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have some questions about my 90 fox body

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Old 01-17-2006, 09:47 PM
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i have just bought a 1990 fox body mustange(convertable) and i have a flow master exhust system with gutted cats. i also have a K&N air filter. the car is a five speed. i have read that my car curb weight with all fluids and a full tank of gas in 2997 pounds.how much power am i putting out and what are some E-Z and cheep mods i can do to beat up on some ricers. havent raced any yet b/c when i pull up next to them, rev my engin they dont look my direction. they tall so much about how they beat the v8's but i have never seen it.
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Old 01-18-2006, 12:50 AM
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get steeper gears.
you probably got mabye 200 to the wheels.
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Old 01-18-2006, 12:53 AM
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cold air intake new gears headers msd ignition distbrbuter,rims ,gt 40 heads and intake or you can get them offf a 98 exploerer that should get u started
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Old 01-18-2006, 12:58 AM
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your car probably weighs a few hundred pounds more too
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Old 01-18-2006, 01:00 AM
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i looked it up lots of times to be shure my curb weight of my car is 2,997lbs
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Old 01-18-2006, 01:05 AM
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really 2997.. that seems a little.. off.. but im not positive.. but your still not going to win... unless he breaks down..
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