jsite13

thanks for the great forum just bought 1987 gt what would be the first mod yall would suggest motor is totally powdercoated for blue and smog pump eliminated with underdriven pulleys motor has 492 miles on rebuild with a 92 5.o block

MikeHawke

welcome to the site.

I will move this thread into 5.0 so our experts can help you.

88BlueGT

Check out the sticky at the top of the 5.0 section. Its called "First Mods On Your Fox". Check that out. It will give you a nice range of ideas for you Stang. Good luck and welcome to the forums.

92hatchLX

Do exhaust first, headers, midpipe and catback. The do gears, 3.73s or 4.10s. Then intake upper and lower manifolds, K&N filter, bigger MAF, bigger TB... That's a good combo for a quick little daily driven car.

Crazyfast50stang

Best bang for the buck would be the gears first. but yeah sounds wise go for the catback, Cold air induction, a nice X-pipe, and some headers.

Crazyfast50stang

Oh yeah and advance your timing it helps with the exhaust tone. But you will HAVE to run 91 octane.

stanglx2002

do little free things to your car first like reset the TPS, up the timing, remove the smog crap

then start with gears, exhaust, h/c/i

nitrous_bob

first 2 things where your car lacks most are gears and heads.

gears are cheap will fell like 100 hp, heads are expensive, but you won't get any gains w/out them. unless a power adder.

a 5-speed w/ 4.10's and 100 shot of nitrous will runs 12's