What should I do first?

Which first

  • Sniper Tuning

    Votes: 10 55.6%

  • 3.73's with trac-loc

    Votes: 8 44.4%

  • Bigger MAF

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    18
98CobraStarLSC said:
1998 Mark VIII LSC

SCT XCal2 Dyno Tuned By Logan Motorsports-- $400
Ford Racing Trac-Lok-------------------------$300
Ford Racing 4.10 Ring and Pinion---------------$150
98 Cobra Short Runner Intake Manifold---------$400
C&L Intake Tube W/ LMS MAF and K&N Conical Filter $350
Custom 2.5" Catback -----------------------------$400
DynaMax Ultra Flo 2.5 Muffler With X Pipe Built In ???
93 Balanced Mark VIII Driveshaft--------------------$100
AutoLite 103 Platinum Plugs(One Heat Range Colder) $20.00
160 Degree Thermostat-----------------------------$15.00

239RWHP/245RWTQ June 27,2008 .
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A stock mark 8 makes roughly 220-225 RWHP
your car is 19HP above a stock mark 8 and you've spend roughly 2050.00 on mods?

19 HP is about the amount of HP a "tune and a thermostat" will yield for $320.00

"merely writing checks and chunking parts on a car does not make more HP".
But you have a serious list of mods for 19 measly HP.
$215 dollars per HP gained...

my car went from 220-242 with tune and themostat.
22HP for 300 dollar chip and 20 dollar thermostat
$13.6 dollars per hp gained:eek:

sorry, just some numbers for you to crunch on.. no condom required
 
Frogman said:
Gears and tuner. The stock MAF will do just fine for a stock motor. 3.73's are a good idea if you do a lot of highway driving. 4.10's if you don't drive on the highway much.
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That's why I said 3.73's, I would like to still drive it on the highway.
 
XLRVIII said:
A stock mark 8 makes roughly 220-225 RWHP
your car is 19HP above a stock mark 8 and you've spend roughly 2050.00 on mods?

19 HP is about the amount of HP a "tune and a thermostat" will yield for $320.00

"merely writing checks and chunking parts on a car does not make more HP".
But you have a serious list of mods for 19 measly HP.
$215 dollars per HP gained...

my car went from 220-242 with tune and themostat.
22HP for 300 dollar chip and 20 dollar thermostat
$13.6 dollars per hp gained:eek:

sorry, just some numbers for you to crunch on.. no condom required
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In his defense not all the mods in that list autually add hp so I think it would be unfair to count them in this comparision.
 
Dmaup said:
In his defense not all the mods in that list autually add hp so I think it would be unfair to count them in this comparision.
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agree'd that about 800 of the 2k I mention dont attribute to HP.

ok, cut that 2K in half that's still 100 dollars per hp, my point remains the same.

I did leave out the cobrastar sticker worth 20 hp, so 19 hp with his mods, 20 hp for the cobra star is still 50.00 per HP.
 
I agree that not all parts make more HP's. What does the owner want more HP's to brag about from a dyno sheet or real results on the road or track. If you want results then get gears converter and tuner. Only the tuner will give real HP improvements but the gears and converter with make the car a hell of alot faster. So really what is it you want. Me personally I don't care what the HP is. How fast can it get from here to there.
 
kustomizingkid said:
http://www.paladinmicro.com/PalMFrame00.htm?wks=spd

Plug in everything with 4.30 gears and a 245/50/16 tire...

I don't mind driving at 3000-3500 rpms down the freeway.
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It's good that you dont mind doing that kind of rpm's but I think your car might. Spinning those kind of rpms will put a lot of unesscary strain on the parts of your car. Not to mention the extra heat it will genearte in the tranny.
 
Well I'm going to do it... and I have no worries whatsoever...

When your converter is locked up and you get rid of the slip in the trans it doesn't really matter how many rpms you are turning...

I also don't find that 3000 is putting any strain on the car at all....
 
Glad you're ok with it.....just saying that I wouldn't do it to my car.

I do find it hard to believe that it doesn't matter how many rpm's your turning, because that creates more friction. More friction = More heat. More heat = Tranny death. At the least I would say add a tranny cooler
 
I'll let you know when I start driving the car this spring, Ill record some temps and see....

I like to work with data... and I also don't have much concern about my trans going out.
 
XLRVIII said:
A stock mark 8 makes roughly 220-225 RWHP
your car is 19HP above a stock mark 8 and you've spend roughly 2050.00 on mods?

19 HP is about the amount of HP a "tune and a thermostat" will yield for $320.00

"merely writing checks and chunking parts on a car does not make more HP".
But you have a serious list of mods for 19 measly HP.
$215 dollars per HP gained...

my car went from 220-242 with tune and themostat.
22HP for 300 dollar chip and 20 dollar thermostat
$13.6 dollars per hp gained:eek:

sorry, just some numbers for you to crunch on.. no condom required
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man.. hate to bust your chops here but....

read the original posts with my dyno charts. i went to Logan when they first opened and was one of their first dyno's on their newly installed dyno. A 1998Mark VIII that was other than k&n panel and catback system put down 205 at the wheels with 202 tq.. mine after tuning was 245whp 252wtq.(my numbers in my sig were cut off at 6000 because they were still messing with my redline.

Anyways heres some real $$ amounts instead of what you want to tell everyone i paid.

Logan tune and SCT tuner - 325 .. friend gave me the tuner.
Cobra s/r intake manifold - 350 got it here.
MAF and filter 200 - used.
Catback exhaust w/ muffler 275. 125 for muffler and 150 for piping .. local muff shop.
thermostadt was 9.00

so... was it worth about 40 extra wheeled horsepower.. Hell yeah.!!! so according to you, 225whp stock. just for kicks we'll add the 40whp that mine made directly after the other mark dyno'd, and 265whp.. not bad. it runs 13's.


Just ask questions before you make :q:q:q:q up.. like you might have asked,

"how much did you spend?" or searched the other threads i made earlier this year.

have a nice day. if your in the area sometime we'll line em up? you tell me if you can smell my checkbook from 3 train lengths back ..

haha just having a little fun with you there. from how i've seen you have reacted to other posts, i would assume you have a come back right?
 
98CobraStarLSC said:
man.. hate to bust your chops here but....


haha just having a little fun with you there. from how i've seen you have reacted to other posts, i would assume you have a come back right?
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nah, you can bust my chops.. no biggiee..

Grins a smack talk smile.
 
kustomizingkid said:
Tommy bracket races anyways... that aint real racin so you got nothin to worry about...
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paint a number on the car and put it in the other lane
I promise the win light wont burn brightly in your lane *LMAO*

running heads up is one thing, not to be sneezed at. but until you can "predict" what your car is gonna run within a hundredth of a second, then you aren't really familiar with your car.

anyone can "mat the gas and hang on"..

/smack talk
 
You haven't even broken out of the 14's in a Mark....

Oooh look at me I've made 5000 drag strip passes... I put 400k on a Mark... I'm special...

:D
 
kustomizingkid said:
You haven't even broken out of the 14's in a Mark....

Oooh look at me I've made 5000 drag strip passes... I put 400k on a Mark... I'm special...

:D
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(lol)
yea.. 14.08 I got close, before you sent the GOONS to steal my car.

PS.. I backed my car up further than you have driven yours forwards..(LMAO)

P.S.S. I just walked over and sat in my car, drove it around the block.

you cant even SEE your car...

what else....
(grins)

..next..
 
I'm crying right now mang....

Theres an xcal with a bitchin tune sitting in my bedroom, and the car is in my garage... while I'm stuck 50 miles away....
 
kustomizingkid said:
I'm crying right now mang....

Theres an xcal with a bitchin tune sitting in my bedroom, and the car is in my garage... while I'm stuck 50 miles away....
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If that Xcal is sitting less than 50 ft from a wireless access point I am gonna hack into it and set your speed limiter to 62 MPH.

I am haxor l33t
 
kustomizingkid said:
I've made 5000 drag strip passes
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I'm not special, it's retarded..get it right!

and 5K passes is oh..ABOUT 1150 miles of WOT..but that's gonna generate alot of heat and wear and my trans is gonna die a horrible death.
 
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