ok so i have an 87 mustang gt. i thought it had the original 5.0 h.o. motor in it. well come to find out it has the 88 tbird 5.0 non ho motor, ecm and injectors. now i was confused bc i have been running the 5.0 h.o. motor firing order so i was confused but after doing more research i came to find out that you can run the 5.0 h.o. firing order if u have the correct cam and i remembered that the guy who sold me the car said a cam was put in. this is what the article said:"you must retain the tbird firing order UNLESS the cam is replaced by one with lobes conforming to the mustangs firing order." now i have put alot of time work and money into this car before i knew any of this. i just did theintake swap to a 97-01 explorer gt40 without egr. i also just did the maf conversion. put in an A9P ecm, put the 19lb injectors in, got a MAF sensor with housing and got a MAF harness and hooked it up. well after that, when i start the car it idles at 2500 rpms. when i hit the gas hard it shuts off, but when i press the pedal slowly it will rev. also when i pull the timing plug when its running it shuts off. now i did the timing set. i pulled the dizzy, pulled plug 1, found 0 tdc, put belt back on, put plug in, put dizzy in and made sure it faced number 1 in the dizzy cap. started it and it wanted to idle at about 1000 rpm but now it will not stay started. also, how to you do a maf conversion on an 87 mustang if the motor is an 88 tbird? won the 60 pin harness be different? unless they took the wiring harness from the tbird and swapped it out also?
what do i do here!!?? i dont want to get rid of the car bc of the time and money invested but i dont want a damn tbird 5.0 NON HO motor in my car bc i want power. so how can i fix the problem im having? do i need to get another motor? what do i need to do? my sole purpose to get this car was to be able to have a project that i could build my way but from the looks of the way things are turning out, im effed! so please, anyone who has an idea on how to fix this car to be able to get high hp out of her, how to get her from speed density, or any input on the subject i welcome and PLEAD for some guidence here! i dont want to keep putting time and money into a crappy motor or a motor that cannot be built for performance. so please email me at [email protected] with any type of help or input!
Thank you
Heres the link to convert 88 tbird to MAF. Will this work in my GT?
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/hrdp-0705-pitstop-ford-thunderbird-mass-air-sensor/
what do i do here!!?? i dont want to get rid of the car bc of the time and money invested but i dont want a damn tbird 5.0 NON HO motor in my car bc i want power. so how can i fix the problem im having? do i need to get another motor? what do i need to do? my sole purpose to get this car was to be able to have a project that i could build my way but from the looks of the way things are turning out, im effed! so please, anyone who has an idea on how to fix this car to be able to get high hp out of her, how to get her from speed density, or any input on the subject i welcome and PLEAD for some guidence here! i dont want to keep putting time and money into a crappy motor or a motor that cannot be built for performance. so please email me at [email protected] with any type of help or input!
Thank you
Heres the link to convert 88 tbird to MAF. Will this work in my GT?
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/hrdp-0705-pitstop-ford-thunderbird-mass-air-sensor/