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Ahren Ciotti 02-20-1999 08:55 PM

At least read me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hey everybody I have an 87 LX 4 banger, and I have recently gotten the motor rebuilt. When they did it, they bored it out, and I have noticed a considerable horsepower increase. I was wondering what other (hopefully cheap) things I can do, or buy to quicken it up a bit. I was also wondering if my 2.3 has an intake silencer, and how to cheaply improve my intake thingy Thanks For Reading me, now reply Pleeeeeeeeease.

PetesPonies 02-21-1999 09:25 AM

Without getting into the engine, there is very little you can do. The biggest bang for the buck would be changing the rear gears. This will make a noiceable difference. Figure about $300.

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LXer 02-23-1999 02:31 AM

I believe the 87's had a silencer between the filter and engine. It literally looks like an exhaust muffler but plastic, and it has "Ford" molded on the top. I replaced mine with a conical air filter setup, eliminating the filter box and silencer. (Mine is a '90.) I did this after I installed a dynomax dual exhaust from a v8 mustang with a custom Y-pipe. I have noticed that the engine does seem to rev a little free-er and it pulls further in the rpm range, although I had done these mods primarily for aesthetics and sound. My car is still pretty slow, so I concentrate on making it handle good, since it does have the advantage of not having a heavy V8 in the nose. I told myself I would replace the engine with something more substantial when it dies, but it is refusing to do so. It has 142,000 miles on it, but if I rev it to 3,000 and dump the clutch it still will smoke the tires!... well ok, tire.


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