05-07 Mustang

[kurt02gt]

Where is all these high horsepower 05-07 V6 Mustangs owners at making crazy HP? Talk about a sleeper. This is probably the best V6 they have put in a Stang. I have seen PA V6 running in the 11-12 sec range, just sick what they can do for you guys now.:skid:

[LimeZoSo]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to some track time this year to see what I can put down. And I think I may just need to go see how pretty my dyno numbers are sometime too.

[badpuss]

Hey Matt, your Pop still has the edge with his new 3.73's, maybe an alcohol/water injection system is in your future.

jb

[zmija]

I have an 05 Windveil blue v6 stang that is a daily driver. In the future I plan to do some mods for the increased HP, but dont want to do the major things to void warranties at this point.
I am looking into the gt rear bumpers and a dual exhaust kit for mods at this point. I like the look of the dual exhausts. Are they any dual kits that are better than the others? Should I be looking at kits with the H-pipes or dual pipes all the way from the cats?
What mods are available that would give a nice boost in HP and surprise others, but not void any warranties? I am looking into spending around 1500 in mods including the bumper/exhaust pieces at this point in time.
I bought the car used but it was ford certified, so it has the remainder of the 3yr/36,000 mile warranty plus I believe it is 6yr/75000 extra warranty for being ford certified.

[LimeZoSo]

Hey Matt, your Pop still has the edge with his new 3.73's, maybe an alcohol/water injection system is in your future.

jb

Well Jeff, this is true. However, I'm planning for the posi and 3.73's for myself, and at least for a while, I want to make it a "driver" race. Even though he'll probably stomp me even if the cars are the same.

[LimeZoSo]

I have an 05 Windveil blue v6 stang that is a daily driver. In the future I plan to do some mods for the increased HP, but dont want to do the major things to void warranties at this point.
I am looking into the gt rear bumpers and a dual exhaust kit for mods at this point. I like the look of the dual exhausts. Are they any dual kits that are better than the others? Should I be looking at kits with the H-pipes or dual pipes all the way from the cats?
What mods are available that would give a nice boost in HP and surprise others, but not void any warranties? I am looking into spending around 1500 in mods including the bumper/exhaust pieces at this point in time.
I bought the car used but it was ford certified, so it has the remainder of the 3yr/36,000 mile warranty plus I believe it is 6yr/75000 extra warranty for being ford certified.

I'm sort of biased in liking the JBA H-pipe kit, but one of the better sounding kits is supposed to be GT take offs. I haven't heard them, and it's really something that you have to make a decision on yourself because everyone has different tastes. As far as a dual pipe set up without an h-pipe, x-pipe or prochamber, just straight pipes all the way back, I have heard that it sounds kinda ricey. But to each their own.

Probably the best thing you could do for a little more get-up-and-go would be a freer flowing intake system with a tune. Something else would be a gear swap and a posi because you would be placing more power to the ground, but that may surpass the amount you want to spend with the other mods youre planning.

[zmija]

I'm sort of biased in liking the JBA H-pipe kit, but one of the better sounding kits is supposed to be GT take offs. I haven't heard them, and it's really something that you have to make a decision on yourself because everyone has different tastes. As far as a dual pipe set up without an h-pipe, x-pipe or prochamber, just straight pipes all the way back, I have heard that it sounds kinda ricey. But to each their own.

Probably the best thing you could do for a little more get-up-and-go would be a freer flowing intake system with a tune. Something else would be a gear swap and a posi because you would be placing more power to the ground, but that may surpass the amount you want to spend with the other mods youre planning.

The GT take off exhaust was the main one I was looking at, but didnt know if there was something else that was way better in terms of performance. I know sounds are all different and I do not want anything extremely loud, so I kind of figured the gt route would be safe to go.

What is a posi? Not familiar with the term. I am very new at all of this and looking at doing mods on cars.

[LimeZoSo]

What is a posi? Not familiar with the term. I am very new at all of this and looking at doing mods on cars.

Sorry. It would be a different rear differential. Basically its the device in the axle that puts the power from the drive shaft to the rear wheels. The stock one in the V6 only drives one wheel, the right rear. If you upgrade to a one such as the Ford Racing unit, it puts the power to both wheels. i.e.:skid:

To make things more complicated, there are more than one kind. I do not know too much about them, so I'm not going to talk out of my bum and try to explain them. I just know the basics.

[02PNYGT]

Ive got the gt take off duals on our 06 with the y cut and an h welded in. The gt mufflers sound pretty decent. I'm sure some of the aftermarket mufflers are more free flowing though. with in a couple weeks i will have the car back from stainless works. They are making a set of longtube headers for it with a hi flo catted h to mate up to the duals. Looking forward to hearing it and seeing what kind of gains we may see.

Kerry

[drew05V6]

Whatever u do, I would go with an H-Pipe. I have heard from alot of people on other V6 forums that going "true" duals with no connecting pipe sounds TERRIBLE on the V6's. As far as muffler sound, it is all in what u like...the GT takeoffs sound good, but are not real excessively loud...if you want something a little louder then go with something like the Mac or SLP mufflers. I have also been told by a friend of mine that builds cars that the Flowmasters sound the best on the V6 (not too loud, but still deep with a rumble). It just boils down to preference, I doubt one exhaust will yield significantly higher horsepower numbers than some other one (with the possible exception of FI cars).

[zmija]

I am going to start with the gt take off exhaust and go from there. I have not looked for h-pipes yet, but does anyone know of a place I can buy or order one from that they have had good success with? I live in medina, so anywhere in cleveland/akron area would be fine if locally or an internet site.
As soon as I can find the gt take off rear bumper in the windveil blue color I will be good to go on buying that and the exhaust. I would rather get those two items by themselves to save money if I can verses buying the whole take-off kit and exhaust for around 800 plus shipping.
I am not sold on the foglights on the gt fronts and would almost like a front bumper cover with the foglights on the bottom corners, but I still have not decided for sure what to do on that.

[02PNYGT]

I am going to start with the gt take off exhaust and go from there. I have not looked for h-pipes yet, but does anyone know of a place I can buy or order one from that they have had good success with? I live in medina, so anywhere in cleveland/akron area would be fine if locally or an internet site.
As soon as I can find the gt take off rear bumper in the windveil blue color I will be good to go on buying that and the exhaust. I would rather get those two items by themselves to save money if I can verses buying the whole take-off kit and exhaust for around 800 plus shipping.
I am not sold on the foglights on the gt fronts and would almost like a front bumper cover with the foglights on the bottom corners, but I still have not decided for sure what to do on that.

The roush front bumper cover looks great with the fogs like you are talking about. Don't reall know of anyone that makes and h for the dual conversion. When I got my take offs from saleen the included the y to split them off to the duals. I went to my local muffler shop and had the cut the oe ypipe and make me an h pipe to hook up to the duals.

[badpuss]

MAC makes a crossover chamber, we just did a V6 car and it sounds great.

jb

[zmija]

MAC makes a crossover chamber, we just did a V6 car and it sounds great.

jb


How much does it cost for you to get the mac chamber you mentioned and do the install of it? I would buy the rear bumper and gt exhaust and get that installed and then would just need the h-pipe piece installed afterwards depending on the costs of everything. Or would it be better to have the h-pipe installed before the gt exhaust is put on the car initially?

[badpuss]

I can check on the price for you Monday, the best way is to have everything you need and do it all together. We used clamps at some places and TIG welded some other.

Do you just want the price of the MAC chamber? the whole system isn't available.

We fabricated in the MAC chamber for the customer. He already had a shop bend the dual system but it was uneven and he just cutout his V6 bumper cover to accept the dual setup.

We installed the MAC chamber, re-hung his complete exhaust system and installed a GT take off bumper cover.

With the Vortech we installed and his new exhaust and MAC chamber, this isn't your everyday sounding and perofrming V6 Mustang.

[LimeZoSo]

With the Vortech we installed and his new exhaust and MAC chamber, this isn't your everyday sounding and perofrming V6 Mustang.

No, it surely isn't your run of the mill V6.

[Stolen 98]

Whats Up LIMERS!

I have owned an 88GT vert, 2-90 GT coupe's, and my current 98GT. This '05 6'r is a blast to drive. I really love it. Plenty of power stock with so much room to grow I just love my new car.

[Buckman]

I have an 05 Windveil blue v6 stang that is a daily driver. In the future I plan to do some mods for the increased HP, but dont want to do the major things to void warranties at this point.
I am looking into the gt rear bumpers and a dual exhaust kit for mods at this point. I like the look of the dual exhausts. Are they any dual kits that are better than the others? Should I be looking at kits with the H-pipes or dual pipes all the way from the cats?
What mods are available that would give a nice boost in HP and surprise others, but not void any warranties? I am looking into spending around 1500 in mods including the bumper/exhaust pieces at this point in time.
I bought the car used but it was ford certified, so it has the remainder of the 3yr/36,000 mile warranty plus I believe it is 6yr/75000 extra warranty for being ford certified.

The easiest way to gain quick hp/tq from the S197 4.0 is an aftermarket muffler and a CAI/tuner combo.
As far as being NA right now, it doesn't matter if you stay single or dual exhaust for now as going duals won't bring you any gains over an aftermarket single. MRT makes a good single axleback that has been shown to have the biggest gains, but even a GT takeoff will do nicely at replacing the very restrictive stock one.
There are numerous CAI/tuner combos out on the market. Bamachips has a very good reputation and from what I understand the tunes that come with them are nice.
Between those items you are looking at around 25-30 rwhp, very significant indeed. I quote these numbers from doing extensive research via other forums about our cars. I cannot verify this as I do not have this setup on my car as I am forced induction.
The moment you introduce an aftermarket item onto your car, then portions of the warranty are subject to be void. This especially holds true with the tuner. Easy way around this is to reflash the car to stock when going in for warranty work. Also helps to have a good friendly Ford Dealership. Also you may want to read up on the Magnusson/Moss act which is a direct application to aftermarket parts in regards to warranty. Don't let the Dealership try to tell you that one aftermarket mod will ruin your warranty as it simply is not true.

[firestang70]

Listen to Lance his car is completely stock! LOL The 4.0 is an amazing platform to build off of.

[zmija]

Right now I have a few parts waiting to be installed in the next month or so hopefully. Installation gets a back seat as we just had my sister's wedding this past weekend, and we have some furniture that we have to strip and restain before they move from Michigan to Maryland in the next month.
Hopefully once that all gets finished, I can install the grill with the foglights and pony emblem, as well as the ninosport dual exhaust conversion kit with gt takeoff mufflers.
Not much in the way of performance mods so far, but will enhance the look and sound of the car.
I have been looking a little at cold air intakes to help a little in the power aspect. Are their any brands that are better or worse than one another? I know LimeZoSo had a K&N intake and filters for sale for around 200.00. Is this a good brand to get and a good price or is there a better one out there for the money? I am just starting to look at these, which is why all the questions.

[05gt]

ZMIJA, are you looking into retuning the car once you get the CAI on? There are only a couple of intakes out there that DO NOT require a tune after installing them. (Other wise you go into "limp-mode") Not sure if JLT makes something for the 6's, but if so, I'd go with them. I have their kit and tunner (sct), and it made a world of diffrence from stock.

[Buckman]

I have been looking a little at cold air intakes to help a little in the power aspect. Are their any brands that are better or worse than one another? I know LimeZoSo had a K&N intake and filters for sale for around 200.00. Is this a good brand to get and a good price or is there a better one out there for the money? I am just starting to look at these, which is why all the questions.

I personally wouldn't do a CAI without getting a tuner/tune with it, the gains just won't be there. You can really wake the 4.0 up with a tune. There are a few reputable shops out there that sell CAI/tuner packages for our cars. Justin @ VMP, Doug @ Bamachips, Lidio @ Alternative Auto are the names I see that get very favorable nods.

[ArmyStang]

I put a BruteForce CAI by AEM on my 6, I am seeing about 9-10 hp gain and it doesn't require a tune, and it gives off a nice sound too.I plan on tuning it for a bigger gain. It ran me 260.00 with throttle body spacer.