what would it take me to get my 88 305 TBI to at least hold a fender on a 91 automatic mustang GT with hpipe, flowmasters, and a k&n filter...a buddy of mine has this setup and he smoked me hard...i plan on a new rear with at least 3.42 gears and posi..what next? what i have now is listed on my sig...he beat me by a good 2 cars lengths but the only thing done to my car at the time was the k&n open element

 

I'd vote for a new PROM, the Ultimate TBI mods, and some good plugs and wires, possibly a coil and/or distributor... An exhaust cutout wouldn't hurt either. With 3.42's you might have a carlength or two on him (assuming you have 2.73's now).

 

mustangs with autos are just stones. they were put upon the earth to make 6cyl f-bodies feel better about racing mustangs
the ford AOD is a terrible tranny. unless this guy has done gears(at least 4.10's) and a really big torque convertor(at least a 3500stall) he will only run 16's.
with a posi and some gear you will smack the crap out of him. if you do the ultimate tbi mods and aldl switch you will really pummel him.

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tim

 

seemed like he was faster than a 16 second car...it definetly wasnt half as fast as a manual mustang tho...he also has a b&m shift kit in it...what prom should i get? are the thermomater hypertech chips any good? i plan on a new coil, cap, and rotor soon as i get off my lazy *** and send my bra back to summit that was defective...oh yeah and i just installed bosch platinum plugs and accel wires maybe 2k miles ago

 

16's????? You're the moderator so I don't want to flame you but that isn't even close. My dad has an 87' LX hatch with 3.23's headers, h- pipe, MAC catback, K&N with Ram Air, and shift kit with the AOD. Mind you this is a speed density setup not even mass air and I raced him at the track with my 91' Firebird LO3 this summer. He ran 14.6 and 14.57 back to back within an hour of each run. I know the car consistently runs those times cuase he's done it before. This is also a relatively stock Mustang, maybe 25-35 HP over stock, it'd still run 15- 15.3 bone stock. This is just my experience, and I've seen several Mustangs run this fast around here, a AOD Mustang is much faster than 16's. Just in case you were wondering I ran a 15.75 at 92. WHHHOOHOOOO!!!! I've got some work to do!!

 

I'm not too sure how terrible Mustang automatics are but I know that they are at least slightly terrible. Had a friend that got a fox-body GT back a few years ago about when I got my Camaro. There was much smack talking and we went to settle the score. I layed the smack down out of the hole and stayed out in front of him for quite a while...after some distance he pulled up and passed me. It took him quite a while though. I'd say that he was a high-15 second car at best. After he put a T-5 in it, though, it was a whole 'notha story.

EDIT: I just noticed that I forgot to mention that we were both totally stock.

 

no flame. there was a series in one =of the mustang rags years ago about buildign an automatic gt. they put in 4.10's, a shift kit, a big convertor, and a full exhaust and barely made 14's. the thing to remember is even if your dad's lx was full option it was at least 90lbs lighter than a GT. also, at least from what i have seen, most mustangs, including auto's usually come with 2.73 or 3.08 gears.
i have also seen first hand what a stock mustang auto looks like against blackbird305's mid 15sec car. let's just say it was ugly.

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tim