Ok.. so.. car was a '95 cobra.. pretty much stock except for all the bolt ons.. ran great.
Had a fender bender.. turned out the car had other issues in the frame from previous owner, so we did the entire swap over to a lil old lady owned v6..
Took 6 ish months, got everything swapped, put vortech s trim on along with 42's, 90mm lightning maf, 255 in tank, all the usual bs.. car started and ran GREAT..
During the 10 or 15 mins it idled and we were looking it over etc.. the MAF fell out of the fenderwell, apparently we didn't secure it very well or forgot.. so.. ok no biggie right? Ordered a new one.. same MAF, but right from Ford this time..
Now it runs like complete hell. I've done the idle reset, bought a new IAC, reset tps, new plugs gapped at .035", etc.. exactly the same way it was before.. it will NOT run right.. it runs better with the damn MAF unplugged.. and even then the car shakes and such like it's misfiring..
I have an EGR delete plate on it, the smog pump is gone and all of the TAB/TAD sensors are gone and the lines removed. The upper intake vaccuum hoses are run from the drivers side underneath (to pcv) and the pass side are capped.. these are the 2 on the underside of the upper intake.. is that right?
I'm seriously going in circles here.. and i'm losing my mind lol. About to put the old 24's and stock MAF back on and see if that changes anything.. but ugh.. it ran great before!
Then the MAF fell out.. could I have done any damage to the computer or anything else when that happened? Could I have fouled out the 02's while the car was running rich? They are old and pretty carbonized...
Thanks for any ideas...
Timing is set to 10* btdc.. shrug.
Had a fender bender.. turned out the car had other issues in the frame from previous owner, so we did the entire swap over to a lil old lady owned v6..
Took 6 ish months, got everything swapped, put vortech s trim on along with 42's, 90mm lightning maf, 255 in tank, all the usual bs.. car started and ran GREAT..
During the 10 or 15 mins it idled and we were looking it over etc.. the MAF fell out of the fenderwell, apparently we didn't secure it very well or forgot.. so.. ok no biggie right? Ordered a new one.. same MAF, but right from Ford this time..
Now it runs like complete hell. I've done the idle reset, bought a new IAC, reset tps, new plugs gapped at .035", etc.. exactly the same way it was before.. it will NOT run right.. it runs better with the damn MAF unplugged.. and even then the car shakes and such like it's misfiring..
I have an EGR delete plate on it, the smog pump is gone and all of the TAB/TAD sensors are gone and the lines removed. The upper intake vaccuum hoses are run from the drivers side underneath (to pcv) and the pass side are capped.. these are the 2 on the underside of the upper intake.. is that right?
I'm seriously going in circles here.. and i'm losing my mind lol. About to put the old 24's and stock MAF back on and see if that changes anything.. but ugh.. it ran great before!
Then the MAF fell out.. could I have done any damage to the computer or anything else when that happened? Could I have fouled out the 02's while the car was running rich? They are old and pretty carbonized...
Thanks for any ideas...
Timing is set to 10* btdc.. shrug.