Cams work in a 94-95 5.0???

todd95GT · 09-09-2001, 12:31 PM

Recently, I visited two pretty reputable shops here in the Palm Beach County area. I had some minor mods done and had lengthy conversations with both shop proprietors about the order in which I am planning on performing more mods to my car. Both of them suggested to avoid putting a cam in my car- even after heads and intake are done. They sais that the computer in the 94-95 GT's make it very difficult for the car to idle correctly. I thought that could be corrected by a custom-burnt chip-was I wrong? What are your experiences with installing cams in these year cars? I plan on small-valve Edelbrock Performers or TFS Twisted Wedge heads with a Performer 5.0 intake. I was looking into an aftermarket cam, albeit a small one, but something to complement the heads and manifold. Seems to be a shame to do those mods and not install a cam as well.

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Killercanary · 09-09-2001, 05:08 PM

What you heard is right, the 94-95's are sensative to cam swaps and hence don't like to idle afterward. I have AFR 165 heads, FTI custom cam, edelbrock intake, etc. in my 95 GT convertible. After the install, the idle would surge and stall sometimes, but upping the FP made it worse, so bad in fact it would load up and stall all the time. I went and bought a EEC-Tuner from shiftmaster enterprises. This fixed my idle problems as well as a lot of other things too. It also bested my 1/4 times from 13.2 at 105 to 12.9 at 106.85, and it has the same drivability now as it did when stock. http://www.eec-tuner.com

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1995 NA GT CONVERTIBLE
BEST ET: 12.92
BEST MPH: 106.85
AFR's, FTI cam, edelbrock intake, EEC TUNER and lots more.
http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/killercanary

todd95GT · 09-09-2001, 11:57 PM

That sounds like a pain in the *** . Is it a fairly simple programming process? What did you have to alter in the car's parameters to get a quality idle?

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Todd
1995 GT/T-5
Pulleys; 65 mm TB; Flowmaster cat-back; Mac off road H-pipe; FMS aluminum driveshaft; short-throw shifter; HD clutch; Cobra R's; Cobra front and wing

09-09-2001, 12:31 PM	#1
todd95GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Posts: 191	Cams work in a 94-95 5.0??? Recently, I visited two pretty reputable shops here in the Palm Beach County area. I had some minor mods done and had lengthy conversations with both shop proprietors about the order in which I am planning on performing more mods to my car. Both of them suggested to avoid putting a cam in my car- even after heads and intake are done. They sais that the computer in the 94-95 GT's make it very difficult for the car to idle correctly. I thought that could be corrected by a custom-burnt chip-was I wrong? What are your experiences with installing cams in these year cars? I plan on small-valve Edelbrock Performers or TFS Twisted Wedge heads with a Performer 5.0 intake. I was looking into an aftermarket cam, albeit a small one, but something to complement the heads and manifold. Seems to be a shame to do those mods and not install a cam as well. [This message has been edited by todd95GT (edited 09-09-2001).]

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09-09-2001, 05:08 PM	#2
Killercanary Registered Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Altoona, PA Posts: 336	What you heard is right, the 94-95's are sensative to cam swaps and hence don't like to idle afterward. I have AFR 165 heads, FTI custom cam, edelbrock intake, etc. in my 95 GT convertible. After the install, the idle would surge and stall sometimes, but upping the FP made it worse, so bad in fact it would load up and stall all the time. I went and bought a EEC-Tuner from shiftmaster enterprises. This fixed my idle problems as well as a lot of other things too. It also bested my 1/4 times from 13.2 at 105 to 12.9 at 106.85, and it has the same drivability now as it did when stock. http://www.eec-tuner.com ------------------ 1995 NA GT CONVERTIBLE BEST ET: 12.92 BEST MPH: 106.85 AFR's, FTI cam, edelbrock intake, EEC TUNER and lots more. http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/killercanary

09-09-2001, 11:57 PM	#3
todd95GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Posts: 191	That sounds like a pain in the *** . Is it a fairly simple programming process? What did you have to alter in the car's parameters to get a quality idle? ------------------ Todd 1995 GT/T-5 Pulleys; 65 mm TB; Flowmaster cat-back; Mac off road H-pipe; FMS aluminum driveshaft; short-throw shifter; HD clutch; Cobra R's; Cobra front and wing