help me please

[89vertgt50]

I'm new here....I've had my 5.0 mustang for like a month or so and It's a piece....I ran a 16.8 1/4 at 82 MPH...I need some major major major major help......I've advanced the timing a touch.....and made a makeshift induction system....any other ideas for cheap mods till I can afford some serious ones?

 

[Js5ohLX]

Let me guess, It's got a worn out AOD with stock gears.

 

[notchback501993]

Your first mods:
1.: Make sure the car is in tip top tune up shape. Some Mobil 1, a fresh set of plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. Your car seems to be about 25 RWHP down from a stock 5.0, if it was in dire need of a tune-up, you may gain this back, this alone could make your car run around 15.20 or so at 87 MPH (Assuming a 3500lb race weight)
2: 4.10 Gear
3: Converter and shift kit. If the car is daily driven you may want to skip the converter. It doesn't make sense to spend a ton of money on a converter that is only a little looser than stock. If your intention is going fast, than get one with at least a 3000 RPM stall.
Those three will get you into the high 14's, possibly faster if your car is in sad shape right now.

 

[89vertgt50]

Your first mods:
1.: Make sure the car is in tip top tune up shape. Some Mobil 1, a fresh set of plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. Your car seems to be about 25 RWHP down from a stock 5.0, if it was in dire need of a tune-up, you may gain this back, this alone could make your car run around 15.20 or so at 87 MPH (Assuming a 3500lb race weight)
2: 4.10 Gear
3: Converter and shift kit. If the car is daily driven you may want to skip the converter. It doesn't make sense to spend a ton of money on a converter that is only a little looser than stock. If your intention is going fast, than get one with at least a 3000 RPM stall.
Those three will get you into the high 14's, possibly faster if your car is in sad shape right now.

its got brand new denso iridium plugs new wires cap and rotor.....using penziol high mileage oil....um.....ran 92 octane with octane booster.....um....advanced timing a bit.....I think its cuz the auto tranny needs some help

 

[89vertgt50]

Let me guess, It's got a worn out AOD with stock gears.

I'm assuming so...the place I got it from put in a diff tranny...don't know if its the same or if they african engineered some escort tranny in it or something

but when I ran the 2nd time I put it in the lowest gear it would go in...(I can put it in od and d I believe cuz it hits the console and won't let me shift down any further) and it shifted like 3 or 4 times...so i'm like wtf

 

[super302]

Those are pretty sad times,(not trying to make fun of the car) if the tranny is bad, swap in a t-5, get gears too!