Tune-up priority

[Mike]

Let's be honest here, if you wanna make the Cougar 'fast' but you have monetary constraints, it's not gonna happen. The only way to make this car 'fast' is to spend.

Now, that being said, you can make it a lot more fun, and not spend a ton of money.

- Get an open element intake (any kind will do, even the cheap eBay kits)
- Get a local shop to custom bend you an exhaust (muffler choice is up to you)
- Upgrade the suspension (these cars can be a lot of fun with some suspension mods)

Do those few things and you'll be happy... Besides, that's what its all about, right? Doing what makes YOU happy?

[erfnick1]

I kinda of thought the same thing. that he wanted proformance items. Thats why i left him that list of web sites.

[zerain]

So in essence, prioritize these as the 'what should be first.' These are the things I still want to do. Which of these should come first in each group:

New shocks or Strut bar
Headers or Exhaust
Turbo or Supersharge (as far as the bhp to $ ratio)

Pardon the extreme lack of knowledge, Thanks!

[kpeeks]

Always start with the lowest cost upgrades, I/H/E is a start. Then from there you bring up the suspension/brakes. An UDP is good too.

With the 2.5 in there...I'd say look at finding a SVT upgrade. Just look in the 2.5 section.