BEST COMBO FOR 12.50s & BEST COMBO FOR 12.0s?

[TheTexasTyrant]

My wife's stock 2010 SHO has 155K miles on it & she is on the verge of trading it for an Explorer Sport.
When she does, I've thought about buying myself a low mile Gen4.

I don't leave things stock, but I daily drive all my cars & I am interested in Bang-For-The-Buck.

What are the best perf combos to buy to run at different levels?
I'd like to run 11.999 if possible, but I'm more interested in B-F-T-B so if 12.50 is reasonably priced & 12.0 is outlandish I would go 12.50 of course.
In other words, if there are known combos to spend the least & get the most, I'd like to know.

I'm not looking for the 'more you spend' talk. (I know that.)
For example: With the 2 Terminators & 2 Lightnings I've owned, I feel "pulley/CAI/catback/tune" for $2500 was a much better purchase than "Kenne Bell/tune" for $5000. (I did one of each on each vehicle.)

(Currently, what I have is a stock Lightning, a stock Super Snake, & a 976hp Fox coupe.)

What I DON'T know is the best SHO upgrade combos...

 

[SHOdded]

Welcome to the forum! On this platform, spendiness does not necessarily equate to return on investment ...

An established route:
http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,808

As tuning gets better, it seems you can do pretty well with tune + 3 bar MAP to get into the mid 12's, and tuning + 3 bar MAP + fuel to get into the low 12's. At least with the 2013+.

 

[2012korn]

Tune 3bar and downpipes has gone 11.9 this year. And yes that was on very good gas.

 

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2012korn.......What is very good gas?.....Rich

 

[2012korn]

Mixed up to around 100 octane.