Performance Electronics
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Performance Electronics
Anyone know of any good performance tuning products. I have seen some fantastic things from edge products, but they only cater to the diesel boys. I'm running a stock 1990 XLT with a 5.0 and no modifications....yet 
. I'm really want to get the best performance without physically bolting on or tuning any manually just yet. I'm in my last year of college and need to keep the truck running well as my daily driver, and the long haul home. In the future I plan to keep it as my second truck and modify the hell out of it.
. I'm really want to get the best performance without physically bolting on or tuning any manually just yet. I'm in my last year of college and need to keep the truck running well as my daily driver, and the long haul home. In the future I plan to keep it as my second truck and modify the hell out of it.
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since its your DD and need it reliable just leave it alone. the chips out there are expensive and only give benefits at either wide open throttle or with a motor that has mods done to it already. Just keep it in tune, copper autolite plugs, cap/rotor and some ford 9mm wires with an msd coil with your timing advanced to 12*btdc with spout removed. this wont affect reliability at all and will increase performance . also a K&N drop in filter is always a good upgrade to. What size tires are you running?
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Originally Posted by Kemicalburns
since its your DD and need it reliable just leave it alone. the chips out there are expensive and only give benefits at either wide open throttle or with a motor that has mods done to it already. Just keep it in tune, copper autolite plugs, cap/rotor and some ford 9mm wires with an msd coil with your timing advanced to 12*btdc with spout removed. this wont affect reliability at all and will increase performance . also a K&N drop in filter is always a good upgrade to. What size tires are you running?
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go with the drop in unit. the cone style really wont make any more gains over the drop in. the msd gives a more complete spark at lower rpms . might also change the fuel filter it helps alot. get a haynes manual it shows how to do everything on your rig. and dont let the parts store sell you those expensive plugs. plain copper autolites are the best.
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copper autolites are the best.
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do a search. its been killed to death. plus copper is a better conductor of electricity then Platinum is. for stock to mildly built motors copper is the way to go. so autolite,motorcraft are both good brands, ive also heard champion . my point was the copper not the plug manufacturer
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