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What Exactly To Do To Get Into Low 13's
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Sometimes with an o/r pipe you will get a little more smoke and a slight gas smell (this is what the catalytic converters help with), this does NOT mean you're running rich. Check your plugs, if you have some other liquid other than fuel in your combustion chamber then your plugs would likely be steam cleaned.
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I have to agree, I have an o/r x pipe and mine does the same thing... altho the fuel smell has dropped off since I leaned it out more at idle. But to do that you need software.
So was I, it will run leaner than that but will idle hot so I found a happy medium. The car has an "e" cam so idle was a ****** to work out.
Runs on 91octane.
Idles at 1250-1300rpm.
Needs gas to let the clutch out... need to be aggressive or it'll try and throw you through the windshield.
Dual disk McLeod, so pedal is real light and super smooth/easy to modulate.
Is not happy below 2200rpm, but will pull from idle... just will not cruise happily down there.
Will try and throw you through the windshield again if you try and cruise at 1500-1800 in 1st thru 4th gears.
Wife is a "girly- girl", and drives it just fine... just need to keep the revs up a little.
MY 85 GT
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Im sorry but i wouldnt want a car to drive like that to go fast...i would rather make it driver friendly.. Thats why when i did my turbo foxbody i left the stock cam 500 hp and drove like stock....
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The more I think of it and hear reviews/research... I'm leaning onto leaving the cam stock. Just a question for future plans, if I was going to throw a vortech supercharger on it(something like 5psi) ... Other than fuel pump, injectors and what not... Would I have to change anything else?
(Springs or anything)
(Springs or anything)
MY 85 GT
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I think i posted this in this post i had a 87 GT convertible...BONE stock motor...AOD 3.55s the only mods were shorty headers,off road H-pipe, flowmaster cat back....shift kit...mild stall...i bolted on a little powerdyne...made about 9 psi.....stock injectors with an FMU...i did upgrade the fuel pump to a 190 lph only reason because the tank was bad so i replaced it so while i was there i did the fuel pump..OH YEAH car was still speed density too..ON STREET tires...with a 2.0 60ft it went 13.1 at 106 mph...the car had high 12s in it for sure..the only reason i changed that set-up was because in a convertible you cant go faster the 13.49 without a cage....so i said if i need a cage i really want a cage so i then did heads,intake STOCK CAM and went turbo....but i liked the car more when it was basic...trust me that car is now gone and i have a 92GT thats going to be basically bolt ons...with a blower...simple and fun to drive....
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Yeah what I might do is just get the motor re sealed/gasket ... Leave it, and maybe next year if I have some extra set aside just throw a simple blower set up on it.
Different strokes for different folks.
. Mine is not a daily driver. Put less than 1000 miles on it last year.Outside of myself, the last time I saw an E7 headed car at the track was 2003.
Around here, at car show, everything is blower/turbo with mild manners. Roll in with a "nasty" n/a street car and everyone wants to see it, hear it again and talk about it... the thumbs up it generates at stop lights and cruising through town is a gas too.
It's different, it's old school, it generates conversations and smiles.
I know there is 100hp in head swap, I know there is an easy 600hp with forced induction, but that is not what I wanted.
I wanted something different.
MY 85 GT
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I agree i know what you mean.....mine wasnt a daily either but i retained AC...i retained its street manners i guess at the time i was thinking hey im older i want something quick and just fun drive...lol...
I'm 47 , I have 2 other daily drivers, I wanted a "toy".
My car never had a/c... as a matter of fact the only option was 6 speaker audio with equalizer.
Mine is fun to drive here 9 months of the year... but forget about summer with no a/c.
, I have 2 other daily drivers, I wanted a "toy".My car never had a/c... as a matter of fact the only option was 6 speaker audio with equalizer.
Mine is fun to drive here 9 months of the year... but forget about summer with no a/c.
I am 53, and have always wanted a blower car. When I was young that meant 4 MPG, expensive and unreliable. So I stayed NA again. MPG is respectable but it doesn't matter because it evolved into a drag car I happen to drive to the track. I require power steering and disc brakes for options. The rest is dead weight that interferes with wheelies. And all my parts breakage is drive train, so a blower would not be a significant reliability disadvantage.
Easiest cheapest everyday power vs. cost = blower.
Easiest cheapest drag only power = nitrous
For me I want obnoxious idle, descent exhaust sound, and everyday power with some extra for the track days = h/c/i & power adder of choice (mine has been nitrous but really would like to do the blower)
Easiest cheapest drag only power = nitrous
For me I want obnoxious idle, descent exhaust sound, and everyday power with some extra for the track days = h/c/i & power adder of choice (mine has been nitrous but really would like to do the blower)
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