I have been looking around for quite some time now and i cant seem to find any power adders/CAI/performance parts for my 79 mustang 5.0 lx, now i dont know if there is still a market for these kinds of parts or if there is any way i can swap this out for any other year mustang, preferably a 86+
It is in good condition, new floor, shocks and struts, very nicely running 5.0 in it, bone stock and it is mechanically sound, all it needs now is new headliner, putting doors panels back on and a paint job and it will be all set. Im just looking for a powerful street machine to supercharge/nos and overall be intimidating in and this really isnt working.
If anyone has any ideas/parts suppliers/trade options please reply to this thread or email me at shisnatch14@hotmail.com
There are enough proformance mods for your '79 to fill a wharehouse, you just need to learn a little more about mod'ing your Stang, and you are in the place to do just that here at AFM.
Almost any part for '86 to '93 Mustangs will work on '79 to '85 models if you know the basics. The '86 to '93 designation mainly applies to the fact they have fuel injected engines, and true dual exhaust.
You can use any exhaust for '86 to '93 if you install a double hump crossmember (transmission support) in place of your single hump crossmember, and replace your Y-pipe with either an H or X-pipe. You will need to do a minor mod to the crossmember for it to fit the frame mounts on the '79, which only involves cutting the tubes at the ends down enough to fit between the narrower mounting brackets on your frame, very simple work with a hacksaw.
For the engine mods, as far as heads go, a small block Windsor is a small block Windsor, no matter what year, or if it is a 302 or 351, the heads will fit. The only thing you need to be carefull about is valve size and lift on a stock motor, and the fact a few heads require special headers to fit right. All aftermarket Ford small block heads I've seen are designed for the larger 351 head bolts and usually come with sleeves for the smaller 302 head bolts, if they don't come with the sleeves you will need to get some.
The only really major difference in the pre '85 1/2 and post '85 1/2 engines is the roller cam. Each has an upside and downside. The big upside to the non-roller setup is cost and selection of parts. The upside to roller cam setups are less friction (which means less hp loss), and the ability to use steeper cam lobes. You can convert to roller cam setup on your car with a conversion kit if you wanted to.
As for the fuel injection part of the equation, I myself love the fact I don't have it. Being carb'ed you have tons of intake choices, several different carb designs to chose from, almost infinate tuning ability, and all at about a 1/4 of the cost of fuel injection. Plus your not having to spend big money for a custom tune on a computer chip everytime you make a big change in airflow, timing and fuel requirements.
You can visit a salvage yard and get all you need for a CAI. Mine came factory with a dual CAI setup, as many carb'ed 5.0 Mustangs did, it looks like this...
Hey man thx, now im just wondering what superchargers would fit t, ive been searching around but cant seem to find any for a 5.0 carbed 302, are they even out there....and im not looking for some cheap eletric supercharger or a turbo, too much $$$
Hey man thx, now im just wondering what superchargers would fit t, ive been searching around but cant seem to find any for a 5.0 carbed 302, are they even out there....and im not looking for some cheap eletric supercharger or a turbo, too much $$$
With a specially modified carb, and a plenum box for a carbed application, you
can run a centrifugal blower like a Paxton. This setup was available in the '60s
on 289 Fords. Studebaker also offered something like this on the Avanti. If
you are considering the 351, it requires its own headers and front accessory
brackets as it is slightly taller than the 289-302.
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1992 Deep Emerald Green Mustang GT Hatch, 5 speed, 2.73s, Mac fenderwell cold air intake, '93 Cobra MAF, Mac 70mm throttle body & spacer, Explorer intakes, Mac unequal headers & offroad pipe, Magnaflow catback, Walbro 110lph fuel pump, Jet adjustable FPR, MSD Blaster coil, Accel 8mm wires, FRPP aluminum quadrant, UPR firewall adjuster, stock cable, Granatelli upper control arms.
Waiting to go on: Granatelli lower control arms, and GT40 Iron heads!
You would have to find a new place for the alternator, and the smog pump. Best
place for the pump would probably be the garage floor. You would probably
be better off converting to the early style front dressing for the motor. Does your
car currently have the serpentine belt? If you're planning on running AC, you would
really have to do some rearranging.
But yeah, that setup is what I was getting at.
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1992 Deep Emerald Green Mustang GT Hatch, 5 speed, 2.73s, Mac fenderwell cold air intake, '93 Cobra MAF, Mac 70mm throttle body & spacer, Explorer intakes, Mac unequal headers & offroad pipe, Magnaflow catback, Walbro 110lph fuel pump, Jet adjustable FPR, MSD Blaster coil, Accel 8mm wires, FRPP aluminum quadrant, UPR firewall adjuster, stock cable, Granatelli upper control arms.
Waiting to go on: Granatelli lower control arms, and GT40 Iron heads!
Holley sells a roots style blower under the Weiand brand name called the 174 Pro-Street part # 77-174FSB-1. They are getting kind of hard to find because they also use this blower in fuel injected trim for the 5.4 truck engine, and when you search the net the fuel injected model pops up. It is worth finding one of the carb versions though, as they are about a grand cheaper than the Paxton, a lot better looking, and easier to install. I found a pic of the Chevy model, the only difference with the Ford model is that the drive is offset to clear the dist. http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLin...SCK/f6523.html
btw, the weiand only shows 25-40% gains in power, whats up with that? are the upgradable? those gains are alright for me to start with but eventually im gonna take it out and put in forged internals and would like significantly more power out of them.
Being a 174 cid blower, I would guess the power gain on a stock 302 at 100 hp with this unit right out of the box. The only draw back to a roots blower (some see it as a plus), is you basicialy have full boost just off idle. It takes some practice to learn how not to completely annilate the tires at low speeds, kind of like driving on ice, you have to learn how to feather the throttle for traction. This is why a lot of people prefer the centrifugal compressor because they don't make full boost off idle, they kind of spool up like a turbo, making it easier to find traction at lower rpm's.
79 mustang performance parts 
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