99-04 Free Mods?
Mar 7, 2006 | 12:37 PM
#1
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From: College Station
99-04 Free Mods?
I just got my 'Stang and I'm really new to this mod motor thing, all my know-how is for LT1/LS1(boyfriend has one of each) , or big mod motor mods (like...forged internals + 150 shot). What all free mods are there for my car? I know it's got the air box thing removed...what else is there?
Mar 7, 2006 | 01:28 PM
#2
Captain Redbeard
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 152
From: LP, nj
honestly theres very little free mods for these cars, you could always hack off the exhaust.....haha, jk. theres a cooling mod you can do, ive never done it on my car, but theres really not much you can do for free to get any real gains
Mar 31, 2006 | 12:42 AM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,780
From: Rockville, MD
yea there isnt really anything i can think of except for removing the second set of shocks in the rear. might want upper/lower control arms before that though. could also do some sort of cheapie sheet metal scoop in the fender well to make it a smoother transition, etc.. not really all that much.
Mar 31, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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From: Atlanta
You could do the chain mod to make it faster... tie a chain and have it pulled by your friend's F-body. 
That sucks. There's gotta be something. How about porting the throttle body?
Coolant bypass?
Can you disassemble the throttle body like the LS1's and remove the part of the shaft that the butterfly goes to-then cut the front half of it, bolt the butterfly back on and grind the excess screws on the back side? That's called the "half-shaft" mod. It helps part throttle airflow so the air doesn't have to jump the speedbump.
Descreen the mass air flow?
Modify the stock thermostat to open at a cooler temp?
Then wire a cheap switch from Radio Shack to the make the fans turn on manually?
Remove the intake and mark where the gasket meets the ports and port match the intake?
Remove the heads and portmatch and even better fully port the runners?
Just throwing out ideas... I have a few more.
That sucks. There's gotta be something. How about porting the throttle body?
Coolant bypass?
Can you disassemble the throttle body like the LS1's and remove the part of the shaft that the butterfly goes to-then cut the front half of it, bolt the butterfly back on and grind the excess screws on the back side? That's called the "half-shaft" mod. It helps part throttle airflow so the air doesn't have to jump the speedbump.
Descreen the mass air flow?
Modify the stock thermostat to open at a cooler temp?
Then wire a cheap switch from Radio Shack to the make the fans turn on manually?
Remove the intake and mark where the gasket meets the ports and port match the intake?
Remove the heads and portmatch and even better fully port the runners?
Just throwing out ideas... I have a few more.
Apr 1, 2006 | 01:58 PM
#10
Launching!
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 252
From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
You could do the chain mod to make it faster... tie a chain and have it pulled by your friend's F-body.
That sucks. There's gotta be something. How about porting the throttle body?
Coolant bypass?
Can you disassemble the throttle body like the LS1's and remove the part of the shaft that the butterfly goes to-then cut the front half of it, bolt the butterfly back on and grind the excess screws on the back side? That's called the "half-shaft" mod. It helps part throttle airflow so the air doesn't have to jump the speedbump.
Descreen the mass air flow?
Modify the stock thermostat to open at a cooler temp?
Then wire a cheap switch from Radio Shack to the make the fans turn on manually?
Remove the intake and mark where the gasket meets the ports and port match the intake?
Remove the heads and portmatch and even better fully port the runners?
Just throwing out ideas... I have a few more.
That sucks. There's gotta be something. How about porting the throttle body?
Coolant bypass?
Can you disassemble the throttle body like the LS1's and remove the part of the shaft that the butterfly goes to-then cut the front half of it, bolt the butterfly back on and grind the excess screws on the back side? That's called the "half-shaft" mod. It helps part throttle airflow so the air doesn't have to jump the speedbump.
Descreen the mass air flow?
Modify the stock thermostat to open at a cooler temp?
Then wire a cheap switch from Radio Shack to the make the fans turn on manually?
Remove the intake and mark where the gasket meets the ports and port match the intake?
Remove the heads and portmatch and even better fully port the runners?
Just throwing out ideas... I have a few more.
