How I made a low 16 second lopo....

[mrltd]

Pretty simple recipe. HO upper, TB, and bored lopo EGR spacer. Mustang headers, 2.5" header back exhaust, 3.73's, 2200 Stall lockup converter, rebuilt AOD w/ shiftkit, smog pump removal, electric fan, removal of WP driven fan, 110lph fuel pump, and a custom cold air intake. Lots of timing too. I tuned it by ear and timeslips. I also ran 26" tall tires instead of the 27" tall stock tires, which helps for gearing. My trunk was bare. I never ran with more than half a tank of gas. Iced the intake between runs. The car should have been much quicker, but the frame was horribly bent and ruined the launches. The best the car ever got, even with the HO was 2.18.

And since all the supporting stuff was already done, when I did the heads and cam, I dropped from the 16.03 to a 15.54! The car was far from pretty, but it worked great.

[MarquisMalarky]

Kick ass! I'm gonna remember that. Thanks

[91LTDProject]

Did you convert to a 3G alternator. I was reading about an electric fan conversion on an 88 mustang gt, and they said that the output of the stock alternator couldnt handle the electric fan. dunno if the charging systems of the mustang is the same as the panther.

[mrltd]

No, I did not upgrade to the 3g. I had no problems with the charging system either. It was a 14" aftermarket fan, Hayden IIRC.

[91LTDProject]

Thanks for the info.

[mrltd]

Mind you I didn'y have A/C, power seats, power locks, or even much of a stereo in the car. So I didn't have much of an electrical draw.

[88Vic]

Someone should sticky this. And BTW, this may be pretty simple to do, but how much did it cost you in the end?

[DuceAnAHalf]

Someone should sticky this. And BTW, this may be pretty simple to do, but how much did it cost you in the end?

How about we add it to his HO swap info thread. Mike can you repost it in that thread, That way we can leave this thread and just have the info in the other.

[Mr. Land Yacht]

sweet!

[Ivan]

Did you also get bigger injectors?

[Mr. Land Yacht]

if he did, it wouldn't be a good idea with the stock cam/heads...it would run too rich, thats what my car did...I had to learn the hard way

[88Vic]

What size are stock injectors?

[88_vic]

so an upper and lower intake manifold out of a '87-93 mustang will fit my '88 crown vic? I found one on ebay, and i wouldn't mind adding it to my 5.0

[88MercWagon]

What size are stock injectors?

Standard- 14 lb/hr
HO- 19 lb/hr

[mrltd]

so an upper and lower intake manifold out of a '87-93 mustang will fit my '88 crown vic? I found one on ebay, and i wouldn't mind adding it to my 5.0

The lower intake is the same for lopo and HO. No point swapping those. The upper and TB do help, but I'd suggest doing a decent size dual exhuast to get any good gains from it.