considering purchase, tech help please

alanw6

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I'll try to be brief, but thorough enough to get some good pointers.

My car right now:

1992 LX 5.0 with completely stock motor from TB to pan.
Vortech s-trim
Walbro 255 and T-rex/aeromotive afpr/vortech fmu
MSD 6al
Pro-M 75mm MAF
FRPP shorties/bassani catted x/bassani catback

I'm looking at picking up the following (brand new) for a good price:

AFR 185 with 61cc combustion chamber
GT-40 upper/lower gasket matched to 185s by Keith Craft

First, has ANYONE run 185s without p/v issues on stock pistons? If not, new pistons are fine.

I will lose my 19# inj. and the fmu and the MSD BTM, and switch to 42's and an SCT tune. Stock tb will be replaced with 70mm to match the GT-40 opening.

Am I on the right track here? My goals are a streetable car with decent manners. I don't care about every last tenth HP.

School me guys! I talked to a fellow stangnet member last night about this, and would like to hear a few more voices of experience to help me learn.

Thanks!