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Old Sep 15, 2002 | 02:35 PM
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I currently own a 1995 F-150 with the 351w V8 (Mass Air and stock) and I would like to know how much horsepwer and torque that these mods will give me....

-BASSANI Forward Exit Cat-Back Kit with Dual Round Polished Stainless Steel Tips.

-BASSANI EquiLength Ceramic Coated Steel Headers.

-BASSANI Catalytic Converter/Y-Pipe Combination.

-K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit Air Intake.

-BBK Twin 56mm High-Flow Replacement Throttle Body.

-GRANATELLI High-Flow Mass Air Sensor.

-TAYLOR Blue 8mm High-Energy Series Ignition Wire Set.

-AUTO SPECIALTIES Two Pulley Set for Ford Small Block V8 Engines.

-SUPERCHIP tuned to these mods.

I would also like some more suggestions on gaining power aside from cylinder heads and a blower.

 
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Old Sep 15, 2002 | 03:19 PM
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I'd have to say you'd see about a 35-50hp gain, u cant be very precise as its not an exact science, but thats my best guess. Other things you may try are ignition system components(box, coil, dist.), a good cam swap, and new upper/lower intake. And of course, with those you really will want good heads, like you said you didnt want told to you, but there it is anyway, hahahaha. anywho, good luck, and dont roast too many tires.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2002 | 03:46 PM
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I do plan on getting cylinder head sooner or later but I just want to stick with the simple bolt-ons first.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2002 | 10:20 PM
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>I currently own a 1995 F-150 with the 351w V8 (Mass Air and
>stock) and I would like to know how much horsepwer and
>torque that these mods will give me....
>
>-BASSANI Forward Exit Cat-Back Kit with Dual Round Polished
>Stainless Steel Tips.
>-BASSANI EquiLength Ceramic Coated Steel Headers.
>-BASSANI Catalytic Converter/Y-Pipe Combination.
>-K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit Air Intake.
>-BBK Twin 56mm High-Flow Replacement Throttle Body.
>-GRANATELLI High-Flow Mass Air Sensor.
>-TAYLOR Blue 8mm High-Energy Series Ignition Wire Set.
>-AUTO SPECIALTIES Two Pulley Set for Ford Small Block V8
>Engines.
>-SUPERCHIP tuned to these mods.
>I would also like some more suggestions on gaining power
>aside from cylinder heads and a blower.

Well, a full exhaust well help a bunch. You can make your own for tons less than that Bassani stuff.

A throttle body won't do a darn thing since your cylinder heads suck. All you will do is let more air into a restricted port. Huge EGR bumps in exhaust ports, 1.78/1.48 valves, just crap.

A Edelbrock intake will help a bunch since you have a 351W. The stock 302 intakes out flow a 351W intake bigtime. You can't use a 302 intake since the lower isn't wide enough.

A GMS meter is good but you can get a used Pro-M/Pro-Flow for tons less, that does the same thing.

Wires won't make you go faster, they just look cool and won't deteroriate with an MSD 6AL.

A Superchip just bumps timing and fuel, something you can easily do on your own. Get a timing gun, about 14* is good for street. Run 93 octane. Get and adjustable FP Regulator. 40-44 psi is plenty. 180* thermostat too.

Also a good TransGo shift kit will help your WOT shifts and part throttle ones. A Yank or Precision Industries torque converter will make it faster too. Get about 2600-2800 stall w/ 2.25-2.75 STR. You'll crap your pants how fast it will be with that converter.

I have on mine: headers, 2.5" y-pipe w/ 3" collector, 3" cat, 3" exhaust to Flowmaster 50 series, ASP underdrive pullies (crank, water, alt), K&N drop in w/o silencer and bottom of box cut-out. It is noticably faster and loud. I am gathering parts for a 392 for mine

GOOD LUCK with your speed bug.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 01:25 AM
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thats funny you say that about the wires because I also thought that to (and still do). The website that I was looking at claimed a 5 horsepower increase, but of couse you can't believe that, but for $25 I thought even a .
 
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 05:39 AM
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