Is this slow?

[89lx5o]

Mac Cold air intake .................................. $80
BBK Ceramic coated headers ...................... $250
BBK Aluminized catted x-pipe...................... $400
Stainless Dual Flowmaster 40series Exahust... $320
B&M Transpak Shift kit ............................. $360
Ford Racing 4.10 rear gears & U/L control arms... $500
Total: 1,910

***All price are installed or done by me***


was that $1900 worth it??


__________STOCK____________ New

60' _______ 2.33 ____________ 2.119
1/4 _______ 15.428 _________ 14.342
MPH _______ 90.92 __________ 97.15

[Dark Knight]

it was if you plan more mods.. heads, cam and intake next? a high stall converter would help alot too..

I probably wouldnt have spent the $$ on stainless mufflers..

[2MUCHBOOST]

Id say it was worth it!!! Now a little convertor set of tires and u got a 13.70 ride.

[mustangkiller]

thats not bad at all, but i would defintly make a converter and trans cooler your next investment.

[rsw007]

worth it yes. can probably get even better with more practice. i worked my way down to 13.90's. then converter and fresh tranny and 13.30's, and then diet and dyno tuning of timing and fuel, and bam 12.80's. now i just need a 100shot and some 11.90's timeslips

[fast88]

damn......picking up 7 mph is MAJOR..nice work.

your et isnt showing it because the 60' time is way off.....sticky tires and your DEEP in the 13's.

[89lx5o]

damn......picking up 7 mph is MAJOR..nice work.

your et isnt showing it because the 60' time is way off.....sticky tires and your DEEP in the 13's.

one thing is i dont really spin off the line i think its all in the torque converter...

[89lx5o]

worth it yes. can probably get even better with more practice. i worked my way down to 13.90's. then converter and fresh tranny and 13.30's, and then diet and dyno tuning of timing and fuel, and bam 12.80's. now i just need a 100shot and some 11.90's timeslips

thats my plan, along with HCI maybe

[89lx5o]

i went down the track about 7 times that day, i tried 2 different ways of launching, one was flashing the converter, the other was stalling at about 1500-1700 (about as high as i could get it with out spinining) the flash times were good but the higher i could get the stall the better.. i even waited at the tree until i was ready to go since R/T has no effect on everything else unless bracket racing?

I was doing the 1-2-1 shuffle on all of the runs except one (that one run i ran an embarising time of 14.7 (premature 2-3 shift))

i dont know what much more i could have done to improve my times that day except mess with tire pressure more, and take out spare tire back seat shit like that...

[rsw007]

i cant believe you could stall up the stock converter to 1700rpms. i couldnt ever get mine over about 1300

[89lx5o]

i cant believe you could stall up the stock converter to 1700rpms. i couldnt ever get mine over about 1300

actually you could be right it was like 2 weeks ago, il test it out after i get out of school lol

[skip]

I think that you are on the roll and just keep on going with what you got had a converter,heads,cam, and intake

[Quick88Tbird]

I managed to squeak out a 2.22 60' time in my 'bird with 3.08 gears, 225/60r15 cooper cobra's and a stock converter. I had it stalling at about 1800 off the line. I don't know if the 'stangs have tighter converters or not...maybe mine is just whooped? lol.

I would say your mods were definitely worth it though. I agree, tires and a little converter would really help ya out. Those mods will really help in the future, if you ever do heads/cam/etc.

[frdfandc]

Like Rich said, 7 mph is a very nice gain for the $$ spent.

Next on the list should be sticky tires, converter and a street/strip valve body (to get rid of the 1-2-1 shuffle).

[red89notch]

I gained 3 mph and .4? with 90/10's , Edelbrock performer 5.0 intake , 65mm TB/EGR and 73mm MAF... It went 13.87@100.9 , 2.11 60'... 8.9x@80 in 1/8th... Previous best was 14.33@98.9 <---------didnt have parts listed above and was on STREET treaded radial..


97k miles...
Stock longblock , Stock AOD (26k on Stock rebuild)
1 5/8" shorties , 2.5" O/R H , 2.5" catback..
3.73
Edelbrock Performer 5.0
65mm TB/EGR , 73mm MAF
fenderwell intake.
Crank & waterpump U/D pullies
235/60/15 M/T Drag radial on 15x8 Welds , 15x3.5 fronts..
No front sway bar , 90/10's & 50/50's...
Granatelli solid upper/lower control arms..
max. motorsport full length ties and lower "battle boxes"..
3220 w/ driver and over 1/2 tank of fuel..
Kirban adj fuel regulator , 12* of timing...
All power accessories , A/C , etc...


I was doing 1 , D , 1 shuffle last time @ track , didnt try leaving in drive... I may next time and see if it changes... I tried shifting last year and it didnt ET diff. than leaving in DRIVE... 29# in M/T , they spun a little , didnt lower tire pressure... Was also leaving line @ idle , never tried stalling... I think I may get a 13.7x out of car w/ STOCK AOD... :)