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#58 of 60 4.6liter power adders by gmedeiros83 May 09, 2008 (3:08 pm)
I got a 96 gt with BBK intake and BBK stainless exhaust. Was planning on changing the mass airflow sensor, putting in a bigger throttle body, and swapping out the exhaust manifolds for some shorty headers. Just curious if there are any cheaper ways of adding more power and if any of these ideas are a waste of money. Also take any suggestions on adding a chip. Replies to this message: waterdr (May 12, 2008 8:41 pm)
#59 of 60 Re: 4.6liter power adders [gmedeiros83] by waterdr May 12, 2008 (8:41 pm)
Replying to: gmedeiros83 (May 09, 2008 3:08 pm) Swapping the MAF is a complete waste of time. The MAF is designed to support about 400 hp, so unless you have made major modifications to the car, the MAF needs to be left alone unless it is damaged. One way to know for sure is to read the voltage from the MAF off a datalogger. If it is pegged at 5 volts, then it needs to be upgraded. Unless the car has a turbo or Supercharger, then a MAF upgrade is not needed. One exception would be if the fuel injectors are upgraded.   The stock headers on a Mustang are pretty efficient. Shorty headers are good for a solid ZERO hp unless the car has forced induction (turbo, supercharger). If it does, you might see a small gain. Long tubes are good for about 10 to 20 hp on a Mustang with forced induction.   You can upgrade the TB and upper plenum and get about 10 hp on your car.   However, the big opportunity that you are missing is upgrading the heads and cams. The 1996 to 1998 cars suffer from a crappy head design. The 1999 to 2004 cars made 40 more hp because of this. If I had a 1996 car I would go with ported heads and a nice set of cams and you get add about 100 hp, but expect to pay about $3000 especially with a chip and dyno tune.....more for installation.
#60 of 60 Help super charging an 01 GT by grog04 Aug 23, 2009 (2:48 pm)
I have an 01 GT 4.6 with 50,000 KM on it and would like to super charge it. Any tips or recomendations are appreciated.

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