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Old 03-08-2008, 08:46 AM
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I just bought a 2000 stock SS 6 speed and need some help and tips on a quick way to ad some horsepower. I'm tired of all these damn mustangs around here talking ****. I know I can't beat them stock. They are not stock. Help me out here.
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LT's/TD's Lid for boltons maybe some nitrous or a H/C/I setu...how much you looking to spend??
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I want to save as much as possible. I'm not to sure about all of the abbreviations you are using. Don't want to look like a dumbass.
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LT's stand for Long Tube headers
TD's stand for True Duals(exhaust setup that gains you the most power)
H/C/I stand for Heads/Cam/Intake
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anyways if you dont want to spend alot of money id do some Headers/True duals and a safe nitrous setup...you could do all of that for around 1k as long as you can do some of the work yourself....headers installs are a pain but there are plenty of how to guides on here to help you out....if you can weld then you could save alot on the true duals or if you wanna save some money do an ORY(off road y pipe) and a cheap catback
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Thanks for the help. Where is the best place to find all of this stuff at a good deal. If you can help me I would appreciate it.
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go to the classifieds on here to find some smoking deals....if you want new then you really just have to shop around....all the sponsors are over on the right hand side...just click on their banner...NP man most ppl on this site are happy to help and answer questions...ive found good deals at thunderracing/straigline performanc/maryland speed...just my personal experiences though
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Thanks man I'll check them out
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NP...goodluck man and enjoy the ride...also might want to look into an ls6 intake...happy mustang hunting
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I'm a big fan of WS6store.com myself... can't beat same day ship-out! I've received all my orders in 2 days.
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Thanks 1fstz i'll check them out
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check out speedinc.com thats who i deal with the most
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Originally Posted by Challenger09
I'm tired of all these damn mustangs around here talking ****. I know I can't beat them stock. They are not stock. Help me out here.
Have you raced any of them? It takes some pretty heavy mods for a GT to keep up with a stock LS1. I have yet to lose to one. Smoke a couple of them stangs in your STOCK SS and then see who's talkin ****.
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Yeah, you can probably still take the Mustangs.
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Nitrous... and be done with them.
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What kind of nitrous kit do you reccomend???
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Originally Posted by Challenger09
What kind of nitrous kit do you reccomend???
Nitrous Outlet [Sponsor on this site] has a slew of base kits.
http://www.nitrousoutlet.com/catalog...del=42&dept=11

You can start out here and build upon it. Throw in a basic tune for saftey and your on your way.
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im a big fan of TNT power ring kits...but nitrous outlet and harris speed works are really popular too
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Do some reading in the nitrous section and learn how to do it right. Then pick out a 100 dry shot from one of the sponsors and get a nitrous tune. That should keep you from blowing up your new ride.
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Originally Posted by WS6addiction
Have you raced any of them? It takes some pretty heavy mods for a GT to keep up with a stock LS1. I have yet to lose to one. Smoke a couple of them stangs in your STOCK SS and then see who's talkin ****.

Yeah, it funny. I was reading a Mustang board the other day, those guys fear the LS1. They have a big mod list just to keep up with a stock LS1. I got a kick out of a guy claiming to beat a WS6 in his near stock GT, a bunch of guys called BS on it.

I don't have much against Mustangs, but that 4.6 needs some help. It's almost like Ford OVER rated it, instead of being UNDER rated like the LS1.



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