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Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #45 –
I am going back from my MAC CAI to a stock air intake setup for easy of filter change. I may try to work out a Ram Air setup for the hood and fab a custom air box lid since I have an extra to mess with.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #46 –
i imagne two flaps that are painted a color that catches your eye on the ram air.
I then imagine these flaps being simple coil spring loaded to keep them closed.. with a set screw to make tension adjustable.
one of the flaps would wip agains a micro switch that turned on an LED,, when you hit the gas, a mean looking light illuminates both openings... should look cool at night.
to keep things simple, on a stock 5.0, a simple parallel duct could be plumbed up to the ram air using the engine suction to open the ram air flaps... i wouldnt delete the oem air filter set up unless it proved to be reliable then i would redo things to make this a primary air supply.

Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #47 –
Now a big update....Just installed my NOS Ford coil and yanked the basically new MSD (nothing wrong with the MSD as far as I can tell), removed the vacuum tube from the throttle body and installed a screw in plug after I drilled and tapped it. Ordered new outer door handles to be ready after paint. Got my Cobra roller rockers installed, and my second set in the mail yesterday. I was going to sell them, but decided to keep them for a while. Doesn't cost me to do that. Found that my air shocks are leaking, so, depending on my work schedule tomorrow, I may pull the lines and re-install them and see if that's the issue. No big deal. Minor stuff to do that. Now I want a Flaming River steering shaft, but holy , they want big bucks for those.......Oh Chuuuuuuuck.....can you fab one for me for less? LOL. No really, can you?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #48 –
Flaming River is some serious $. I looked into that stuff for my buddy awhile back...he allowed he'd just stay with power steering, and spend his piggybank on the Procharger stuff instead.
I'd rather have p/s for the street anyway. An all out drag car might be a little different, where I'd want every last bit of power at the back tires.

I gotta laugh when I see these guys with manual steering for the weight reduction and power gain...then they have a 3500 watt stereo system in there too. SMH.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #49 –
I don't want manual steering, just the steering shaft from them for power steering cars. Like this......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flaming-River-FR1504P-79-93-Mustang-Steering-Shaft-Power-Kit-/400503040496?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3fd769f0&vxp=mtr
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

Changes are coming for the Sport.....

Reply #50 –
Vinnie, can you weld? You can get the joints from speedway motors for around $100 for the pair and then the shaft for around $20. You don't save a lot opposed to buying the FR shaft, but $80 is $80 and you can say "I built that"
Currently Birdless but never Foxless

86 Mustang GT