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Need help with engine mod choices?

Old 09-30-2006, 01:25 AM
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I jsut got a 88 mustang 5.0 hatchback and want to give it some more power so far i have the bbk fender intake and some pulleys. The car has straight pipe exhaust from the cats back. I want to get a cam and a intake manifold for the car along with a throttlebody. Im also getting either 3.55 or 3.73 gears. If i do these mods what times should i expect in the 1/4 and what would be some good choices and or combinations. Any help will be appreciated. And if threes some other good things i should do let me know the car has 120k miles on it and was owned by an old man for 18 years and was never beat on. i also put in a new timing cover, water pump and radiatotor and up'd the timing on the car. I would just like to know what kind of things i should do next i have around 900-1000 to spend total on the car now and all labor is done for free at my dads auto shop. If you have any ideas let me know Thanks
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Old 09-30-2006, 01:31 AM
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congrats on the new ride, and throw in nitrous, supercharger, or turbo.
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Old 09-30-2006, 01:42 AM
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Here you go, it's my personal mod list, but it'll work.

Intake
1.) BBK Cold Air Intake (complete)
2.) Polished Trick Flow Street Heat Intake Manifold
3.) Polished Trick Flow Elbow Adaptor
4.) Polished 75mm Throttle Body
5.) 90mm High flow Mass Air Meter
Tuning
1.) Tweecer RT Real Time Tuner (complete)
Engine
1.) BBK Aluminum Under Drive Pulleys (complete)
2.) GT-40 Heads
3.) Mild Tune Cam
4.) 24lb Ford Racing Fuel Injectors
5.) BBK High Flow Fuel Regulator
6.) High Flow Fuel Pump
7.) Forged Pistons
8.) Forged H Piston Rods
9.) BBK High Flow Fuel Rails
10.) Forged Piston Rings
11.) Forged Crankshaft
Ignition
1.) Blue Ford Racing 9mm Spark Plug Wires (complete)
2.) MSD Distributor
Forced Induction
1.) Tunable 75-200 Wet Shot Zex Nitrous Kit
2.) 9psi Vortech Supercharger
3.) Vortech Intercooler
Exhaust
1.) BBK Ceramic Coated Shortie Headers (complete)
2.) Bassini Off Road X Pipe (complete)
3.) Magnaflow Dual Cat backs (complete)
Transmission/Driveline
1.) Steeda Tri Ax Short Shifter (complete)
2.) Spec Stage 1 Clutch (complete)
3.) 3.55 Ford Racing Gears (complete)
4.) Detroit True Lock Differential (complete)
5.) G-Force T-5 Transmission Upgrade Kit
Suspension
1.) Eibach Pro Shocks for 1.5†- 2†Height Drop (complete)
2.) Eibach Shocks (complete)
3.) Adjustable Caster Cambers (complete)
4.) Ford Racing Front Sway Bar (complete)
5.) Ford Racing Rear Sway Bar (complete)
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Old 09-30-2006, 10:54 PM
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