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Throwing Away Some Money

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  • Start date Start date Sep 10, 2009

Mentat

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  • Sep 10, 2009
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Time for me to toss some cash at the car. It has developed some lifter noise and I figure it can use some general freshening. Look at this list of parts and see if I'm forgetting anything. I'm trying to stay under 2k for parts.

79-04 Steeda Mustang Sport Springs
85-93 Belt Tensioner, 5.0L
85-01 Hydraulic Roller Oem 5.0L/5.8L Lifters
86-93 Water Pump, 5.0L, Stock Flow
63-01 Gasket Set, Engine - 289/5.0L/5.8L -
86-93 Tfi Module, 5.0L With Manual Transmission - by Accel
86-95 Distributor Kit, Cap & Rotor, 5.0/5.8L - by Ford Racing
83-95 Motorcraft Ignition Coil For Mustang 5.0L With Efi - by Motorcraft
Plug Wire Set, 5.0L/5.8L - Black - by Ford Racing
Motorcraft Spark Plug, Mustang - by Motorcraft
79-93 5.0L Mustang 1 5/8 Chrome Shorty Headers - by BBK
86-93 H-Pipe, Catalytic, 2.5, For Shorty Headers - by BBK
 

Darkwriter77

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  • Sep 10, 2009
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Don't waste your money on the Accel TFI module and fancy-schmancy coil. You won't gain anything from them, period. The OEM stuff works fine for 99% of folks ... unless you simply MUST buy "performance" EVERYTHING just to have all those name-brand parts underhood.
 

Mentat

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Sep 11, 2009
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  • Sep 11, 2009
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Only reason I went with the Accel coil was because 50Resto's no-name brand is only $10 less.
 
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