Performance chips?
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Performance chips?
I have a 94 150 with a 5.0 and an auto, the motor is totally stock at the moment but looking to add cold air intake and a performance chip. Can anyone tell me which chip is best and if a chip is the best bang for the buck?
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chip is a waste at this point. look into headers and a free flowing exhaust system. a bassani Y pipe with hi flow cats then run 3" exhaust out stock location. the stock exhaust is a major bottleneck. drive that for awhile then look into a 56mm bbk throttlebody and maybe some 1.7 rockers and then a chip would be benifictial
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Originally Posted by flounder686
I have a 94 150 with a 5.0 and an auto, the motor is totally stock at the moment but looking to add cold air intake and a performance chip. Can anyone tell me which chip is best and if a chip is the best bang for the buck?
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Thanks guys, I have a 3" flowmaster behind the cat then it goes into duals. I may look into headers, but at the moment I was trying to improve the intake. I was looking to get the best HP/TRQ gain for around $500.00, see I have a 1968 money pit in the garage that is sucking up most of the funds right now.
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I have most of what Kemcaliburns suggested to do first on my '90 f-250 302, the 3"exhaust, the FITPK Cold aitr intake, and some shorty headers (what a headache, if your gonna go for it, at least get the long tubes and invest in some bolts with the hex head bolt inside of them)
KEMCALIBURNS - so based on the mods on my ride do you think a chip is the next step, and are chips the dangerous upgrades that they are told to be or not?
KEMCALIBURNS - so based on the mods on my ride do you think a chip is the next step, and are chips the dangerous upgrades that they are told to be or not?
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chips just dont give gains worth the cost with out other mods to contribute. plus some only work at WOT and/or require premium fuel all the time.
a cat back exhaust does nothing for performance the Y pipe is the restrictive part. also you want a headache long tube headers are the worst. some require notching the frame or denting the tubes on your header. also try removing the starter with a long tube header in place is impossible.
Flounder what size is your dual pipes?
a cat back exhaust does nothing for performance the Y pipe is the restrictive part. also you want a headache long tube headers are the worst. some require notching the frame or denting the tubes on your header. also try removing the starter with a long tube header in place is impossible.
Flounder what size is your dual pipes?
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I'll have to check after work, I think they are 2 1/4. I have been looking at headers, probably shorties with 1 5/8 primary ceramic coat. If I have to go to true duals I'll need to look into high flow cats as well. Do you need an O2 sensor on each side?
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