Dual Exhaust

[blustreak]

Originally Posted by hendershot5670

Aight im new with cars, but i got a 2001 mercury cougar and im tring to make it faster than it is stock. where can i go to get a turbo for it? or should i be putting other things in it

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[Comando489]

i can has turbo?

[LostRacer]

Originally Posted by hendershot5670

Aight im new with cars, but i got a 2001 mercury cougar and im tring to make it faster than it is stock. where can i go to get a turbo for it? or should i be putting other things in it

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[pnewmanzero]

alright guys, its been a while, but my exhaust is on. its not too bad, looks great. but whats next? i've got an intake, should i go for headers, a y pipe or what? i never got this far with my last cougar

[wanderingmind]

Well, the most common mod after intake and exhaust is headers (I/H/E).

Do you have a short-ram intake or CAI? If you've got a short-ram, I'd definitely get a CAI as your next mod. You can pick one up from Nautilus Performance (link below).

MSDS offers a headers/y-pipe combo for $726. Nautilus Performance offers headers for $250 (uncoated) you'd want to get them coated, which is $35. If you went with Nautilus, you could either A) optimize your stock y-pipe or B) purchase an aftermarket y-pipe from Nautilus Performance for $225 (uncoated). It's pretty easy to optimize your stock y-pipe and from my understanding actually flows better than aftermarket y-pipes (although the difference may be negligible). Most importantly, optimizing your y-pipe is MUCH cheaper. If you're wondering, the MSDS headers DO mount up with the stock y-pipe.

After I/H/E, you'd be looking at an added 10-20 WHP.

To break it down...CAI ~$150, exhaust ~$400, headers ~$300. Total = ~$850 for 20 WHP.

In my '99 Cougar, I was debating on doing headers, but with my budget, I looked at the cost of headers ~$300 and realized I'd be gaining maybe 10-15 WHP with that. Then, I looked at nitrous and realized for ~$600, I could gain 75 WHP+. I chose the latter. So, you might want to look into nitrous as well.

If I had the money, I would add headers/y-pipe to my current car (2001 2.5L MTX). Then, I would upgrade to an SVT clutch and get some nitrous.

[pnewmanzero]

Right now it is a short-ram. Looking at my engine bay, i don't see where a 3" pipe would fit through to go anywhere else... I've built the intake i have so far out of a couple parts from the CAI off my old car and a couple new pieces to get the right length... I was planning on continuing to do it that way....

[GTownCougar]

CAI goes through the stock intake little rubber boot hole and requires some cutting of the inner fender I believe. Not sure exactly as I have a 2.0 and thats a bit different.

[c0alition]

yea.. on my 2.0 i just took out old air box and piped it under the battery .. and then moved the accumulator? up some and piped it under and out to the front bumper.. no cutting or anything.

[pnewmanzero]

does anybody have any pictures of how they did it though?

[c0alition]

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just read that one the other day.. a really clean install.