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I was wondering what upgrades can I do besides a CIA, Exhaust or a xcal3 can I do to make this thing more powerful. I have a 02 V8.
 
you have all the bolt-ons.... many, many, many threads on this that are worth a read.

- intake, exhaust, tuning - as you mentioned.
- power-adders - turbo, supercharger, N2O


and then you have suspension, braking, ....etc
 
Also drivetrain mods like LSD or locker, gears, stalling, etc.
 
Limited Slip Differentiat (LSD) .

The LS somes with an 8" open diff - meaning that if one rear wheel starts to spin, all the power goes there and you basically cannot move until that wheel finds grip.

With a LSD, power remains going to both rear wheels (in a ratio) even if one looses traction.

This gives much better traction, launches, ....etc. The ability to 'drift' a car with a power - oversteer move is not possible without an LSD.
 
quik has the bigger blown numbers
ILLS had the biggest turbo numbers
i think I have the bigget nitrous numbers and we are all high 300's to low 400's.
CammerFE is working on a twin turbo jag motor with meth and nitrous

There are traction to the back wheel mods like the LSD discribed. 02LSE..... is the first and only (that i know of) with an 8.8" rearend and 4.10s.

I forget his name, but someone had a set of cams, but no numbers were ever posted.

Long story short, anything is possible on these cars.... you just need to think outside the box and make it work.
 
How much who a lsd cost? I've tried looking up turbo chargers but can't find any or super chargers. What kind of price range would I be looking at for those?
 
What they mean by thinking outside the box is that you have to go custom. They don't make kits for most power adders. I believe the other Lincoln forum sells supercharger kits though.

A LSD can be had for $2-300 plus install kit plus labor if you have someone else do it.
 
For most everyday LS'es, a torsen is probably overkill. I have an LSD from a stock 05 Mustang GT installed with no issues. I may upgrade when I do the next rear end mod though, as I don't want to tear down/set up 2 diffs that day. I want to get the pumpkin ready to go before I take the other one out. We are already going to have to build a custom front brace, and replace the driveshaft. And drop the trans for a few minutes too. :D
 
pektel said:
For most everyday LS'es, a torsen is probably overkill. I have an LSD from a stock 05 Mustang GT installed with no issues. I may upgrade when I do the next rear end mod though, as I don't want to tear down/set up 2 diffs that day. I want to get the pumpkin ready to go before I take the other one out. We are already going to have to build a custom front brace, and replace the driveshaft. And drop the trans for a few minutes too. :D
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Where do you think I can find LSD from a stock 05 Mustang GT around socal? Should I just go to a dealership? And does anybody know where I can get it installed? I don't really know my way around cars plus i don't have tools.
 
Buy it slightly used. Craigslist should have something. Or mustangforums.com. If you visit mustang forums, go to the S197 classifieds. Don't buy it from a dealership. If you are going to do that, then just buy the Torsen, or Auburn or something expensive, as you'll most likely get raped at the dealer.
 
the one of the left is the stock open 8", the one of the right is the 8.8" Torsen

but.... to say a word of caution.... if you have to ask what it is, take your car to a shop that does these things and they will look after you - probablly even source the parts.

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Quik LS said:
but.... to say a word of caution.... if you have to ask what it is, take your car to a shop that does these things and they will look after you - probablly even source the parts.
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+1.
 
Quik LS said:
the one of the left is the stock open 8", the one of the right is the 8.8" Torsen



but.... to say a word of caution.... if you have to ask what it is, take your car to a shop that does these things and they will look after you - probablly even source the parts.
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I was planning to just don't know any places around where I live. If anybody knows where there is one around Anaheim, ca(I'm by disneyland) I would like to know.
 
Just ask a local garage. If they can't do it, they will know where to send you.
 
Quik LS said:
the one of the left is the stock open 8", the one of the right is the 8.8" Torsen

but.... to say a word of caution.... if you have to ask what it is, take your car to a shop that does these things and they will look after you - probablly even source the parts.
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That torsen looks mean! A used trac-loc should be fine. Summitracing.com has good prices on new ones http://www.summitracing.com/search/Part-Type/Differential-Carriers/?keyword=8.8&Ns=Price|Asc
 
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