Hello everyone........just wanted to say greetings from Texas and to Mustang owners.
This is my first Ford and Mustang. I guess I just got tired of getting my a_ _ beat on the strip so if you can't beat JOIN EM!!
I have a 95 GT vert (I know its a chick car!) but I am determined to make it a bad A_ _!!! Looking forward to all the info sharing and tech advice. Also looking forward to swapping stories with other 94-95 GT owners. Thanks ALL..............
I am another new guy from Baltimore, MD. I own a 95 GT coupe. I just bought it in May. It is in perfect shape. The previous owner took great care of it.
I am looking to swap notes with other 94-95 GT owners. Figured this would be a good place to start.
Hey Boz.I would be happy to exchange any info with you. I on the other hand bought a care that needed a little TLC so I am getting it back up to standards first. I have added a few extras like underdrives and MAf......have long tube headers but not installed yet (waiting for the H-pipe to come in) and will be putting rear gears soon..............Let me know what you got and we can exchange notes....
95, Sometimes a car that needs some TLC is the best way to go. I had an 87GT with approx. 500hp. <--just a guess never dyno'd it. I loved that car. So this is my second Stang, I don't have much done to this one yet. I have a set of Flowmaster 2 chambers and a K&N cold air intake system on it. Plus a set of 95 Cobra R rims.
I am looking to put a new BBK upper intake and some shorty headers and an x pipe to help my Flows sound even better. But that all takes time & money.
I don't know if I will end up doing any gears or not. I have 308 gears now. I am not trying to drag race anymore. The old stang had 373's in it. Not the best for running around town in. I could pass anything but a gas station.
Hope to get some pic's of my car up soon. Digital camera broke, so I am working on that.
I am slowly getting mine fixed up but I am learning as I go. I just recently put on a 76MM maf and did not feel much...........I was told the injecters neeeded to be upgraded to 24 or larger to support the maf so I am stuck with a 289.00 dollar maf on my car and NO real Hp gains............but it will pay off eventually.
I am doing exterior engine mods first to see what I can get out of it and then will go into the engine. I only have underdrives, 76mm maf, Mac long tubes (not on yet) soI am just getting started. yes, time and money!
Going to try to get the H pipe from somewhere today. The two local Mustang parts warehouses are out. Who would have thought? So I am going to Summit or Jeg's
Keep me posted on your progress..........Mine is getting a new AOD right now and is on the shop. I wanted 5 sp but I just made a good deal on my chick stang. (black ,vert, auto yukkkkk)
Yeah, a friend of mine told me that he had to put 24 pound injecters after switching his throttle body out to a 75mm. That is the only reason I havent done that yet. I would like to make some major changes to the top end of my engine. A set of GT40 heads might be in my future.
I just don't want to over do it this time. It seemed like I was always doing something on my 87'. The more I did to that car the more I was under it fixing it. <--- or making the problem worse in some cases. You know how that goes. I know just enough to be dangerous.
Yea me too.......I can take it all apart but sometimes have trouble getting it back together. I know a few guys that have 350hp+ rides and they are married to them. Thats why I want to do the externals first and then get in the engine. I think I will looking for GT 40 heads as well. You can get them on 97-98 expeditions and some other cars? I did not know this so I will looking around the junk yards when I do.
Not sure about the intake upper and lower yet? I heard cobras are nice and have heard some good things about trick flows, etc.....I heard BBK came out with a bad ass one and I think I have seen it. It has the top ports on both sides unlike all the other that have them on the driver side. The ports looked twice the size as stock! I know the guy who put it on but I know the cars not ready yet. I will see what happens when he is done
Yeah, I think I know the upper your talking about. I think its the BBK SSI or something like that. I was looking at something similar to what your talking about yesterday online.
I am a little torn as to what I want to do first now. I am also looking at a high performance camshaft. I love the way the 302 sounds with a good cam in it. I am still in the research mode right now.
As far as the heads go I know what to expect out of the GT40's. So I think I will stick with them. After getting all these things done I am sure I will need subframe connectors welded on to keep me from squirrling out.
Yes....definatley want to cam with the nice cam sound and the boost.
My neighbor (who is the parts manager at 5.0resto) had an ugly 5.0 lx green with the pizza cutter wheels (turbines I think they call them?) but when he started that car that cam sounded so awesome! And he had an aod (which I have and did not want) but he had the shift kit and rear gears and everytime I would be outside he would leave and chirp a 2nd for me!! RAH RAH.........
Sounded good though! Do you know if the Gt 40 heads will support a 303 cam? Do you have to change the rockers are valves? I have never done it and am wondering...........push rods?
I have the strut tower brace on mine and know I will need to reinforce when I start getting HP..........I am sure you know what needs to happen since you had 500 under the hood.......I amy ask your opinion on that...
Yeah that was my old car. I only have about 250hp in this car so far. Only had is for about 2 months now, so still in the starting gate. I have only done minor things to this one so far, (air intake, computer,exhaust so forth and so on).
I had to take my last Mustang to the shop many times for tweaking above my knowledge. I should have just done a crate engine. It needed a whole mess of things changed out in that engine.
As far as the cam in this one, if I buy the cam I am going to get new rockers and valves at the same time. I will have to cunsult the car gods, because I don't know if it will need new pushrods or not. But if I go that far I will have forged pistons put in and get the car ready for a supercharger in the future. Beef it all up. I think the pushrods may depend on the cam I decide to buy. But again I will ask the guys at Maryland performance what they recommend. They are pretty good at steering myself and my friends in the right direction.
I didn't even think about the GT 40 heads and the Cam. So I will have to let them know what my plans are and see what they say. I learn something new everyday. I am glad you brought that question up. Probablly saved me some foot work down the road.
You know what they will say....right.....you need to spend more $$$. and make it right! Stock spring and lifters usually never get the job done but if you stay fairly mellow you can get by. You the first time you shoot a rod throught the hood you will hear "i told you so".......
My buddy had a .289 crane in his f-150 (don't ask me why) and it had a nice lop to it and he stayed with stock heads and lifters. I don't think he was running the funny gas or anything and I think he only wanted his truck to sound cool so he acomplished his goal! But i think when you get past that RV cam (i hate that word) you have to start going to higher grade valve train..........
well I am going to let you do that first before I do.....................I am doing rearend in a few weeks and will let you know.
I heard the chip is awaste of time until you get some HPPPPPPP under the hood like 300 or more? The guy at the Texas Mustang place told me this (diablo chips) so I backed down. How is yours?
I think your friend is right about the chip. Of course my first time around the block I swore I felt the difference, but after a couple of weeks of driving I think it was just wishful thinking. I don't really know if it has done anything or not. Plus it was a hand me down from another friend who recked his 95'.
I think you are right about the spend more money thing. I think they will tell me to replace everything. And I more than likely will just knod my head and spend more money. Wish I knew more. I at least try to sound like I do when I go in so I don't get spanked. Or I take a friend that actually does know what he's talking about. At least I can admit it.
Maybe I'll take the chip out until I have more horses and then see if it changes anything. I never heard that but I don't doubt it. I am not even sure what brand it is. So if I yank it I'll see if it has a branding on it. Just out of curiosity.
I don't think the brand really matters anymore on the chip. The guy I spoke to said Diablo (means Devil in Spanish) wipptee........It can say "Donkey" chips as far as I am concerned as long as it has the right setings and its burned right. Super chips is another but you will not find many for 04' 05 Mustangs because the aftermarket crowb gets more out of external MODs.
I am putting H-pipe and gears when I get HER back.............I will let you know.
Yea.I will have some of mine but its IN THE SHOP!! I still have that Donkey working on my AOD_E. Did have some good news though from my family member (Ford Tech) about my issue with it shifting too early. He says it is probably the "throttle pressure adjustment" and this guy probably does not have the tool to fix it?. So maybe I will get it back and let him look at it...........Freakin frustratin!!!!!!
I have looked in to the rear gears and will probably go with 4.10s since its not a DD driver. Looks like injectors are a little cheaper than I thought? 200.00-250.00? Still waiting to get her back to put on my long tubes and H-pipe..........
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