Well last saturday (4-14) I bought a used 05 gt torch red premium 5 spd....the previous owner must have taken GREAT care of it cause its in GREAT condition with only 14K miles .

Im not really looking to make the GT fast...i just want it to sound nice...have decent power and not make me feel dissapointed when i get on the gas....i have a 2004 srt-4 with turbo and nitrous upgrades making 480whp on last dyno as a "conservative" tune.....I bought the gt out of a spur of the moment decision and dont regert it one bit....its tons of fun to drive and i really enjoy the RWD feeling.


When i bought the car it had what i THOUGHT was a intake...but after taking off the filter it looks to be the stock airbox cut and looks like he used part of it (where the sensor plugs in) and added a large cone filter to it. I recently purchased and installed Pypes O/R h pypes and am no looking at getting a tuner.

My question.....Is it worth spending money to buy a new intake or should i just get a tuner and keep it as is?


also should i go with a bamachips predator aor sct-2?

 

The most expensive part of the CAI and tune is the tuner, and since you are already looking at getting a tuner, I say go for the intake as well. JLT makes a good cheap intake that is pretty popular. As for the type of tuner...thats a personal preference and I don't really think it would matter because they both do the same thing, just different user interface.

 

Yeah I just recently bought an 05 mustang with 15k miles. Good luck modding

 

Alex... Welcome aboard...

If you have a digital camera and could take a pic and post it here, it would help a lot... I believe there are a couple of CAI's that use an airbox that looks similar to the stock one, like I said, a pic would help a lot.

Bamachips is very good with tunes for these S-197 stangs..

Bobby M.

 

Bamachips is good, but I have to throw out Brenspeed as well. A lot of people use his tunes, and he has great customer service as well.

 

Feel free to give me a shout via phone or PM at any time and I would be more than happy to plan out and price whatever modifications your looking for per your desires (ie. gas mileage, daily driver, track car, etc.)

Good luck!

CR
Tillman Speed
610-497-3711

 

Thanks for all the advice....ultimately i'd like to put 330ish whp and possible a 50 shot of nitrous on top of that if it can be done reliably.

Thanks,
Alex

 

Alex, X2 + Bamachips tunes + JLT or C&L is Night and Day, still one of my faovorite mods to date...