It took me WAY TOO LONG to do this, mostly because of work and not having enough time to spend on the car, but I finally got my H/C/I swap done: AFR 165s, Comp Cams XE264HR-14, Trickflow street intake, 24# injectors, 70mm Edelbrock TB, 75mm Professional Mass Air Systems meter, MAC longtubes, Steeda underdrives, and smog pump delete.
Of course, when I first cranked it I got nothing, but that was just due to the distributor being in 180 degrees off, so now it's running pretty well.
So here's my question: I have no experience with computers, chips, tuning etc in these cars (this is my first real serious venture into engine mods in the fuelie 5.0 world - I'm mostly an old school guy). Should I be thinking about a trip to a tuner to have it tuned and a new chip burned? What would be the next step to get her running at peak performance?
Matt
Hello Matt
I also am old school with early sixtys Falcons and the like
Was out of the hobby for a few years and came back to no carbs and
a little silver box calling all the shots on the tuning
Your combo of parts sounds like a nice setup
If your old school then you already know fuel around the high 12 to 1
range and 36 degrees of spark all in by 2500 was the tuning it took
to make those old school a SBF's fly :Word:
Only thing about tuning that has changed these days is .........
Since the pcm controls spark and fuel .........
You no longer tune fuel by changing carb jets
and
Spark by changing dizzy springs
These days you tune by your finger tips
and
You don't even have to get your hands dirty
So ... having said that ...
Yes ... Fuel and Spark table optimization
with a tune would most likely pick up your rides go power.
You could take care of any drivability issues as well
You could kill the shift retard and other little things that can really
make a difference in the old seat of the pants department.
Now all you gotta do is decide if YOU or a PRO is gonna do the tuning.
I went the self tune route as I just don't wanna let anybody hose
around with my ride.
I've really enjoyed teaching myself about how that little silver box
goes about doing its thing.
You have choices in Self Tuning interfaces which don't require
much at all to learn.
And even better yet ... all the old school tuning principles still work
as good today as they did ... back in the day so that would put
you way ahead of the game compared to a noobie just getting
started
The bulk of the effort for you would just be getting a grasp on
the basic operation of the pcm.
Of course, you can get a chip done for it if you don't wanna deal
with that side of the hobby.
If you go with a chip ... I can't stress this enough :Word: :Word:
Check the tuner out real good ........
Be sure he can give you some GOOD references
Good Luck with your Stang
Grady