getting the most of the engine
 

I'm wondering what's the best way to go to get the most out of my engine. I have a 2001 V6 automatic. A while back I heard about a shift kit (?), but I don't know anything about them and I don't know anyone who has ever worked on a mustang before. Advice anyone?

i dont know too much about the V6 cars but ill take a shot at it. you can put some better gears in the back, id go with 3.73s, they work good with an auto. also you can put some GT dual exhaust on it, underdrive pullies, shift kit(like you mentioned if they have them) cold air, remove air silencer. also look into some magazines, i know Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords did a huge V6 performance book at the end of the mag, lots of good stuff in it, and also with that it will tell you what works and what doesnt and how much gain you'll get!!!

also if you have the money, apparently you can stroke out the 3.8 to 4.4.

I have modified mine so far with dual exhaust and a cold air intake. It has made a nice improvement so far, I'm also considering underdrive pulleys. Check out www.extremev6racing.com for some more radical ideas on V6 performance.

Gears are great.
Vortech or Procharger supercharger.
4.2 is the biggest you can stroke it to.
Nitrous. (about 75hp is the max you want to run.)
Shift Kit.
Underdrive pullies
Dual exhaust.

what about the Morana Racing 4.4 stroker? its a alignhoned and decked 3.8 block. i was reading about it in the janurary edition of mm&ff.

Kool did not know they came out with that kit. Last I checked it was a 4.2 but that was a while back I checked. I am glad they are going bigger,

yeah its a neat little thing, i was reading about it a couple days ago. but i have yet to see any hard numbers on its horsepower and torque.

why go with cold air intake when u can go ram air and get up to 20 hp more and maybe .3 seconds off the quarter mile thats what i am going for well the stalker body kit will be getting some day and it comes with a functional ram air hood that goes with a v-6