Just bought a 2001 mustang v6 with gt body. 58000 original miles. Cheap gas and cheap insurance. My mom has a 2010 gt. Drivin them both alot and I like my little v6. Screw you haters out there. Its a nice clean safe reliable car with room for upgrades. and for 4800 bucks you cant beat it!
my wife got an 04 40th for 1k. it ran so horribly, only because the previous owners never took care of it, but now that parts are being replaced, she runs like a champion. v6 isnt bad
I know its only a v6 and you won’t get much from it but I love the support this car gets for modifications... tinkerers will be tinkerers regardless and its nice to see that this car actually has a lot of options as far as upgrades
@@carleynorthcoast1915 you can do a 97 ford windstar manifold swap and also an f-150 from certain years. You have to move stuff around tho like the iac valve and some vacuum lines. And i think it doesnt fit under the stock hood lol
@@PatrioticBiker you can get the winter intake under the stock hood but the f150 intake needs a hole through it or a cowl hood or something with more space under it
After doing some research to catch up on all things "Mustang" (considering getting another one after many, many years), I've come to the conclusion that the 99-04 pushrod V6 Mustang is the best bang for your buck DIY friendly "hotrod" of this age. The pushrod design is extremely reliable, more simple and a lot cheaper to work on (or even rebuild it yourself if you have to), just powerful enough to be fun, obviously able to be improved with bolt ons, all the way up to superchargers, turbos and nitrous, RWD, lighter than the V8 which is better for handling, cheaper on insurance and gas, cheaper to buy, and can be made to look just as good as the GT. There is virtually NOTHING that comes close to matching this by any manufacturer available to Americans.
@@njt-7328 I got a 2002 5 speed since I made that comment and been busy restoring it as needed so I haven't made any performance mods yet. If it were an automatic the first thing I'd do is put 3.73 or 4.10 gears in it and a performance tune. One thing I'd like to do to mine is get high flow catted dual exhaust, ported heads and intakes and top that off with 1.7 roller rockers. That would be good for up to 60 hp, not counting a cam. One tip on handling. Our 99-04 V6 cars were the only Mustangs in history that didn't come with a rear sway bar. Get one off any 79-98 (all) or 99-04 (GT) to tighten her up a little more. Very cheap handling mod I've already made for mine.
I bought another new edge mustang, now I've owned 4 and this is my first v6. I'm actually enjoying it. The mpg is decent, cheap insurance and its quiet and the automatic actually works well. Great 1500 bucks spent.
Got mine for 1000, had been driving it for a bit cause it was given to me as a favor before I bought it, so I put like a few thousand miles on it, it was at 196K when I started using it but now it's at like 204K and needed a bunch of repairs so I think 1K is fair; needed new alternator, radiator and radiator fan, thermometer, oil change, fitting repair on the cooling line, it spent a couple days sitting in a United supermarkets parking lot cause of the radiator bursting mid drive after I fixed the alternator
good stuff man my wife had a 2004 mustang 40th aniversary edition with the 3.9 instead of the 3.8, cold air, exhaust, computer chip, and gears it was peppy lol still alot slower than the lt1 camaro i used to have but atleast it was domestic and not import haha and we ended up getting a wj 4.7 v8 jeep grand cherokee instead... 4x4 is fun and all of us fit lol
The 3.9 has quite a bit more horse power than that, mines pushing well at 355HP+ I have a full air intake, long tube headers, with a catless 3" X pipe thats just to behind transmission ported heads, ported intake manifold plate ported intake manifold, ported throttlebody, a aftermarket cam, a tune an I run mine on the highest octane fuel in my state which is 93 out of 87 89 93, Thought about porting my block an putting 4.6 or 5.0 pistons in it but I'm still in the thought process of that for now..
Got rid of the stock upper an lower intake manifolds, got a 04 ford freestar lower intake manifold an upper intake manifold then max ported those 2, so in reality I went from 12 small intake runners 2 for each cylinder down to 6 big intake runners 1 for each cylinder plus a max port on each, see you have to port the top and bottom of lower intake then port lower intake bottom gasket's to match, then port upper intake manifold an match port gasket on it as well, same with Throttle body port it then match the gasket if you do not match the gaskets to the ports then it's all fully pointless cause of air flow restriction also it all has to be very smooth texture wise.
You can turn the upper intake on the wind star motor a full 360 to use it on the 99-04 v6 mustangs Only thing is with the lower intake it has 1 extra coolant arm that you'll have to connect to a T with the coolant line beside it or block off either one.
Definitely going to try most of these on my 94 with similar parts. My 94 v6 makes such little power it's embarrassing. I do already have a dual exhaust.
i have done all these mods to my v6 ,and it really helps bone stock it ran a 17.2 in the 1/4 mile then i got all these mods and put them on and it ran a 16.67 still trying to get it to do better in the 1/4 mile the power is there just have to find the mod to do it
Hey how's the journey? Do you know of any intake manifolds. I saw a vid on YT where he put a F-150 manifold on but he had to cut his hood to fit it!!! I have the GT hood on my...not really interested in cutting the body....
I love v6 Mustang's, but unless you boost it dont even bother, those essex v6 go hand in hand with boost. But if your keeping it na dont even bother racing it or modding it.
dylan scronce i ported the heads and manifolds on my 3.8 added pace setting longtubes a cold air intake and im adding an aggressive cam and stronger push rods. I cant wait till i get it up and running. lmao. Also have nitrous.
Just recently bought a 2000 Mustang V6 for $900. The car has 133,000 miles and minor rust on the side panels. Nothing wrong with the engine at all, no check engine or anything.
Sorry if offending any V6 SN95 owners, but a base 2.5 Duratec V6 from a Contour can keep up and may beat this SN95 V6. A base 2.5 V6 can make close to 170hp stock and has a torque number of 165ft-lbs. To be honest, Ford should've put the 3.0 Duratec V6 in the Mustang, very light and has anywhere between 200-240hp. The 3.0 Duratec will be the engine that will replace my 2.5 SVT V6 in my daily Contour, once the engine has lived a good life, I will put the old SVT block on a shelf.
I got a 6 and has 205,000 miles on it had it for 6 years now have only replace the water pump and coil pack wires plugs car runs excellent the v6 ain't super fast but it'll dust ricers all day 👍🇺🇲👍
Cody Burress At this time we don't have any cam set ups for the 3.8 V6. I'll send this over to my purchasing team, though! Thanks for the suggestion. -Dan
Cody Burress Go to supersixmotorsports.com. They sell every internal performance part you can think of for the 3.8 V6. Forged pistons, rods, stroker cranks, cams, ported heads, intakes, etc. They've dynoed a stock V6 gaining a blistering *_80 HP_* with nothing but a cam, ported heads/intakes and basic bolt ons like CAI, long tube headers & a tune.
You can get a budget tuner for about 200$ Brings it to life. I got a sweet v6 for about 500$ put some money into and almost catches a v8 of the same year model
@Curtis Sherwood i agree man same in my area. V8 mustangs of that era didnt have much power tbh anyway. Ive owned 2 3.8s and a gt. Modded 3.8 is greater than 4.6 and it doesnt suck gas like a hog. Im throwing a posi rear end and 3.73 gears in next spring then a universal turbo kit...gonna fly
A v6 makes 163 horsepower with these mods? Yikes man. I promise you my old v6 Explorer could walk your little v6. Save up money for the GT. Trust me it’s worth it, and gas is cheaper now anyways.
It doesn't sound related but if you put about 50 to 75 pound racing weight in the back ahead of the axle you're gonna loose a bit on you're quarter and plenty handling . most mustang are really front heavy and that added weight can ballence them so well the power hitting the ground better will make them faster for 50$
For how cheap these NewEdge/Sn95 V6s are why not try throwing on an Ebay Turbo and seeing how it does? I mean you can find these all day for $2500 or less so why not? Might work well and have a nice 200HP DD
Ive had an 01 v6, you are not getting 80hp n/a unless you do heads, cam, intake mani, bolt ons and a hell of a dyno tune to gain 80hp, and youd still be lucky to get that!!!
t hammer I went with the MSD coil. And I am very happy with it. And it did help out. My fuel mileage went up. And it runs smoothly. Have not done much to the driveline. Just a basic tune up and a cia. Most of my mods were to the suspension so far.
Someone needs to look into building a cobr R styled exhaust setup for these things. I want that look, but no one has a system like that. Everyone has to Frankenstein their exhaust together to get it 😕
If you have the resources, a better intake and exhaust really wakes up the car, I run a true dual setup with cat deletes and an h-pipe. Although I have yet to get a tune, getting rid of the restriction really allows for a better sound and power boost for the car
Wow I've never seen so many comments on v6 sn 95 mustang. Lol this was great and very interesting. Lol I love my v6 all I can say . But I like my cobra 5.o lol
if i have no mods on my automatic 1999 mustang v6 and install the super edis coil pack will i need a tune after or chip/computer or is it not required???
i was wonder if you guys can make those lights black background, but with the same color as the car it will make it look cleaner and newer for that year i will buy some
AM, How do you install all of this and only get 164Hp? You did the same thing in your other video with just the CAI and Bama tuner and supposively hit 165...... Makes no sense. (Not hating because I am a AM fan, just figured I would throw it out there.)
mine is cammed(e303) as well as a list of other parts and punched to a 306 ci but its mpg is decent still... I also drive like a grandma most of the time lol
i got a 99v6 mutang i instaled a 2000 motor harnas was changed to match stanard trans coil plug wont fit changed put 99 coial on it now it pop an crack lik it is out of time what did i do rong
I have Mac long tubes and bbk cai and went to get it dyno tuned just to get my emissions passed and they were able to get mine close to 190 hp to the wheels. Why does bama not compare to that?
doesn't matter if the car can't use the extra fuel. Injectors are only so large and they are only tuned for a certain injector pulse. If you aren't running out of injector, then the pump is fine. If you need more fuel or your injectors are big enough for your HP goal but you keep leaning out then you upgrade the pump. The return style fuel system sends constant pressure to the fuel rail and whatever the injectors don't send into the engine gets sent back to the tank. If your stock pump goes out then throw a Walbro 190 LPH or 255 LPH in there for good measure as it gives you room to grow with future modifications.
Is it possible to get up to 300hp n/a with this engine? That’s all I want tbh I really don’t want to do an engine swap or run a turbo. So if anyone knows how I can please lmk.
ported big valve heads, cam swap, long tubes, and you can do a 4.2L stroker. I'd hit it with a 100 hp wet nitrous kit. 3.73 or 4.10 gears and a 3600 stall converter if it's an auto. Fun little v6.
@ SGT R What you said is exactly what is done and you can I've seen it on the dyno. You have to let it breath and give it new gears but yeah you can do it.
I noticed mention of replacing the gears. Does this video only apply to the manual transmission of 1999-2004 V6 Mustangs or does it apply to the automatic Mustangs as well?
Automatic's use gears too you know 😏 The tuning helps take care of when and how it shifts, but when it does, the new gears make it smoother and much more efficient
That's exactly as far as i want to go with my 2000. Which is already true dual / cat with factory ex manifolds. Thinking x or maybe h pipe at the most. But... I'm curious . Go figure.....:) What about a Freestar upper and lower intake swap? Is it worth it? Is there a better after market upper/ lower intake and plenum kit available yet? Because quite frankly, the intake set-up is miserably balanced and flows like a haphazardly pinched hose. Is there a more straight on air introduction technique? An enquiring mind has to know. I assume one could also cramhorn a 3.9/4.0/4.2 in it as well?
my 87 gt with 3.73 gears gets better gas milage than the 04 v6 mustang my girl used to have.... i actually get 25 highway mpg hers used to get 21 or 22 with the steeper gearing... which is a little sad
Those are some disappointing gains, not going to lie. Now, it's been 7 years. Being a pretty big site for Mustangs as a whole, have any actual kits for the engine been made available? Or are we all still condemned to buying the Overpriced products of SSM and Tom Morana?
DVJFan The T-Bird SC’s version of it weren’t so wimpy though. Wish Ford would’ve used the same forged internals on the stangs as well to at least make it safer to boost them past 8-11 psi. But the fact that parts from AM for such a “trash” engine are as expensive as they are disturbs me heavily, hence my original comment.
So what is the difference between street tune and race tune, I did the race tune and it really did make my 0-60 a lot quicker and more aggressive but it seems like it's only quick from a dead stop, it feels slower at accelerating while already rolling, or driving around on roads.. is the street tune just like it or does give you a little better zip around town
Neil, if you click on "Show More" under this video, the parts are listed with a link that should bring you to the product page on our site. Let me know if this helps! -Elaina
I see all the comments about crank horsepower and wheel horsepower. If it boosted the wheel hp by 15 does that mean like 30 at crank? How does it scale? Seems like a lot for so little. But going from like 190 to 220 crank hp? Just confused about the two.
15 at the wheel doesn't mean 30 at the crank. But yes you have the right idea. I've heard that from the flywheel to the wheels you loose about 20%-30% roughly. The only way to tell exactly, is to dyno the engine out of the car ,then Dyno the car with the engine back in it.
Not everyone wants a race car. Some just want a nice whip with a little pep. Even if you did buy a v8 you would wind up mad because a civic hatch from the 80s smoked it lol
bihcardinals hp and torque at the crank for the mustang is 190hp and 225ft lbs. For the accord its 200hp and 190ft lbs. Obviously thats not to the wheels, and sense what makes a car faster and throws you in the seat is torque, the mustang has more thus meaning the mustang wins this battle.
What good is it without base times and modified times I don't care how fast the hamster runs on the wheel,I want to know how fast it is across the room! it's like saying I just installed a corncob in my tailpipe and now I get 73 mpg with my 58 Chevy,and one more, I'll bet there are Turbo V-6 mustang race cars that will eat stock GT 500's,come on guys you have a pretty good video,make your information use full
Hey American muscle, what was the 0-60 on this? I have a track car with a 3.8 and a fully gutted interior with good tires and H&r super race springs. I wanna change my gears to 4.10’s but the idiot in my head is saying 4.56’s 💀 🏎💨
Anybody can explain to me y 98 v6 mustang don't have acceleration handling power pack it got completely skipped over unless I can use what they talking about on this video can anybody help me with this
I have a 2000 lx. AM has the suspension parts. And some good engine mods. No the v-6 are not fast. They can be if you have the money to boost it. I just take out my falcon if I want to go fast. But the v-6 does have it's good points. Like it is 100 lbs lighter than the v-8 up front. They are easy to make them really handle on the curves. Add a new gears will really help with the take off as the six is slow off the line.
to keep costs down, the v6 and the gt use the same suspension parts and brakes. maximummotorsports.com is the best place for everything. summitracing.com might have the same parts with free shipping. you can go to americanmuscle.com to see all the vids.
Why is that everytime i've considered using supercoils on my fords i always see comments that say they are crap and a real waste of money and mess up ur car
Domingo Chacon guess some people don’t have luck with them. I’ve replaced the coil on my 98 with a Screamin’ Demon and others with MSD. So far never had an issue with them.
ryan lewis I went with the SR performance cai and it was under $60.00 on sale. The coil. I went with the MSD for a little under $100.00. I also did new plugs and plug wires. The runner is were the money is.
P2004 code intake manifold runner control valve stuck open. I can’t get my ‘04 v6 mustang to pass inspection because of this. Can someone who’s dealt with this issue before please help me out? I don’t wanna pay a mechanic $400+ for something I may be able to fix on my own.
Around 200 dollars for the cold air and the coil pack. Add what they spent on dual exhaust. All for 15 TQ? All the improvement was due to programing. This guy talks about "getty up" REALLY. The money to improvement ratio is NOT stoichiometric.
"The money to improvement ratio is NOT stoichiometric." comment was a smart ass way of saying the guys spend a lot of money for little improvement. I wasn't inferring that the cold air intake was going to change the air fuel ratio. Nothing against Ford, I'm a ford tech. realistically the fact is its a V6 that was designed in the nintys and put in a mustang to appeal to people who couldn't afford a V8 package or had a touch of tree hugger in them and still wanted to look cool. its not a V8 and dosent produce a great deal of anything. its not a ECOBOOST. But you were right about forced air induction. you can do anything with enough money.
***** It's not as simple as swapping pullies and bolting on a s/c from a Thunderbird 3.8. The T-bird & SN95 3.8 bottom ends are the same, but they have different heads. T-birds have single-port intakes, while SN95s have split-port intakes (on the heads, that is). To do the swap, you'd have to replace the better-flowing Essex split-port heads with the inferior single-port T-bird heads, just to bolt on the s/c. Any gains you get from the swap would be used mopping up the losses you got from the heads. For the SN95 3.8, the best thing for power gains is to do your standard bolt ons (CAI, LT headers, delete cats, aftermarket mufflers, tune, better plugs, wires, & ignition coil), then swap the cam out with an aftermarket either from CompCams or SuperSixMotorsports. It also makes a world of difference to port/polish the heads & intakes. SSM dynoed a stock 3.8 gaining 80 HP from an aggressive cam & ported heads/intakes. (I think the valvetrain was rebuilt with CompCams components). They can also be bored .050" over and stroked to a 4.3 by using a stock crankshaft out of the 4.2 V6 that came in late 90s F-150 trucks. Bump your compression to 10.5:1, forge the internals and you've got an engine capable of making 300 hp at the crank, easy.
***** Thanks. I'm actually not a big stroker - I've been mostly a mildly-modded kind of person since I do autocross. I broke a connecting rod in my 3.8 and the cylinder wall was damaged, so figured it was as good of a time as any to build a stronger engine. I actually didn't know the 3.8 could be stroked to a 4.3 until I started delving into options for forged builds. I figured since I've got it torn apart anyway, may as well go all out.
I like the V6..im not a racer i like to cruses and look good doing it..but to have a little power for a just in case i need it moment..
Keep Preaching 🙌
Does anyone recommend this?
Yes
@@MustangGuy2000 yes 👍
I agree
Just bought a 2001 mustang v6 with gt body. 58000 original miles. Cheap gas and cheap insurance. My mom has a 2010 gt. Drivin them both alot and I like my little v6. Screw you haters out there. Its a nice clean safe reliable car with room for upgrades. and for 4800 bucks you cant beat it!
blake bouldin I got my gt for $4000
@@bryancortes1882 You're also replying *6 fucking years later*. Do you understand the concept of value depreciation?
😂😂😂😂 I GoT mY gT FOr 4000 6 years later 😂😂😂
I can think of many things for 4800 that can beat it
Bryan Cortes yeah same i bought my GT for $4,500 with 98,000, last owner bought it new in 2004 with 30,000 miles
my wife got an 04 40th for 1k. it ran so horribly, only because the previous owners never took care of it, but now that parts are being replaced, she runs like a champion. v6 isnt bad
I know its only a v6 and you won’t get much from it but I love the support this car gets for modifications... tinkerers will be tinkerers regardless and its nice to see that this car actually has a lot of options as far as upgrades
Unless I have options for intake manifold i feel like I've got nowhere to go.
@@carleynorthcoast1915 you can do a 97 ford windstar manifold swap and also an f-150 from certain years. You have to move stuff around tho like the iac valve and some vacuum lines. And i think it doesnt fit under the stock hood lol
@@PatrioticBiker you can get the winter intake under the stock hood but the f150 intake needs a hole through it or a cowl hood or something with more space under it
Competition orange is such a beautiful color on these cars
After doing some research to catch up on all things "Mustang" (considering getting another one after many, many years), I've come to the conclusion that the 99-04 pushrod V6 Mustang is the best bang for your buck DIY friendly "hotrod" of this age. The pushrod design is extremely reliable, more simple and a lot cheaper to work on (or even rebuild it yourself if you have to), just powerful enough to be fun, obviously able to be improved with bolt ons, all the way up to superchargers, turbos and nitrous, RWD, lighter than the V8 which is better for handling, cheaper on insurance and gas, cheaper to buy, and can be made to look just as good as the GT.
There is virtually NOTHING that comes close to matching this by any manufacturer available to Americans.
Just bought a 2003 automatic . 150km but she drives smooth . any recommendations on what performance mods i should go with first ?
@@njt-7328 I got a 2002 5 speed since I made that comment and been busy restoring it as needed so I haven't made any performance mods yet. If it were an automatic the first thing I'd do is put 3.73 or 4.10 gears in it and a performance tune.
One thing I'd like to do to mine is get high flow catted dual exhaust, ported heads and intakes and top that off with 1.7 roller rockers. That would be good for up to 60 hp, not counting a cam.
One tip on handling. Our 99-04 V6 cars were the only Mustangs in history that didn't come with a rear sway bar. Get one off any 79-98 (all) or 99-04 (GT) to tighten her up a little more. Very cheap handling mod I've already made for mine.
@@HAL-dm1eh Awesome, I appreciate the advice! thanks
I bought another new edge mustang, now I've owned 4 and this is my first v6. I'm actually enjoying it. The mpg is decent, cheap insurance and its quiet and the automatic actually works well. Great 1500 bucks spent.
I don't believe you spent 1500 on it... Where do you live? And must be loaded with miles
@@johnreese7352 Oregon. V6 mustangs are dime a dozen here. I would of paid anymore for it there usually closer to 1200
@@johnreese7352 210k miles. It's not super pretty but I just bought it as a beater car. I don't care to make a v6 nice. I have a GT for that reason.
Just bought a 03 for the same price today !
Got mine for 1000, had been driving it for a bit cause it was given to me as a favor before I bought it, so I put like a few thousand miles on it, it was at 196K when I started using it but now it's at like 204K and needed a bunch of repairs so I think 1K is fair; needed new alternator, radiator and radiator fan, thermometer, oil change, fitting repair on the cooling line, it spent a couple days sitting in a United supermarkets parking lot cause of the radiator bursting mid drive after I fixed the alternator
Those headlights
All honesty, That v6 looks pretty sexy.
good stuff man my wife had a 2004 mustang 40th aniversary edition with the 3.9 instead of the 3.8, cold air, exhaust, computer chip, and gears it was peppy lol still alot slower than the lt1 camaro i used to have but atleast it was domestic and not import haha and we ended up getting a wj 4.7 v8 jeep grand cherokee instead... 4x4 is fun and all of us fit lol
Some test times would be nice on these power up kits. 0-60 40-70 1/4mile would all be nice
Made me feel a 100 times better
I just LS swapped my V6 new edge.
It's actually fun now.
I’m gonna need you to do the same for me 😂
The 3.9 has quite a bit more horse power than that, mines pushing well at 355HP+ I have a full air intake, long tube headers, with a catless 3" X pipe thats just to behind transmission ported heads, ported intake manifold plate ported intake manifold, ported throttlebody, a aftermarket cam, a tune an I run mine on the highest octane fuel in my state which is 93 out of 87 89 93,
Thought about porting my block an putting 4.6 or 5.0 pistons in it but I'm still in the thought process of that for now..
Sweet man. Do you just port the stock intake manifold or what kind did u use?
Got rid of the stock upper an lower intake manifolds, got a 04 ford freestar lower intake manifold an upper intake manifold then max ported those 2, so in reality I went from 12 small intake runners 2 for each cylinder down to 6 big intake runners 1 for each cylinder plus a max port on each, see you have to port the top and bottom of lower intake then port lower intake bottom gasket's to match, then port upper intake manifold an match port gasket on it as well, same with Throttle body port it then match the gasket if you do not match the gaskets to the ports then it's all fully pointless cause of air flow restriction also it all has to be very smooth texture wise.
You can turn the upper intake on the wind star motor a full 360 to use it on the 99-04 v6 mustangs
Only thing is with the lower intake it has 1 extra coolant arm that you'll have to connect to a T with the coolant line beside it or block off either one.
It sounds like a v8 a lil
Well you can go to Super six motor sports and get a power pack that gives you 80 more hp than stock while being NA.
Definitely going to try most of these on my 94 with similar parts. My 94 v6 makes such little power it's embarrassing. I do already have a dual exhaust.
To their list I would add the 65mm throttle body.
i’m probably really late on this but just get a tune
Just got a 2002 very clean low kms with a cold air intake aftermarket exhaust and the 3.73 gears. compared to my stock 00 its night and day
i have done all these mods to my v6 ,and it really helps bone stock it ran a 17.2 in the 1/4 mile then i got all these mods and put them on and it ran a 16.67 still trying to get it to do better in the 1/4 mile the power is there just have to find the mod to do it
Hey how's the journey? Do you know of any intake manifolds. I saw a vid on YT where he put a F-150 manifold on but he had to cut his hood to fit it!!! I have the GT hood on my...not really interested in cutting the body....
Can y'all please make a couple of these videos for 94-98 v6 mustangs
Its basically the same car and you can expect the same numbers
+DVJFan yeah same I know because my v6 can certainly redline very easily than the guy claims plus tje mods help it alot
+DVJFan Right? That's what I thought too, 190Hp for the 99-04's, it doesn't make any sense!!
I love v6 Mustang's, but unless you boost it dont even bother, those essex v6 go hand in hand with boost. But if your keeping it na dont even bother racing it or modding it.
SGTR i got a 3.8 with cold air. Msd ignition. True duals with x pipe. Bigger cam. And she will smoke em off
dylan scronce i ported the heads and manifolds on my 3.8 added pace setting longtubes a cold air intake and im adding an aggressive cam and stronger push rods. I cant wait till i get it up and running. lmao. Also have nitrous.
Just recently bought a 2000 Mustang V6 for $900. The car has 133,000 miles and minor rust on the side panels. Nothing wrong with the engine at all, no check engine or anything.
You def bought a lemon
@@johnreese7352 nah I just bought a 1999 v6 anniversary edition for $900
@@NadixonYT Bruh my 04 was 4 grand and that was in late 2018 early 2019 economy yall bought lemons XD
@@gamedude057 if our cars worked.. how was it a lemon? We found a good deal is all. I replaced my radiator and pushed mine to 240000
Sorry if offending any V6 SN95 owners, but a base 2.5 Duratec V6 from a Contour can keep up and may beat this SN95 V6. A base 2.5 V6 can make close to 170hp stock and has a torque number of 165ft-lbs. To be honest, Ford should've put the 3.0 Duratec V6 in the Mustang, very light and has anywhere between 200-240hp. The 3.0 Duratec will be the engine that will replace my 2.5 SVT V6 in my daily Contour, once the engine has lived a good life, I will put the old SVT block on a shelf.
I got a 6 and has 205,000 miles on it had it for 6 years now have only replace the water pump and coil pack wires plugs car runs excellent the v6 ain't super fast but it'll dust ricers all day 👍🇺🇲👍
220,000 still going like new shifts and runs zero leaks tickss or knocks ❤
You won't dust shit. Even a Civic makes more than this nowadays 😂
Do u have any cam kits for the 1999-04 3.8 v6 that would be a big help and if u can do more videos of the 1999-04 v6 thank u .
Cody Burress At this time we don't have any cam set ups for the 3.8 V6. I'll send this over to my purchasing team, though! Thanks for the suggestion. -Dan
AmericanMuscle.com Just check out super six motor sports. Everything you will ever want for your v6 engine.
because they think you have enough common sense to see them load the tune in the car. so intake + tune = 12-20hp
Cody Burress Go to supersixmotorsports.com. They sell every internal performance part you can think of for the 3.8 V6. Forged pistons, rods, stroker cranks, cams, ported heads, intakes, etc.
They've dynoed a stock V6 gaining a blistering *_80 HP_* with nothing but a cam, ported heads/intakes and basic bolt ons like CAI, long tube headers & a tune.
***** what do u recommend for power
This video in the elephant. V6, automatic, bolt ons and tune. All to get an extra 15 hp 🤦🏾♂️ it’s cheaper to just get a v8 mustang from the start
You can get a budget tuner for about 200$ Brings it to life. I got a sweet v6 for about 500$ put some money into and almost catches a v8 of the same year model
@Curtis Sherwood i agree man same in my area. V8 mustangs of that era didnt have much power tbh anyway. Ive owned 2 3.8s and a gt. Modded 3.8 is greater than 4.6 and it doesnt suck gas like a hog. Im throwing a posi rear end and 3.73 gears in next spring then a universal turbo kit...gonna fly
Or do what I do find a good deal on a v-8 engine and swap
@@kingkota2302 Not even worth the effort, time and money
A v6 makes 163 horsepower with these mods? Yikes man. I promise you my old v6 Explorer could walk your little v6. Save up money for the GT. Trust me it’s worth it, and gas is cheaper now anyways.
It doesn't sound related but if you put about 50 to 75 pound racing weight in the back ahead of the axle you're gonna loose a bit on you're quarter and plenty handling . most mustang are really front heavy and that added weight can ballence them so well the power hitting the ground better will make them faster for 50$
Racing Weight? sounds like wasted money. How about I just put a 50 lb log there instead?
For how cheap these NewEdge/Sn95 V6s are why not try throwing on an Ebay Turbo and seeing how it does? I mean you can find these all day for $2500 or less so why not? Might work well and have a nice 200HP DD
Ive had an 01 v6, you are not getting 80hp n/a unless you do heads, cam, intake mani, bolt ons and a hell of a dyno tune to gain 80hp, and youd still be lucky to get that!!!
Would the MSD Performance Coil Pack (94-00 V6) be better to get? 45.000 volts with accel v.s. 48,000 volts with MSD.
t hammer I went with the MSD coil. And I am very happy with it. And it did help out. My fuel mileage went up. And it runs smoothly. Have not done much to the driveline. Just a basic tune up and a cia. Most of my mods were to the suspension so far.
Don't make a difference
yes this will make it quicker by a whole second
Someone needs to look into building a cobr R styled exhaust setup for these things. I want that look, but no one has a system like that. Everyone has to Frankenstein their exhaust together to get it 😕
According the the website if you do the 93octane race tune on the car with all the mods mentioned in the video you will get up to 30 more hp and tq
Love this one ❤ this one is for the evey day driver.
I wish that it was one whole package. And I also wish they can teach you how to install it
is there an avaliable supercharger for 01' v6 mustang
they have it.on the website but I haven't seen any videos or reviews for it,it's a whopping 4k and gets your v6 up to 360hp
Why not just swap to v8
swapping engines in this kind of car can give you all sorts of problems, it needs to be tuned properly. its not like simple civic engines
Yea American Muscle has two different kits for it.
90s model Thunderbird supercoupe has a 3.8 procharged v6, direct bolt on
I have a 95 v6 3.8l and I want to swap it with a Cobra R motor will it slide right in or is that to big for the car?
I own this car and am trying to find cheap mods, any ideas?
SaucyProductions me too man, I wanna find something affordable, I need a direction
If you have the resources, a better intake and exhaust really wakes up the car, I run a true dual setup with cat deletes and an h-pipe. Although I have yet to get a tune, getting rid of the restriction really allows for a better sound and power boost for the car
Screamin demon coil pack cold air intake, new exhaust
add a 4.2 f150 manifold it will add some horse power but
you have to cut the hood
this guy gets it
What year and do you think that the GT hood has enough clearance?
hi, will that Bama tune help in fuel economy as well?
thanks so much for all the info. you guys are great.
What exhaust do you have on it sounds clean
okay I need you to install that pack on my 2000 V6 Mustang how much would that run me?
Same
Wow a hotter spark - Just how hot is a cold spark vs a hot spark?
Wow I've never seen so many comments on v6 sn 95 mustang. Lol this was great and very interesting. Lol I love my v6 all I can say . But I like my cobra 5.o lol
Are there any videos for a power pack like this for the '94-'98 V6 Mustangs?
Hmmm... being so underpowered, without the split port intake, I think everyone just moved on to the 01-04
if i have no mods on my automatic 1999 mustang v6 and install the super edis coil pack will i need a tune after or chip/computer or is it not required???
Nah
Get a stick
Nope. I have the same basic mods on mine. Plus a 65mm throttle body. No tune needed. But the tune will get a bit more out of the mods.
i was wonder if you guys can make those lights black background, but with the same color as the car it will make it look cleaner and newer for that year i will buy some
AM, How do you install all of this and only get 164Hp? You did the same thing in your other video with just the CAI and Bama tuner and supposively hit 165...... Makes no sense. (Not hating because I am a AM fan, just figured I would throw it out there.)
*163 vs. 164
+204Gray that's 164 at the wheels
mine is cammed(e303) as well as a list of other parts and punched to a 306 ci but its mpg is decent still... I also drive like a grandma most of the time lol
Do u need to buy a performance chip with the tuners
TNTDaddy 2 no
What is the part number for the Accel Super EDIS coil pack
is that little air intake good. or a bama air intake and tuner better.
i got a 99v6 mutang i instaled a 2000 motor harnas was changed to match stanard trans coil plug wont fit changed put 99 coial on it now it pop an crack lik it is out of time what did i do rong
I have Mac long tubes and bbk cai and went to get it dyno tuned just to get my emissions passed and they were able to get mine close to 190 hp to the wheels. Why does bama not compare to that?
can you send the part number of your mods?
A higher pressure Fuel pump, gets more fuel into engine. A 4 liter from a ford truck might fit?
doesn't matter if the car can't use the extra fuel. Injectors are only so large and they are only tuned for a certain injector pulse. If you aren't running out of injector, then the pump is fine. If you need more fuel or your injectors are big enough for your HP goal but you keep leaning out then you upgrade the pump. The return style fuel system sends constant pressure to the fuel rail and whatever the injectors don't send into the engine gets sent back to the tank. If your stock pump goes out then throw a Walbro 190 LPH or 255 LPH in there for good measure as it gives you room to grow with future modifications.
Is it possible to get up to 300hp n/a with this engine? That’s all I want tbh I really don’t want to do an engine swap or run a turbo. So if anyone knows how I can please lmk.
ported big valve heads, cam swap, long tubes, and you can do a 4.2L stroker. I'd hit it with a 100 hp wet nitrous kit. 3.73 or 4.10 gears and a 3600 stall converter if it's an auto. Fun little v6.
Can we get a sound clip? Also how do you think catalytic converters will effect the sound?
What tire size are you guys running in the car & what wheels?
@ SGT R What you said is exactly what is done and you can I've seen it on the dyno. You have to let it breath and give it new gears but yeah you can do it.
I noticed mention of replacing the gears. Does this video only apply to the manual transmission of 1999-2004 V6 Mustangs or does it apply to the automatic Mustangs as well?
Automatic's use gears too you know 😏 The tuning helps take care of when and how it shifts, but when it does, the new gears make it smoother and much more efficient
Both
That's exactly as far as i want to go with my 2000. Which is already true dual / cat with factory ex manifolds. Thinking x or maybe h pipe at the most.
But... I'm curious . Go figure.....:)
What about a Freestar upper and lower intake swap? Is it worth it?
Is there a better after market upper/ lower intake and plenum kit available yet? Because quite frankly, the intake set-up is miserably balanced and flows like a haphazardly pinched hose. Is there a more straight on air introduction technique? An enquiring mind has to know.
I assume one could also cramhorn a 3.9/4.0/4.2 in it as well?
American Muscle.....Y U SO AWE-SOME?
Need those lights what are they?
Thats at the wheels no the crank. the 03 made 193 hp and 220TQ.
my 87 gt with 3.73 gears gets better gas milage than the 04 v6 mustang my girl used to have.... i actually get 25 highway mpg hers used to get 21 or 22 with the steeper gearing... which is a little sad
Those are some disappointing gains, not going to lie.
Now, it's been 7 years. Being a pretty big site for Mustangs as a whole, have any actual kits for the engine been made available? Or are we all still condemned to buying the Overpriced products of SSM and Tom Morana?
DVJFan The T-Bird SC’s version of it weren’t so wimpy though. Wish Ford would’ve used the same forged internals on the stangs as well to at least make it safer to boost them past 8-11 psi.
But the fact that parts from AM for such a “trash” engine are as expensive as they are disturbs me heavily, hence my original comment.
Do they make a true dual exhaust setup for the 4.2 f150 v6 ????
so is that 2000 v6 mustang have that much low horsepower?? 140?? i heard stock for 2000 v6 3.8 manual has 190 horsepower
Kondrez Brown through an auto
But remember
They advertise at the crank
Annnnnnd the best possible
It's ford remember
Kondrez Brown it does have 190
MyLonewolf25 so ? idc lol but how much horsepower will a turbo give it runnin on 8 to 10 psi on stock engine
Daniel The Fallen most engines can safely handle 4-6 psi
So is it 140 or 190?
So what is the difference between street tune and race tune, I did the race tune and it really did make my 0-60 a lot quicker and more aggressive but it seems like it's only quick from a dead stop, it feels slower at accelerating while already rolling, or driving around on roads.. is the street tune just like it or does give you a little better zip around town
Where can I get those exact parts for my 04' Mustang?? Couldn't find the complete set on your website
Neil, if you click on "Show More" under this video, the parts are listed with a link that should bring you to the product page on our site. Let me know if this helps! -Elaina
Do you need the 93 octane? Or just use the mods as is?
Will it work on automatic as well?
Will this work with 04 v6 3.9l
Yes its the same motor.
I see all the comments about crank horsepower and wheel horsepower.
If it boosted the wheel hp by 15 does that mean like 30 at crank? How does it scale? Seems like a lot for so little.
But going from like 190 to 220 crank hp?
Just confused about the two.
15 at the wheel doesn't mean 30 at the crank. But yes you have the right idea. I've heard that from the flywheel to the wheels you loose about 20%-30% roughly. The only way to tell exactly, is to dyno the engine out of the car ,then Dyno the car with the engine back in it.
Great video bruh
How do you install this
What kind of rims are those i need them
Can we not get a solid 20 hp and torque gains? What if shorty headers were added?
The more you add the more you gain...it's never ending
Not everyone wants a race car. Some just want a nice whip with a little pep. Even if you did buy a v8 you would wind up mad because a civic hatch from the 80s smoked it lol
Is a 1998 different from a 99?
bihcardinals hp and torque at the crank for the mustang is 190hp and 225ft lbs. For the accord its 200hp and 190ft lbs. Obviously thats not to the wheels, and sense what makes a car faster and throws you in the seat is torque, the mustang has more thus meaning the mustang wins this battle.
Thank you
I just bought a 1000 one I should order one of these
What good is it without base times and modified times I don't care how fast the hamster runs on the wheel,I want to know how fast it is across the room! it's like saying I just installed a corncob in my tailpipe and now I get 73 mpg with my 58 Chevy,and one more, I'll bet there are Turbo V-6 mustang race cars that will eat stock GT 500's,come on guys you have a pretty good video,make your information use full
Hey American muscle, what was the 0-60 on this? I have a track car with a 3.8 and a fully gutted interior with good tires and H&r super race springs. I wanna change my gears to 4.10’s but the idiot in my head is saying 4.56’s 💀 🏎💨
3.73
@@jamieheim8009 high rev and .90 5th gear, I should top out at 160 after my engine swap (7000rpm and 28.3” tires)
aww how cute. now how bout more vid bout the 98GTs
Anybody can explain to me y 98 v6 mustang don't have acceleration handling power pack it got completely skipped over unless I can use what they talking about on this video can anybody help me with this
Its because if you think about it its one of the most forgotten mustangs out there.
I have a 2000 lx. AM has the suspension parts. And some good engine mods. No the v-6 are not fast. They can be if you have the money to boost it. I just take out my falcon if I want to go fast. But the v-6 does have it's good points. Like it is 100 lbs lighter than the v-8 up front. They are easy to make them really handle on the curves. Add a new gears will really help with the take off as the six is slow off the line.
to keep costs down, the v6 and the gt use the same suspension parts and brakes. maximummotorsports.com is the best place for everything. summitracing.com might have the same parts with free shipping. you can go to americanmuscle.com to see all the vids.
Why is that everytime i've considered using supercoils on my fords i always see comments that say they are crap and a real waste of money and mess up ur car
Domingo Chacon guess some people don’t have luck with them. I’ve replaced the coil on my 98 with a Screamin’ Demon and others with MSD. So far never had an issue with them.
How much did all these parts cost?
ryan lewis I went with the SR performance cai and it was under $60.00 on sale. The coil. I went with the MSD for a little under $100.00. I also did new plugs and plug wires. The runner is were the money is.
Can you do this for 15-17 v6 pleaseee?
P2004 code intake manifold runner control valve stuck open. I can’t get my ‘04 v6 mustang to pass inspection because of this. Can someone who’s dealt with this issue before please help me out? I don’t wanna pay a mechanic $400+ for something I may be able to fix on my own.
This video really helped me. ruclips.net/video/CvYen40CjqY/видео.html
Do yall sell parts for a 89 4cy
Anyone know the max power the 3.8 can handle on stock internals?
Just got a 2003 coupe convertible, V6 3.8, rated for 190hp
where can i go to get the most power possible
Around 200 dollars for the cold air and the coil pack. Add what they spent on dual exhaust. All for 15 TQ? All the improvement was due to programing. This guy talks about "getty up" REALLY. The money to improvement ratio is NOT stoichiometric.
"The money to improvement ratio is NOT stoichiometric." comment was a smart ass way of saying the guys spend a lot of money for little improvement. I wasn't inferring that the cold air intake was going to change the air fuel ratio. Nothing against Ford, I'm a ford tech. realistically the fact is its a V6 that was designed in the nintys and put in a mustang to appeal to people who couldn't afford a V8 package or had a touch of tree hugger in them and still wanted to look cool. its not a V8 and dosent produce a great deal of anything. its not a ECOBOOST. But you were right about forced air induction. you can do anything with enough money.
***** It's not as simple as swapping pullies and bolting on a s/c from a Thunderbird 3.8.
The T-bird & SN95 3.8 bottom ends are the same, but they have different heads. T-birds have single-port intakes, while SN95s have split-port intakes (on the heads, that is).
To do the swap, you'd have to replace the better-flowing Essex split-port heads with the inferior single-port T-bird heads, just to bolt on the s/c. Any gains you get from the swap would be used mopping up the losses you got from the heads.
For the SN95 3.8, the best thing for power gains is to do your standard bolt ons (CAI, LT headers, delete cats, aftermarket mufflers, tune, better plugs, wires, & ignition coil), then swap the cam out with an aftermarket either from CompCams or SuperSixMotorsports.
It also makes a world of difference to port/polish the heads & intakes.
SSM dynoed a stock 3.8 gaining 80 HP from an aggressive cam & ported heads/intakes. (I think the valvetrain was rebuilt with CompCams components).
They can also be bored .050" over and stroked to a 4.3 by using a stock crankshaft out of the 4.2 V6 that came in late 90s F-150 trucks.
Bump your compression to 10.5:1, forge the internals and you've got an engine capable of making 300 hp at the crank, easy.
*****
LOL V6 SN95s are kind of an obsession of mine.
I'm actually working on building a 4.3 stroker myself.
Yes, yes....cue the gay jokes.... :P
*****
Thanks.
I'm actually not a big stroker - I've been mostly a mildly-modded kind of person since I do autocross.
I broke a connecting rod in my 3.8 and the cylinder wall was damaged, so figured it was as good of a time as any to build a stronger engine.
I actually didn't know the 3.8 could be stroked to a 4.3 until I started delving into options for forged builds.
I figured since I've got it torn apart anyway, may as well go all out.
right
What’s the estimated 0-60?
they made a mustang with an open diff?
all V6
whats the saying about polishing a turd. no dyno after? musta been bad.
Tint those windows and i think it would be complete. Add a turbo???