5.0mustang5speed

some people here already know that i just changed back to fords from a 10 years break of dealling with chevys..anyway..i know that the after market is full of parts that promise s to make your stang into a fire breathing monster..so i need to kow what parts really do what they say and more imporantly whats parts are a con and a watse of my money..and any company or web site not to deal with..

nemethjames1

how much power do you want? how much money do you wanna dump? ..... you should get some afr heads and a cam that suits your needs, and a good flowing intake... gt40/trickflow, if your rich the bbk looks pretty badass.... and a supercharger, thats what id do ...

Dbeck002

for starters get some 3.73 gears and headers with catless H-pipe.


oh and one more thing, MUSTANGZ 0WN TEH IMP0RTZ...

roundman

be careful selecting cams and heads as the valve reliefs cut into the stock pistons won't necessarily provide sufficient piston to valve clearances with lifts much over .498" or intake valves larger than 1.90". you should check piston to valve clearance to make sure you have at least .125" on a street engine. some models of heads, like some Trick Flow, use raised exhaust ports which require special headers too. stock 19#/hr fuel injectors are good up to about 300 HP, over that and you need to go larger. if you do change them, you need to get the MAF meter calibrated to match the injector flow rate also. unless you going for all out racing power, shorty headers are the easiest to install and make about the same power as long tubes do. be careful selecting your parts so you get a good combination that will work together. btw, the 5.0 engine has forged pistons up to and including the '92 model year. after that, they switched to hyperutetic ones which aren't quite as strong if you were thinking about nitrous or supercharging/turbocharging your motor.
and when setting the engine timing, there is a thing called a spout connector which hangs from the wiring harness going to the distributor that you must unplug when setting the base timing. this bypasses the ECU as far as the timing goes so you can set it correctly. after setting it, plug the spout connector back in and then the ECU can control the timing after that.
welcome back to Stangs by the way!