97 sho cheap mods for the v8 anybody?..

[turbot4]

so i was thinking of making a cold air open airbox, are there any gains too this and also .....
i keep seeing something about a y-pipe and removing rear cats...are the benifits too this?...

anybody have any input, thanks in advance..

 

[luigisho]

Not much to be gained unless you get a tune to go with it.

 

[turbot4]

so you saying it's not worth it too put in test pipes at the rear cats and don't make an intake?

 

[luigisho]

You'll get throatier sound from the intake. I wouldn't do it unless I could do it on the real cheap. I have the third cat deleted and used to have a cone filter that sounded nice but got really dirty. No appreciable performance difference I can tell. I think with a good tune the car would wake up a little and take advantage of the changes, as well as firm up the mushy tranny shifts. Without a tuner I wouldn't bother. Just my opinion.

 

[turbot4]

ok, thanks for the input...i guess i'll just leave it alone, no sense in messing with it anyway ....only problem i can tell, is sometimes the car just slightly is searching for an idle, and again not all the time, just once and a while....it has a new isc in it, so i don't know, but it has stalled on me 3 times since i started driving it....it goes and it comes, but makes no sense....the way it is acting is it's a bad isc...(idle speed controller) anyway who knows, i would like alittle louder exhaust, just so everybody knows it's a v8, so i may mess with the rear cats..

 

[Mr Anonymous]

Eliminating the main cats can make an improvement, but requires a re-tune to realize the gains. Even then, you're really only going to see about 5-10hp out of a tuner, and another 10hp out of a catless pipe.

Screwing around with the intake does absolutely nothing to add power, and can easily rob power.

Short of nitrous, there really aren't any "cheap" ways to make a lot of power with these cars.

 

[turbot4]

thanks for the advice.....since it's my new dd i'm going to not mess with it....hopefully it will stay reliable for me....

 

[bacernate]

The words reliable and Ford do not go together. lol
Found On Road Dead=Ford

 

[bacernate]

I personally hate my cold air intake, very noisey and no power gains. It was on there when i bought the car.
Wire open the secondaries and get an xcal. Nothing else does anything unless you want to get into nitrous and serious trans mods.

 

[turbot4]

ok, like i said not gonna mess with it now as i'm selling my super reliable gl which btw is mint with 88k....i can't seem to find a buyer for it even though i wanted 1500 obo...

so the sho will be my new dd....

so i'm gonna keep it stock other than maybe opening up the rear cats just for alittle rumble..

 

[stephen newberg]

The words reliable and Ford do not go together. lol
Found On Road Dead=Ford

Guess you did not notice the thread on high miles SHOs...

pax, smn

 

[JoesSHO]

Exactly.

 

[turbot4]

The words reliable and Ford do not go together. lol
Found On Road Dead=Ford

no man your dead wrong........

it's.......First On Race Day

 

[raff18]

Driver Returns On Foot <---- i love that one thats been me only once

 

[bad_4dr_sho]

Flip Over Read Directions<---If only it was true. Damn

Hey I believe my Cold Air Intake, helped move my shift points a little higher.and it shifts a little harder. believe it or not. I've heard of a couple people who have noticed the same thing. That Goode's air intake. for 100. bucks I think is worth it. My Exhaust system I dont really believe it helped me make more power, I feel like it just moved the powerban up about 500 rpms. Which made the car a little sluggish launching from a light. Thats why I got the Torque conveter. I havent done the Cat delete yet. Good luck with your SHO.

 

[turbot4]

cool , thanks....i mainly wante dto do it for some sound, as it is kind of quiet, i want people to know it's a v8, anyway as far as the intake....could you send me a link on where you got your, i may just make one, but i would prefer to have 1 ready to go...with the cold air wall and all..

 

[wild01ride]

Found On Road Dead=Ford

Driver Returns On Foot <---- i love that one thats been me only once

I always knew it as Fixed Or Repaired Daily

Flip Over Read Directions

A guy I know who works for Ford said that their joke about the 2nd Gen Explorers was:
"When you get a flat tire, you're supposed to pull over, not flip over!"
:laugh_ti:

 

[pascofan92]

At least they put a circle around that problem.Lol.---Alaric

 

[ThatShoGuy]

At least they put a circle around that problem.Lol.---Alaric

nah its atleast they circle there mistakes.

 

[bad_4dr_sho]

they sell the Goode intake ready to go on Shosource.com

Get the intake made for the car,Dont make one. The Goode intake has a heat shield and it actually works. I had a normal K&N filter that I had originally just put in place of the factory air box. And it sounded real good. But my gas mileage dropped by almost 3 miles per gallon. That was almost 40 miles less a tank. I couldnt figure out why. When I hooked up my scanner. I saw that with the car running it was taking in air around 114 degrees. I was losing performance. When I bought the goode intake with the heat shield. the air intake temperature dropped to the mid 80's. and I actually saw a gas milage increase over the stock intake. and it had great throaty sound. hopes this helps. goodluck with your SHO. Laterz