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    well i decided to spend the riches

    and bought me and my wife (just married) a 2007 V6 pony package black on tan Mustang. This puppy moves! Im really impressed with fords 4.0 v6, granted driving SVO's for the last 5 years has jaded me on performance. I was super pleased with the response from the v6. Now to add to the stable is an...
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    wont rev past 3800rpm... help!?!

    So I got my svo running again, failed tfi module. I also put cap, rotor and plugs. Checked everything 5 times to make sure its all right. I go to run it around, it starts to die and fall on its face. Ok at idle but nothing past 4k ... any ideas? :bang:
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    86 SVO running issues

    Well its started a week back ago, I blew an intercooler hose and started to get a slight miss. I replaced the blown hose that cleared up the concern or at least most of it. So steadily I've been getting a random miss, happends worse when the engines warm. I hoped in it this am cold start drove...
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    timming question

    okay so i was going home tonight, a mbz 320 clk rolls up (i've run those to the ground when i work for mbz, with the 86 svo.). 1st is good nice hard pull slight detonation when i push it over 4500 at full boost, 2nd is nice, pulls hard starts to detonate on the top end of 2nd about 4900. 3rd...
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    rear hatch latch on the SVO

    So I got to pull the spare out of the trunk last night and when I was all done I was wrapping everything up, go to shut the hatch and its like the latch refuses to latch. I can do it by hand and verify it will latch but not when its closed. The release button up front throws the latch like its...
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    so check this out

    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/car/204560081.html yes it is true i went down and saw for myself. well i was exactly 7mins late from adding a third svo to my collection. some bastard got down there 7mins before i did and she already sold the car. (she was early 20's if you couldnt tell by the...
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    head swap question

    just out of curiousity I'm pulling the head on my 86 SVO this weekend to replace the head gasket. its been a while since i was inside one of these. i'm just doing a straight swap. I have another head I'm putting in its place so the core can have big valves put in (this will be #2 big valve SVO)...
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    holset turbo

    how much fab is needed to use one of the hx35? just the intake portion to the vam?
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    strange turbo noise

    Look I took the airbox out of the 86 black svo put on a nice and large cone filter. now it sounds really wierd. the spool is so LOUD and makes a very strange noise when i shift under boost. this engine dosnt have a bypass valve. but my 84 svo has a 65mm throttle body and a big valve head all...
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    seat question

    does the drivers seat have a fixed mount tab in which the four bolts go through? and can they be replaced. it appears the left side seat mounts have broken and is really starting to piss me off...:bang: any ideas?
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    hmm question on SVO

    Okay here was a fun one to deal with on the side of the highway... I cruzin home from work. All of a sudden everything shut off. Like I turned the key off. no fuel pump noise nothin flat out just dead. So I really pissed / concerned cause now i'm on the shoulder of the road scratching my head. I...
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    i need some help

    two questions here today i went to go home put the seat belt on and the button on the buckle spring broke. called ford thinking hey a seat belt is a seat belt they should still make those. well the part number for the svo is obsolete. Will any seat belt buckle work up to 93 or before airbags...
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    ahhhh look at this

    pics of the 84 sorry my turn to pic whore
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    WOOT!!!! bought another SVO

    I'm so excited i just cant contain myself. 800 bucks for an 84 SVO 118k, engine resealed 4k miles ago. the guy is sick of dealing with it this is the the second one I've bought for under a thousand. for $800 bucks I drove it today and its runs poorly. Rough and hunting idle (IAC)...
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    thermostat stuck, water pump exploded on the way to work.

    so my morning consisted of a bunch of crap. was driving to work get on the free way got into 3rd at 3200rpm i threw one of the v belts on the freeway so i got of the next exit and checked saw the bearings in the pump blew apart and the pump just started eating itself. the pulley had some much...
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    time for new rear calipers

    for the svo where would be a good place to get a pair. reasonably priced that is.... anyone have the part number for rear brake rotors for the rear for the mark vii. would this be possible to do for under 300 bucks:shrug:
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    i finally got around to taking some pics of the 2.3T

    Well like i said i finally got some pics of the engine thats going into the SVO. Its going in about 2 weeks if the weather holds... i was going to take some pics of the head before it got painted and installed but i didnt. Its a ported and polished Powerhead with 1.59 intake and 1.89exh...
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    65 coupe w/ 289

    motor is locked. I cant get it to turn by hand. No metal in the oil. I went to autozone to get some plugs and wires and went back outside to start it, but got nothing. Any ideas? Its the orignal motor to this car and it has ~180,000 miles on it. I'm an SVO nut so these v8's are a little foriegn...
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    just got a 65 Mustang 289 with a problem...

    With 171,869 original miles. The interior is absolutly insane totaly clean no rips tears or sagging headliner just two peices of laminate trim on the center console peeling. I got it for the insane price of FREE!!!! Woot!~!!! My cousin got tired of it, he says the motor is frozen tho :-( he went...
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    ya i got a new job

    well back in the end of OCT I got laid off from the mercedes dealer from some dumb !@#$ reason. Sat on my duff for the last month pondering what the next career move would be. A friend of mine told me about a apprentice locksmith his work was hiring for AKA: shop bi@#h. which is fine i figure a...
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