why is my car slower than my friend's escort

most verts that ive seen have 2.73's in the pumpkin, some 3.73's or 4.10's would help.

steve b said:

this thing won't even break the 17 inch cobra wheels loose the motor revs good but falls on it's rear when i bring it up on the stall like the computer is retarting the timing? I have rebuilt the transmission on thousands of the fox 5.0 with the same combo and they were awsome. is just cause it's my 1st ford????? am i being punished for driving a camaro for the last 13 years? it's all bone stock with h-pipe mac short headers and a ford racing air intake just picked up a e303 cam and a 3.73 what kind of old steel heads flo good with the stock upper and lower and fuel system..

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well it needs tuned bad is my first guess. check for vacum leaks. my combo on mine is just explorer upper and lower, BBK cai, bbk shortys, catless x pipe, flowmaster dumped, 3.73's, B&M shift kit. and mine has no problem breaking the 285's lose. mine is a convert as well.
when i first got my car back together after doing the intake swap i thought what pos. its slower then before! i had major vacum leaks and timming issues. with those all fixed it runs alot better. and i think for a aod car with a stock stall and the few things thats done to my car being able to break them lose from a roll is respectable.

if all else falses for you throw a 100 shot on it and go have fun. heads and cam in the works for me. like 15 more days till ima start on it! then some boost via s single turbo set up.

but really. having the cam id go strap it on a dyno and have it tuned. i cant wait to get mine tuned.

Wow, alot of bashing on the vert automatics...they're not all that bad. I got mine to run an even 13 in the 1/4 without the nitrous & mid 12's with an 80 shot. Your stall converter & shift kit are fine. I think you may have some other problems if you can break the tires loose or beat an escort. I'd have it checked.

Besides that, I agree with Darkwriter77's list. Upgrade your heads, cam, intake & exhaust setup.

I hate how people say the first mod you should do to an AOD car is to get rid of it, I'm not a huge fan, and if he was hinting at going that way, that's ok, but the guy is obviously having issues somewhere other than the transmission if he's doing a 17 second quarter. I'd do a compression check on all the cylinders for starters

BAHHHHHHHHHH AOD'S SUCK!