Need help? What Mods Next?
Need help? What Mods Next? Not sure where to go from here on my 2002 firehawk? Car only sees quarter mile track couple times a year. mods so far are:
• SLP Headers
• Volant Cold Air Intake
• COMP Cam
• Heads, Intake and Throttle body
Ported and polished by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
• Dyno tuned by Exotic Performance Plus, Columbia City, IN
• MAF Delete
• Flowmaster muffler W/ Electric cut out
• 6 Speed Transmission with Steel Shift Forks, Bronze Fork Pads, Billet Synchro Keys
• MGW Short Throw Shifter
• RAM HD Clutch
• Moser Ford 9” Rear Axle with 4:11 gear and Truetrac limited slip Differential
• Competition Engineering Adjustable Drag Shocks
• Spohn solid motor mounts
• UMI 3 Point Sub-Frame Connectors
• Shock Tower Brace
• BMR Torque Arm
• BMR Torque Arm Relocation Bracket
• Founders Performance Lower Control arms and Panhard Bar
• Drilled/Slotted Rotors with Ceramic Pads
• SJM Line Lock
• 220 AMP Alternator with upgraded power wires
Any help or suggestions appreciated, Thinking about maybe a Spohn kmember with manual steering rack n pinion, but not sure if its worth money for a weekend cruiser?
• SLP Headers
• Volant Cold Air Intake
• COMP Cam
• Heads, Intake and Throttle body
Ported and polished by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
• Dyno tuned by Exotic Performance Plus, Columbia City, IN
• MAF Delete
• Flowmaster muffler W/ Electric cut out
• 6 Speed Transmission with Steel Shift Forks, Bronze Fork Pads, Billet Synchro Keys
• MGW Short Throw Shifter
• RAM HD Clutch
• Moser Ford 9” Rear Axle with 4:11 gear and Truetrac limited slip Differential
• Competition Engineering Adjustable Drag Shocks
• Spohn solid motor mounts
• UMI 3 Point Sub-Frame Connectors
• Shock Tower Brace
• BMR Torque Arm
• BMR Torque Arm Relocation Bracket
• Founders Performance Lower Control arms and Panhard Bar
• Drilled/Slotted Rotors with Ceramic Pads
• SJM Line Lock
• 220 AMP Alternator with upgraded power wires
Any help or suggestions appreciated, Thinking about maybe a Spohn kmember with manual steering rack n pinion, but not sure if its worth money for a weekend cruiser?
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Yeah, other than possibly stepping up whatever intake you have a notch I can't think of much else. You have the car pretty much dialed in other than having some sort of FI. I would start building the bottom end for some boost, there's nothing else that can really be done that will yield you a bunch more power than what you already have.
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Thanks for replies!! I dont really know much about FI so I would have to start doing some homework... seems like I would have to pretty much start over on engine tho right?? new heads, cam, intake, ext...?
What you guys think about solid motor mounts? when I searched i didnt find a lot of negatives other than vibrations which i dont mind, But had reply saying to lose the solids before it messes up my block??
What you guys think about solid motor mounts? when I searched i didnt find a lot of negatives other than vibrations which i dont mind, But had reply saying to lose the solids before it messes up my block??
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I've never heard of it messing up a block but then again I haven't really dug into info on the solids. I went poly and I didn't notice any more vibrations with those. Maybe somebody else will chime in. You could also go to true duals on your car. I just did recently and the car seems to pull itself around alot better than before. I haven't ran it hard because I'm breaking in my 9 inch but it seems to be quite a bit more responsive.
I figured if high HP drag cars can run solids so mine should be just fine, but I cant help worrying about it when somebody mentions it could mess up my block.
my exhaust is kind of weird. It comes off the headers into any x pipe then after the xpipe one side opens immediately into a dump with an electric cut out. the other side runs back over the axle into a flowmaster muffler. I kind of like having the option to run it quite but I do wonder if its the best way to go?
my exhaust is kind of weird. It comes off the headers into any x pipe then after the xpipe one side opens immediately into a dump with an electric cut out. the other side runs back over the axle into a flowmaster muffler. I kind of like having the option to run it quite but I do wonder if its the best way to go?
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If its only dumping 1 side of the exhaust I wouldn't imagine that being very good/effective. Unless both sides are coming into it 1 and then it dumps. the only thing I could see being different about your car and a race car would be the amount of time its actually being driven. You take a race car less than 3 miles maybe 20 or so times a year vs. one vacation in a street car and you've got just as much time driving it. Do a little digging around and I'm sure you'll find a definate answer on it.
I always kind of wondered how effective the exhaust setup was... both sides do come together at the xpipe then it dumps right after... that is how the exhaust was setup when i bought car so I left it until i can think of better way to do it