Hey everybody. So last year I bought myself a 95 mustang get with:
Cai
Gt40 heads, explorer upper and lower intake
Proform aluminum 1.6 roller rockers
Explorer throttle body (65mm)
Shorty headers
Bbk o/r x-pipe
Flowmaster catback
Smog and egr delete
Ford racing 3.73 gears
Hurst shifter ( car has a standard tranny)
Ford racing valve covers
Subframe connectors and suspension around the whole car.

The only thing I've done since I bought it is a Bama sct-4 bank eliminator chip.

Ive been to the drag strip and, using drag radials, my best is a 13.98@99 and I've been getting pretty consistent numbers right around 14.0.

Now the question that haunts us all... how do I make her faster?? The need for speed strikes again haha.

I've been thinking a cam or maybe some nitrous, 75 shot. For cams I've been looking at the steeda 19 cam since they don't affect drivability. And since winter is approaching it'd be a great time to tear the engine apart. But extra opinions are always helpful. I've got a $1000 max budget and I'd like to drop a few tenths off the 1/4 mile without loosing my drivability or butchering my mpg.... so the question is, what should i do next?

 

4.10 gears, real drag slicks would be a good start.
ANY cam will have some effect on 'driveability' so figure out which it will be.
I also think that I'd buy a decent set of rockers, that Chinese stuff is only about so good......

 

Glad to see ya on the board BTW, we need more racers and less BSer's here......

 

Thanks for the reply tinman. How much of a gain could be seen with 4.10s vs my 3.73s?

And for tires I have my eyes on a set of Nitto nt555 drag radials since they'll fit on my old rims. And they'll help me stay in budget a bit

How good is perform stuff or should I consider upgrading those this winter too?

 

I'm on the smart phone app so I can't see where your from and your sig. So I don't know what track/elevation you run at but that should be a low 13 sec car now. What were you 60ft's?

And if this is a "play" car for you, forget the drivability issues with a cam, as long as you don't go nuts on the cam choice, modern cams can give you the best of both worlds.

 

I live in Wisconsin so I'm not at a crazy elevation. My 60 ft times are around 2.0.

I am relatively new to drag racing, maybe 15-20 runs under my belt. so I could probably lose a tenth or 2 with practice...

but winter is coming up so ive been thinking about what mods to do over winter.

also, any drag tips would be greatly appreciated. I usually shift around 5200-5300, what do you guys shift around?

 

Aluminum heads. You'll need to come up off the $1000 limit though

 

Yeah I wish but that can't really happen. I'm on a college student budget and need some new drag radials too. So 1000is about it. Unless I just save it and wait till next winter

 

The little emotion thing was an accident by the way. Im New to the site and accidentally put it up there. So just ignore it haha

 

I'm with Duncan, some aftermarket 170-185cc aluminum heads would make a big difference, and I'd sure do that before nitrous or the cam. You could add 1.7 roller rockers crane cobra 1.7 are roughly $200, and make your existing cam bigger without tearing everything apart, but the heads would make a much bigger difference. With either the rockers or a cam, you'll need valve springs or you're likely wasting your time. I rev the engine until it stops making power. Try taking it a little higher on each run until you notice a drop in ET or mph.