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Posted by firemen87 (Member # 13492) on :
 
HEY NORCAL FORD OWNERS IAM NEW TO FOXBODYS I JUST BOUGHT A 1987 FORD MUSTANG GT FOR $2000 I WONDER IF IT HAS A GOOD SET UP THANKS

FIRST THE CAR HAS A 1972 302 BLOCK WITH 1977 351 HEADS ON IT ALSO HAS SPEED PRO PISTONS ITS BEEN BORED 30 OVER
THE CAM IS A FORD RACING B303 CAM IT ALSO HAS COMPS CAMS 1.6 ROLLER LIFTERS , COBRA INTAKE MANIFOLD. BBK SHORTY HEADERS WITH CARB TAG . BBK AIR INTAKE AND A AIRFLOW MASS CONVERSON

THE TRANNY IS A 5 SPEED STOCK WITH A KING COBRA CLUTCH

THE REAR END HAS 4 LUG DISC BRAKES IAM CURIOUS IF IT HAS BEEN CHANGED

PS WILL THIS CAR PASS SMOG??? AND ALSO IS THIS A GOOD SET UP THE CAR SOUNDS PRETTY MEAN THANKS
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
1. That block is slightly stronger than the late model 302 blocks
2. bored .030 over so it is now a 306
3. putting 351 geads was a common thing years ago for an economic way to make more power over the stock heads but it really depended on which casting it was, combustion chamber size, etc.
4. EDIT: Thanks Wht86drop for the correction
5. factory rear brakes are drum so yes it was converted to disc.
6. don't know if you will pass
7. If those heads are ported and have been shaved down to bump the compression up to around 10.0:1 or around there then yea its an OK set up. But even with them ported any aftermarket out of the box head will outflow them.
8. Take it to the track or dyno then you will know what ya got!

[ 2014-03-15, 11:17 AM: Message edited by: koupe377 ]
 
Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
Number 4 is wrong. Mass air came out in 89 and up mustangs. 87 and 88 were still speed density.
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Wht86drop:
Number 4 is wrong. Mass air came out in 89 and up mustangs. 87 and 88 were still speed density.

He's in Cali so I thought they got it early, but yes your right it wasn't 87. Wasn't it 88 for Cali and then rest of the country got it in 89?

Thanks for the correction.
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
fixed

[ 2014-03-15, 11:17 AM: Message edited by: koupe377 ]
 
Posted by firemen87 (Member # 13492) on :
 
Thanks guys. ill be taking to the track soon i took it to the smog shop it failed sniffer . so right now iam trying to get it smoged so i can drive it to the track hopeing to see if ican get a 13.4 with nitto drags??
 
Posted by 96stang4.6 (Member # 9970) on :
 
it may pass smog as long as theres a tube in the back of the head for emmissions
 
Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
Cali is 89^ mass air. I dont know about other states but it should be the same either way. I had a couple 88 coupes and both were originally speed density.
 
Posted by firemen87 (Member # 13492) on :
 
thanks guys for the info this car has a mass airflow converson

right now i have the smog pump on the car but no h pipe just dual pipes with 2 cats i wanna find some smog help
 
Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Wht86drop:
Cali is 89^ mass air. I dont know about other states but it should be the same either way. I had a couple 88 coupes and both were originally speed density.

California 88s came with mass air, I have all original wrecked 88 sitting in my driveway, only 88s had a rectangular port mass air connector and sensor, which had many problems.

Do you get this car from a guy named Mitch? I haven't seen him in years but he liked to use stock ported 351 heads on 302s

[ 2014-03-15, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: racsirx ]
 
Posted by firemen87 (Member # 13492) on :
 
umm dont think so the car came from santacruz
 
Posted by 86_on_DA_machs (Member # 11083) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Wht86drop:
Cali is 89^ mass air. I dont know about other states but it should be the same either way. I had a couple 88 coupes and both were originally speed density.

Late 88s were maf, early 88s were speed density if I'm not mistake. Late 88s came with the rectangle plug. 89s and up were oval plugs
 
Posted by Greasy (Member # 5258) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Wht86drop:
Cali is 89^ mass air. I dont know about other states but it should be the same either way. I had a couple 88 coupes and both were originally speed density.

California had mass air in '88, in '89 the rest of the country followed suit.
 
Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
I stand corrected haha thanks [patriot]
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Wht86drop:
I stand corrected haha thanks [patriot]

I guess we are both 1 and 1. lol
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by firemen87:
Thanks guys. ill be taking to the track soon i took it to the smog shop it failed sniffer . so right now iam trying to get it smoged so i can drive it to the track hopeing to see if ican get a 13.4 with nitto drags??

Before you go back to the sniffer set the idle rpm's as high as Cali will allow the idle to be. It burns cleaner at higher rpm. And check your cats, are they gutted just to pass the visual? I'm surprised it wouldn't past with the cats.
 
Posted by firemen87 (Member # 13492) on :
 
yea in ca they have to have 4 cats how could i tell if there gutted
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
Unbolt the exhaust and shine a flash light inside. If its straight through where the cats are then they are gutted. But also with 4 cats the car should not really be that loud even with aftermarket mufflers. If's its really loud then they are prob gutted.

[ 2014-03-17, 09:14 AM: Message edited by: koupe377 ]
 




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