9tyfiveo

So, as some of you might remember a few months backI hit a police car that turned in front of me. Not really any damage at all minus the paint being scraped. Well, I just got a check from the insurance for $3000 after a long hassle. My godfather has a mercedes body shop in southern california that he originally fixed the car up for me with. After I told him what had happened, he said just bring it down and all i have to pay for is parts and he'll do the rest. so he figured $1000 will cover it. SO, what to do with $2000?

Here's some ideas on a budget I thought of but i have no idea about. I don't want to make the car a drag car. I have an all stock 1990 lx 5.0 besides flowmasters, and CAI. If I don't step on it, for long trips i get about 28-31 mpg being easy. I don't want to hurt my gas mileage for trips. I travel about500-1kmiles a week on average. Mind you I don't care in town when i step on it at every light. haha

Ideas: Please elaborate on what it would take to make it happen. I don't know much about right combos.

2.3L turbo's?

I have a friend that has an old 88turbo tbird that i can get cheap with overheating problem. Is there a way I can install one or two of these without hurting the motor? i figured with low psi, i could accomplish such. don't know? how could i do this? should i do two? how could it work? would it be too much power for stock drivetrain?

Other options? i found an intire cobra intake for $250 still new in box on craigslist.? hurt gas mileage on trips?

Other suggestions? and please dont critisize the spelling, grammar, ect. I work too much to care. Any help would be great. Thanks.

mjr46

not really any damage and 1000 dollars in parts??? wtf?? anyway 4cyl turbo = 4cyl power you want v-8 power you gotta use v-8 parts......a well thought out h/c/i is what you need and 2000 can get you that

gearbanger

if you dont want to hurt your gas mileage then keep it the way it is. you cant have performance and good gas mileage....

jtmustang

2000 bucks with that u could buy a good used s-trim or novi 1000 and still have good mileage and more power thats what i would do or go threw all that is needed and throw on a good h/c/i

Alero99

before you mod the thing, fix ANYTHING that is annoying you, while you have the money knick any little issues in the butt!

FoxGT

the '88 turbocoupe uses ihi turbos that are pretty small. Even if you got two, they're a little small for the 5.0. You could use two turbos from an 86 or lower turbocoupe/svo/capri rs/xr4ti, but make sure you go with two of the same size turbos some came with .48 a/r exhaust housing T3's, the others came with .63 a/r T3's depending on the transmission. I would recommend the .48's for what you're wanting. You won't be able to run lower than 7psi with the stock wastegate spring, even with a boost controller, but boost won't come unless you are on it a little bit.
Roots superchargers are pretty nice for retaining fuel economy if the kit is setup right.

either way if you go with f/i you'll need to upgrade your fuel system a little bit.

I'd say buy a standalone, they're pretty nice to play around with & you can easily get better fuel economy & power with them. Make sure you get a wideband o2 though if you do so you can tune it yourself instead of having to pay for a shop to do it.

I think I might know a car that could prove you wrong on that comment it's even a vert fox 5.0. roots supercharged aswell.
I still get 25mpg highway & run 12's on street tires n/a no bottle. Still good fuel economy imo compared to most.

stanguy306

Im with JTmustang on this one....buy a used SC kit...bolt on and have fun....you'll be happy you did it. Sometimes you can find the kits with injectors and mass air meter. Then upgrade the H/C/I later when you have some more money. Just rip on the stock motor....it will be fun.

aode08

Might as well, have him paint the whole car, and find you a good set of rims