Hey guys my first car was a 92 5.0 Lx which I bought on my 16th birthday and still have. Now that I'm 23 and done with school and have a little change in my pocket I want to build the car up because as much as I love it the car seems to be a complete turd compared to the other fox 5.0 5 speeds that run around. I need some opinions/ help on building a budget street brawler out of my car. My car had 77k on it when I bought it and its currently sitting at 91k right now.
Now that the background stuff is over with here's what I'm working with: My car was a bone stock 77k mile 92 5.0 lx auto that still had the factory exhaust, smog pump, all of that pollution garbage on it. Over the years I've manage to rack up some parts for it that I haven't gotten around to putting on.
The car stock when I first got it was running low 16's when I first got it which was god awful embarrassing. After a set of 3.73's in it and a BBK fenderwell CAI I knocked it down to a best ET of 15.7 leaving at 2k rpms.- Still not happy.
I've managed to snag a good deal on a Pro Products typhoon/sve (not %100 sure and neither was the guy I bought it from) upper and lower intake, and 70mm throttle body. I also managed to put on a set of BBK equal length shorty headers, UPR catless x-pipe, and flowmaster 40's but have not made it to the track yet because the 3.73's I had put it howl so they must not of been put in right and I don't want to scatter the rear end. But just this little ibt of work really seemed to wake the car up!
My main goal is to beat of the local chevy guys up here in western Pa that
talk on me and my fords. I want to beat my a couple of my friend's PPE tuned duramax's that run low 14's- high 13's right now, a cobalt ss turbo running high 13's a couple mazda speed 3's/6's in the 13's and if possible two of my buddys 6.4 power stokes running low 13's (id be ok hanging with these ford guys though haha)
Here's what I have to work with/my plan:
I currently have a set of 3 bar GT40 heads (not P heads) off of an early 97 explorer, an e 303 cam, 3.73's, bbk equal length shorties, upr catless x pipe, 70 mm throttle body. I also planned on getting a bigger MAF sensor, underdrive pullies, deleting the smog pump, egr delete (how do you do that by the way?!) and getting a BAMA chip from American muscle and maybe a shift kit for the tranny. With this combo of parts would mid-low 13's be possible? I was also throwing around the idea of buying a short block and getting it bored .30 over with this combo of parts on top of it too or do you think that's no worth it? All I really want is a fun, reliable street car that'll shut the above mentioned vehicles up but at the same time not grenade or mess up the stock motor/tranny/ car and not break the bank. I'm not scared of speed either I drive my dads 10.90 408 stroker 89 lx at the track all of the time, I'm just tired of being the laughing stock and being disappointed with my car haha. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
Now that the background stuff is over with here's what I'm working with: My car was a bone stock 77k mile 92 5.0 lx auto that still had the factory exhaust, smog pump, all of that pollution garbage on it. Over the years I've manage to rack up some parts for it that I haven't gotten around to putting on.
The car stock when I first got it was running low 16's when I first got it which was god awful embarrassing. After a set of 3.73's in it and a BBK fenderwell CAI I knocked it down to a best ET of 15.7 leaving at 2k rpms.- Still not happy.
I've managed to snag a good deal on a Pro Products typhoon/sve (not %100 sure and neither was the guy I bought it from) upper and lower intake, and 70mm throttle body. I also managed to put on a set of BBK equal length shorty headers, UPR catless x-pipe, and flowmaster 40's but have not made it to the track yet because the 3.73's I had put it howl so they must not of been put in right and I don't want to scatter the rear end. But just this little ibt of work really seemed to wake the car up!
My main goal is to beat of the local chevy guys up here in western Pa that
talk on me and my fords. I want to beat my a couple of my friend's PPE tuned duramax's that run low 14's- high 13's right now, a cobalt ss turbo running high 13's a couple mazda speed 3's/6's in the 13's and if possible two of my buddys 6.4 power stokes running low 13's (id be ok hanging with these ford guys though haha)Here's what I have to work with/my plan:
I currently have a set of 3 bar GT40 heads (not P heads) off of an early 97 explorer, an e 303 cam, 3.73's, bbk equal length shorties, upr catless x pipe, 70 mm throttle body. I also planned on getting a bigger MAF sensor, underdrive pullies, deleting the smog pump, egr delete (how do you do that by the way?!) and getting a BAMA chip from American muscle and maybe a shift kit for the tranny. With this combo of parts would mid-low 13's be possible? I was also throwing around the idea of buying a short block and getting it bored .30 over with this combo of parts on top of it too or do you think that's no worth it? All I really want is a fun, reliable street car that'll shut the above mentioned vehicles up but at the same time not grenade or mess up the stock motor/tranny/ car and not break the bank. I'm not scared of speed either I drive my dads 10.90 408 stroker 89 lx at the track all of the time, I'm just tired of being the laughing stock and being disappointed with my car haha. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
