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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 
What are the major Bolt Ons that give significant horsepower gains for 86-93 5.0L mustangs? I need some ideas guys.
 

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Posted by MR GO FAST (Member # 2088) on :
 


In my opinion
 

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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 
who installs nos? do you do it yourself?
 

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Posted by MR GO FAST (Member # 2088) on :
 
Its fairly simple. The instructions are very clear. If you get stuck in the middle of it with a question, just ask away-we are here to help.
 

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Posted by sf89lx (Member # 3965) on :
 
I would say also get an offroad h pipe. and if your serious about the nitrous, then your going to give your car a good , good tune up
 

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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 
So an off road h pipe and nos should do the trick? In what gear should I use my nos?
 

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Posted by sf89lx (Member # 3965) on :
 
4th or 5th gear if you gotta 5 speed, but I dont want to give you bad advice, I know there are other guys on this board that could give you better advice on nitrous cuz you gotta be careful how much you run, if you dont want to fuk up your motor. as far as other bolt ons there are expensive ones and cheap ones.
Typically there are cheap little tricks that can help you like taking out your air silencer if its still in there, bumping your timing up a little, and theres a few other ones I cant remember, but I would personally get a K& N and then free up that damn restrictive exhaust, but nitrous is certainly a good bang for the buck "bolt ON"
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
intake manifold, gears, o/r H, pullies

i'm in your area and can help with the nitrous too
 

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Posted by MR GO FAST (Member # 2088) on :
 

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Originally posted by hawaii5.0:
So an off road h pipe and nos should do the trick? In what gear should I use my nos?

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every one ...but 5th
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
oh yeah, you use the nitrous in any gear except 5th. if you dont have traction in 1st then wait till 2nd
 

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Posted by Jdub07 (Member # 2728) on :
 
Headers, Mass air, k&n, off road h-pipe, Zex, larger TB, pullies, gears...that should be a pretty good start for bolt on's. If you want to still be smog legal then don't put on the off road h-pipe...or just keep your stock one and swap it out every two years like many people here do....exluding myself.

 

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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
electric fan, 10 minute tune up...additional to what is above.

first mod I would do is 3.73 gears though.
 

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Posted by Jdub07 (Member # 2728) on :
 

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Originally posted by blind:
electric fan, 10 minute tune up...additional to what is above.

first mod I would do is 3.73 gears though.

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if you go electric fan & pullies you may want to start looking into the 3g alternator upgrade at that point.

God I love my electric fan
 

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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 
How do you know if you have a 3g altenator already? my 5.0 is an ex-chp and I know those came with 3g altenators. is there a way to check?
 

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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 

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Originally posted by HungryHippo:
intake manifold, gears, o/r H, pullies

i'm in your area and can help with the nitrous too

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I've been meaning to hit you up Jon. I've been kind of busy, I'll give you a call and you can help me out.
 

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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
if the alternator is a 3g the quick way to tell is there is no fan on the pulley on it, the fan is internal in a 3g and on the pulley on the 2g's.

also there should be 1 thick wire bolted to the center at the back and 2 small plugs around the edge, on a 2g there will be 2 plugs with one large D shaped plug.
 

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Posted by hawaii5.0 (Member # 4675) on :
 
I think it is a 3g because it doesn't have the fan on the pullie. I'll have to go home and check the wires.
 

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Posted by graylx (Member # 3919) on :
 
Gears, an off-road h pipe, and pulleys would probably be a good place to start. You probably have 3.08s in your CHP car. If you upgrade to 3.73s, you will notice a substantial difference. Your fuel economy on the freeway will not be as good however and gears will not increase your horsepower. The off-road H will be less restrictive than the four-cat stock h-pipe. But if you get the off-road H, you may as well get some mandrel bent shorty headers at the same time. The stock headers are kinda restrictive too. And the pulleys will decrease the parasitic loss from your accessories. These mods would probably be a good start and they are not that expensive.
 

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