The route I've decided to take with my 95 is to do the whole top end, full bolt ons, gears, beef up the tranny, suspension etc. I'm going to get the Trickflow 360hp top end kit, tb adapter, lifters, shorty headers, 75mm tb, bigger maf, bigger injectors, 3.73 gears, maybe a high stall torque converter and a trans cooler. Tie it all up with a custom dyno tune, and I should be making over 300 to the wheels right? The trickflow top end kit has the twisted wedge heads, trackheat intake manifold, I think 1.7rr I'm not 100% sure. Not looking for crazy numbers, just a respectable 300 plus to the wheels is my goal. I can always slap on a vortech in the future lol
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It will be tougher to reach 300 rwhp with an auto. I would look into piecing together a top end kit, and picking what you want. Finding out what your budget is would be a good place to start and go from there. There are some proven combos for "big" rwhp out of a hci for a 302 if you google for them. One of them that makes pretty good power is a Holley Systemax, custom cam, TFS TW 170 heads, and of course the supporting mods. My mods are in my sig as well as the dyno numbers. I could've made more power with a better intake and a N/A cam with higher compression. I was budget minded with mine, lol, and getting some used parts. The Anderson N41 is a good N/A cam also.
Putting on a Vortech would gain you more power than a hci, but starting with a good hci, means having to make less boost for the power you want. Also keep in mind that the stock block 302s tend to be on borrowed time when you reach 450 to 500 rwhp. Some blocks have lasted a long time at that level though. All depends on the tune and how you drive it. A cheaper route to get around 400 rwhp would be gt40p heads, intake, and an Anderson B31 cam with the vortech on like 10 to 12 psi. It's all up to you!
Putting on a Vortech would gain you more power than a hci, but starting with a good hci, means having to make less boost for the power you want. Also keep in mind that the stock block 302s tend to be on borrowed time when you reach 450 to 500 rwhp. Some blocks have lasted a long time at that level though. All depends on the tune and how you drive it. A cheaper route to get around 400 rwhp would be gt40p heads, intake, and an Anderson B31 cam with the vortech on like 10 to 12 psi. It's all up to you!
It will be tougher to reach 300 rwhp with an auto. I would look into piecing together a top end kit, and picking what you want. Finding out what your budget is would be a good place to start and go from there. There are some proven combos for "big" rwhp out of a hci for a 302 if you google for them. One of them that makes pretty good power is a Holley Systemax, custom cam, TFS TW 170 heads, and of course the supporting mods. My mods are in my sig as well as the dyno numbers. I could've made more power with a better intake and a N/A cam with higher compression. I was budget minded with mine, lol, and getting some used parts. The Anderson N41 is a good N/A cam also.
Putting on a Vortech would gain you more power than a hci, but starting with a good hci, means having to make less boost for the power you want. Also keep in mind that the stock block 302s tend to be on borrowed time when you reach 450 to 500 rwhp. Some blocks have lasted a long time at that level though. All depends on the tune and how you drive it. A cheaper route to get around 400 rwhp would be gt40p heads, intake, and an Anderson B31 cam with the vortech on like 10 to 12 psi. It's all up to you!
Putting on a Vortech would gain you more power than a hci, but starting with a good hci, means having to make less boost for the power you want. Also keep in mind that the stock block 302s tend to be on borrowed time when you reach 450 to 500 rwhp. Some blocks have lasted a long time at that level though. All depends on the tune and how you drive it. A cheaper route to get around 400 rwhp would be gt40p heads, intake, and an Anderson B31 cam with the vortech on like 10 to 12 psi. It's all up to you!
Hmm, lotta things to think about lol. The trickflow top end kit is like $2700 plus all the other things I'll need like maf, injectors, tb adapter, bigger tb, etc. I gotta do more research. My ultimate goal is 300rwhp with this thing, not 285, not 299, 300 or more haha. Maybe I'll see about piecing together different things like you said. Thanks for the tips dude
Would this vortech blower get me 300 rwhp? I would do a ported gt40 intake setup and gt40 heads too, and shorty headers. Then a dyno tune.
Mustang Vortech Supercharger System - Satin (94-95 GT/Cobra) 4FG218-020L - Free Shipping!
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That should get you close, I forgot that they don't offer too many supercharger kits for the 94-95s. You could look around corral.net for a smaller s/c pulley, or a bigger crank pulley to use for that kit. Either way you look at it, the top end route or s/c route will cost you a good buck. It sucks, I know, lol. With the s/c you will need bigger injectors, maf, an ignition box such as Accel or possibly a MSD. MSD boxes have come down in quality over the years unfortunately that's why I added Accel to look at also. A bigger fuel pump also, go right up to a 255 lph. You might be able to search for dyno numbers with a vortech and stock intake and heads and see about what you will run, plus the ported gt40 heads and intake will help also.
Honestly I'd just leave the pulley it comes with, I could always change it in the future. The kit from AM comes with the full msd ignition, I'll get the 255 lph fuel pump,injectors, maf seperate. I know this stuff ain't cheap lol, gotta keep working and saving. Just the vortech kit from AM, injectors, fuel pump, maf, headers and maybe an anderson powerpipe should be good for over 300 rwhp. Dyno tune to wrap it all up too
