I know this has probably been answered before but I was just wondering what would get the most power out of the 4.7 with the 6 speed for $1,600 or less. Before someone says it no I will not run nos.

 

Simple stuff;
Cold air induction, Superchips programmer,

slightly more difficult stuff;
Fastman throttle body, replace clutch fan with e-fan, 180 degree t-stat, highflow muffler and resonator deletion

hard stuff;
HO cams, 3.92/4.10 gear swap

If you do ALL the labor yourself, you can get this for 1600 i think.
If you drop the cams from the equation than you can get a full cat-back exhaust system installed or a highflow cat true dual exhaust if you install yourself. you can also devote cash to headers too.

1600 won't get you everything, but it's an awesome start. gives you flexibility. If I had 1600 for just performance mods, I would do all the simple stuff, all the "slightly more difficult stuff" and scratch the HO cams and gears for a full blown true dual exhaust with headers and highflow cats. I would then wait for more cashflow then do the hard stuff.

This info will vary a lot, so I would wait for others to respond. Most of them know more than I do anyways

 

If I had $1600 and a stock truck I would do HO cams, 39# fuel injector, high flow cats & aftermarket muffler, take out the resonators, efan, 180 t-stat, and A custom tune from Hemifever. I don't know about the fastman throttle body some of the guys on here have had idle problems with them and then some guys haven't. Oh and a cold air intake

 

the exhaust is already done, its the only thing done to the truck. I have a magnaflow muffler with a turn down right before the rear axle and the resonators are removed.

Also I will be doing all the work and the complexity of the work does not really matter because I am a mechanic for the military.

 

What do you work on for the military? I work avionics on the F-22s

 

HO cams with professional install would take most of that $1600 up from what I have been told. If you can do it yourself, then add the true duals with high flow cats and an sct tuner with custom tune and the 39# injectors. Maybe could squeeze the efan, 180 t-stat and the bored throttle body (I recommend Hipotek) if you could find some deals on them.

 

I am a diesel mechanic for the Navy Seabees

I was thinking about possibly going with the 206 cams but I am not sure if that would put me over the 1600 or not though

 

I forgot about injectors

 

Since you have a bunch of cash I would start with the more expensive upgrades first. Gears will give the most immediate effect, followed by cams and a SCT/superchips tuner. I recommend superchips for the torque management.

If you do all the work yourself i can be done for under $1600.

Then when you gets funds again you can do the hhr e-fan, CAI, ported throttle body, and exhaust.

 

I got an email from Superchips and they are offering $75 off a tuner for the next month I think.