stangnoob

One:Is there a book out there that perhaps gives the in's and outs of working with our cars (2002 gt), and perhaps some specs and How-to's. I know they make these manuals for older stangs.


Two: What type of gas do you guys fill up with? 87, 89, or 93. I've heard 93 but i heard we can use 89...

What do YOU reccomend?

Thanks !

WHT00GT

to answer question number one, i know pep-boys has the haynes manual for the late model stangs... thats the only "book" out there that i know of.

answer to question two, it really doesn't matter until you have modded the hell out of your car and it requires higher octane. like mine, i have higher timming with the tune i have and i can only run 93, no octane higher or lower. stock or near stock stangs can run on all three.

04mustang

i think they have manuals for are cars already . just do a search on the net u will find something im gonna need one too. and for octane it depends on your mods. if u are stock use what your manual tells u to. i think its 87 or 89. but if u change your timming or get a chip or other modifications might requier a higher grade. so be sure when u do mods to your car u find out wich grade u will need to use.

04mustang

hey WHT00GT what brand gas do u get i used shell 93 a couple times and i had some hard starts and just didnt seem like it ran that great. C&L told me to run at least 92 cause of the maf. but when i used sunoco it seems like it starts right up and runs a lil better. what u think

stangnoob

Thanks guys

MikeHawke

chapters/indigo has a couple of books on tuning late model stangs.

according to the owners manual, GTs are fine on any fuel but they want premium in the Mach.

WHT00GT

i always get the exxon brand, whoever supplys their fuel. i have never payed any attention to what brand before... 93 is 93 to me... i will try some other brands and see how it goes.... thanks for bringing that to my attention 04mustang.. will let you know sometime next week. seeing as i have to fill up every two days....[&:]

04mustang

ok cool let me know i didnt think that there was much diff either but maybe there is. my car just has not had a hard start yet with the sunoco just seems cleaner. maybe some of the other ppl here can test this out to see what brand is the best.

w11988

Here are some books I have:
Mustang Performance Handbook - William R. Mathis - This is mainly a 5.0L book
Mustang Performance Engine Tuning - MM&FF - This talks about both 4.6 and 5.0's. This is basically a book with mods from past issues (I guess) as well as some additional information.
How to Build Max-Performance 4.6-Liter Ford Engines - Sean Hyland - This book breaks the car down into about a dozen sections, describes various 2V and 4V components of the system, how sturdy the system is stock, some do's and don'ts, etc. There is a section in the back of the book that contains some build-up packages (not instructions, just package description) There is also a 2001 Cobra build-up description and a spec section.

I would recommend the second two for sure for the late model Mustang.