Painted upper and lower installed. Whatcha think?

[RUNINAGT]

Ok folks picked her up last night and drove home. I did not change heads yet, but can say that I can feel the difference. Not a ton, but def different. Better throttle response.

The set up is an Explorer upper and lower, 93 Cobra TB and Spacer, 75m MAF (this was already on) but had him put a new panel K&N filter in the stock box. the one that was in there was well over 7yrs old. So I felt like it was time for a new one.

So here are the pics. Some pics look like they are scratched or pitted, but it actually is dust and POLLEN. The Pollen is crazy already.

 

[VibrantRedGT]

I remember the day I installed an Edelbrock Performer Intake, 70MM Throttle Body and Pro-M 77 MAF, what a difference. A few days later I ran into the 13's for the first time, 13.79 at 101MPH. A few weeks later it dyoned at 241HP / 289 TQ at the wheels with the stock E7 heads and cam.

Looks good.

 

[NIKwoaC]

Looks good, man. I painted my Exploder intake black, too.

 

[wythors]

Whoever did the work should have trimmed the gaskets on the t/b and spacer.

 

[RUNINAGT]

Whoever did the work should have trimmed the gaskets on the t/b and spacer.

Yea I know, but that's an easy fix that I will do.

 

[StreetsideStig]

^Yeah, I didn't notice until Runin pointed it out, but that's the only blemish I can see. The rest looks brilliant. Nice work.

 

[95BlueStallion]

Looks good. Call me a weirdo, but I like the look of fresh gaskets showing. Trim them once they get dirty.

 

[90limited]

Call me a weirdo,

OK.... Weirdo.....

 

[StreetsideStig]

Looks good. Call me a weirdo, but I like the look of fresh gaskets showing.

Hmm...I can see the appeal there.

 

[RUNINAGT]

Thanks guys. I am very happy with the upgrade, glad I did it!! Just like my shifter, can't believe I waited this long.

Now what to do next? Was thinking SFC's, but then a little voice keeps telling me, NO PUT THE GEARS IN!!! LOL

 

[95BlueStallion]

Go for the gears! Again, call me weido, but welding subframes on my '95 really didnt feel much different. It was stiffer for sure, but I never went racing around a road course, so it wasnt a big upgrade for me.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Go for the gears! Again, call me weido, but welding subframes on my '95 really didnt feel much different. It was stiffer for sure, but I never went racing around a road course, so it wasnt a big upgrade for me.

It probably wouldn't feel a whole lot different during normal driving. The SN95's were a much more rigid platform to start with than the original Fox's were. Still a great idea though.

 

[87-t-top-gt]

Looks nice man. I'm debating whether to get my tubular painted black or touched up with that ceramic base.

 

[ReefBlueHatch]

Go for the gears! Again, call me weido, but welding subframes on my '95 really didnt feel much different. It was stiffer for sure, but I never went racing around a road course, so it wasnt a big upgrade for me.

I agree, I didn't notice much with my SFC's.

 

[fiveohwblow]

Wow guys really? I noticed a huge change and improvement with sfc's. Everything from no more car flex and creaking getting in and out of driveways, lifting up the car on a jack was no longer articulating like I was attempting 3 wheel motion and body flex when accelerating was drastically reduced..

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Agreed. ReefBlueHatch, you must have some pretty smooth streets in Central KY to not see an improvement? I noticed the difference almost immediately on the crap roads we've got around here. Taking potholes and dips in the road alone were made a tonne easier, with just their addition....never mind any sort of spirited driving. And usually their effects are even more pronounced on a hatch back?

And +2 for jacking up the car. The body would deflect so much previous to their install, that I could literally have one wheel 6-8" off the ground before any of the others would even budge. Now, I can get 3-wheels off the ground jacking the car the same distance.

I'm actually probably going to go a step further this summer and make up a set of Matrix braces with jacking rails similar to the Kenny Brown ones. Maybe even a K-Member brace and rear strut tower brace too? You can never stiffen the chassis too much.

 

[fiveohwblow]

I have the mm 4 pt k member brace. I likes.

 

[stykthyn]

SFC's made my fox actually feel like a car. The suspension now flexes instead of the entire car when I change lanes or back out of my driveway. Hands down the first mod that should be done on a fox expecially verts or ttop cars. k member brace is right up there too. They are fairly inexpensive and install easily. Next up on the must haves is a quality set of rear upper and lower control arms. With these three mods my fox when from feeling like a piece of stale pasta to a stiff chassis street machine.(uncooked noodles)

 

[LarsD]

I noticed a huge difference in the chassis on both my LX and my old Cobra when I installed SFC's on them. The LX was the biggest change because the seats actually sat higher due to the fact the floor boards were starting to tear and sag. I also noticed the suspension was working a lot better, even though it was the worn out factory suspension at the time.

 

[87-t-top-gt]

Driving my friend's 94 GT with sfc after a couple years of driving my 90 GT without em told me right then and there that I'd never go without again. The first thing I purchased for my 87 GT was a set of MM full lengths, 4 point k member brace, and strut tower brace.