How much hp do I have?

5.0 · Mar 31, 2014

95 gt with these mods- Mac shorty headers with cat less h-pipe and flowmasters, cold air intake, smog delete, erg delete, uderdrive pulleys, 4:10 gears, just wandering how much horsepower I have gained and would a bama tune do much with these mods?

toyman · Mar 31, 2014

5.0 said:
95 gt with these mods- Mac shorty headers with cat less h-pipe and flowmasters, cold air intake, smog delete, erg delete, uderdrive pulleys, 4:10 gears, just wandering how much horsepower I have gained and would a bama tune do much with these mods?

If you haven't already, advance the timing. You should be able to advance to about 14*BTDC from the base of 10* and stay with 87 octane gas. Probably more hp gains here than from what you've done so far. I wouldn't get a tune with your mods. Most likely they would just advance the timing in the tune.

Sinned83 · Mar 31, 2014

~245 the handheld tuners for those year 5.0's aren't that good IMO

5.0 · Mar 31, 2014

Ok, thanks I will look into the timing, haven't messed with timing before

Caboose302 · Mar 31, 2014

toyman said:
If you haven't already, advance the timing. You should be able to advance to about 14*BTDC from the base of 10* and stay with 87 octane gas. Probably more hp gains here than from what you've done so far. I wouldn't get a tune with your mods. Most likely they would just advance the timing in the tune.

14* on 87? You must have really good gas where you are. My car pinged like shit when my girl put 87 in instead of 93 with 14*.

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Ferocious · Mar 31, 2014

5.0 said:
slowmasters
cold air intake
smog delete
erg delete
4:10 gears

All of these combined will probably give you about 5 lol.

A 5sp with all the mods you listed should be a bit over 250 hp.
I would skip the bama tune for now. If you have dyno deals/dyno days around your area you should consider going. Getting a baseline run is always fun. I got a base test for my car for $30.

Orange 94 · Mar 31, 2014

450 +/- couple hundred.

5.0 · Mar 31, 2014

Yes it's a 5spd, what would be some good mods to do next?

Ferocious · Mar 31, 2014

That depends on your intentions with the car as well as how much you're willing to spend.

Side note: I'm surprised your username wasn't taken.

5.0 · Mar 31, 2014

I was surprised as well lol. It is my daily driver, and just spending a little at a time, not trying to make a race car, just a little more power

5.0 · Mar 31, 2014

I am wanting gt-40 or cobra intake, will these be completely bolt-on? And will I need the lower as well or just upper?

410sn95 · Mar 31, 2014

Upper and lower. Bolt on if you get sn95 specific parts.

With Ferocious on this one, how was your username still available? lol.

the5.ohh · Mar 31, 2014

Okay tryna break this down.
shorties, offroad h and mufflers- maybe 15-20hp
cold air intake- 3-5 hp
smog delete- 0 (less weight)
erg delete- 0 (less weight)
underdrive pulleys- maybe 5-10 hp
4:10 gears- no hp gains, no torque gains. just uses what you have and makes it feel like you gained 50 hp and a shit load of torque

So from the stock 215 rating, you might be at around 235-250ish at the crank. I have longtubes, offroad x, catback, 70mm throttlebody, 76mm maf, 4.10s.. So I have a small amount more, maybe 245-260ish. You should have around 200 rwhp on the other hand, especially since yours is stick. A GT40 & cobra intake do bolt on, it would only be beneficial if you do the lower intake aswell, than heads and cam.

SLOW95GTS · Mar 31, 2014

210-215 rwhp at most, only way to get any higher is to do the HCI on it or port everything that's on there now and rebuild your short block for higher compression.

RichV · Mar 31, 2014

You need a top end. HCI, then look at tunes.

On your current HP, if your car is running well and has no issues, maybe 200 at the wheels. I know if you ad a GT40 top end plus an e-303 you should be 260-270 at the wheels. Again, assuming it's a healthy 5.0.

5.0 · Apr 1, 2014

Which is better- gt-40 or cobra intake?

CC'S95GT · Apr 1, 2014

5.0 said:
Which is better- gt-40 or cobra intake?

they are basically the same.

The real choke point on the 5.0's is the heads. IMO, don't waste your time doing just the intake till you can do the heads and cam too.