So I recently purchased a 95 GT a few months ago with some basic mods done to it; and after some thought decided to pull the motor and upgrade it the best that I could afford with my brother.
I'm very inexperienced with this sort of thing, but my brother has done it several times now; three times with fox body mustangs and once with a 69 Chevelle; so he's much more capable than I am in this field.
I pretty much told him that I want to do it once, and that I didn't want to end up pulling the motor back apart next year because I wasn't satisfied with the performance. I'm more of a one and done type of person, I don't like wasting money upgrading the same component repeatedly chasing horse power.
So he put together a pretty reasonable package we feel, and we're getting close to getting the motor back into the car and buttoned up so we can run it for the first time. I'm a little concerned that the stock computer / tune could prove to be a problem though; so I thought I should ask someone with more experience with the 95 mustangs while there's still some time before it goes in.
I've read elsewhere that the 95 computers are very difficult to deal with compared to the older fox style computers, most especially for what sort of mods I'm doing.
I'm swapping from stock heads to GT40-X aluminum heads, stock length hardened push rods, a new comp cam with matching lifters, 1.6 roller rockers, a typhoon intake, K&N cold air intake, upgraded throttle body, 24 lbs injectors, upgraded mass air flow sensor, upgraded stock converter and a upgraded fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator.
I believe that's the total list of current mods we're installing; and I apologize for not having specific model numbers for each part. I'm just trying to keep up with him, and this is all a little overwhelming.
So with what little information I'm able to provide, is there any danger of running my motor with the stock 95 tune? I've been reading like crazy just trying to familiarize myself with this; because I'm really nervous that something will go wrong and all that money and work will go down the tubes and I'll have no car to boot.
I totally understand paying to have it dyno tuned will improve its performance, but will it run 'decent' with a stock tune until I can afford to pay to get it dyno tuned? Will there be any danger of running it with a stock tune, or will it just be performing below its potential? Any information you guys can offer is greatly appreciated; thank you very much.
Vekxun
I'm very inexperienced with this sort of thing, but my brother has done it several times now; three times with fox body mustangs and once with a 69 Chevelle; so he's much more capable than I am in this field.
I pretty much told him that I want to do it once, and that I didn't want to end up pulling the motor back apart next year because I wasn't satisfied with the performance. I'm more of a one and done type of person, I don't like wasting money upgrading the same component repeatedly chasing horse power.
So he put together a pretty reasonable package we feel, and we're getting close to getting the motor back into the car and buttoned up so we can run it for the first time. I'm a little concerned that the stock computer / tune could prove to be a problem though; so I thought I should ask someone with more experience with the 95 mustangs while there's still some time before it goes in.
I've read elsewhere that the 95 computers are very difficult to deal with compared to the older fox style computers, most especially for what sort of mods I'm doing.
I'm swapping from stock heads to GT40-X aluminum heads, stock length hardened push rods, a new comp cam with matching lifters, 1.6 roller rockers, a typhoon intake, K&N cold air intake, upgraded throttle body, 24 lbs injectors, upgraded mass air flow sensor, upgraded stock converter and a upgraded fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator.
I believe that's the total list of current mods we're installing; and I apologize for not having specific model numbers for each part. I'm just trying to keep up with him, and this is all a little overwhelming.
So with what little information I'm able to provide, is there any danger of running my motor with the stock 95 tune? I've been reading like crazy just trying to familiarize myself with this; because I'm really nervous that something will go wrong and all that money and work will go down the tubes and I'll have no car to boot.
I totally understand paying to have it dyno tuned will improve its performance, but will it run 'decent' with a stock tune until I can afford to pay to get it dyno tuned? Will there be any danger of running it with a stock tune, or will it just be performing below its potential? Any information you guys can offer is greatly appreciated; thank you very much.
Vekxun