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[d3vine]

Hi everyone, I am from the states. Just purchased a 2007 Ford Mustang GT a week ago. It's white with blue racing stripes. I would like to get an extra 100hp from the car aspirated. What aftermarket parts do you all recommend? I would also like a loud exhausts. Thanks, any recommendations would be appreciated!

[stig]

Hi dude,

I assume you mean normall aspirated? In which case, 100hp is a fair whack!

Howver, I would advise the following:

C&L cold air intake and tune (preferably racer version with high octane tune - so super unleaded only)
Steeda underdrive pulleys
CMCV deletion (you will need a special tune for this)

To help power and give you a more musclecar sound:

Longtube header (I have American Racing L/T headers but there's plenty of choice)
Hi flow cats & X-pipe or off road X-pipe
Axle backs - Borla (same as Ford Racing, Steeda etc.), Magnaflow also good, I have SLP loudmouths

Normally aspirate you'll be doing very well to get near 400hp at the crank, but this is still plenty for the road.

Good choice of car by the way!

[d3vine]

Hi stig, thanks for the quick reply. As you probably have seen me loitering around the Ultima forum for quite some time now. I just thought, it's about time for me to get a car that's practical, fun, great looking, and fast. I had a deposit down for the Shelby GT500 (Alloy color with silver stripes) but pulled out because I wanted a car that I can customize and modified. And the Shelby GT500 doesn't seem to be a good choice for that.

I'll definitely take some pics of the car and post them on here.

[Twin Turbo]

stig said:

Hi dude,

I assume you mean normall aspirated? In which case, 100hp is a fair whack!

Howver, I would advise the following:

C&L cold air intake and tune (preferably racer version with high octane tune - so super unleaded only)
Steeda underdrive pulleys
CMCV deletion (you will need a special tune for this)

To help power and give you a more musclecar sound:

Longtube header (I have American Racing L/T headers but there's plenty of choice)
Hi flow cats & X-pipe or off road X-pipe
Axle backs - Borla (same as Ford Racing, Steeda etc.), Magnaflow also good, I have SLP loudmouths

Normally aspirate you'll be doing very well to get near 400hp at the crank, but this is still plenty for the road.

Good choice of car by the way!

How are you getting on with those mods, Stig? I wanna hear that exhaust up close and personal

[LuS1fer]

There are a couple of threads on Stangnet about getting over 400hp naturally aspirated here:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread
and here is a thread suggesting it's not quite that easy:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread

A supercharger will obviously give you an easy 100hp.

Is there any reason you're not asking the "experts" on the US forums?

[stig]

Twin Turbo said:

stig said:

Hi dude,

I assume you mean normall aspirated? In which case, 100hp is a fair whack!

Howver, I would advise the following:

C&L cold air intake and tune (preferably racer version with high octane tune - so super unleaded only)
Steeda underdrive pulleys
CMCV deletion (you will need a special tune for this)

To help power and give you a more musclecar sound:

Longtube header (I have American Racing L/T headers but there's plenty of choice)
Hi flow cats & X-pipe or off road X-pipe
Axle backs - Borla (same as Ford Racing, Steeda etc.), Magnaflow also good, I have SLP loudmouths

Normally aspirate you'll be doing very well to get near 400hp at the crank, but this is still plenty for the road.

Good choice of car by the way!

How are you getting on with those mods, Stig? I wanna hear that exhaust up close and personal

Half way through mate. Will be done by the weekend

Have the 'before' video prepped - http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t2 but it's the 'after' I can't wait for

Edited by stig on Thursday 19th April 21:15

[stig]

LuS1fer said:

There are a couple of threads on Stangnet about getting over 400hp naturally aspirated here:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread
and here is a thread suggesting it's not quite that easy:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread

A supercharger will obviously give you an easy 100hp.

Is there any reason you're not asking the "experts" on the US forums?

UK Brake Horsepower vs. US Horsepower for starter

Btw. Mine made 327.5bhp at the crank bone stock on Powerstation's dyno (but I'd say this was on the generous side).

[d3vine]

Ahh dang, so my hopes of getting 400hp n/a isn't possible... are there any twinturbo systems available for the new mustangs?

[LuS1fer]

stig said:

LuS1fer said:

There are a couple of threads on Stangnet about getting over 400hp naturally aspirated here:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread
and here is a thread suggesting it's not quite that easy:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread

A supercharger will obviously give you an easy 100hp.

Is there any reason you're not asking the "experts" on the US forums?

UK Brake Horsepower vs. US Horsepower for starter

Btw. Mine made 327.5bhp at the crank bone stock on Powerstation's dyno (but I'd say this was on the generous side).

I'm not so sure that is on the generous side. I've seen some near stock S197s running low 13's in the US and 300hp can't explain that. Historically, US manufacturers tend to underquote to keep insurers happy - the last camaro Z28 and Mustang Cobra being prime examples. A friend of mine is in the motor trade and visited the Saleen factory and took a dislike to Steve Saleen. He reckoned the 325hp Saleeen made exactly the same power as stock but you know, these are all stories and dynos are never definitive. They're great for making comparisons on the same car though. I'm looking forward to seeing your car finished. The trouble is that like you, i did all my mods pretty much at the same time and am now a bit at a loose end because there's nothing I really want to do to it now except maybe change the mods for something else....or change the car. LOL.

[Twin Turbo]

Did you say change the car??? Me first dibs, I'll 'av it

Either yours, Mr Kipling's or Zektor's.......or Stig's when he's modded it. I'm all for letting someone else put all the nice mods on it first

[Twin Turbo]

stig said:

Have the 'before' video prepped - http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t2 but it's the 'after' I can't wait for

I take it the GT/CS runs the same stock exhaust as the normal GT? That sounds pretty darn nice as it is. But, of course, it can always be made nicer

[stig]

LuS1fer said:

The trouble is that like you, i did all my mods pretty much at the same time and am now a bit at a loose end because there's nothing I really want to do to it now except maybe change the mods for something else....or change the car. LOL.

Ah, but this is just the start. I can't wait to get it onto a track and put it through its paces

Then there's drifting...

[stig]

Twin Turbo said:

stig said:

Have the 'before' video prepped - http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t2 but it's the 'after' I can't wait for

I take it the GT/CS runs the same stock exhaust as the normal GT? That sounds pretty darn nice as it is. But, of course, it can always be made nicer

Pretty much, just comes with stainless tips.

What's hiding in the boxes in the workshop is much, MUCH better though

Seems criminal having an 'as new' stock exhaust system sat there redundant though!

[[Ocuk]Gibbo]

Hi there

I pretty did most of the N/A mods on my 2005 Mustang and the result was 388BHP with 375Lb-Ft on PowerStations dyno.

So thats most likely more in the region of 370BHP and 370Lb-Ft on most other dyno's but there again who knows as my mate took his M5 on which is 400BHP and it read 388BHP.

Anyway I did the following:-
C&L CAI, Racer tube and Octane 93 Bamachips Race tune (RON 98 equivalent)
Steeda Charge Motion Delete plates
Saleen UnderDrive Pulleys
Bassani LT Headers
Bassani X-Pipe with DE-CATs
Saleen Magnaflow centre exit exhaust

So the above were good for circa 70BHP and 50Lb-Ft which is a very noticable improvement.

Also remember adding lightweight driveshafts help give more power at the wheels and reducing the cars weight can also make good performance and handling improvements.

An N/A car thats tuned with the above bolt-ons and been on a small diet will pull circa 12.7s 1/4 mile with a good driver.

[d3vine]

What are these:

C&L CAI, Racer tube and Octane 93 Bamachips Race tune (RON 98 equivalent)

Steeda Charge Motion Delete plates

[leelegend]

stig/gibbo

please excuse the newbie questions:

where did you get all the parts (did you import them)?
do you recommend anyone for the fitting/tuning?

lee

[mrkipling]

[quote=[Ocuk]Gibbo].

An N/A car thats tuned with the above bolt-ons and been on a small diet will pull circa 12.7s 1/4 mile with a good driver.[/quote]

And a pair of sticky tyres of course!

Mine went 13.25 @ 106 with a Magnaflow cat back, flash tune & C&L intake on the stock Pirelli's With slicks or drag radials it probably would have dipped into the twelves...

Why not a supercharger? the kits are well proven & very effective.

[d3vine]

i'll definitely put on a supercharger later on. but i just can't justify spending 5.6k on a supercharger at the moment. i saw this little computer gadget that allows you to reprogram the ecu that gives an extra 14hp and similar lb feet of torque. how does this computer gadget work?

[d3vine]

i was racing against a 2007 Porsche 911 Carerra S. i can't seem to overtake him at 100+. i need more power. boy, but i do love the sound of that v8.

Edited by d3vine on Friday 20th April 15:48

[mrkipling]

d3vine said:

i'll definitely put on a supercharger later on. but i just can't justify spending 5.6k on a supercharger at the moment. i saw this little computer gadget that allows you to reprogram the ecu that gives an extra 14hp and similar lb feet of torque. how does this computer gadget work?

Have a look here http://brenspeed.com/ at the SCT X-Calibrator. They come with 3 programs already written by the supplier.

Jeff

Edited by mrkipling on Friday 20th April 16:58