bolt ons - where to start, how to progress?

[longsword65]

Is there a list of bolt on upgrades somewhere here?
It'd be nice to see a list stickied somwhere.
something that starts with the easy and cheap (relatively) and progressses to harder and expensive,
something along the lines of...

Start with:
cold air intake + filter
cat-back exhaust system
x-pipe
throttle body

when you're done with that work on...
intake plenum
under drive pulley
headers
3.73 rear end

next, decide if you're going to stay NA or go supercharged.

if you stay NA look at...
intake manifold
fuel pump
injectors
fuel rails

if you go superchargered, consider what boost level you want and look at...
Ford Racing/Eaton
Kenne Bell
Paxton

It'd be nice to have a generic guide.
Has this been done before? if so, where is it? and can we get it stickied somewhere?

Thanks,

input and corrections to the above are welcome and even encouraged

[doogz]

Good generic guide to start with, but I think there's way too many parts and ways to go to make a comprehensive list. In my case, I started straight with the longtubes. My buddy's first "mod" was a new set of heads, a cam, and a new intake.

[Arrgorndenethor]

my first mod was a cold air intake, then a throttle body then underdrive pullies, then long tube headers, x-pipe and cat-back exaust, next i need to replace the clutch which might be this week if my friend can work on it, then rear end + gears

[Sea Pony]

Cold air is definately a great place to start. It's relatively cheap and most people can feel a difference in the HP even if it is negligible (especially if you switch to a K&N). I'm not sure but it probably does not void warranty. And even if it does, it is easy (though kind of a pain) to reinstall the factory goods before you take the car in for service.

Number two has to be gears in my book. No faster cheaper way to increase acceleration and decrease ET. Also I really have never heard of ring & pinion gears failing ever.

I think the next most sensible upgrade would be MAF & Throttle body. Everything else gets more expensive from there.

Just remember, opinions are like buttholes...everybody has one. Mustangers are lucky because with the volume of parts and distributors out there, if you have the money, you can do it pretty much any old way you want.

HAVE FUN!!

[kurt02gt]

I know since I have a auto, my first two mods are high stall torque converter and gears. The rest could wait but these two mods would be better $ to HP for use auto guys then a exhaust, CAI, TB, etc...

my $.02


Kurt