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95GTS · 09-28-2000, 11:08 AM

Stock for stock your car will beat him if you can shift, alot of it is driver. Your car has 10 hp more but is also a little heavier cause the 4.6 engine is actually heavier, weight wise, than the 5.0. If you haven't already take off the air silencer as well as put in a K&N air filter so the car can breathe. Makes all the difference in the world. Around $53 at Oreillys for the K&N. Unless you have the Steeda timing adjuster you can't change the timing. Don't worry about that right now anyways. What kind of tires do you have? If you don't have them get Z rated tires. Softer compound and stickier than regular tires (unless you wanna get drag radials or slicks)

. I've got about 25,000 miles on my Dayton Daytona ZRs and still plenty of tread left. Tires make a big difference. 3.73 gears from Fordmotorsport. Diversified Marketing in the MM&FF has them for $149. You can't beat that. I've tried to find cheaper. You will love the 3.73s and it won't hurt your mpg's very much either. Exhaust. Have you done any work here yet? If not, get a better flowing H or X pipe as well as better flowing mufflers. Got to get rid of some exhaust restriction. On mine I still have the stock H-pipe on but I had the tailpipes and mufflers cut off, and then added about a foot and a half +/- of pipe after the H-pipe and made turndowns that dump in front of the rear axle and mounted/welded them to the brackets where the mufflers mounted. It's not as loud as you would think. Those stock cats have quite a bit of restriction. It's at least something you can do for right now for sound/performance and then later you can go all out on the exhaust when money permits. It frees up quite a bit of exhaust when you get rid of those restrictive stock muffs and that bend in the tailpipes as well as a nice weight reduction.

Those suckers are very heavy. It cost my $30 at the muffler shop to have this done. It sounds great. Trust me. Everyone around here loves it. I didn't want my car to sound like everyone else's Flowmaster. No really loud drone at 2000 rpm either. I've had people tell me it sounds alot bigger than a 4.6 or 5.0. I get alot of complements on it. You get on it and it just sounds bad @ss. You could also get underdrive pulleys and subframe connectors will make a difference too by stiffening up the chassis. Go out somewhere and practice your launches and you shifting. Figure out where you need to shift in the rpms too. I beat 5.0s when my stang was stock as well as now. Practice, practice, practice. Most people do not know how to drive their car.

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FOR SALE: 1996 Mustang GTS: 5-speed, K&N, removed air silencer, 3.73s, turndowns after stock H-pipe (no mufflers), 16 inch Mustang GT wheels; 46,400 miles. $11,500

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09-28-2000, 11:08 AM	#7
95GTS Git jiggy Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: MO USA Posts: 865	Stock for stock your car will beat him if you can shift, alot of it is driver. Your car has 10 hp more but is also a little heavier cause the 4.6 engine is actually heavier, weight wise, than the 5.0. If you haven't already take off the air silencer as well as put in a K&N air filter so the car can breathe. Makes all the difference in the world. Around $53 at Oreillys for the K&N. Unless you have the Steeda timing adjuster you can't change the timing. Don't worry about that right now anyways. What kind of tires do you have? If you don't have them get Z rated tires. Softer compound and stickier than regular tires (unless you wanna get drag radials or slicks) . I've got about 25,000 miles on my Dayton Daytona ZRs and still plenty of tread left. Tires make a big difference. 3.73 gears from Fordmotorsport. Diversified Marketing in the MM&FF has them for $149. You can't beat that. I've tried to find cheaper. You will love the 3.73s and it won't hurt your mpg's very much either. Exhaust. Have you done any work here yet? If not, get a better flowing H or X pipe as well as better flowing mufflers. Got to get rid of some exhaust restriction. On mine I still have the stock H-pipe on but I had the tailpipes and mufflers cut off, and then added about a foot and a half +/- of pipe after the H-pipe and made turndowns that dump in front of the rear axle and mounted/welded them to the brackets where the mufflers mounted. It's not as loud as you would think. Those stock cats have quite a bit of restriction. It's at least something you can do for right now for sound/performance and then later you can go all out on the exhaust when money permits. It frees up quite a bit of exhaust when you get rid of those restrictive stock muffs and that bend in the tailpipes as well as a nice weight reduction. Those suckers are very heavy. It cost my $30 at the muffler shop to have this done. It sounds great. Trust me. Everyone around here loves it. I didn't want my car to sound like everyone else's Flowmaster. No really loud drone at 2000 rpm either. I've had people tell me it sounds alot bigger than a 4.6 or 5.0. I get alot of complements on it. You get on it and it just sounds bad @ss. You could also get underdrive pulleys and subframe connectors will make a difference too by stiffening up the chassis. Go out somewhere and practice your launches and you shifting. Figure out where you need to shift in the rpms too. I beat 5.0s when my stang was stock as well as now. Practice, practice, practice. Most people do not know how to drive their car. ------------------ FOR SALE: 1996 Mustang GTS: 5-speed, K&N, removed air silencer, 3.73s, turndowns after stock H-pipe (no mufflers), 16 inch Mustang GT wheels; 46,400 miles. $11,500 [This message has been edited by 96GTS (edited 09-28-2000).] [This message has been edited by 96GTS (edited 09-28-2000).]