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New here, first mustang. - 10/10/2007 12:23:21 AM
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smith710
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Ok, I'm new to the Mustang world, I just picked this one up a couple of days ago for 4700. It's a nice 2000 white V6 with 83,000 miles on it. It's in awesome shape. This is my first Mustang and I love it! Getting used to the small space though, my last car was a 98 Dodge Intrepid.... Big car.... Well I'm not the best around when it comes to upgrading cars and such, I know a bit, but not a whole lot. I was curious if you guys had any small easy things that would give it some more hp. Do those cheap chips work on eBay? They claim to give like 35 more hp and they cost like $10 shipped, so it's kind of hard to believe. But what other things can be done, small jobs that are fairly easy to do. You can never have too much hp. Thanks alot
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/10/2007 8:57:05 AM
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smith710
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Lol, no I didn't think it was cheap, that's why I found it hard to believe. Where on the forums would I find a used tuner? Any other small, easy ideas? Thanks
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/10/2007 8:22:39 PM
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Ok, thanks, I will do that tomorrow. I'm going to check around for the k&n filters tomorrow and see if anybody has them without having to order them. When I get that I will take out the air silencer. So the next step after that would be getting a tuner? I'm working from scratch trying to learn as I go, this car has no mods to it, just a factory car, fully loaded though. I've been doing alot of research on what you guys do to your mustangs to get some more power out of them, I'm not looking to spend thousands upon thousands at the moment, so I'm just trying to do small things for now and work my way up. Thanks alot for the help.
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/10/2007 8:59:11 PM
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smith710
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What about a cold air intake off ebay? How difficult is it to put one of them in? Some of them come with reusable air filters, are they as good as the k&n? Or if I was to get a cold air intake, should I put a k&n on it anyways??
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 5:05:07 PM
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smith710
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Ok, I took out the air silencer and threw in a K&N air filter. Lol, I'm not sure if I really can feel a little more power or if it's just in my head.... It feels a little better, I think at least. So my next step would definately be a tuner now? Nothing more small I can do?
Thanks alot
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 5:12:17 PM
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smith710
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Oh, those cheap chips on ebay, the ones for like $5 - $20, do they do ANYTHING? I mean pretty much any good AT ALL, even like 1hp or a little better for the car or something? I think they said they are resistors, can they hurt the car at all?
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 5:41:29 PM
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No, they don't.
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 8:09:55 PM
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And remember boys and girls, if you want to play you have to pay. See......it's right here in the rule book  now where did I put that beer.....oh there it is  
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 8:33:30 PM
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Lol, thanks alot guys. I figured that much, if it was that cheap I couldn't amagine it doing anything, but I figured I'd ask because for that much, if it did ANYTHING, why not? But thanks, yeah I'm planning on doing more in the future, just at the moment I have more important stuff to deal with. My next step would probably be an exhaust, so until then, I guess I'm waiting.
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/11/2007 8:55:49 PM
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Do you guys use K&N oil filters too? I have 83000 miles, should I go with a high mileage oil filter, such as the fram high mileage ones, or go with a K&N? What kind of fuel filters do you guys recommend?
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/13/2007 4:04:20 PM
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You could check into smaller U/D pulleys, unless you're planning on putting in a system or something.
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/14/2007 7:31:35 PM
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i have the bbk cai on my car and i noticed a small diff. some1 i know that is trained in fords and works at a dealership said that on a mustang cai don't really do much if anything for hp just more tq, he also said that they can be more restirctive due to having the diff air filter. You just have to look for the better filters like k&n. Thats what he said i didn't go to school for it so i had no right to call him a lier lol
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/25/2007 10:26:20 AM
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Ok as of now, this is all I have done. I put in aa K&N air filter, took out the air silencer, put some decent spark plugs in, 8mm wires, and just made the car look nicer. I think my next small cheaper steps are going to be, a screamin demon coil pack, 9mm stangwires, a tuner, maybe a cold air intake, nicer sound system, and some more things to make the car look a bit nicer (stripes lights, etc). I'm just looking for cheap, small things right now, but in the future I'm already planning on a supercharger, a nice exhaust once I get the money.
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RE: New here, first mustang. - 10/25/2007 10:38:20 AM
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Forget the coil pack, you don't need anywhere near that much spark capsity at this point. The wires alone will do just fine.
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