Mine is barely drivable. Throttle is like an on off switch. Makes dry asphalt feel like ice. My car is brutal at 400+ . Wider tires are a must. I have IRS so you'd think it would be easier to handle....but....nope.
Oh no! Carnage pics in your thread?
Awe man.No pics yet.... I leave in the dark....and come home in the dark this time of year.
Please look into Stinger PiMP or Megasquirt for DIY tuning. It's simply the best platform on a budget for the at home enthusiast with a lot of forum support to help you through the tuning process.
As far as HP goals go, torque is king on the street. Not having to rev up to or beyond 6k rpms to make HP will help keep your engine and valve train together. As mentioned earlier you shouldn't be trying to chase PEAK hp you should focus on a broad power curve (making power throughout the rpm range). That's what is best for a street car.
Building a car that makes decent HP and can rev high is not cheap nor easy, just ask @cleanLX , his E7 headed car is impressive without a doubt.
A guy that can help you tune your car with either Stinger PiMP or Megasquirt will be @a91what
Question no-one asked.... is this in a smog state? Does it need to pass the sniffer or a visual inspection? This will be a deciding factor in parts acquisition.
They are both built using the same hardware and use the same software. However the Pimpxs allows for sequential injection because it is ms3 (megasquirt3) based.Interesting, when I first started looking into tuning I ran across Tweecer, dug a little further and found Quarterhorse to be a much more updated EFI solution. And now PiMP. So the Quarterhorse is cheaper, but if I remember right I have to also buy Software + hardware to burn chip + chip (if I don't want to leave the battery powered quarterhorse plugged in all the time). The PiMP replaces the ECU completely, so I imagine that I edit that ECU with a laptop and then leave it in the stock ECU location. Does the PiMP allow you to tune in real time with the engine running like the Quarterhorse? Also I saw on the PiMP website that there are wiring modifications necessary for a 94-95 5.0. I have a lot of questions about PiMP and also what the differences are between it and Megasquirt, maybe there is a FAQ or summary thread I can find to answer these questions.
They are both built using the same hardware and use the same software. However the Pimpxs allows for sequential injection because it is ms3 (megasquirt3) based.
Options are endless with these units. Both offer plug and play solutions but if you wanted to you could build your own ms3 very affordably. Then if you get a junk ecu you can build a break out board from it and use it to plug into your factory harness.
Using an explorer 5.0 balancer and front dress you can easily convert to coil on plug as well. The explorer balancer has a trigger wheel factory installed and a vr sensor. Throw the distributor in the trash and step up to a modern ignition. Now you have full sequential spark and fuel with the ability to tune each cylinder individually. (Not needed at you power level but cool anyway)
Or even a standard diypnp ecu will do what you want.
What kind of functionality are you looking for?
Thanks.Building a car that makes decent HP and can rev high is not cheap nor easy, just ask @cleanLX , his E7 headed car is impressive without a doubt.
Thanks.
Lets keep in mind making power with puny E7te's is an entirely different exercise than making power with a "real" cylinder head.
I agree with the others with regard to tuning.
Even my stupid high-strung/pizzed-off little 306 started up, and fell into an idle, and drove well with the factory tune and a calibrated MAM/injectors.Shows how flexible the factory junk is.
$900 dyno tune/chip and I'm off and running with ~10% more hp/tq and a little better drive-ability (never going to be Toyota-like), still, it fired, idled and ran... and that is an angry little motor. Likely half that cost to deal with a more mild/less finicky setup.
You're looking at dropping near double that for tuning something that is likely going to end up much more mild than what I deal with... and you are going to spend way more than a day tuning/struggling to optimize it all. You are still going to need a dyno, or, a drag strip to tune at. Note sure how efficiently your drag strip operates, but I'm lucky to get 3 runs in on a Friday night... That's a lot of Friday nights to get things dialed in, especially when you'll be learning, and going the wrong way often.
If it is something you want to conquer, then I get it, otherwise... doesn't make sense to me.
Before you start spending your money on tuning equipment, get the car running and driving well.
Your plans don't require anything more than matching injectors and meter.
If the goal is 325rwhp or less, that would be 24's.
When it's all said and done and you want to tweak it with some tuning, go ahead, but it's far from necessary and IMO counter productive to even touch the tune before the car is done and correct.
Don't complicate something that is really very simple.
The fox computer very adaptable.
It is! Unfortunately. HOWEVER, vehicles 25 years or older are exempt from emissions testing in Texas. So once I get my inspection in January of 2018 I'll be in the clear for all future inspections, off goes the stock mid-pipe and on goes an off-road mid-pipe. And I might look into removing the smog pump depending on the benefits and ease. I'll also get whatever EFI tuning solution I plan on using after that inspection. So needless to say, January can't come soon enough.
Because the heads are the same price in either scenario (11r 190 vs 170) I don't think there will be a ton of difference in total cost between the two when you account for all of the necessary mods.
I didn't want to be at the mercy of these "tuners" every time I change something with my combo or get the itch to further test the strength of my stock head gaskets with more boost. Some of them are incompetent and will blow your engine up and you're stuck with the bill. Now I just walk in assuming their idiots and I will question everything they say and do.
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