New to EFI mustangs, have some Q's

Freeing the flow up with exhaust, bigger MAF and throttle body won't hurt anything and you may get some improvement. As far as the cam goes, with stock untouched heads the stock cam is pretty good. You can try retarding it 4 degrees to pick up some HP.

I took a buddy of mine for a ride in my Stang and he has an identical Stang except his is bone stock. His eyes got kind of wide, he got a grin and then he said his wouldn't even come close.

I am thinking you would want to advance the cam 4* not retard it for a little low mid range grunt. Maf and exhaust are a great way to start, also look at porting the stock intake or maybe a ford explorer intake from a usable yr and a set of cheap GT40iron heads.
Note if you upgrade the heads you can definately make use of an aftermarket cam..my preferred alpha cam would be the E.

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.

EDIT: I tried the fan controller and it doesn't work. Don't waste your time and money.


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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I would stay away from a 70 MM throttle body, it is a little too big for a street driven 302 without pressurized induction.

Clutch adjustment - the stock unit is a plastic quadrant. You pull up on the clutch pedal to "adjust" it. Not very effective.
There are as many aftermarket clutch cable/qudrant/adjustment gadgets as there are day in a month. Some use an alumimum quadrant with 1, 2 or 3 postions for the cable to hook. Only one of the positions is useful, the others are just for show.


Some use an adjustable cable, others the stock cable.



Some have a firewall adjuster that you tighten or loosen to adjust the clutch. That saves you from crawling under the car to adjust the clutch cable.


See http://www.steeda.com/store/-catalog/ClutchAdjusterKits.htm for more information. MAC, BBK, Maximum Motorsports, Griggs and about a dozen other companies make clutch quadrant/cable/adjuster parts and complete kits.