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Old 09-12-2012, 08:58 PM
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I have a 2006 f150 xlt with the 4.6l v8.. I know i can get more power from chips and intakes, but what elece can i buy to get more power thats cheaper than the chips, and intake? Thanks in advanced
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Regear is an option, cams are out there, throttle bodies for 04 to 06, super charge it, new plugs always makes a difference, headers, exhaust, hi flow cats.

Most of those are sorta cheap in the sub 400 range..
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pacesetter headers are cheap and give the biggest hp jump. you will need a tuner tho and you might as well put highflo cats(or none) and good exhaust on too and a cold air intake
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Thanks I am planing on the tuner, and the cai. I already have flow masters so I might look at some of theese things now .. Thanks for all the help
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I've been thinking about doing some performance upgrades. Not quite sure what I want to do yet. Not even sure what I want to upgrade yet! But I appreciate the thread. I'll keep looking.
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bassmaster, my truck is the same as yours. when i bought it, it had a cai and just a flowmaster muffler. I put a edge evo tuner on it and it great plus it comes with the pod for your dash to mount it in.

later im thinking about doing headers and a flowmaster y-pipe on it. the factory y-pipe chokes it down pretty bad.
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if you've got any sort of mechanicin' know-how, you could probably figure out how to adapt a newer 4.6 Mustang supercharger onto the engine. There's no off-the-shelf kit for the 4.6 in the F150 though.

Going with a programmer, heads and cams and headers will probably even out with customizing and fabbing a supercharger kit, but you'll make more power with the s/c.
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A turbo will fit with no problems... It's also the cheapest bang for the buck IMHO.
Here is some examples of remote mounted turbos... The last 3 pics are from a lifted 2005 ford f150 4.6L....
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Remote mounted turbo! I would not want to take that thing off roading or mudding.
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Thanks guys! I think I'm gonna get the edge evolution in a couple weeks


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