1996 Ford Mustang GT

Im barely putting money in to my 1996 ford mustang gt and i decided to start with the headers. And i wanted to know what brand of headers should i get? Im a noob so please help me out! thanks!

01GT

I would start with a P.I. head swap. Best bang for your buck. 96 gts came with 215hp. 99-04 came with 260hp. Search craigslist for a set of p.i. heads.

cpotts13

If you're talking exhaust, I would go with a catback first. Then mid pipe and headers. The mid pipe you get will depend on the headers you want. If you want shorty headers the regular mid pipe is what you need. If you want long tube headers, you will need a shorty mid pipe. Keep in mind, headers are a pain in the you know what to install..

Onesickstang01

Headers really dont do much for a stock motor and are a huge cost and pain to install. PI swap would be alot better performance gain

1996 Ford Mustang GT

like i said before im a noob what are Pi swap? and what are the differences between xpipe and a hpipe perfeormance wise?

cpotts13

H pipe is a deeper muscle car sound, x pipe is a more race car raspy sound. The x pipe would yield the most performance, but you wont notice a difference over the two on a basically stock car.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/exhaus...wer-popup.html

look through these explanations on exhaust parts from American Muscle. Pretty much tells you all you need to know.

JDF

A PI swap is the heads, cams, and intake from a 99-04 GT. they're called Performance Improvement heads

01GT

Pi heads have rectangle ports. 96-98s have round/oval ports.

blueballs

Yea sounds like the PI swap is your best bet and while your at it get a lower gear maybe 3.73 or 4.10 and it will feel like different car.

cpotts13

+1 on the 3.73's

phatkat

+2 on 3.73's...

01GT

4:10s

cpotts13

I would agree, but I have heard they arent good for highways..?

01GT

I have an auto with 4:10s and highway mileage is not the best. But it sure is fun when my 60' is faster than a c5z06.

harristotle

I've got 3.73's on my Cobra and when I was driving with a 50/50 city/highway I would get over 20mpg every tank... and that included the occasional spirited driving around town.

cpotts13

Then again.. you don't buy a mustang for the gas mileage

Glenn

I picked up a set of pi heads from a ebay vendor for 600 bucks. I did a little home werk when I was rebuilding my 00gt the gains from exhaust work were not worth the cash out put. You can also call a few tuners and see what they advise. Call brenspeed<---- they know thier stuff. I like the gears idea relatively inexpensive and you can really feel the difference.

blueballs

I agree u don't buy a mustang for gas milage but u gotta think if you go 4.10 you better be ready to shell out money for street n strip tires or you will have alot of wheelspin. I have 373 and decent tires and it will still spin thru 2 gears

cpotts13

When I do gears ima get 3.90's, just to be different

blueballs

Yea I'd say 3.90 is alright I rode in a mustang with 4.56 and it was turning 2500 rpm just movin around if I bought a car with stock gear I'd go 3.73 maybe 3.90