New SVO owner here.

03 R Code · February 9th, 2009, 09:06 PM

So I just put down the "hold" money for an '85 SVO. It's gonna be a daily driver for now... ~67k miles and engine and transmission rebuilt around 6 months ago. Other than the rebuild it's got a tubular k member and coil overs on the front end, rear suspension is stock...

I want to make a little more power with this car, but it's gonna be driven 45 miles to work and back each day. Any suggestions.

Oh yeah, it needs a paint job like nobody's business! I'll have pics up this weekend when I take delivery.

HMUSN · February 9th, 2009, 09:07 PM

dude seriously..

03 R Code · February 9th, 2009, 09:16 PM

It's really not much to look at. Nasty paint! When I get ready to paint it I'm gonna have to ask for opinions.

Karl Rodg88 · February 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM

lets see.... 3" exhaust does wonders, atleast get a 3" downpipe. get a manual boost controller, tbird intercooler helps because it flows more, adjustable fuel pressure regulator from a 5.0, unplug the knock sensor, and maybe a 255lph walbro fuel pump. those are the cheap things you can do, check out turboford.net and svoca. stinger performance, boport racing heads (2.3 head guru does amazing work) and forced4 for parts. what else ya wanna know?? haha

03 R Code · February 9th, 2009, 10:28 PM

Thanks for all that. I'm gonna take a minute and process it all! Remember this is a daily driver, so nothing too crazy with the power, or at least so long as it's reliable power! BTW, how much power can these motor handle with stock internals? What about the tranny and stock rearend?

Also how does a 3" exhaust sound on these cars? I don't want a loud annoying fart pipe rice sound... no offense...

M L Struck · February 10th, 2009, 09:01 PM

don't spend any money on the t-bird intr cooler, you just want a 3" down tube, magna flow mufflers sound great on these cars

HMUSN · February 10th, 2009, 09:03 PM

Karl Rodg88 · February 10th, 2009, 10:52 PM

cars arent too loud with 3" exhaust. mine was decent with a dynomax ultraflo welded. since its a turbo car you only want a straight through muffler. those are all reliable mods. the short blocks can take alot actually. numerous people have been known to push 30psi on em. boport made 511rwhp on a stock 90k short block in his old car. the motors are all forged from the factory and are pretty stout. if youre looking for reliability, look into a bypass valve, itll take a ton of stress off the turbo.

flattusmaximus78 · February 10th, 2009, 11:53 PM

This has a pretty big downpipe and open y pipe with a dump. I know you dont want to loud. Get a 3 inch down pipe to straight pipe, throw a magnaflow resonator on there and it will be quiet when you want it, and loud when you need it to be.

YouTube - Mustang SVO, Borla exhaust with 2 step

03 R Code · February 11th, 2009, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by M L Struck

don't spend any money on the t-bird intr cooler, you just want a 3" down tube, magna flow mufflers sound great on these cars

Yeah, I was gonna go ahead and skip the tbird upgrade. I figure if I wanted one I'll go ahead and get the biggest... Thanks!

Originally Posted by HMUSN

Fah rheelz. I'm not picking it up until Friday afternoon! Soon, you'll see the 2.3liters of faded white fury!

Originally Posted by Karl Rodg88

cars arent too loud with 3" exhaust. mine was decent with a dynomax ultraflo welded. since its a turbo car you only want a straight through muffler. those are all reliable mods. the short blocks can take alot actually. numerous people have been known to push 30psi on em. boport made 511rwhp on a stock 90k short block in his old car. the motors are all forged from the factory and are pretty stout. if youre looking for reliability, look into a bypass valve, itll take a ton of stress off the turbo.

Good to hear about the internals being strong like that. I'll probably start with fuel system upgrades, then the bypass valve, so I don't detonate the engine until it's air cooled! and thanks for the input on exhaust!

Originally Posted by flattusmaximus78

This has a pretty big downpipe and open y pipe with a dump. I know you dont want to loud. Get a 3 inch down pipe to straight pipe, throw a magnaflow resonator on there and it will be quiet when you want it, and loud when you need it to be.

YouTube - Mustang SVO, Borla exhaust with 2 step

tanks Nick! If it weren't for that car backfiring like that It'd be a nice thing to listen to!

HMUSN · February 11th, 2009, 08:56 AM

175/210 is not too shabby out of a 2.3

03 R Code · February 11th, 2009, 09:12 AM

Meh, it's not like driving around in 300 at the wheels either. I'll be happy with that out of this car I think!

flattusmaximus78 · February 11th, 2009, 01:36 PM

Well thats running a two step. So it has a pretty much explosion of fuel, and air going back up to the compressor wheel making the popping. Not really a back fire. So unless you have a msd 2 step or stand alone you wont have that lol.

Seriously, crank up the boost with any manual boost controller. big down pipe. Straight single exhaust with a resonator to quiet it up and give it a nice sound, go on ebay buy a intercooler and some piping. Then maybe some 3.73s. idk much about svos but that seems like a solid 14 sec car if not more.

03 R Code · February 11th, 2009, 02:10 PM

I was actuall thinking about a stand alone system for fuel and spark... FAST makes an SVO kit??!!
When the shits did you learn so much about turbo cars? I feel like I'm in 1st grade with this thing!

03 R Code · February 14th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Well, my house has a steep driveway... and the emergency brake doesn't work great... I thought the car was stolen this morning!

flattusmaximus78 · April 13th, 2009, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by 03 R Code

I was actuall thinking about a stand alone system for fuel and spark... FAST makes an SVO kit??!!
When the shits did you learn so much about turbo cars? I feel like I'm in 1st grade with this thing!

I just saw this lol. Well since you left I had to do all my own work. Either leanr or keep the car slow.

White Thunder · May 26th, 2009, 07:29 PM

come on sat!!

white03v6 · May 28th, 2009, 05:38 PM

cant wait to see some pics of this...i love SVOs!

njstang · June 13th, 2009, 06:39 PM

pics or gtfo

white03v6 · June 13th, 2009, 06:47 PM

i forgot about this thread...but i saw an svo the other day

its a big deal for me haha...theres rarely a nice car here

February 9th, 2009, 09:06 PM	#1
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	New SVO owner here. So I just put down the "hold" money for an '85 SVO. It's gonna be a daily driver for now... ~67k miles and engine and transmission rebuilt around 6 months ago. Other than the rebuild it's got a tubular k member and coil overs on the front end, rear suspension is stock... I want to make a little more power with this car, but it's gonna be driven 45 miles to work and back each day. Any suggestions. Oh yeah, it needs a paint job like nobody's business! I'll have pics up this weekend when I take delivery. __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

February 9th, 2009, 09:07 PM	#2
HMUSN Doc 1986 SVO Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 36,836 iTrader: 9 reviews	dude seriously.. __________________

February 9th, 2009, 09:16 PM	#3
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	It's really not much to look at. Nasty paint! When I get ready to paint it I'm gonna have to ask for opinions. __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

February 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM	#4
Karl Rodg88 Regular 2001 Mustang Bullitt Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Altos, California Posts: 161 iTrader: 0 reviews	lets see.... 3" exhaust does wonders, atleast get a 3" downpipe. get a manual boost controller, tbird intercooler helps because it flows more, adjustable fuel pressure regulator from a 5.0, unplug the knock sensor, and maybe a 255lph walbro fuel pump. those are the cheap things you can do, check out turboford.net and svoca. stinger performance, boport racing heads (2.3 head guru does amazing work) and forced4 for parts. what else ya wanna know?? haha __________________ MachnBronco (9:37:18 PM): is it fucked up that MachnBronco (9:37:26 PM): since i got to a cc MachnBronco (9:37:42 PM): that all the prego's walk up to me saying i look cute MM Bullitt Crew Member #2

February 9th, 2009, 10:28 PM	#5
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	Thanks for all that. I'm gonna take a minute and process it all! Remember this is a daily driver, so nothing too crazy with the power, or at least so long as it's reliable power! BTW, how much power can these motor handle with stock internals? What about the tranny and stock rearend? Also how does a 3" exhaust sound on these cars? I don't want a loud annoying fart pipe rice sound... no offense... __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

February 10th, 2009, 09:01 PM	#6
M L Struck Hardcore Enthusiast 85 GT/86 SVO/2010 GT500 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rossville IN Posts: 1,183 iTrader: 0 reviews	don't spend any money on the t-bird intr cooler, you just want a 3" down tube, magna flow mufflers sound great on these cars

February 10th, 2009, 09:03 PM	#7
HMUSN Doc 1986 SVO Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 36,836 iTrader: 9 reviews	__________________

February 10th, 2009, 10:52 PM	#8
Karl Rodg88 Regular 2001 Mustang Bullitt Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Altos, California Posts: 161 iTrader: 0 reviews	cars arent too loud with 3" exhaust. mine was decent with a dynomax ultraflo welded. since its a turbo car you only want a straight through muffler. those are all reliable mods. the short blocks can take alot actually. numerous people have been known to push 30psi on em. boport made 511rwhp on a stock 90k short block in his old car. the motors are all forged from the factory and are pretty stout. if youre looking for reliability, look into a bypass valve, itll take a ton of stress off the turbo. __________________ MachnBronco (9:37:18 PM): is it fucked up that MachnBronco (9:37:26 PM): since i got to a cc MachnBronco (9:37:42 PM): that all the prego's walk up to me saying i look cute MM Bullitt Crew Member #2

February 11th, 2009, 08:56 AM	#11
HMUSN Doc 1986 SVO Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 36,836 iTrader: 9 reviews	175/210 is not too shabby out of a 2.3 __________________

February 11th, 2009, 09:12 AM	#12
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	Meh, it's not like driving around in 300 at the wheels either. I'll be happy with that out of this car I think! __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

February 11th, 2009, 01:36 PM	#13
flattusmaximus78 I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1993 5.ohhhh 12.97 @140mph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gatorland Posts: 6,077 iTrader: 3 reviews	Well thats running a two step. So it has a pretty much explosion of fuel, and air going back up to the compressor wheel making the popping. Not really a back fire. So unless you have a msd 2 step or stand alone you wont have that lol. Seriously, crank up the boost with any manual boost controller. big down pipe. Straight single exhaust with a resonator to quiet it up and give it a nice sound, go on ebay buy a intercooler and some piping. Then maybe some 3.73s. idk much about svos but that seems like a solid 14 sec car if not more. __________________ 02 Pewter z28, hoosiers/lid/exhaust/spray...125mph 1993 gt Sold, already missed --Moates Quarter horse $225-- --Cobra intake $150-- --tremec 3550 bell and shifter $1100--

February 11th, 2009, 02:10 PM	#14
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	I was actuall thinking about a stand alone system for fuel and spark... FAST makes an SVO kit??!! When the shits did you learn so much about turbo cars? I feel like I'm in 1st grade with this thing! __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

February 14th, 2009, 01:02 PM	#15
03 R Code MM Fanatic unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 3,103 iTrader: 0 reviews	Well, my house has a steep driveway... and the emergency brake doesn't work great... I thought the car was stolen this morning! __________________ Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

May 28th, 2009, 05:38 PM	#18
white03v6 Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 V6 Mustang Too long@Too slow Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NC Posts: 2,672 iTrader: 1 reviews	cant wait to see some pics of this...i love SVOs! __________________ NCMM Co-Founder NCMM Website NCMM Forums

June 13th, 2009, 06:47 PM	#20
white03v6 Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 V6 Mustang Too long@Too slow Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NC Posts: 2,672 iTrader: 1 reviews	i forgot about this thread...but i saw an svo the other day its a big deal for me haha...theres rarely a nice car here __________________ NCMM Co-Founder NCMM Website NCMM Forums

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