I was hoping someone on here could answer this for me. What year did ford go from speed density to MAF on the 5.0 t-bird.


thanks in advance,
scott

 

1991 thru 1993 t-birds and cougars had MAF on 5.0 engines

 

next weekend i mam getting a 91 5.0 ho t bird. what is the horsepower on these things and the torque.

 

I would guess that the acutal specs are at or around 200 since the mustangs were 215. The Tbirds didnt get headers or the same computers, so they arent as potent as a mustang. Hope this helps.

 

They are damn close though--I have one in my 1990 Volvo wagon and it runs low 15 second 1/4 mile bone stock with an open diff. The stock exhaust is a log style tube manifolds which can't be as good as a header--they have lots of crimps in them.

 

i want to put headers and some new pullies on it
could i get a chip for this thing i have some flows that i am going to put on myself. what other stuff can i put on to make this thing run better

 

225 for the 91 Cougar with the headers cant speak for the computer but she's fast

 

hell yeah all i need is the cobra style cowl hood for the thunderchicken and the exhaust and i will be set along with some other bolt ons. does it have true duals or y off.

 

pair of shorty headers to a "mustang" "H" pipe

 

you can't run a mustang h pipe on 1989-1996 t birds there is no room I have owned a few. Also there is only two company's that make headers that fit the t-bird's they are JBA which crack after about 1yr. and Kooks wich will last for ever, the headers are avaiable for about 500-600 bux. and you have a custom h-pipe made. mustang headers won't work because they won't ever clear the steering shaft and mustang h-pipes won't work because the chasis is completely diffrent. the t-birds/cougars went from the fox (mustang) platform to the MN12 chasis in 89. Go to tccoa.com (thunderbird and cougar club of america) they will be able to answer any questions you have about thunderbirds. I live over on that site under the same user name as I have on this one. Stock the exhaust goes from the manafolds to 2" pipes to (2) Cats and into a 3rd cat (collector pipe)into a resonator then through one 2.25" pipe back through the car which splits into (2) 2" pipes to two mufflers

 

i bet even if i cut all the cats and resonators off and put just my flows then that should at least give me 10 -25 hp yall think so