best mods for a stock 5.0

[5.O STANG]

7grand to spend on mods what do you think the best ones are to go with. I want to stay with the 302 and this is for a street set up.

 

[IntenseBlue]

Start out with a Hellion turbo system-5500 worth every penny

 

[wythors]

If I had seven grand and an unmolested 5.0 I'd do gears, subframe connectors, full exhaust, heads, cam, intake and a Vortec S-trim.

 

[5.O STANG]

you can do all that with 7 grand?

 

[5.O STANG]

h/c/i 2800
lca's uca's subs 800
s trim 3500
exhaust 1000
short thow gears 500
are these about right price wise?

 

[IntenseBlue]

I personally would get the Strim even though the turbo makes more power. That's 3500.
Accufab 75mm throttle body and 76mm mass air-500
Intake of choice 400-600
Heads of choice 1000 give or take
Cam of choice 300
3.73s, short throw and sfc-600
good tires-250
exhaust-800

 

[SAY GO]

dam 7 grand....
are you doing the work yourself?(the nuts and bolt work) if not that could make 7 grand look pretty pathetic...

personally if i had to do it again i would go with twisted wedge heads, stage 1 cam or ecam , track heat intake. and 10-12 lbs of boost through an S-Trim... then of course the bolt on's Full exhaust,gears,subfram connectors and a bit of suspension and a nice tune

 

[5.O STANG]

nope i will not be installing anything except the bolt ons. so for seven thousand i could do what u said?

 

[IntenseBlue]

Define bolt ons, because 7k will buy bolt ons for 3 5.0s.

 

[Duro5341]

Go through the car and make sure everything is up to spec, no rust, holes, dings........this is priority #1.

Personally I would upgrade the suspension, put a roll cage in, get the subframe connectors. Set of good rims, and good tires, gears in the rear end, T45 cobra tranny, aluminum drive shaft. This will make a good stiff starting point (fox body's have a tendence to twist if to mush power is supplied)

This set-up will give you a good street car, and excellent starting point.........if you have money left over, then re-build the 302, or build it. Then I would suggest a cam, intake, head work, exhaust.................

Just my 2 cents
Duro

 

[1990LXDropTop]

GEARS, GEARS, AND MORE GEARS!!! Oh yeah, and exhaust, pullies, etc...

Those are the basic "stock" 5.0 mods. If I had 7K however, I'd invest in a dart block and build a stout 331 or 347. Then I'd do H/I/C and a blower. I'd get a TKO and Spec stg 3 clutch as well...

 

[mrswivlepants]

Did he say roll cage???