Any suggestions for a 99 V6
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just get a GT rear swaybar- any one from a 87-04 GT will work. dont bother with the front.
as for springs, FRPP C-springs give just over 1" drop, and work fine with the rest of the suspension stock. a pro-kit is a good option, but you might need caster/camber plates with it to get the alignment in spec, as well as dampers.
as for springs, FRPP C-springs give just over 1" drop, and work fine with the rest of the suspension stock. a pro-kit is a good option, but you might need caster/camber plates with it to get the alignment in spec, as well as dampers.
remember that sway bars are tuning tools not a band aid for handling. They should be done last to adjust for under/over steering. If you want to get into handling a bit a nice pair of full lenght subframe connectors are a must. The maximum motorsports ones are a very nice piece and you will feel a difference. I have them and I'm about to install some custom upper subframe connectors for extra stiffness.
gears and a tune will give you the biggest bang for the buck too.
good luck... the modding bug is a terrible disease, but it hurts so good
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a canned tune is a canned tune (even tunes from am are still canned tunes), your best bet is to be able to adjust your tune yourself. Get a laptop and data log at the strip (or a nice flat road). Really check out the timing at the rpm intervals, you can most of the time add about 2 degrees of timing on top of the canned tune. Since the companies giving you the tune have to account for tolerances in the 4.6 engines they still have a medium amount of safety in the tunes.
With a wideband you can get even more. canned tunes run rich for safety, and can effectually lean it out a to 13:1 which is what most dyno tunes are at. To give you some real data, my delta sniper SF software I tune with gave me a dyno run of 241/275 after I fine tuned for a while (at the strip using the trap speeds) I got 253/292. This includes UDP but they honestly don't do much...
I know its a different engine but the canned tune I had was running me at 12-18 degrees of timing and at 12.5:1 ratio after I tuned it a bit its running at 24-29 degrees and 12.9-13:1. The timing is the biggest factor, most of which was the compression ratio Im running. I believe sniper over compensated for the compression and reduced the timing a shit load, however, you can see the faults of canned tuning I hope. However anything is better then the stock tune, lol.
gears and a tune will give you the biggest bang for the buck too.
good luck... the modding bug is a terrible disease, but it hurts so good
EDIT:
a canned tune is a canned tune (even tunes from am are still canned tunes), your best bet is to be able to adjust your tune yourself. Get a laptop and data log at the strip (or a nice flat road). Really check out the timing at the rpm intervals, you can most of the time add about 2 degrees of timing on top of the canned tune. Since the companies giving you the tune have to account for tolerances in the 4.6 engines they still have a medium amount of safety in the tunes.
With a wideband you can get even more. canned tunes run rich for safety, and can effectually lean it out a to 13:1 which is what most dyno tunes are at. To give you some real data, my delta sniper SF software I tune with gave me a dyno run of 241/275 after I fine tuned for a while (at the strip using the trap speeds) I got 253/292. This includes UDP but they honestly don't do much...
I know its a different engine but the canned tune I had was running me at 12-18 degrees of timing and at 12.5:1 ratio after I tuned it a bit its running at 24-29 degrees and 12.9-13:1. The timing is the biggest factor, most of which was the compression ratio Im running. I believe sniper over compensated for the compression and reduced the timing a shit load, however, you can see the faults of canned tuning I hope. However anything is better then the stock tune, lol.
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keep in mind that the 94-04 V6's did not come from the factory with any rear swaybar- so by getting one for <40 dollars from a GT will help out.
as for gears, auto go 4.10 or manual go 3.73. general rule. this and a tune will make you happy.
as for canned tunes being canned, 99% of all bolt on 6's have had tunes before, so they are nearly spot-on unless you have a cam or portwork. justin is the best there is, and anything you get from him will be deadon to what you want tunewise.
as for gears, auto go 4.10 or manual go 3.73. general rule. this and a tune will make you happy.
as for canned tunes being canned, 99% of all bolt on 6's have had tunes before, so they are nearly spot-on unless you have a cam or portwork. justin is the best there is, and anything you get from him will be deadon to what you want tunewise.