Its been interesting reading about what everyone goes through as they do bolt ons, hearing whats dumb or you get flamed for doing it.

Here is my small story for all to read!



First add: HKS drop in- added some sound a tiny power change

Second add: Greddy boost controller great purchase helped alot on top

I think yes we are going somewhere so I add

Third add: FMIC and upper pipe- noticed a difference again

This is going great so whats next

Fourth add: DP and TP along with a AF guage- car fell flat on face!


Baseline on a Mustang Dyno - 265awhp(stock) after all mods Dynoed 2 more times
because i freaked out. 2 different days 6 runs total for a grand total of 271awhp?


Had a gut feeling and slapped on an AMS intake went back to the Dyno 302awhp



So everyone can get different results, we switched back to stock airbox with drop in and #s went back down to 270.

Every situation is different.


Best of luck to all!!!!!!!!!

 

It's funny. When I was building my DSM the guy making the exhaust shipped it 4 months after he said he would. As a result I had a 92 laser with a FMIC and 2.5" piping. Full intake, fuel system, garret .50 trim and a stock exhaust. I don't know the actual numbers but the difference in that car when the exhaust got put on, as far as the butt dyno goes, had to be close to 100awhp.

 

did you got tuned between those changes?

 

Apparently he didn't. He seems to be one of those guys who's getting all the mods first and tuning last.

 

270 on a mustang dyno for those mods isn't that bad at all I had 276 with full catless TBE and drop-in and tune in my VIII

 

mods first, then tune it to all your added parts! makes sense to me....

 

+1 ^ just make sure to tune right after you put the mods on, putting mods on a car and not tuning it is like building a machine and not optimizing its performance. Maybe thats just the engineer in me tho

 

^^ I thought that's how it's done anyways. You'd be wasting money getting a tune after each part you add....

 

well some ppl dont tune their car at all, they just leave the mods on and then wonder y they have problems down the line, these are the same ppl who up their boost after their tune after they lose a race and wonder y their **** blows up

 

Yeah but that makes sense. You don't want to pay for a tune before mods. The you will have to get tuned again after. You want to be tuned with mods. The thing is the intake leans out the car but once the car is tuned will have little to no gain.

 

I would LOVE a tune but I cant find anyone in Dallas that does it.

Suggestions?

 

you wont get much gains without a tune.

 

wow you found an awd dyno with no tuner around