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Old 12-25-2006, 12:52 AM
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i have
bbk short equal length headers
dynomax exhaust with an H pipe
steeda short throw shifter
3:73
bbk subframes
should i get a cam yet or what stuff should i do before i get a cam
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Old 12-25-2006, 01:30 AM
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Why not do the full H/C/I (Cylinder Heads, Camshaft, Intake Manifold.)

For your 95 GT, I'd look at the following (personal preference of course)

GT40 Heads
Explorer / GT40 / Cobra Intake Manifold
Steeda #19 Camshaft

and for supporting mods:

255lph fuel pump (for futire upgrades)
30# or even 42# injectors (for future upgrade again)
new MAF calibrated to the new injectors
70mm - 75mm TB
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Old 12-25-2006, 01:32 AM
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If you dont get heads with your cam your not going to gain much power. Stock E7's are horrible heads. We puta B cam in my friends mustang with TF intake, bbk headers, x pipe, gears, underdrive pulleys,cai, 24# injectors and it made it slower.
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Old 12-25-2006, 02:45 AM
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Grab some heads first....the cam won't do you much good w/o better airflow thru the motor.
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Old 12-25-2006, 04:24 AM
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It's not going to net significant gains without heads and an intake.
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Old 12-25-2006, 11:15 AM
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wait and do it all at once
trust me ita lot easier, although stock those e7's suck u can port tehm pretty good and get a good gain out of em but wait to do it all at once ur not gonna want to have the motor apart again and again and again
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Old 12-25-2006, 11:31 AM
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how coem it made your freidns car slower? too much fuel? shouldnt u wait to put in injectors like taht until u need them, the stockers wouldb fine, there was a thread a bit ago that a guy was running 24's and thats why ppl think his car got slower
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Old 12-25-2006, 11:43 AM
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how coem it made your freidns car slower? too much fuel? shouldnt u wait to put in injectors like taht until u need them, the stockers wouldb fine, there was a thread a bit ago that a guy was running 24's and thats why ppl think his car got slower
the car got slower because it couldnt breathe due to the heads
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Old 12-25-2006, 12:26 PM
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If that made the car slower there is something wrong, the 3.73s should shave .25 off your 1/4th mile alone...
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Old 12-25-2006, 12:46 PM
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It was probably the 24lb injectors that made it slower. Mods are in my sig, I threw a TFS 1 camin it while I was going through my motor and replacing some stuff. I'm using stock heads (been slightly massaged) and the trickflow stage 1 cam really woke it up.
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