I have a 99Gt and used to have a 96GT. I had so much success with a minimal amount of mods on my 96GT that i would like to incorperate my experience with that car into this post. Hopefully nobody will mind me talking about a car which i no longer own.
On my 96GT
K&N filter and 2 chamber delta flows
-Just put them in because i liked the sound of 2 chambers and I needed a new air filter. Still ran the 15.1@96mph or so that i did in stock trim...go figure
Mac economy off-road H-pipe and underdrive pullies
-$209 shipped to my door. With just these mods an learning to bog the car off the line, shift at about 5300rpms, running threw the traps in 4th, I ran very consistant 14.3s, with my best being a
[email protected] with a 2.26 60'(i think that was the trap speed it was a while ago) With the times i ran for such limited amount of mods I as well as my buddies are to this day asstounded and recomend these be the first 4 mods for anybody with a 96-98GT. My goal was to hit 13s with out the head swap but i got cliped on the E-way and sent into a wall totaling the car.
On my 99GT
K&N filter and 2chamber flows
-These are the first 2 mods I made on the car. I opted for the original 2 chambers as the deltas seemed to just be quiter not drone any less. I ran a 13.93 with a 2.26 60' (i also had a 103.7mph trap speed but that must have been due to a tail wind because everybody trapped pretty damn high that day)
king cobra clutch
-I had a nasty sounding thowout bearing and basicly changed the clutch out so i could get a new throw out bearing put in. 3 weeks later the chirping came back even worse lol not a bad clutch but started showing signs of failure 30k miles later. I did like launching with this clutch much better and with some p255s I cut my 60' to a 2.09 running a
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Mac longtubes, Prochamber and blocked off EGR
-Pain to install but i did eventually acomplish it with some help from some friends, alot of pizza and some beers for everybody. I did notice a nice SOTP gain but have not been to the track with good conditions to get any ETs. If i had to do it over again i would have gotten the headers coated because they are starting to rust already disspite the 2 cans of high temp engine paint i put on them. Only thing that I regret really though is i should have just gotten a off road H-pipe. The pro-chamber keeps this set up quite. Im gonna try a
magnaflow catback in the future to make it louder but if that doesn't work im installing some dumps.
SPEC stage two clutch kit
-This clutch is awsome, I got it from
www.mustangX.com for a pretty damn good price aswell. TOB is chirping again but the pedal feel is great and well its just a great clutch kit. One of my favorite mods to date.
NX wet kit,GenX2 upgrade, window switch, tach adapter and some phantom series gauges
-The car sure did move with this kit installed but i ditched it. I got sick of having to pay to get he bottle refilled all the time. I only used it a handfull of times. I say use the money towards some heads and cams, save to get a blower or save even more and get a turbo. Gauges look good though haha
Maximum Motorsports subframe connectors
-My car feels so much more sturdy with these installed you can definetly feel a nice difference with these installed.
Motive 3.90s
Very pleased with them
Autologic Chip
Well as of right not i can't tell of any perf. gains but it did turn off my EGR ses and compinsated for my speedo after the gears.
Steeda Tri-ax
-BAD ARSE well worth it, however it is a little noisey
Mac CAI
-looks awesome
FMS billet flywheel
-My clutch seems to like it alot more, no shuddering when starting out in first like it used to do
Next up P&P my 99 heads, some cams and some of those alluminum valve covers. Anybody got stories to tell about their P&P heads and cams expeirences?