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What Performance Mods do I start with?

Shane361

Shane361

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We just knocked out my gears in a few hours Sat with no issues. Is this car your daily driver or toy? If your Fox is like a New Edge then you may want to jump up to a 4.10 if it is your toy. I ran 4.10 in my daily/strip car and had no issues even after the supercharger install. I'd be happy to help on the install though. But being your car is an auto...jumping gears should be your main mod in mind. Of course there is always the CAI and exhaust.-Shane
 
wickedbird

wickedbird

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Shane361 said:
We just knocked out my gears in a few hours Sat with no issues. Is this car your daily driver or toy? If your Fox is like a New Edge then you may want to jump up to a 4.10 if it is your toy. I ran 4.10 in my daily/strip car and had no issues even after the supercharger install. I'd be happy to help on the install though. But being your car is an auto...jumping gears should be your main mod in mind. Of course there is always the CAI and exhaust.-Shane
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It is my toy car, I think I am going to go with the 4.10's. Where is a good place to get the gears?
 
zimmerc

zimmerc

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I have a code for American Muscle, I dont know if its more than the one wickedstangs has but if you want it ill PM you
 
Lordgufi

Lordgufi

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dont just get gears get gears and the install kit you hav to shim the new gears to get the backlash correct
 
Ford1288

Ford1288

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My car had 3.27s when we pulled it out. Gears are definately the way to go. Just make sure you buy ford racing ones. Good place to get the speedo gear is latemodelrestoration
 
Foxman

Foxman

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kind of yes... the bbk is nice looking but thats about it.. just get a drop in filter k&n


i'm running a upr cold air... but that is because i didnt have the stock box
 
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510z

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gears should be top on the list and with an AOD and a heavy vert definitely go 4.10's, get a good shift kit, no b&m junk get a bauhman or transgo, then put a good trans cooler on it, you OD will be fine just keep away from shifting into OD under full throttle and it should be fine, oh and to much of the 1D1 shuffle is hard on them also.

If you plan to keep the AOD and not go 5spd then a decent converter is money well spent, at this point traction is going to start being an issue so i would look into some suspension and stickier tires, some decent upper and lower rear control arms, subframe connectors and plate the torque boxes while your there.

power wise there are MANY options with the 302, alot depends on what you want to spend and what you want out of it, start with the usual bolt on's, exhaust, 65-70mm tb, little bigger mass, you wont see to much from pulleys and i would suggest you dont use the alternator pulley at all, an explorer intake is a good cheap intake, its pretty close to a gt40 and a fairly easy swap and can be had for $100-$150 range. they also have 65mm tb on them and its not to hard to make them work on a fox.

then comes heads, cam, etc etc but we can get into that later its been a long day of trick or treating with the kids lol.
 
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