Hey guys,
I'm trying to figure out which direction I should go in with my build; I'm out on spring break and I finally have a little bit of money to throw at my car, so if I can do anything I want to get it done by the end of this week.
I've got a non-HO 5.0 motor in my '89 LX, and I was thinking about doing a cheap H/C/I swap this week . . . I bought some E7s the other day that seemed to be in good shape for $40, I was thinking about having my buddy port them (this would be from $100-400 depending on how much work I want done) and throwing in a cam and explorer intake. I've got someone that's willing to sell me an intake for $150, but I talked to him over the phone last night and he said something about the EGR not working with my car and that maybe I shouldn't bother (my car is my daily driver so I do need to get as good of mileage as I can). I don't really know what he's talking about, I know he had the intake on his '94 but I don't know why the EGR would be a problem.
Beyond that, I'm wondering what kind of cam that I could use that wouldn't rob me of too much power until I upgrade to better heads (which honestly could be a long time) although almost anything would be an improvement as my non-HO is SLOW AS HELL despite having decent compression (I think, anyways -- 155 in the lowest cylinder, 158-9 in 2 cyls, 160 in the fourth, and 165 in the rest).
So, yeah . . . any suggestions?
I'm trying to figure out which direction I should go in with my build; I'm out on spring break and I finally have a little bit of money to throw at my car, so if I can do anything I want to get it done by the end of this week.
I've got a non-HO 5.0 motor in my '89 LX, and I was thinking about doing a cheap H/C/I swap this week . . . I bought some E7s the other day that seemed to be in good shape for $40, I was thinking about having my buddy port them (this would be from $100-400 depending on how much work I want done) and throwing in a cam and explorer intake. I've got someone that's willing to sell me an intake for $150, but I talked to him over the phone last night and he said something about the EGR not working with my car and that maybe I shouldn't bother (my car is my daily driver so I do need to get as good of mileage as I can). I don't really know what he's talking about, I know he had the intake on his '94 but I don't know why the EGR would be a problem.
Beyond that, I'm wondering what kind of cam that I could use that wouldn't rob me of too much power until I upgrade to better heads (which honestly could be a long time) although almost anything would be an improvement as my non-HO is SLOW AS HELL despite having decent compression (I think, anyways -- 155 in the lowest cylinder, 158-9 in 2 cyls, 160 in the fourth, and 165 in the rest).
So, yeah . . . any suggestions?