Kart7990

I have a 92 mustang GT with 37,000 original miles on it and im looking to start putting some high performance parts on it. I already have a K&N cold air intake, shorty headers, the good ol' cat back exhaust, short throw shifter and underdrive pullies on it. Im ready to start doing some things to the engine now but i cant decide between the SysteMaxII or Edelbrock Performer EFI. Both are around $2200 for the whole package. I need some help here...heck I am even debating a 86-93 5.0L Vortech V-1 SC-trim Supercharger Kit 5-6 psig about $2000. Which out of these three is more "bang for the buck" in your opinion?


Thanks, David

Scout2232

Do you have gears and a good posi unit? If you don't I would get those asap. It will feel so much better to you. I would get either 3.55's or 3.73's.

Liquid_02

I'd go with a H/C/I but I wouldn't personally buy a kit. If it were me, I'd get a set of AFR 165's (maybe 185's.. depends on if i were to s/c it in the future) Systemax intake and cam would depend on the rest of my set-up and where I want my range to be and how I want it to idle. I'd personally go for a smaller cam, for good mid-range torque, and good idle, but that's just me personally.. The way I see it... I don't care if my car makes 500hp... it's gonna make that hp at something like 7000rpm, with the sacrifice of torque, where on a street car, is useless, and hard on the motor. So I'd rather a car that makes say 350hp at 5500rpm then loads of torque to go with that, which is where my car will be running, as it is a street car.

Besides, you can get a very good H/C/I set-up for roughly the 2200 you're lookin at

2 kwik

first I have to ask do you need to pass smog?

Kart7990

the 3.73's are on there way from bros performance..kinda new here so what is a posi?

Liquid_02

Posi means both rear wheels are getting power, if you jack your car up, both wheels will spin, non-posi, only one will

Ex. FWD cars are non-posi

If you've ever driven a 4WD truck with 4W engaged, you'll notice when you crank the wheel, it feels like the truck's jerking, that is because both front wheels are spinning at the same speed, which is bad for turning, you want both independant (outside spins faster than inside, simple physics)

2 kwik

it has one.....

Kart7990

yes i need to pass smog and im not lookin to spend any more than about 3k as of right now.

2 kwik

ok that limits your choices mostly in the cam dept as you can only really get by with a single pattern cam...unless you can slip the smog guy a few bux