f1atlander

found a guy with a 98 5.0l explorer for parts. im goin to meet him in the morning. what all is worth grabbing? i have a completely stock 90 hatch i just got a few days ago. i know about he gt40 heads because of my 302 maverick. but fuel injection perf. is new to me. intakes good on this thing? MAF? TB? injectors? thanks in advance

j-wigg

i just put a 98 explorer intake on this past week. i got the heads too but that will have to wait for a lil work to be done. you can use the tb from the explorer but its a 65mm and your stock egr is smaller, therefore will create a disturbance on the intake. if you wanted to use the tb from the explorer, it will have to be modified. its not hard. i just used my stock tb and egr block since they were the same size (until i go larger on both, i dont want a different size). the fuel injectors can be used. the fuel rail cannot. neither can the hard waterline. the 90deg elbow is cannot be used from the explorer. the lower intake will require a couple taps drilled. upper intake has a bunch of extra vacuum lines that dont get used.

j-wigg

a few of the links i used that were helpful
http://www.geocities.com/blackninetylx/Explorer.html
http://forums.mustangworks.com/f8/in...-intake-28204/
http://picasaweb.google.com/bdptcob/...y=-YAc7dr9ztE#
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...questions.html
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DX%26um%3D1
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DX%26um%3D1
http://forums.stangnet.com/758673-ex...ake-93-gt.html


and do a search for freaky's explorer install. its very helpful

f1atlander

cool thanks for the info. getting everything from heads up for $100. is it worth it?

calfroper_06

yeah its worth it, thats a real good deal, dang i hate you lol j/k

j-wigg

thats a very good price as long as nothing is cracked or warped. i picked up my heads and intake for 300. so 100 yes that is very good

f1atlander

ya, i pulled the upper, lower, heads and meter. got to do it junkyard style too. snip, snip, cut, cut. is the meter any better? havent look at size yet. only bad part is had a bad smell when i pulled bank 2. and plug were bridged w/ white stuff. hope they are ok

j-wigg

not sure what meter youre referring to. maf? dont have one yet.

mustangmike33

if i was guessing its better than a factory mustang meter. i would hope so, but not sure. the intake, heads, tb, injectors, are so why wouldnt the mas air. but who knows. i guess like you said you hadnt looked at the both of them, just compare the sizes. i think they had 24lbers too didnt they. if so and you use them, youll have to use the mass air meter anyway or buy a new one. the factory mustang one wont be usable anymore. your mass air meter and injectors need to be matched.

j-wigg

the injectors i had were 19's, although it was from a mercury mountaineer (sorry) thought they were the same. if they are orange then they are 19's. and i used those. they looked a lil better then the stock mustang. the stock had a single pin sticking out vs. the mountaineer/explorer that has 4 smaller pin holes where the fuel comes out. figured the 4 pin holes to be better for flow than the single pin that sticks out. imo