Hey all, new noob here. I've been into these things my whole life, my first car was an 86 GT, would have never gotton rid of it but some drunk dude had to hit me. So 13 years later I bought a toy, sight unseen(dont ever do that) Father in law went and drove it, he's a chevy guy, said it was awesome, so I told him to pick it up for me. Got the car a coule days later, suuuuuuper slow.(chevy guy, figures) I think i could have walked faster than this thing was moving. Well, had some gears and a locker for it, put those in. still slow. intake, headers, exhaust. still slow. Noticed a little knock developing in the morning, just a fraction of a second till it got oil pressure, so we know where thats going: pulled the bottom end, rod bearings are all brassy, had an E303, put that in while it was out, put the Cobra rockers on it, I'm pretty handy with all this stuff, been working on old stuff forever, not too great with EFI but I'm learning. Car is still slow, jumped on StangNet, looked up low power mustangs, found somebody that said 'clean the MAF meter that can rob like 30-40 hp' Smart dude, felt like it was robbing 200 hp, leaving me with 3 or 4 to move the car around. 1st test drive, major improvement, and it idles better. This thing runs like a raped ape. 3rd gear scratches, no sweat. Nothing less than what I would expect from her. So since you guys helped me out I figure I need to stick around and listen to ya, so I signed up today. Thanks for your help!
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Welcome. I also find this forum to be very helpful, and am glad someone was able to help you out.
rj95svt
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welcome to stangnet
This a great place and there is alot of very knowledgable people. I thought I knew alot about 5.0's until I came on this site and I learn something new every day.
A friend of mine came over to the house with his 91aod gt with full exhaust and4.10's and it was SLOW. It would not even spin the tires. After I took a ride in it I showed him how to clean the maf and bump the timing. The very first time he took it back out on the road he nearly wrecked it was still spinning when he shifted into second and the car snapped sideways. A good clean maf and a timing bump can make more difference than I thought possible!
This a great place and there is alot of very knowledgable people. I thought I knew alot about 5.0's until I came on this site and I learn something new every day.A friend of mine came over to the house with his 91aod gt with full exhaust and4.10's and it was SLOW. It would not even spin the tires. After I took a ride in it I showed him how to clean the maf and bump the timing. The very first time he took it back out on the road he nearly wrecked it was still spinning when he shifted into second and the car snapped sideways. A good clean maf and a timing bump can make more difference than I thought possible!
I did that with my current Mustang and it was a great move on my part to jump on it when I did. Every situation is different. Welcome to Stangnet
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blksn955.o
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Welcome to a very good group of 94-95'ers. With the tech section with tons of good specific info, the talk that is laid back and treats members like family, to the specific eec tuning section for our red headed step child of a eec...this is a great place.
The members, mods, and admins have done a great job building this great place for sure.
Its even better that the new member knows the importance of searching this great archive of info...you will fit in just fine.
The members, mods, and admins have done a great job building this great place for sure.
Its even better that the new member knows the importance of searching this great archive of info...you will fit in just fine.
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Road_Runna
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When cleaning the MAF, do you just wipe the around it? or do spray carb cleaner into that arc that stick out of the Maf adapter itself?
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