whitestang86

I bought a new intake, cam, heads for ect. for my 86. My car is not mass air, speed density is what it's still set up for since she's still stock. I keep hearin and read here and there that i should change it to mass air, is this true?? What will the car do once i put all this high performance to the motor, and should i really consider changing to mass air?

mjr46

what cam , heads and intake??

whitestang86

went with the new bbk ssi intake with 70mmtb, new aluminum patriot heads, and a com xtreme energy cam used with the 1.7 ratio rockers

mjr46

which comp xe cam?? 270, 274, 282, 292??? and you do know that 86 has flat top pistons with no valve reliefs and it is a very good chance that you will have ptv issues and ditch the bbk ssi intake..that is one of the worst choice you could of made.....and depending on the cam choice your set up may not work to well with sd[&:]

whitestang86

the cam is the 276, I'm actually notchin the piston heads in the car, i knew there was a problem there.

mjr46

If this is the cam you bought.. then it ain't happenin' with sd!! the xe 270 would of been a better choice

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...p;autoview=sku

whitestang86

believe it or not, i looked at the wrong number, that link you just posted is the cam i have sittin right here so i should be good with that one?

mjr46

The link I posted was for the xe 276......so which do you have the xe 270???

whitestang86

ah, miss read it, the 276 is the one i have, nevermind the link you posted is the one i have, so i need to look intoa mass air setup

mjr46

I would.........or a speed density tuner but if you don't have the knowledge of the tunning tables..you'll pull your hair out or die trying...so the simplest solution for you may be a mass air set up to allow the ecm to do all your tunning for the most part