need help!!!!

1) Take out the air silencer (looks like a black horn of some type) inside the fender connected to the airbox
2) Set tps to .099 (I think using green and black wires)
3) Bump timing to 12-16 unless you hear noises up a hill in high gear
4) Bypass smog pulley with short belt
5) put on underdrive pulleys
6) k&n filter

On a budget? do the junkyard upgrade...

Gears - 87-88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe rear axle - disc brakes and 3.55 or 3.73 gears in one package for $125-$300. Add another $100-$200 or so to complete the brake upgrade.

94-95 Mustang GT MAF - $40-$100. It is 70 MM instead of the stock 55 MM on regular stangs built prior to 94. It uses a slip on duct on the side that goes to the throttle body and a 4 bolt flange on the other. You need a $25-$35 flange adapter from Pro-M to fit the stock slip on air ducting that goes to the air box. Wiring plugs right in with no changes. *1

95-97 Ford Explorer intake manifold & throttle body $150-$300. The intake manifold flows 220 CFM +, much better than stock. Throttle body is 65 MM, bigger than the 60 MM on stock stangs. I got a 96 with EGR passages that match the stock setup, so my smog gear works just like factory. You’ll need a 65 MM EGR spacer & new gaskets for $65-$90 so you have a place to mount the EGR & throttle linkage.

3G alternator from 94-95 Mustangs or other Ford. $20-$120. A must have to make the electrical system work like it should. You’ll need a 4 gauge power wire and a 125-135 amp fuse to go with it about $15- $30.

Lincoln MK VIII electric fan -$40-$160. Free up some HP by not having to drive the stock fan. The 3G alternator upgrade is a must have prerequisite before you do the MK VIII fan. You won’t have enough electrical power if you don’t do the 3G upgrade.

Budget electric fan controller for the above fan.

It uses a relay to turn the fan on and off, and uses the computer's temp sense to trigger the fan. It isn't adjustable in terms of temp to turn the fan on and off, but it is cheap. All you need is some 10 gauge wire for the fan power & ground, a 30 amp relay, 30 amp fuse, and some 18 gauge wire for the relay coil wiring.

See http://fordfuelinjection.com/files/A9L_E-Fan_How-to.pdf for the full tech writeup. You will need the Adobe Acrobat viewer which is also a free download – http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


*1.) I got a metal flange adapter from Powered by Ford for $35 and tax. That was over a year ago. Summit Racing may also have one too.

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Hollow out the cats.That's another idea that is free.

Switch to synthetic oil and a good basic tune up. (dist cap, rotor, spark plugs, spark plug wires, fuel filter, air filter, pcv valve, clean the fuel injectors, new O2 sensors, (if you have a high mileage car), etc. It may not be free but can help power and mileage.

I had to offer up a bump to my cousin!

Since you said on the phone that you were running rich, we can pull the codes later.

In the mean time can you provide an indication of what the coolant temp is? The stock gauge can be a little sketchy on accuracy, but we should be able to tell if the previous owner installed a 160F stat. This could be contributing to a rich condition.

jason

HoodStrype said:

3) Bump timing to 12-16 unless you hear noises up a hill in high gear

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You will probably need to run 93 octane gas if you do this.

You can pull the upper intake off and clean the crap out of it....these motors tend to suck oil into the intake...cleaning mine out helped a lot with power....till the oil came back.

mustangsquared said:

You can pull the upper intake off and clean the crap out of it....these motors tend to suck oil into the intake...cleaning mine out helped a lot with power....till the oil came back.

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This is exceedingly common in Mustangs.
Can you tell where the oil is coming from? I hate to sidetrack this thread, but it is fairly common to have oil enter via the pcv or tb/vc hose. There are fixes that will help to minimize the oil you collect in the intake. Pm me, or start up a new thread,if you need more detail as I have a pretty decent writeup that will get you started.

jason

soylentgreen said:

You will probably need to run 93 octane gas if you do this.

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Oh yeah +1

Thanks for the save