well, the title mostly says what i have to ask. i'd like to have 300rwhp b4 april. maybe a little more but i want to get over that mark without a supercharger, heads and cams. anyone out there have a real recipe i could use to make 300 or so rwhp?
Yea, I don't see 300rwhp without cams and or ported heads, unless you change out pistons and make the thing 11:1 compression. Then your looking at premium fuel and no supercharging, so thats out. The long tubes will help alot, the Steeda pullys are top notch but a waste as stated before if you plan on a s/c. About the only things smart to go at this point are the long tubes and maybe the pleneum and 75mm tb if your going with a centrifical and not a roots blower. You could also get a new lower intake, P51, trickflow, FRPP Bullitt, and I think Professional Products makes one too. Heck you may as well just rebuild the whole engine because if eventually you will have ported heads and cams then you won't be able to push a lot of boost because you'll just blow the stock bottom end. If your staying with the stock bottom end then don't waste your cash on any more bolt ons, the right supercharger will get you to the limit (about 400rwhp).
Hello, my name is David but on the boards I'm know as Ruzman. I have a 2000 GT 5 speed manual and the only mods that I have worth mentioning are the following:
1. Bassani X-pipe w/Bassani quiet thunder cats-back (3" tips)
2. FRPP 3.73 gears
3. Diablosport Predator Tune
4. Suncoast Creations functional ram-air hood w/K&N filter (pretty much cosmetic since ram-air does nothing but allow a tiny bit of cooler air into the airbox. Doubtful if ANY hp gain.)
5. Bullitt suspension upgrade
These mods have dyno'd my Stang only 233hp and that was with a rich fuel reading at the time. Like said above for the most part the quickest, easiest way to gain 300+ hp on our engines is to supercharge or turbo charge them.
-Ruz