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Old 08-14-2009, 11:50 AM
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hey guys, im looking for something to give my stang a little more power, which will do the trick better? chips and tuners? or shaker system?
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:15 PM
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Remove that 800lb spoiler from your trunk and that'll free up a little weight.

To answer your question, get a tuner/intake combo. A shaker hood is basically for looks and doesn't give you much, if any power. An tuner/intake will really wake up your car and that would be the best bet for you to make a little more power for your money.
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 01:24 PM
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i didnt no the spoiler weights that much
do they weigh that much on the sn95
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 01:57 PM
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there not 800 pounds maybe 15.lol

get the tuner and some gears.
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 03:55 PM
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the shaker will not give you more horsepower, it is just for looks, and in my opinion, looks horrible unless you get the mach 1 hood. it DOES cool down you engine, bu you are not making the kind of horsepower that you need to cool down your engine so badly.

i recommend saving the money to buy gears and a tuner. do you have a 3.8l or a V8?? auto or manual??
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 05:43 PM
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Get a tune out of those mods listed it will actually make the car faster unlike the shaker.
 
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by engineman312
the shaker will not give you more horsepower, it is just for looks, and in my opinion, looks horrible unless you get the mach 1 hood. it DOES cool down you engine, bu you are not making the kind of horsepower that you need to cool down your engine so badly.

i recommend saving the money to buy gears and a tuner. do you have a 3.8l or a V8?? auto or manual??
what gears should i get? V8 manual
 
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Sunshine
Remove that 800lb spoiler from your trunk and that'll free up a little weight.

To answer your question, get a tuner/intake combo. A shaker hood is basically for looks and doesn't give you much, if any power. An tuner/intake will really wake up your car and that would be the best bet for you to make a little more power for your money.
lol i cant thats what makes my stang stand out! which tuners are the best?? how do they work?
 
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by debonaire14
which tuners are the best?? how do they work?
I would go with SCT and they just plug into your obd port under the dash on the left side of the shifter/center console.
 
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by redfire04
I would go with SCT and they just plug into your obd port under the dash on the left side of the shifter/center console.
Ive heard that tuners mess up your engine faster bcuz your forcing it.. is this true??
 
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by debonaire14
what gears should i get? V8 manual
i'd get 3.73 gears with a V8 manual. it'll help you acceleration and not kill your top end speed or gas milage. go with this combo http://www.americanmuscle.com/xcal2-...r-oil-kit.html

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Ive heard that tuners mess up your engine faster bcuz your forcing it.. is this true??

absolutly not, lol. what are you forcing?? you are just changing the computer to get the most out of the octane of fuel. i recommend getting a 93 octane performance tune.
 
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Old 08-18-2009, 05:27 AM
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get some 4.10's! but tuner/cai is definitely the best upgrade to start with, builds your foundation so you can do more laterz
 
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by garrett01001
get some 4.10's! but tuner/cai is definitely the best upgrade to start with, builds your foundation so you can do more laterz
For the 04 and earlier cars a tuner/cai combo is not going to do nearly as much as it does on your 05+ cars.
 
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Ok tx guys. Right now it's between gears and a tuner. Or just trading it in for a cobra!!
 
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Old 08-19-2009, 05:20 AM
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get gears AND a tuner
 
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Old 08-20-2009, 06:27 PM
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what do you guys think? gears and tuner? or (possibly) trading it in for a cobra?
 
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Old 08-20-2009, 06:50 PM
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i got a shaker setup for my 04, yeah, it is pretty much useless, i just got it cause it looks cool.
 
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Old 08-20-2009, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by debonaire14
Ive heard that tuners mess up your engine faster bcuz your forcing it.. is this true??
Did the person that said that say something like this:

"Hey, don't stick one of those thingies into the watever-you-call-it because it somehow stretches the metal stuff in such a way that your fetzer valve might break"?

Chips/tunes work! They are proven as hell.....just like the sun going up. Get a bad tune, you can ruin a motor.

On a near stock car, they help a little....on a modded car, they start to become an absolute must have.
 
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