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    Default Post your speed density combos.

    Post your magic speed density combos.
    My Previous Stangs:
    86 GT, t-tops, 5 speed.
    87 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    88 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    89 LX, Sunroof, Roller (project)
    90 Coupe, LX, 2.3, 5 speed.

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    Not what your looking for, but my car is on Microsquirt, 100% speed density and never an issue
    Bob Myers ©

    84 Capri RS Turbo - Only a 4 banger - 1/8th 6.29@110, 1/4 9.87@137

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    Magic in what way?

    you looking for V8 or 4 banger info?


    on the V8 side of the ballgame —you can do too much and go backwards but bang for buck your best bet is to make the stock stuff run as good as it can.

    start with good clean plug wire ends, a good condition cap, good condition rotor, and freshly cleaned and gapped plugs.

    Remove your intake silencer from the air box and add a KN filter

    Clean your air bypass and throttle body with throttle body cleaner.

    Get your throttle position sensor to where it is very near but less than 1 volt. 0.98 will give you a motor that revs the second you blip the throttle.

    Run a tank or two of premium through it or add a bottle of a good octane booster. This next trick is one that if you get wrong you will fry a piston or blow a head gasket more than likely so pay attention toon...

    Pull the advance spout and move your base advance up. You want the point where the motor goes from a steady idle to where it starts to increase idle speed. Back it off just slightly to where you saw your shop tach move but not by much. If it starts hard it too much.

    E6 heads won’t tolerate more than about 13.5 degrees of advance. E7 and other heads that do not tend to swirl so aggressively can usually tolerate 14. But no more. My 86GT required a 3 core radiator to stay at 13.5 in the summer. My 89 demanded one to stay at 14. We are talking the ragged edge of detonation without actually going there. Set you timing accordingly. Factory is 10 degrees advanced but there is a TON of HP and torque to be had via more timing advance.

    Lets talk factory tunes. In my experience with VM1, VR1, DS1, and one other factory tune (number escapes me now) is that VM1 ECU yields an unmistakable tone in the pipe compared to the others. And noticeably more performance too.

    VM1 gives the most aggressive running motor, but likes to carbon up at idle and act like a bitch if it’s not beat for 1-2 minutes for every hour of operation, just FYI

    1.7:1 rockers are always tolerated on the exhaust valve but you may have problems on the intake side. Seen it both ways. Depends upon how worn the timing set is. A worn out timing chain will retard the timing and let you get by with it.

    The next things you can do are headers, more open cats, a better flowing muffler, under drive pulleys, better rear gears, etc.

    You can do a 65MM throttlebody and EGR spacer too. You can get away with a better intake like a Typhoon EFI. Where you run into trouble is at high RPM as with these mods it will begin to starve for fuel. An adjustable fuel pressure regulator is what’s needed here.

    My car pulls to just before the 6250 rev limiter

    going beyond what I’ve mentioned is where you get into needing things like mega squirt to get you out of tuning jail

    My 1/2 million mile four eyed fox runs most of this, although I did recently A9L MAF swap it in preparation for a cam swap and a bunch of other changes. Anyone who has been around my car will tell you it’s a plenty salty for a lot of fun. The MAF cured its idle tendencies I had lived with for 20+ years. With either computer it can light the tires up going 30 mph down the street and goes way hella faster than any idiot should ever drive it. Been 164 on gps in 4th and past 170 in 5th when I backed out of it...... stupid thing flunked physics

    My recent favorite is 0-60 pulls in 1st gear. It’s running 245/45/17’s and is geared with a 2.73 and I added a T5Z so it gets to 60 just before the rev limiter. If I’m on the stick and properly abuse the clutch so I don’t bog it or burn the tires it gets there in around 4.5-5 seconds. 2nd gear is good to around 91 mph, etc.

    Ive made a GT500 in the area look flat stupid on the streets with my car a few times. The dude blew the tires off. I was late for the airport and as long as it wasn’t a cop next to me I was going to let mine eat for sure. But it was an LOL when I dragged him down the street and stretched him out two lights in a row.
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    The car currently has ford racing headers, mac pro-chamber, 3:73 gears, and a shift kit.

    I just picked up a 97 explorer 5.0 (gt40p headed motor.) I bought it from a my buddy of mind for $200 bucks. It had 202,xxx miles on it, but ran good according to him (he already had it pulled.)

    Thought about throwing a comp cams xe-264-12 (or similar, whatever I find cheap) cam it, tossing in some decent valve springs, and re-sealing the motor and just running it.

    The motor in the car runs great, but leaking oil from... everywhere. I figured I would pull it out and toss the explorer motor in it's place...

    That should hold me over while I build the 86 motor and collect parts for a mass air conversion and a 5 speed swap.

    The question is, how is that comp cams going to do with a stock convertor?

    I think
    My Previous Stangs:
    86 GT, t-tops, 5 speed.
    87 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    88 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    89 LX, Sunroof, Roller (project)
    90 Coupe, LX, 2.3, 5 speed.

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    I'm running a 98' Explorer motor with the stock cam, 1.7RR's, Expo 65mm, Expo 19lb injectors and Ford 'P' Headers. Engine had 160k when I dropped it in, runs very well, pulls much harder than the stock 86 motor.

    IMO don't set the TPS sensor to .97v or close, from my experiences and many others I've talked to it causes bucking issues and sacrifices driveability. Personally I set mine to .88-.91 range.
    Jeremiah

    1986 Mustang GT 5spd, 3.27's
    PimpXS ECU/Android Single DIN Touchscreen
    SN95 Cobra Brakes/SN95 Front LCA's/Axles/S197 Wheels
    1998 Explorer Engine/Stock HO Cam 281rwhp/326rwtq

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    1988 HO engine, stock cam, 1.7 RR, GT40P heads with ford racing P headers, 2.5 inch H-pipe to 2.25 exhaust into dynomax mufflers, GT40 tubular intake with 65mm TB, BBK 70mm spacer, Explorer 19lb injectors, VJ1 computer, timing set to 16 BTDC, T5Z, 3.27 8.8
    Pulls very hard and still gets 25 on the highway.
    I have a DA1 computer and a DX3 but it pulls better in the lower revs with the VJ1.
    1978 Mercury Zephyr boxtop 5.0 EFI T5Z 8.8
    1999 Ford Contour 2.5 V6 5 speed
    2016 Ford Focus ST 2.0 Ecoboost 6 speed

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    I might just keep the stock cam with 1.7 rr.

    If it was already a 5 speed car I would for sure do a sd friendly cam... I just DO NOT want to speed money on a converter as I plan on switching it to a 5 speed when I get the "good" motor built.
    My Previous Stangs:
    86 GT, t-tops, 5 speed.
    87 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    88 GT, sunroof, 5 speed.
    89 LX, Sunroof, Roller (project)
    90 Coupe, LX, 2.3, 5 speed.

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    I run speed density but I dont think it's the kind you are interested in
    1984.5 G.T.350 5.0 CFI AOD Convertible (TRX package, loaded)
    K&N filter in a stock dual snorkel, GT40 heads, Edelbrock 3721 intake, MSD 8456 Dist., MSD 8227 coil
    Comp cams XE254H, hypereutectic pistons
    Hooker Super Comp Shorty Equal Length Headers, catted BBK H-pipe, full custom duals
    Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plates and strut tower brace, 3.73 rear, dura grip (both Yukon)
    Ford Performance Springs, Firehawk A/S 225/55r16 on LMR TRX r390 wheels (street)
    Federal 595 rs-rr 245/40r17 and 255/40r17 on OE cobra r wheels (race)
    AOD rebuilt with a 6 clutch direct drum, Koline steels stacked with 8 clutches, Kevlar band, superior shift kit, new torque converter. --Everything else stock and fully functional.

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    It does not take long to run out of the fuel needed to make more power once the intake and exhaust are free flowing. I would definitely check A/F on some of the combos listed here because I had to turn up my fuel pressure with crappy E6 heads and 13.5 degrees of timing advance to keep it from getting dangerously lean starting at 5200.

    My cam is not stock but Ford made very few changes with the SD performance cam they offered in the 80’s. It got you about 10HP.... the engine behaves like it has 1.7:1 rockers fundamentally.

    By the time I’m turning 6250 — even with a 4 PSI bump in fuel pressure — my car is leaned out because it’s out of fuel.

    I would not screw with upgrading heads until there are 24lb injectors in play. You need a pnp SD aftermarket tunable ECU like what’s mentioned above or you are pretty well forced to go to MAF unless you find one of the very few shops in the US that can tune a SD ECU still. Personally I’ve not found one that can do it which is why I went to MAF.

    Next step on my 86 is return to stock fuel pressure and installation of 24lb injectors and a 93 Cobra ECU.

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    As long as you are not revving the engine far beyond where it makes power and use your spark plugs as a gauge to check lean or rich you should be fine. The center of my plugs is light to medium brown. I seldom rev to 5k and keep my shifts on the street to around 3500 where its making great torque. The transmission has different gears for a reason, to keep the revs where its making usable power. Where that power is depends on how you set up your engine. A high revving race sounding engine is nice but gives up a lot in stop and go traffic.
    1978 Mercury Zephyr boxtop 5.0 EFI T5Z 8.8
    1999 Ford Contour 2.5 V6 5 speed
    2016 Ford Focus ST 2.0 Ecoboost 6 speed

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    not so much a setup as a starting point....1986 coupe, former V6 car, all 88 GT underneath, from a junkyard donor car. rebuilt-at-some-point 5.0, unequal shorties, stock H with cut rear cats and rebar mod fronts, stock GT OTA pipes with 13" glasspacks, 14* timing, TPS set, UD pullies, ele fan. It feels pretty eager, despite its humble origins. Still on the stock V6 in-tank pump, which is actually the same 88 lph unit used in the V8s. I have a 155lph sitting on a shelf and I plan to get an adjustable FPR to raise the FP a touch. Name:  86 Coupe-resized-r.jpg
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    I’m running speed density in my Factory Five Cobra.

    Started as a stock ‘87 LX
    30 over, long tube headers and side pipes. 3.55 gears.
    Plenty of power in such a light car and very drivable.

    I’ll be making some 1/8 mile passes this summer on M/T drag radials and see what she’ll do.


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    I'm still running speed density on my 86 setup. but have been tossing back and forth about going with a MAF conversion vs a Microsquirt. Its almost the same price for either for me to buy when you add in the MAF. I havent done any tuning before but from what I'v read and heard they are very user friendly.

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    My 86 5.0 5 speed Capri has a DA1 PCM, 19 LB injectors, B cam, Headers with Flowmaster exhaust, 3:73 gears, EGR delete. Runs CRAZY good.Name:  asc engine 2.jpg
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    1986 ACS McLaren Capri
    1971 Mustang
    1968 F100

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    The description below is my Dad's commuter. He drives it to work several days a week. When we first finished the modifications on the engine, the car ran poorly. It had idle problems, the 19pph injectors we too small, and the factory ECU programing didn't work well with the combination. I took the car, ordered a Quarterhors, and injectors, and kept it for several months while I learned to tune with the Quarterhorse and Binary Editor. When I put the quarter horse on and changed the injectors, I had to reprogram the ECU with the flow specifications of the new injectors. After that I removed fuel from the low load low RPM section of the fuel map to compensate for the reduced vacuum of the camshaft. Then I added some timing in the lower RPM area to compensate for the camshaft. Finally I drove the car for several months and used the KAM table (Keep alive memory) from the computer to fine tune the fuel table. The car has worked well as a daily driver street car. It hasn't been to the track nor has it been tuned on the dyno. I'm certain the fuel map is not optimized for full throttle and is leaving horsepower on the table, but it is as good as I could make it given the tools available. the combination is as follows...


    1987 Mustang AOD with DC PCM.
    Moats quarter horse and binary editor for tuning
    ECM definition by SailorBob on the eectuning.org forums

    Ford racing M-9593-G302 47pph injectors
    Comp Cams 35-320-8 212,218 duration @.050 .544 lift
    Crane 1.7 Roller Rockers
    AFR 165 heads
    Port matched Explorer intake
    65mm throttle body
    Motorsport stainless steel shorty headers
    Factory catted H pipe
    All emissions components in place and functional.
    Julian

    85 Capri - Hydroboost, 2004 rack conversion, Saginaw PS pump, SVO 4wheel disks & suspension Megasquirt.

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    I'm staying stock cam. Mine is an 85GT that has been upgraded with leftover SD parts from my 88 Notch.

    Motor: 100,000+ mile HO longblock with mild E7’s, Motorsport 1.72's, underdrive pulleys

    Exhaust: Shorty's with 2.5" Dyno-Max dumped at the axle.

    Trans: Warmed over AOD/ 4200 stall C6 style converter. SilverFox MVB/ trans brake.

    Rear gears: 4.30

    Manual rack

    Electric fan

    Power adder: None

    EGR delete

    Pulleys- March crank pulley with stock alt. pulley

    Future plans: TW’s, custom cam, carburetor.

    Performance/ Dyno #'s: Leaving off the trans brake at 4,200rpm- 1.595 60', 12.68 @ 101+ MPH. On 235/ 60-15 ET Streets @ 22psi.
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    1985 GT- “Stock-ish” 5.0 motor, AOD/ trans brake. 12.68 @ 10131mph.

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    1986 FHP car, stock 1986 GT shortblock, stock HO cam, ported TFS TW heads, ported vic jr, Mass Flo 1000 CFM 4-hole throttle body, 1 3/4 longtubes, 3" exhaust.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1AY...mjxUF&index=14
    1985 LTD LX, Mach1 brakes, 17" Mopar police car wheels. 302, T5, 4.10s
    1984 LTD station wagon, with 84GT nose, some might remember it as the old Dugan Racing station wagon.
    1986 FHP coupe, stock shortblock, TW heads, Holley SMII intake, 4.88, T5Z
    1990 Red LX, ported AFR heads, TFS-R box upper, weenie cam, 1 3/4 long accufabs, 3" exhaust, T5, 4.56

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