330CubeGt Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I don't agree, but to each there own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Why not go off road h pipe?Heard it sounds louder Ihaterice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yea thats true I mean I can get a lot of things with 1k but the damn labor gets me :/And I currently live in a apartment so im limited on what I could do, sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 What happens if I advance the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 my 95 GTS, stock motor, stock manifolds, offroad h-pipe, some knock off flowmasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottydsntknow Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 More power, little more throttle response. I always set to 14 degrees advanced and run 93 octane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64bit_Tuning Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'd say a A9L swap but that's complicated now that the PIH harnesses are no longer available and you have to re-pin. That is, to this day, far and away the biggest SOTP feeling mod I've ever done to a stock motor'd vehicle minus a power adder.For the amount of money it takes to do a PIH swap, he could buy one of my chips and see a much more significant result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottydsntknow Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Ugh, not getting into chip vs A9L again. I doubt he would do it anyway because he isn't a DIY guy, chip would be easier for him. From my personal experience though, if I ever get another 5.0 SN95 the A9L will be the first thing I do. Back to back pulling into the driveway with the J4J1 and out with the A9L is like a completely different car and I never had an issue with a bolt on in the 7 years before I did my HCI. FWIW I did put the J4J1 back in for the dyno tune after my HCI because everyone kept telling me it was better and also because I sold the PIH to make up a lot of the dyno tune cost lol. Car made 300/325 with the J4J1 in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 What modifications did your car have when you made the 300? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Same cam? Sounds really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Same cam?Sounds really nice completely stock. nothing done to it other than exhaust. I'm pretty sure I had some sort of vacuum leak under the intake manifold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thats nice, love the soundAnd to lower your car did you use shocks and springs or did you do the coilover kit?I heard the coilover kit are too stiff for daily driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thats nice, love the soundAnd to lower your car did you use shocks and springs or did you do the coilover kit?I heard the coilover kit are too stiff for daily driving?depending on how you set up the coilover's it can ride like factory. I did shocks and springs for my car. it was way cheaper and fit my budget. I would just go that route if I was you at this point. I think @Psychorugby still has a set he's trying to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 i'd jump on them parts @Psychorugby has for sale. right about the same $$ and allot of shit for it. do it man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottydsntknow Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 What modifications did your car have when you made the 300? Heads, cam, intake, longtubes, full exhaust, all the other bolt ons, tune etc... I should have just threw a S trim on the stock stuff especially since it was a 95 Cobra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Whats a S trim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottydsntknow Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 on a 5.0 expect pretty much every exhaust to drone unless you're running the stock H pipe. or unless you buy a pretty quiet catback. My ultraflows did not drone. They were mild at idle and off idle, light hum on the highway instead of a drone but would SCREAM when you stomped the throttle. Loved those mufflers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 My ultraflows did not drone. They were mild at idle and off idle, light hum on the highway instead of a drone but would SCREAM when you stomped the throttle. Loved those mufflers. link to those? If they are mild at idle I'd consider that a quiet catback. Even the stock exhaust got loud when you floored it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottydsntknow Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 For your 95 Cobra you'd use the same exact catback I bought back in 2003 lol. Click me. For just the mufflers you'd want here from Summit. Pricey but they are badass and will last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the5.ohh Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thats true thank you for the adviceAndDo you know much about the Mac cat back exhaust?Do you have a bad review on it? I have MAC Pro Dumps on my 95 5.0.. Basically MAC Flowpath mufflers with turn downs, but I added tailpipes. I had an offroad H with the MAC "catback" and it sounded so mean.. Added longtubes and an offroad X.. Its one of the loudest and pissed off sounding exhausts I've ever heard.. Nice and loud tone, raspy, quiet while cruising and no drone even with longtube headers.. MAC all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearGambler Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I see that you started another thread on what to do with the $$ you have allocated. Good move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 For your 95 Cobra you'd use the same exact catback I bought back in 2003 lol. Click me. For just the mufflers you'd want here from Summit. Pricey but they are badass and will last forever. hmmm they look a lot like Magnaflow mufflers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearGambler Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 S Trim is a supercharger. Lets get back on topic here. I'm going to give you some insight and hopefully set some realistic expectations for you. You said that this is a daily driver. when I first got my 94 It wasn't my first mustang - It was my 5th. I'm no stranger to working on these cars. Anyway, i wanted it to be comfortable. the way I looked at it was that Any go-fast upgrades were a want, not a need. I also wanted it to be reliable. with that being said, the first thing I did was the suspension: Subframe connectors (maximum motorsport weld in) and tokico blue shocks / struts. This made a WORLD of difference in how the car felt on the street. It didn't feel 'old' anymore. I kept the stock springs - they work and the car won't bottom out with a few buddies in the back. Also with the stock springs you don't need: bump steer kit, caster camber plates, etc… Next I changed out the rear upper and lower control arms and replaced the 8.8 housing bushings with new poly bushings. while the shocks and subframes were new, the control arms i installed were NOT. I sourced them used for less than 200 bucks - they don't need to be adjustable. and the aftermarket control arms have worlds better bushings than the stock ones. The stock bushings in the rear were absolutely destroyed at 100k miles. from the factory they are rubber(in the housing and the control arms), and they just deteriorate over time. This is also something that you can do on your own as long as you do your homework! by this time it was a few months after I got the car. Now it NEEDED things, like my tires were shot. That was 600 right there for GOOD daily driver tires (grand touring all season, so I didn't get stuck in the snow). then it needed the rear rebuilt - it was bleeding and whining like a bearing was shot (turns out it was the pinion bearing). Instead of just rebuilding it, I did a complete rebuild and I put a MILD set of gears in it (remember, daily driver!). I went with 3.31 gears - take out from an 08GT with a few thousand miles. I also rebuilt the carrier while I was at it because I had the 'one wheel peel' going on. even after all this, the pinion seal still went out after another 100k miles, and the rear was yanked out of the car again. Then the harmonic damper separated, so I had to do that and a timing cover seal. another 60 bucks and some wrenching time. then the alternator died - i got away with just rebuilding that instead of buying a new one, but it was still another 70 bucks and some downtime. It would have been even more downtime if i had to wait for my next paycheck. Then I needed brakes…. etc etc. my point is here, if this is your daily driver, start from the bottom up, keep reliability in mind, and keep some $$ on the side - when something fails or needs to be replaced, you won't be kicking yourself for buying a cam when your TFI module fails and you're out of cash. Also, if something needs to be replaced, try and upgrade it a bit - aftermarket instead of OEM. perspective: there are 223,435k miles on my 94. I bought it at 102k miles in Jan of 2009. 5 years, 121k miles brings us to yesterday. I've spent $26,000 on fuel, parts and repairs so far. thats just over 5k a year. I have my own garage and I am certainly capable of doing all the labor myself - i've been doing it for years. I can't even imagine how much money it would cost me if I had to pay for labor - maybe double that? I was just under it last night replacing the fuel pump because that failed and I had to have it towed home. The engine (intake to pan) and manual transmission (except for a shifter and bearing retainer) are STOCK. Sorry for the novel… maybe I had too much coffee this morning!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 That helped out so much Thank you GearGambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CubeGt Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Buy a $500 nitrous kit, like a $350-400 kit and then grap a window switch and maybe a cheap purge. I put mine on at my apartment.With basic hand tools I had it I stalled in about 1 hour and had an extra 125 hp on tap for about $400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank830 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 What is your opinion of an H pipe with cats vs. an off road H pipe? Looking for a deep rumble like a muscle car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 just get an offroad h-pipe if you dont have emissions. they're like $130 on summitracing /thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95opal Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Springs $225shocks and struts another $200 and changeUsed nitrous kit and your done. No other mod will yield you as much hp/tq for your $ as a bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@CJPP Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 just get an offroad h-pipe if you dont have emissions. they're like $130 on summitracing /thread.You have to excuse him, he lives in a winter wonderland and tends to forget to support the sponsors of this wonderful website lol. http://www.cjponyparts.com/mac-h-pipe-2-1-2-inch-off-road-for-shorty-stock-headers-5-0l-1994-1995/p/HPM3/ http://www.cjponyparts.com/mac-off-road-h-pipe-2-1-2-long-tube-headers-1994-1995/p/HPML3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member fiveohwblow Posted February 19, 2014 Supporting Member Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 ^lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
