[canesboyy2]

Hey whats up guys?

so i got a 1996 mustang gt 4.6 L not long ago. It has almost 110,000 miles on it. It is bone stock exept for an aftermarket air filter. What mods should i begin with first? Any opinions are appreciated. thanks.

[02GTpony]

In all honesty before doing much of anything with that many miles on the car i would buy or crate motor or do a rebuild on your current one. The reason i say this is instead of spending money on bolt ons and then having to stop before you reach your power goals cause things start breaking or the motor can't handle what you want it to do. Save that money and put it towards a crate or rebuild. Could save you alot of headaches further on down the road. But that's just my opinion cause with that many miles I just wouldn't trust the engine.

Now with all of that said if the most has been recently rebuilt I would go with a CAI (cold air intake), TB (throttle body), and Plenum makes sure you get the flow on all these matched up so you don't end up with a bad air/fuel ratio. Match that up with a good flowing exhaust, a set of LTs (long tubes), gears and a tune...be a fun little daily driver. Then after that you can start with all the fun stuff like heads, cams...gets pretty fun.

[racin366]

Yeah, upgrading to a PI engine would be a good bet. As far as mods, first thing to invest in is gears, exhaust, tuner, and subframes. Check the compression on your engine first to get an idea what kind of condition its in.

[canesboyy2]

Ok.. if i was to get a crate motor or rebuild mine, i wouldnt have to do the PI swap or would i?
Also which crate motor could be good if i decide to do that?

[racin366]

Which one depends on how much power you want to make, there are a lot of options, I would make sure you get a forged bottom end and stronger than stock crank at the least. Anything 96-98 will need the PI swap, 99-04 already come PI equipped. How much power do you want? Is it for the street? What's your budget? Those will be the biggest factor in selecting an engine.

[canesboyy2]

Not sure on power, but yes it is for street, and a little drag strip but not much. Budget is a problem seeing as though im only 16. So im just gonna save for a long time haha