Originally posted by Redcivic
Well, we'll see, one of my best friends just bought a 2002 GT (Bullitt rims, big scoop) Auto, and to date we have installed a cold air intake with a K&N and we made the hood scoop functional. He just graduated from the police academy so after christmas he will take his first decent check and buy the magnaflow cat back, then the magnaflow X-Pipe, then cats (or no cats), then headers (which I have heard won't add much and are a pain ti install). I want him to run it now so we can sort of get a base line. As for my coupe, well, I have some serious traction issues but I just bought some new toyo's so they should do much better than the crappy BFG Euro's I had on before. I know I should be in the 12's but I just have not been able to do it. I even let a friend drive her a few runs just to rule out driver error. He drives an 12 second hatch and his best in my coupe was a 13.3 somthing. Eventually I will get a set of slicks but we'll see what happens with the new tires, head gasket (lower compression). I dynoed at 270+ Hp to the wheels after the car was tuned the first time. I need to go back to the dyno and get my car retuned after the head gasket replacement. Oh, and my friends low 11 second 5.0 has lifted the wheels one or twice. He is about to break into the tens after his supercharger install is done.
Ya man, once you get the sticky tires you should be laying down a good run. That head gasket replacement is a pain in the ass.
Good idea, to do do a run first to see what the improvement will be on the Stang. What did you do to make the scoop functional? I can't see being able to use a K&N with the hood scoop because they are mostly fender wall instals for the 99+ cars.....did he get something else? Heat would be an issue if the intake was more central I would think?
Anyway, as for the headers (shorties) they will add 5 or maybe 8 horses.......DON"T GO WITH SHORTIES.......use LONG TUBE headers which make a hell of a difference with dyno tests of up to 25 horses with a short X-pipe. BBK makes them, Hooker makes them and Bassani makes them......just so you know. If he's looking for a good time on the strip, why doesn't he look into a rear gear change?