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  1. cardudeusa

    1987 5.0 GT $5000 OBO

    1987 Mustang GT 5.0 Automatic w/ shift kit, 230,000 miles, daily driven. I hate to sell this car but I have a little girl on the way and need to get a 4 door. Car has recently been converted to 5 lug/ 4 wheel disc brakes. I have also installed an electric fan w/ a dcc fan controller. Exhaust is...
  2. cardudeusa

    1987 Notch 5.0 $1500 FL

    Asking $1500 Car is red but needs body work and paint. Motor runs good, 5 speed tranny was replaced about 4 years ago. Interior was painted black by previous owner and paint is chipping off now. Needs front tires, backs are ok has weld wheels. If anybody is interested I can upload pics...
  3. cardudeusa

    Time for new rims... can't decide!!!

    I'm getting ready to do a 5 lug conversion and I have a few rims in mind but need some help to decide on what I should do. My top choices are, black 03 Cobras, black 95 Cobra R's, or anthracite Bullitts with polished lip. I'm also open to suggestions, but I'm trying to stay away from straight...
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    Loosing coolant/steam from exhaust

    My wifes 2000 GT recently had a radiator fail and the car over heated. That was about 2 months ago. The coolant light just came on today and I have been noticing some steam from the exhaust. Sometimes it will produce the steam other times no steam at all. Also I recently changed the oil and...
  5. cardudeusa

    Rear end feels loose

    I'm in the process of fixing up my brothers 87 coupe. When you accelerate the rear of the car sways to one direction, then when you shift gears, it sways back the other way and feels like the car is going to wreck. Also there's a clunking noise that I can't identify. I was thinking maybe it...
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    Just got my car back from getting painted!

    Havent posted here in a while so I thought I'd whore up some pics of my new paint job... Whats everyone think? [
  7. cardudeusa

    What size are front drums?

    I'm getting ready to work on a friends 65 Mustang. Its needs new drums, but when I go to get them I need to know if they are 9 inch or 10 inch. I don't want to tear it all apart then put it back together just to order drums. Is there a standard size? Its a V8 manual brakes, thats about all I...
  8. cardudeusa

    Put a 90+ instrument cluster in an 87GT, now has a few qwirks

    Just got done, went from an 85mph cluster to a 140mph cluster, everything fit just fine and looks good. Well, now I have a few electrical problems, when I start the car the dash lights light up, when I have the key off and turn the high beams on, the fuel pump primes, when I turn the high beams...
  9. cardudeusa

    Car keeps goin through dizzy caps

    I've had this problem for a few years now where I have to replace my distribueter cap and rotor about every 6 months to a year. The inside gets all coroded and the car runs like crap. Anyone ever heard of this or had a similar problem? I keep the stock black rubber boot on there to keep out crap...
  10. cardudeusa

    Charging issues

    I tried searching, but found nothing that helped me. My battery light never comes on even when I start the car. The bulb appears to be good. I have a 3G conversion the big yellow wire has power, the white and black wire has a good connection, but I never get power to the green and red wire. Can...
  11. cardudeusa

    My new tat

    Just got this Sunday, and this pic was taken right afterwards. Tell me what yall think.
  12. cardudeusa

    T-56 Noise

    I've had this trans for about 2-3 years now with no problems. Well, the other day it started to get hard to put into 2nd and 3rd gear. I changed the fluid,went from Mobil 1 atf, to Royal Purple. The gear change problems went away. Well tonight on the way home from work I was accelerating in 2nd...
  13. cardudeusa

    Clunking from front suspension

    I have the strangest problem. When I take off from a stop I can feel a clunking in the gas pedal, if I hit a bump I can hear and feel a clunk in the floor board, also sometimes even at a stop it will clunk. If I push on the passenger side fender my car bounces really bad, but if I push on the...
  14. cardudeusa

    GT500 wheels on a fox

    I'm thinking about getting these wheels, but would like to see them on a fox first. Anyone out there have them??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8064308783&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT#ebayphotohosting
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    Power window electrical problem

    I have an 87 GT that I'm trying to sell and now all the sudden the passenger side window is acting up. Here’s the problem, window goes up no problem but it won't go down using the switch. I've done a little trouble shooting and have discovered when I press the switch up the red wire on the...
  16. cardudeusa

    New brakes now brake pedal hard as a rock.

    I installed the big brake kit for 4 lug from 50resto.com. Now it seems like there is no power brakes. This kit comes with master cyl., bigger calipers, rotors and brake lines and pads. The instructions said something about I may need to adjust the length of the power booster shaft, but will that...
  17. cardudeusa

    Alternator wiring problem

    I've been having a no charge problem, I called the maker of my 3G alternator (alterstart) and he said to check and make sure I was getting power to the yellow and green wires with the key on. Well the yellow wire has power, but the green one doesn't. I need to know how to fix this, I have a...
  18. cardudeusa

    Need help with DCC fan controller

    I had to replace the coolant temp sensor probe/ wire on my DCC controller. When I pulled the contoller off the fan I couldn't tell where the probe wire hooked on. I need to put this back together because its my girlfriends daily driver, and Brian with DCC hasn't emailed me back yet. If any one...
  19. cardudeusa

    Think I burnt up my Centerforce DF clutch

    Anyone know what the life span is suposed to be on these things? I was doing a burnout tonite and instead of smoking the tires the only thing to smoke was the clutch. I thought I was spinninig the tires until smoke poured in through the tranny tunnel, then I smelled it and got scared. I ran the...
  20. cardudeusa

    Anyone running Edelbrock 3722 cam?

    I'm in need of a cam I don't have a lot of money to spend and want something that will work well with my combo plus have a lopey idle. I can get this cam and lifter kit for $213 from work, but haven't heard any pros or cons about it. Anyone have any info or experience with it?