Hello,
Well, first of all some of you may know me already. I'm NeedaCobra (svtperformance.com), Fast90lxstang (corral.net) and Cammed90notch (stangnet.com). I'm buying a Paxton Novi 1000 for my 1990 Mustang 5.0 coupe soon and I had a few questions. First of all, my engine was rebuilt and now it has around 7k miles on it. However, when it was rebuilt, the previous owner (who rebuilt it) put hyperteunic pistons in it. So anyway, since this is the case, I'm planning on just going w/ 5-6#s of boost until I can buy a beefier bottom end. Well, I'm currently contemplating installing the Novi 1000 myself and getting a professionaly mechanic to tune it on a dyno. However, this poses a slight problem. The guy who is going to be doing the tuning probably is in Monroe, NC, around 1-2 hours from me. So, I was/am wondering if I could install the SCer myself and somehow run it safely all the way up to the interstate all the way to NC. Remember, I have new hyper. pistons right now and I don't really enjoy buying new shortblocks! So I want everything to be safe. Now, here is some information about my engine:
-rebuilt engine w/ around 7k miles on the rebuilt (still a 302 'cause it didn't need to be bored).
-stock crankshaft (it was polished though) ,connecting rods,
-new bearings
-new hyper. pistons
-CompCam
-stock heads :(
-stock upper/lower intake
-stock 19# injectors
-as far as I know, stock fuel pump
-every other stock fueling component
-BBK cai
-stock TB
-Under Drive pullies (I need stock pullies, right?)
So, basically everything on the engine is stock except for the BBK cold air intake, and a CompCam, and Under Drive pullies. It also has a MSD coil, aftermarket spark plugs, but as far as I know everything else is stock.
The transmission is an AOD just built in Jan. 03, and the rear end is a stock 8.8" but it has 3.73 gears. So, what does everyone think? How can I make it to NC safely to get it tuned w/ it install by myself (a novice w/ SCers).
As for my experience w/ cars, I've changed the heater core in my Mustang (15+ hours!!), changed the oil (easy), changed an altenator a few times (no problem) rotated tires, etc. I suppose I can handle this install (only thing that scares me is punching the oil pan, do I have a change of hitting the rotating assembly or anything, 'cause the intructions said something about turning the engine or something). Well, I hope this is all the info you need. Here is the car that it will be going in Lord willing:
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