what would be involved in a modular swap?

dutch · Dec 6, 2009

Steven said:
You seem like you want to buy a different car. There are options, your just going to shoot them down regardless.

I don't WANT a different car, I might even keep this one if it doesn't sell in the next few months. Getting a new edge would involve getting one from the US, which means 3 months of waiting, a lot of paperwork and stress and paying close to $20k in the end. So I'm not on the fence about it.

What are the best options in your eyes? Say I want 400hp from heads/intake/blower and I can't touch the computer. I want a safe (engine), realiable car that I can daily drive.

Steven · Dec 6, 2009

Anderson ford PMS unit. That would solve all tuning issues, it's much friendlier to folk who don't have any experience tuning, and its affordable compared to much of the standalones. In reality, you could probably buy a BG turbo kit and make 400 to the wheels on the stock motor with enough boost. 400 is real easy to get. An HCI/Blower combo generally makes well over 400, more like 5 when you take a look around. You could always buy a TFS and spray it. 300 in a 5.0 is very driveable, good for driving everyday, alot of fun. When you get to 400-500 you run into alot of problems, one being the T5, two being that all it does is spin and break things. Unless your putting it on a track to race consistently or have one hell of a tire on it 24/7, it will spin whether you have 300 or 500 horses under the hood, won't make a difference. It's everyones dream to have a massive amount of power, but in a mustang its generally useless outside of some serious, and I mean extreme, suspension modifications to put the power to the ground. Watch any turbo/SC/Nitrous car on youtube, whether it be fox or SN95, and all they do is spin on the street. It gets old, very quick.

dutch · Dec 6, 2009

well that's my plan if I can't sell it in the next few months.. but I'd rather be able to slap an KB on and be done.

If I don't sell, I'll probably do intake/heads and learn the PMS and later a small blower. That's why I said 400 is the goal, thought that would be a practical limit for a streetcar.