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Hello everyone...I am new to this board and I was just wondering a few things...I just got a 1996 explorer V6 2WD..it has a new tranny and 132K miles on it...I was looking for some free, Cheap mods to do to it...Like a intake and/or headers..I was looking on a few other boards and they said they had a cheap way to lift the explorer..and I was just wondering if anyone here knew how to do it..any help would be appericated.
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matt
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Hello all, I'm new on this site but it feels good to find other people who enjoy their vehicles as much as I do. I have the same question here as lillbush only I have a 94 Eddie Bauer 4.0 explorer. I was wondering what would be cheap or easy to do, or if its even worth it. I was looking at Intakes and chips, but I'm not even sure that I would notice the difference on my explorer. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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i have done flowmaster cat back with 2.5" pipes, a chip and drilled the airbod. doing a lil r&d on the removal of airbox and replacement of tube so i can use an open element filter. i am planning on adding a custom hood setup which would mean hood scoops with holes made for max air flow across the engine compartment. i just cant figure out how to keep water out of it yet...the chip and exaust made a difference, no doubt. for the chip, i reccomend superchips.com and flowmaster delta series muffler about 79$ from summit.
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The Big 3 mods: intake, exhaust, and chip. You'll get the most out of those 3.
Go with the MAC Products intake (I have it) www.macperformance.com or www.motorhaven.com has them $5.00 cheaper. I don't know which 6 you have but this is for the OHV:
Exhaust I haven't done yet but I will be going with Dynomax. Flowmaster are also good, just more expensive.
For a chip, go with Diablo from Motorhaven.com.
Anything else you do cheaply won't make much of a performance difference without those 3. Explorer Express also has a perfomance MAF sensor for something like $250.00.
More expensive options: headers (if you can find them), cam replacement (lot's 'o money), and supercharger (the big daddy; about $3500.00 at Explorer Express).
Don't waste your money on throttle body spacers. Everything I've seen tells me that it's a complete waste of $100. Unless you just want to add it to your list of mods.
Go with the MAC Products intake (I have it) www.macperformance.com or www.motorhaven.com has them $5.00 cheaper. I don't know which 6 you have but this is for the OHV:
Exhaust I haven't done yet but I will be going with Dynomax. Flowmaster are also good, just more expensive.
For a chip, go with Diablo from Motorhaven.com.
Anything else you do cheaply won't make much of a performance difference without those 3. Explorer Express also has a perfomance MAF sensor for something like $250.00.
More expensive options: headers (if you can find them), cam replacement (lot's 'o money), and supercharger (the big daddy; about $3500.00 at Explorer Express).
Don't waste your money on throttle body spacers. Everything I've seen tells me that it's a complete waste of $100. Unless you just want to add it to your list of mods.
Last edited by WillieTD; May 28, 2003 at 12:02 PM.
