Hey guys I'm new to this just wondering what everyone's thought we're on best intake head combo 1994 gt Convertible also thinking about spend money on a msd setup
I'm thinking fun weekend car drive to work once and a whileWhat are you looking to accomplish? For a street driven car that you just want a little more power out of Trick Flow 170 or AFR 165 heads paired with a TrickFlow Street, Edelbrock Performer, or Cobra intake provide a good bump in performance without making your car a dog below 3000 RPMs.
Mine idles remarkably well with an aftermarket cam, not perfect, but good enough to break in a little before putting on a dyno. An aftermarket tune should definitely be done though.be careful 94-95 EEC's dont play well with aftermarket cams without a tune
My 96 started life as a v6 and now has a 347. If you find a donor car it’s pretty much a plug n play deal.My wife's 98 3.8 (I know it ain't the same) was a nice ride and after warranty I thought seriously about a 5.0-T5 swap. Talking to many who had done it they said NO! It appears the computer hates aftermarket goodies and its brain never was able to find the sweet spot. If done get a matching computer for the modes made. I love the 5.0 but with FI and computer controlled ignition, everything must match up perfectly or nothing works right. Somebody on this site can probably point you in the right direction but be very careful about on-line info.
find a good local guy with a dyno who can burn you a chip. mail order tunes for the older non-ob2 stuff is tricky because there's not much in the way of datalogging unless you go with something like a pms or quarterhorse, and you can tune those yourself. sn's are even trickier.What should I tune with? I've seen a bama tuner.
find a good local guy with a dyno who can burn you a chip. mail order tunes for the older non-ob2 stuff is tricky because there's not much in the way of datalogging unless you go with something like a pms or quarterhorse, and you can tune those yourself. sn's are even trickier.
as far as hardware goes, i always suggest using the tfs kit as a reference of all that types parts you'll need for the swap, but picking your own components. theres a lot more , better, options out there now that perform better for around the same price. but other than a bigger tb and injectors, it's a good list of all the hard parts you'll need.
if i was doing a hci for a 302 these days, id be looking at either afr185's (skip the 165's, theres no need to go tiny on heads), or the tfs 190 11r (the older 170s are still good, but the 11r's are better enough for the price jump just for the valve hardware alone, and again no reason to use tiny parts). tfs heads are probably a little easier because you can use a bigger cam with them with the stock pistons before you start running into clearance issues.
for an intake i'd look for a holley systemax, edelbrock rpm2, or a tfs r (not the box). the gt40/explorer/cobra stuff is cool and works great with gt40 iron heads, but it sounds like you want bigger.
talk to one of the custom cam guys for whichever setup you use, this is probably the most important part, the cam is the mechanical brain of the engine and if it's not right you'll never really get what you want out of it.
fwiw, the last running combo in my fox was very similar to hoysters (sans the lt's) and made the same power (330) which doing math for drivetrain losses is around the 370-380hp crank level. if the rest of the car is setup right (mine wasnt) thats a high-to-mid 11s car.[/QUOTE
Check your grounds, don't forget the one behind the drivers side head to firewall.
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