Help

im srry for posting another "help me" thread but i need sum guidenceon where to go next. im 16 and i just recently purchesed my 1st car, a 98' 3.8l v6 mustang (automatic). i just put a CAI in and i feel a sufficient diff.i would just like to know what road i should take next to give me more hp. im lookin to reach around 250- 275hp. any help would be greatly appreciated. THANX!!!

Yeah..those numbers are so unrealistic. You're probably making about 150hp if you're lucly right now. Your only hope is a supercharger.

im not real sure one this, but i think the only difference in the 98 to the 99 engine is the intake and the intake manifold. theres a 40 hp difference between the two. idk what kind of cost youd be looking at but a new manifold couldnt hurt u any.

also how much money do you have to work with

also guys a 3.8mustang.com know all about this stuff... thats what they do. i saw a guy running 11's on that engine, heavily modded of course

thats without supercharging or turbocharging

Uh. You know how hard it is to run 11s with a V8 4.6 naturally aspirated? Hows a V6 gonna do it? It must be full drag...

it would be hard, i never said N/A though, it had a wet shot. but still no turbo or supercharger. but u can go on the website and look for yourself, they even have the time slip from the track.and u gotta think to run that fast even with the wetshot the guy has to have well over 275 hp.

Nitrous is forced induction.

im srry for posting another "help me" thread but i need sum guidenceon where to go next. im 16 and i just recently purchesed my 1st car, a 98' 3.8l v6 mustang (automatic). i just put a CAI in and i feel a sufficient diff.i would just like to know what road i should take next to give me more hp. im lookin to reach around 250- 275hp. any help would be greatly appreciated. THANX!!!

Having a completely warmed over engine, you might hit about 200. That's higher compression, stroked to 4.2L~4.4L, ported heads, intake. a serious cam, roller rockers and so forth. The cost would not really be worth the effort unless your going to put a blower on it. You can add a T-bird SC blower, which you can cheaply find at junk yards. I helped a guy do that. We hit 250hp and 336ft-lbs of torque, but we also had the blower warmed over, and the heads had work on them. the engine basically was rebuilt, stroked and slightly over borred to 4.3L. For the money spent, he could have done a GT engine swap. It was done more for personal gratisfication, and considering that he was easily keeping up with STOCK 99 GT's..... it was well worth the effort, untill the tranny went. Then he had to spend $2800 for a aftermarket tranny, clutch and so forth. I think after everything was said and done, total cost for a complete rebuild of the car was around $14k.

Basically, engine, dynotune, blower, tranny and suspension. About half the money was spend on the suspension alone.

To me, it just isn't worth it.

To me, it just isn't worth it.


Well just image a 3000lbs SN95 with a suspension, and power. It's good for auto cross. I wish I could get my 3610lbs GT down to 3000lbs......

If you wanna lose weight ..gut ALL your interior, remove your stereo, remove your A/C, and then replace every possibly part you can with other lightweight parts. And then you might be close.

If you wanna lose weight ..gut ALL your interior, remove your stereo, remove your A/C, and then replace every possibly part you can with other lightweight parts. And then you might be close.


Actually I am already working on that. I have already removed about 90lbs from the car...

But, I am not going to strip the car, I HATE THAT...

I already have a game plan, and I have already removed weight by going with lighter weight aftermarket componets. I did add weight with the 03 Cobra IRS, but I have something to address that issue with, thanks to Kenny Brown and his tubular A-arms for the IRS.

thanx for ur input but forget the hp #s for now, i would just like to no what i should do next to get more hp besides a blower. thanx

thanx for ur input but forget the hp #s for now, i would just like to no what i should do next to get more hp besides a blower. thanx


IF you can get someone to help you out, get 1.73 Roller rockers
or even 1.80rockers if your not gonna get a cam.

you can get those from here

http://www.rpm-mustangs.com

what about gears, ud pulleys, power programers, headers, tb, tbspacer, shift kit, things of that sort. will those help or r all those things pointless. if they r good and will help what r sum good brands i should look at. just lookin for sum more hp. THANX!!!

Those things will all help..but not much. By the time you sink all that money into it you coulda bought a GT.