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    my rant

    yesterday i was driving my car for the last time this year. I was stopped behind a new f150 and some kid who got his license last week wasnt paying attention doing 50 in a 35 and i became the cream of an oreo. The car has got to be twisted the hatch wont close the hood wont close both the rear...
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    EFI TO CARB

    thanks for the info i was going through stuff today under the hood and found 3 plug wires with burn marks on the boots pretty deep but not all the way through, ordered new ones about a week out. ill try the iac adjuster and let you know how it works
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    EFI TO CARB

    its not that i dont want to pay a mechanic to do the work but i dont want to take it there and have the bill end up being over a grand, because i just spent my whole "car allowance" on parts dyno and tune. plus the guy said he was going to take care of the surging idle through the computer thats...
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    EFI TO CARB

    trick flow h/c/i 30lb. inj c&l mass air with correct meter tube and c&l pipe msd 6al, msd coil and dist. adj fuel pressure reg. 70 mm bbk t body 190 lph fuel pump bbk sct chip with custom tune
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    EFI TO CARB

    ok i have had the car for a year mass air conversion was done when i bought it. As I was pulling off the highway the day i bought it i was down shifting then just puushed in the clutch doing about 10mph and it died. Never thought much of it. Then last winter came i did a trick flow kit 30lb inj...
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    EFI TO CARB

    no its mass air conversion
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    EFI TO CARB

    :shrug:I have an 88 5.0 and am sick of efi problems. It has 300 rwhp on dynojet surging idle, no idle and car cant make up its mind on where to run on cold starts, So after searching and spending all sorts of money on sensors Im throwing in the towel. So now im leaning to a carb. I know I need...
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    hci swap problems

    i have chip and custom tune ill check vss tho thanks
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    hci swap problems

    :mad:i did a trickflow hci swap with stage 2 cam 30lb injectors 70mm throttle body blah blah 190lph pump. had idle surging problems, went away by cranking idle screw intake started whistling but didnt die as soon as the car warmed up. Got car dyno'd last week pretty happy with the power 299hp...
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    Trick flow top end kit problems???

    I just did a trick flow kit also very nice stuff. I had the same whistling problem from intake turns out the idle was set too high. Had it in for dyno 298 wheel horse on dynojet. Am havving same problem with it dying while coming up to stop sign, the dyno gut looked everything over said it...
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    1/4 mile estimate

    I have an 88 lx 83000 miles with motorsports rear w/disc &3.73 gears suspension is koni with eibach springs, adjustable lowers, well rest of suspension is all aftermarket motor is stock bottom end with trickflow h/c/i stage 2 cam 30lb injectors 70mm throttle body c@l msd 6al ignition msd coil...
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    oil pressure

    :jaw:i have an 88 fox with 140mph gauges. everytime i really hammer on it the pressure tops out. it eventually comes back down. I also run high pressure about 75 when cold. but fine when it warms up. is this bad? or normal? :shrug:
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    a hole in my pocket

    suspension is complete, with 9" rear, chassis is stiffened also.
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    a hole in my pocket

    or darkwriter you want to sell that pos for 750?
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    a hole in my pocket

    Sorry that I have extra money and you dont. But dont chastize me because im more fortunate than you. Just to let you know all my bills are paid and I defer about 15% into my 401k, and another 100 a month into an ira, dummy. So darkwriter77 to answer your question you should crawl into...
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    a hole in my pocket

    I have a little over a thousand dollars burning a huge hole in my pocket, want to do something but dont know what please help I already have trickflow h/c/i 30lb injectors 190 lph pump, 70mm throttle body and egr c&l intake rear disc conversion suspension is koni w eibach springs msd 6al...
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    Snow Performance

    Anyone out there have snow performance boost cooler on a n/a 5.0? Which model snow you running how much of a power gain? Ive got 315 n/a hp now but wanted to bump it up a bit.
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    bored

    I have an 88 lx with trickflow hci swap with a stock bottom end.car has 82000 original miles with 20 years worth of records really good shape as was the motor when I took the heads off everything was near perfect. here is the dillema, I need more power have 322hp/338tq. I dont know if I should...
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    strange question

    i just found a small vac leak and fixed i also pulled vaccume line off of bap sensor seems to be running better but still surges about 200 rpm's and dosent die