Now, to solve every ignition problem we have with this car,
we're going to go and use our PDI ignition kit.
What this ignition kit is going to do
for us is increase horsepower, improve idle quality,
and improve fuel economy.
Let's talk a little bit about the components of this kit.
The Performer Distributors Hot Forge Distributor
features a hot forged aluminum housing
that is C and C machined versus a billet aluminum housing that
allows for a lower cost unit with higher strength.
It's loaded with an oil impregnated bronze
bushing that the shaft rides on for a long service life.
The shaft also is fitted with a steel distributor gear for use
with roller camshafts.
The cap has brass terminals, which are better
conducting than the aluminum terminals found on the stock
distributor cap.
The Dyna Mod ignition module, also called a TFI module,
gives you a longer coil saturation time,
which allows for a longer spark duration
that helps give you the better idle fuel economy and higher
horsepower.
The Performance Distributors Screamin' Demon Ignition Coil
has a tighter winding and a more concentrated
winding for increased spark energy.
This increased spark energy allows
you to open up your spark plug gap to about 0.065
on a naturally aspirated car.
It also features a brass terminal
for better conductivity and increased corrosion resistance.
The Performance Distributors Alive Wires
are an excellent addition to the Hot Forge Distributor
and the Screamin' Demon Cool, because they'll
get all that extra spark energy to the spark plug.
They feature a very low resistance,
about 300 to 350 ohms per foot.
They're spiral-wound, so you don't end up
with any radio interference.
They have heat shrinked ends to keep the moisture out
of the boots, a heat braid that is good
up to about 1,400 degrees.
And they're also cut to length and numbered for each cylinder,
making them the best plug wire for your Mustang.
To remove the distributor from your five liter Mustang,
you want to go ahead and remove the distributor cap,
and then make a note of where the rotor is pointing
and where your TFI module is pointing, because you want
to line up the new distributor in the same location.
Unplug the TFI module, then grab you a half inch
socket with a ratchet and completely
remove the hold down bolt and hold down
bracket for the distributor.
Then lift the distributor up and out of the engine.
Every Hot Forced distributor includes
a package of camshaft lubrication.
This packet is to be used.
Drizzle some down onto the camshaft
and put some on the steel gear on the end of the distributor.
And then you can go ahead and install it into place.
Slide the distributor down into the block,
lining up the rotor with the oil pump shaft and the camshaft.
And rotate it around to where it's pointing back
in the same direction as the old distributor.
And then line up the TFI module to where
it's pointing the same direction as on the old distributor.
Reinstall the hold down clamp and bolt.
Plug in your TFI module.
Replacing your spark plug wires is very simple
and doesn't require a whole lot of thought.
However, I do want to point out a couple of things
that you want to keep in mind, namely the firing order,
and then how to remove the spark plug
wires from the spark plugs.
Now, starting on the passenger side, at the front,
you have cylinder number one, and two, three, and at the back
is number four.
Then moving over to the driver side,
you've got cylinder number five at the front,
and six, seven, and number eight is at the
very back next to the firewall.
Now, on top of the cap, the firing order
is one, three, seven, two, six, five, four, and eight.
The coil is in the center.
Now, to remove your spark plug wire,
it would be easier to give the boot a twist
and then pull it away.
That way, you break the boot loose from the plug.
It makes it easier to pull off.
Replacing the coil on your '86 to '93 5.0
Mustang is extremely simple.
First thing you're going to want to do is remove your coil wire.
Then unplug the electrical connector.
Grab you a nut driver with a swivel and a 7/32,
and remove the four 7/32 bolts that
retain the coil to the bracket.
Remove the stock coil.
Put your new coil into place.
Reattach the four bolts.
Plug in your electrical connector.
And reattach the coil wire.
Now, our Performance Distributors Ignition Kit
also includes spark plug wire looms.
You could put those wherever you need to on your car.
Here's where we installed them on ours.
Now, installation will take you about a couple hours.
And like we said before, the addition of that Screamin'
Demon coil allows you to open up your spark plug
gap up to 0.065.
So when we swapped everything out,
we went ahead and put in a new set of motor craft plugs
with that larger gap.
Now, for more ignition parts for your Mustang,
check out latemodelrestoration.com.