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  1. Ranchero5.0

    Renewing From Md

    Been away for a few years, ever since the old grey and yellow forums, finally showed back up after the local Ford dealer says I can get in a new GT for $550 a month. I'm seriously considering it although some of the other toys will have to go. Sticker for the one I'm looking at...
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    Best N/A tq + hp tips and tricks, do tell all

    In the boat (naturally) looking at tips and tricks to build a mean NA motor with enough torque below 3000 to get it on plane, rpm limit it 6k with a max cruise of 5600rpm. I have a couple of D port motors on the way, one will get dropped in for the rest of the season, the other to be built over...
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    Figured out how to kill a 2.3

    In my boat (see other thread). Took it out on the water last Friday and it was 'ok' for about the first half mile, then it started to miss a little and would only rev to 4200rpm (@40mph). Another mile and it was missing a good bit, finally slid the engine cover back to see if anything obvious...
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    New toy... Sunbird 170 with a 2.3

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4561003565&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1 It's a boat, 17' bowrider with a OMC cobra 2.3l carb motor I/O setup. Bid on it and the reserve never hit so I emailed the guy and I'm getting it for $3000. Not a spoof or scam (though I did...
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    'Friend' broke the plastic end off the pressure line at the fuel tank... Help!

    It's his car and the rubber gasket at the fuel pump squeezed out when I reinstalled it last year, finally got to fix it. He wanted to drop the tank to show me that he was trustworthy and able and because I was just too busy at work. After I fixxed the gasket this morning after work he was...
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    O2 heater fusible link repair.

    Some pix for 1993ssp and anyone else who may need them to locate the o2 heater fusible link in the factory harness'. On the early cars it's buried in the loom, but Ford taped them on the outside of the harness in my '93 and others may be the same. In my case since I hate fusible links I...
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    Duraspark woes in a '85 GT, need help bad.

    It's eating boxes. Been returning a friends ex racer '85 GT into a street car. He bought it as a roller with the mechanicals scattered and the wiring hacked dang near everywhere. To repair the wiring I swiped a duraspark harness out of a ex U haul F350 and spliced it in remembering the old...
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    MAC Caster / Camber Plate and Steeda front coil spring spacer plate install

    Finally got around to installing the MAC caster camber plates in the '93 today. Complete PITA sums it up at best. I chose the MAC's over the Steeda setup just to keep away from the solid bearing NVH issues. No instructions made a fun start. Mocked it up and measured everything and as...
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    Dyno disaster at Carlisle (well dang near)

    Decided to dyno the '93 last Saturday at the Ford show. Felt pretty good about it, third time on the roller for the old girl and felt it would run pretty good with the catted H pipe vs the old X pipe I made. The H feels a whole lot stronger vs the X. Anyway, sitting next to the dyno is a...
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    New CD Player (Is tech)

    This ones for the cheap SOB's and big fingered guys that hate the small aftermarket player buttons. I finally replaced the factory cassette in my '93 with a Ford CD player that probally came from an Explorer (same as the cd player in my '92 exploder) It came from eBay for $50 shipped and was...
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    Finally getting results from garage theft

    For those who have been around long enough, remember way back in April when my garage got broken into? Finally had my day in court. Didn't get the rip that stole the stuff, but the Judge locked away the girl that sold the parts. Way back when I was remodelling my downstairs of the house I...
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    Help with radiator sizing. (Summit aluminum)

    Summit has a sale on their 2 core aluminum radiators now ($14 off the 31" wide radiator). I measured my Modine 3 core and it's 30.75" wide. Summit's fox body spec radiator measures 28.75 x 18, but it $299 vs $140 for the universal fit. Has anyone tried this setup and what size did you end up...
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    Dang theives, parts stolen... and recovered

    Well, at least some of them came back. Friends been snooping all over this town of 150k looking under hoods for my parts. Today at 4pm I got the call 'Hey dude, I just saw your headers' and off I went. There they were, BBK shorties with the stud welded on #6 primary for the dipstick to bolt...
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    Got robbed... Dang theives

    Been busting my hump lately trying to remodel the downstairs of my house so I haven't been in the garage too much the last couple weeks. Was outside the garage cleaning up my junk piles and I noticed my stainless pipe pile was moved around. Noticed immediately that the 3" magnaflow stainless...
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    Pulled a new Z06 today and a little tech

    :nice: Coming home from work tonight northbound on I81 had a new GT vert wanted to race, dropped her into fourth and left him sitting and then a few minutes later a bright red Z06 came up on me hard as I was getting on eastbound I70. He darted around me and about stopped in the slow lane...
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    About to cry over my heads

    I'm having problems with the shop I use over my dang near new AFR 185's. Lost the head gaskets (detonation under boost) before Christmas and took them out to show him the gaskets. He popped the heads out of the truck and said he'd need to go over them to make sure they didn't get warped etc...
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    Car won't stay in closed loop, getting my but kicked

    A little history... Car ran fine until I tore it down over Xmas except it blew the head gaskets all over the place. Found the exhaust valves got in a fight with the pistons because AFR didn't hone the guides right when new. Fixed that and put it back together after finishing the port work on...
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    Anyone try to put a din and a half factory radio in a fox yet?

    Got the idea from my dad's '03 F250 CD changer radio setup. Looks nice, has the big buttons, and is factory. They go on eBay for under $180 all day long and I'm thinking about putting one in the '93. Not sure about fit issues because the bottom of the new style radios had the deep section and...
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    New tires on the '93... and they hook !!

    Just got rid of the 255/50ZR16 cobras that were on the '93 and would break loose in third at 3500rpm and put a set of ultra cheap Fulda's 245/50ZR16's with a tire wear rating of 140. That means I'll change them out around next winter when the treads gone. They are about like the futuras that...
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