mustangs too.
That would definitely quicken them up and should pose no driveability issues
with their overdrive transmissions. That's the only other thing I can think
of to help performance. Perhaps a supercharger, but that could get expensive
and amy not go well with the computer. Just thinking out loud...

"Cory Dunkle" <net> wrote in message
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This modability of newer cars is definitely less than that of the old ones,
but that shouldn't be a surprise. Computers make life a little harder on
modding, but at the same time look at what you're being given off the
showroom floor. These cars make decent power, and the year-round
driveability beats an old carb'd car any day.
 
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think 
expensive 

There isn't much you can do with them to get alot of power. Gears help
(just put 4.10s in mine and really woke it up), but most of the stuff is
incremental. I little here and a little there all adds up. A powerful NA
2V makes about 300-320 rwhp, which equates to 360-370 hp at the crank.
Nothing to laugh at considering it's all of 281 CI. Torque will end up in
the 300-310 ft-lbs range. To get there, it takes ported heads, upgraded
valvetrain, cams, longtube headers, a full exhaust system, alot of the
little bolt-ons, and a good tune. Superchargers are the easier and more
economical way to make power. They're pricey, but it would cost you more to
go the NA route and make 320 rwhp than to bolt on a blower and make 350+
rwhp.

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-Keith
'96 GT 5spd ... with an '02 engine