What are the pro and cons to upgrading from stock? :scratch: Thanks!

 

Con price. Pro supposedly better throttle response and a small increase in hp. If the car has a power adder it might do even better.

 

When Muscle Mustang & Fast Ford, in their current issue, tested the upcoming twin-62mm BBK TB, they reported a dyno increase of 16.3 Horsepower and 28.1 Ft. Lb. Torque.

They also tested the TB in combination with the upcoming BBK Cold-Air Kit. The two items together posted a gain of 27.2 Horsepower and 37.8 Ft. Lb. Torque without any reflashing.

 

Sounds like more pro than con. Thanks!

 

That's amazing

 

Just be careful. It's ALSO unverified! I hope it's true, but.....

 

I am sure some members on this site will buy them and test them for the rest of us. Sort of our own prooving grounds.

 

The BBK kept getting delayed unfortunately, (mid-Oct. for the CAI & Dec. for the TB), so I decided that I did not want to wait that long and opted for the C&L CAI and the Motoblue twin-62mm Throttle Body sold by RPMOutlet.

However, I will be doing 5 performance mods all at one time, so I won't be able to say just how much power each item added by itself, unfortunately. I would dare say that since BBK supplied the parts to Muscle Mustang & Fast Ford, and MM&FF did the testing themselves, the results they published are probably pretty accurate.

 

I'm only repeating what I have read on this site and my experience from reading weight lifting magaizines, and that is that the publishers of the magazines are "friendly" with their advertizers when it comes to numbers and performance.

 

The supplement industry is completely out of control. I mean, some of the claims are absolutely ridiculous as are the "before and after" photos.

I am also skeptical of the gains determined by MM&FF, but it's really easy to verify them...just bolt on the two parts to a stock GT. Hopefully you'll get +-5 hp/tq due to ambient weather variables. Contrast that to trying to verify the claims in the bodybuilding mags, where they can say "well your diet/genes/routine/body chemistry/recovery routine/etc/etc affected the outcome of your results." That's really the reason why they can get away with making any claims they want in the realm of supplements.

That's just my opinion. I'm also into the weight lifting thing, so when you made that comparison, it got me thinking.