5.0 mods on a budget
5th Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,736
From: St. Charles Il, and ISU
o and its kinda a lot of work if your doing it yourself. Ive done an AOD to 5 speed swap, a cam swap, gear swap, and many other mods, and this one has fought me all the
way/P!$$ed me off the most
4th Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,788
From: Texas
i bought a complete novi 2000 s/c kit thinking i would be able to get away with stock injectors and fmu.... WELL a couple thousand dollars later and the car is still not fully running
o and its kinda a lot of work if your doing it yourself. Ive done an AOD to 5 speed swap, a cam swap, gear swap, and many other mods, and this one has fought me all the
way/P!$$ed me off the most
o and its kinda a lot of work if your doing it yourself. Ive done an AOD to 5 speed swap, a cam swap, gear swap, and many other mods, and this one has fought me all the
way/P!$$ed me off the most
5th Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,736
From: St. Charles Il, and ISU
Kweb, if the OP is stock then the Vortech kit will work with nothing more. Although I would recommend upgraded injectors to be safe, they are not neccessary on a stock 5.0 with Vortech, PROVIDED he has an FMU. You are not stock, so obviously you'd need bigger injectors. But you think adding a SC is the hardest thing? I actually thought it was really easy. You just have to get your tune dialed in and you'll be fine. I wish you had a Tweecer so I could send you some of my base tunes to get you started, versus having to start from scratch. The hardest thing for me was taking out my transmission twice and installing a cam within two months, all to solve a stupid problem. These cars of ours......
Then thought my neighbors might not like my self made bonfire out of a car
Ya its cool, im going down to andersonfordmotorsports next friday when i get may last paycheck and getting a PMS tuner, i got a basic starting tune from the guys over on www.stangtuners.com then ill be home for easter (crossing fingers, knocking on wood) so hopefully it will start!!!!!! (o and also getting new fuel system stuff)
SORRY FOR KINDA JACKING THE THREAD
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,788
From: Texas
haha i hear ya, Everyonce in a while ive taken a step back looked at the car... looked at a rag.... looked at the gas tank.... and looked at a lighter.....
Then thought my neighbors might not like my self made bonfire out of a car
Ya its cool, im going down to andersonfordmotorsports next friday when i get may last paycheck and getting a PMS tuner, i got a basic starting tune from the guys over on www.stangtuners.com then ill be home for easter (crossing fingers, knocking on wood) so hopefully it will start!!!!!! (o and also getting new fuel system stuff)
SORRY FOR KINDA JACKING THE THREAD
Then thought my neighbors might not like my self made bonfire out of a car
Ya its cool, im going down to andersonfordmotorsports next friday when i get may last paycheck and getting a PMS tuner, i got a basic starting tune from the guys over on www.stangtuners.com then ill be home for easter (crossing fingers, knocking on wood) so hopefully it will start!!!!!! (o and also getting new fuel system stuff)
SORRY FOR KINDA JACKING THE THREAD
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 437
From: I've been everywhere, man
Tell you what, you buy my stang from me for 2500 bucks and you can hack at all the goodies installed:
Gt40 upper and lower, GT40 Heads, (arent those all the same thing?) windsor headers, short throw shift kit, borla exhaust, ACCEL 300+ ignition system, E303 cam, Brake booster controller, All wheel disc brakes, Pioneer something reciever, subframe connectors, sway bars front and back, all parts necessary to run a supercharger 'cept the charger, battery relocator kit, some controller of which I have no idea what for and prolly a bunch of other stuff that I haven't yet identified. This car was bought from someone who built it for competition.
All that crap should have you well in the 13's. Whaddya say?!
j/k btw... unless you are interested...
Gt40 upper and lower, GT40 Heads, (arent those all the same thing?) windsor headers, short throw shift kit, borla exhaust, ACCEL 300+ ignition system, E303 cam, Brake booster controller, All wheel disc brakes, Pioneer something reciever, subframe connectors, sway bars front and back, all parts necessary to run a supercharger 'cept the charger, battery relocator kit, some controller of which I have no idea what for and prolly a bunch of other stuff that I haven't yet identified. This car was bought from someone who built it for competition.
All that crap should have you well in the 13's. Whaddya say?!
j/k btw... unless you are interested...
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Joined: May 2006
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Tell you what, you buy my stang from me for 2500 bucks and you can hack at all the goodies installed:
Gt40 upper and lower, GT40 Heads, (arent those all the same thing?) windsor headers, short throw shift kit, borla exhaust, ACCEL 300+ ignition system, E303 cam, Brake booster controller, All wheel disc brakes, Pioneer something reciever, subframe connectors, sway bars front and back, all parts necessary to run a supercharger 'cept the charger, battery relocator kit, some controller of which I have no idea what for and prolly a bunch of other stuff that I haven't yet identified. This car was bought from someone who built it for competition.
All that crap should have you well in the 13's. Whaddya say?!
j/k btw... unless you are interested...
Gt40 upper and lower, GT40 Heads, (arent those all the same thing?) windsor headers, short throw shift kit, borla exhaust, ACCEL 300+ ignition system, E303 cam, Brake booster controller, All wheel disc brakes, Pioneer something reciever, subframe connectors, sway bars front and back, all parts necessary to run a supercharger 'cept the charger, battery relocator kit, some controller of which I have no idea what for and prolly a bunch of other stuff that I haven't yet identified. This car was bought from someone who built it for competition.
All that crap should have you well in the 13's. Whaddya say?!
j/k btw... unless you are interested...
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 259
From: Maryland
Some ideas,and something to consider. Most mods are meant to compliment other mods. While an 8# supercharger is great, it will not be all that great with stock intake, stock exhaust, stock everything, etc.
When you put together a car you plan on keeping or keep building on, you should start with some mods that will benefit you as you go.
Gears would be a great start 3.73's would be sweet.
Exhaust, go for a nice set of headers, and high flowing X-Pipe, drop the cats if you can. At this point you can also pull the smog pump which will free up some HP as well by running a shorter belt. Need the A/C ? If not, pull that as well, and you can run a shorter belt and remove some weight from the car.
At this point you should have about $1,000 left depending on if you do the work or not. You could go with a nitrous kit, and upgrade the fuel pump, and so forth. Or find a set of used GT40 heads and Explorer intake.
When you put together a car you plan on keeping or keep building on, you should start with some mods that will benefit you as you go.
Gears would be a great start 3.73's would be sweet.
Exhaust, go for a nice set of headers, and high flowing X-Pipe, drop the cats if you can. At this point you can also pull the smog pump which will free up some HP as well by running a shorter belt. Need the A/C ? If not, pull that as well, and you can run a shorter belt and remove some weight from the car.
At this point you should have about $1,000 left depending on if you do the work or not. You could go with a nitrous kit, and upgrade the fuel pump, and so forth. Or find a set of used GT40 heads and Explorer intake.
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,401
From: SC
Build your car from the back to the front. Rear gears, trac loc overhaul, upgrade the rear suspension, make sure the clutch is in good shape, good shifter, subframe connectors and a good set of drag radials. You'll be shocked how many big power cars you can take out with a low power well set up car over a big hp and poorly set-up car