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Old 02-12-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Default 2007 V6 Mustang Upgrades.. need your advice

Ok so i have a 2007 pony v6 in red fire red. black interior. So far i have blacked out stock headlights. put on a gt spoiler. have a black center strip with two pin stripes, and louvers..
Today i got my h pipe flow master dual exhaust put in. SOUNDS AMAZING!!!

Now im looking at the following upgrades.. but need your advice.

Cold Air Intake.
Im between the BBK from American Muscle.
and the K&N . I know K&N is a better brand but the bbk is cheapers.. what do you think? Are these easy to install to?

Throttle Body
All i can find is the BBK 70mm Throttle body for 300 bucks. Do you know of any others? How easy is this to install

Halo Headlights from American Muscle.
Right now i have stock blacked out head lights.. If i go halo, i cant black them out.. what do you think? How easy is this to install? i mean wiring wise?

GT Grille for V6 with angel eye fog lights
How easy is this to install?
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the thing about cold air intakes is that as long as your going with a major name brand, it doesn't really matter which one you choose. Its the tune that does most of the work,

Throttle bodies do not do much for our cars. Maybe 1-2 hp. Many people say they have put the stock one back on.

That 300 dollars should go towards a tuner. Go to bamachips.com, they have cai tuner combos for around 600 dollars, the best bang for your buck of any performance mod.
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I have also heard that unless you have forced induction the throttle body doesn't help. And that is the only one for our cars. If you can find a ram air kit instead of a cold air kit do that. Its the cold air set up but it has air forced into the air box, it more air, the only thing is you might need a new hood depending on if you can find one.
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+1 on josh. CAI can be installed by a trained monkey. pretty much everything would be easy to instal for a low experienced mustang owner. im sure u could do it all if u had the right tools
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Gears would also be a big improvement. 3.73 or 4.10. I have even seen 5.13 kits. I want new gears but can't figure out which to get. I am wondering if with 4.10s do you get through first so quick that its a waste or is it even worth it?
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Skip the throttle body. The BBK CAI and a tune would be good.
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Throttle bodies do not do much for our cars. Maybe 1-2 hp. Many people say they have put the stock one back on.
Torch Bearer posted up this dyno sheet on another site showing before and after his Zabteck throttle body.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...ang/dyno08.jpg

But definately get a CAI and race tune.
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Skip the throttle body. The BBK CAI and a tune would be good.

i have the bbk cai and throttle body and a steeda throttle body spacer and it makes a turbo whistle and i have scared off some gt's(im guessing they were all stock) i did notice more higher end torque with the throttle body also if you get a tuner check out american muscle they have free tunes for life when you buy a tuner
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