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  1. 95gtdude

    Well it turns out.....

    ...that my problems are more serious then a timing issue. here is the problem.... As I drive her the accelerationa is a little bit sluggish but not too bad, but as I come to a cruising speed the power bogs down and then the motor "chugs" (as if you changed gears to soon and you get the chugging)...
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    Timing qeustion

    I recently had to take off my lower manifold to fix an oil leak from both the front a rear gaskets which resulted in taking out the distrib. it's all back together now but not running like it should. So I adjusted the timing and was wondering what is the best timing setting I should go with? I...
  3. 95gtdude

    Alaska bound!

    Hey guys and gals, The Air Force is sending me to Alaska (I not complaining trust me!) and I need to winterize my beast for the hard winters! I have to be up there by the end of Feb and the stang is going to be shipped up there. Any body know what I need to winterize it as far as block heaters...
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    two qeustions

    two questions 1. What computer goes with a 347 stroker? 2. Since I got my rear gears done a few months ago I get a really hard "THUD" when ever I hit a dip in the road going at speed limit. It seems to be isolated to the RT rear. could the guy have screwed something up? I took the wheel off...
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    Vacuum questions

    I put a Vacuum gage on the beast today and it ran at 11 inches Hg. now from what I've been told that is way too low. I took the PCV out and pluged it up and unpluged to see if it would change the vacuum and it wasn't that much of a change. Does any body know where it is suppose to run exactly...
  6. 95gtdude

    KNOCKING after cam install!

    :nonono: Ok everytime I do something to this car it goes to $h!t!!! Ok I install the TFS1 Cam last night and now the engine KNOCKS really bad and it picks up with throttle. Does anybody have any suggestions?
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    torque specs on rocker arm studs?

    Any body know what the torque specs are on the Trick Flow Rocker arms for the Twisted Wedge Heads? I'm putting the Engine back together after installing the Cam!
  8. 95gtdude

    CAM retaining plate

    I'm finally going to put in my TFS stage 1 Cam but the instructions that came with it (in the top end kit) said I needed to machine the retaining plate. is there anything eles I need to do?
  9. 95gtdude

    Speedo off after gear install

    Hey guys and gals I know this question has been asked before but I was wondering I just got my 3:73 gears put in this week and I know I need to do something with the speedo being off (about 10MPH) is there any instructions on how to change the speedo gear on a manual tranny?
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    Fan not working

    Hey guys while I went to work last night. My wife and best friend took my car to get my 3:73's put in and they told me that it was overheating bad! and the guy that was going to work on it said that the fan wasn't working. I heard of a recall that had something to do with the fan but not sure...
  11. 95gtdude

    lack of power

    Has anyone experienced a lack of power and fuel mileage after mods? I am! I got more power out of my stock set up then with the set up I have now!!! and the gas mileage did suck bad ( about 150 mile to the TANK!!!!) but it seems better now that I changed the plugs. Power is still lacking bad...
  12. 95gtdude

    Oil pressure flux

    What causes Oil pressure to flux? Oil Level is good (right at the full mark). It reads high but still in the normal range but when ever I put torgue on the engine it'll go into the high range for a few seconds andthen come back down into the "high normal" range. Gauge doesn't really move with...
  13. 95gtdude

    I have about HAD IT!!!!

    I cannot for the life of me figure out what the hell is up with my car!!! I changed the heads, intake and put new fuel injectors in (stock 19lbs), put a 70MM throttle body in and the car runs like POO It won't start right of the bat. it struggles to get up to idle and when it does you can't push...
  14. 95gtdude

    ENGINE PROBS AFTER MODS!! HELP!!!

    I changed my heads, intake and headers last week and when I start it i get a backfire and a low idle. I checked and rechecked the plugs and wires and they are in the right order. Timing seems to be right on. I pulled the upper manifold again and saw that #5 is the suspected backfire. Not sure if...
  15. 95gtdude

    brake changes

    Hi all, So there I was changing my brakes up a little bit. I am replacing my stock rotors with drilled and slotted rotors on my 95' GT with the 10 anniversary Bullitt front calipers (from summitt). Well I ran into a problem with the banjo bolts from my stock brakes hose not fitting into the...
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    Front brake changes

    Hi all, So there I was changing my brakes up a little bit. I am replacing my stock rotors with drilled and slotted rotors on my 95' GT with the 10 anniversary Bullitt front calipers (from summitt). Well I ran into a problem with the banjo bolts from my stock brakes hose not fitting into the...
  17. 95gtdude

    Weather stripping

    Hey Guys Does anybody know how I can get the rain seal that goes around the drivers side back window. The Bracket that it is glued too on mine seems to have rusted away to nothing so the rain seal just flaps in the wind when I'm driving. Lucky for me the rust has not yet gotten on the car body...
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    engine problems

    Hey everyone, I have a problem. It seems that a friend of mine, who knows a hellava lot about engines has told me that I possibly have a valve train problem. So my question is can it be fixed or should I start looking for another engine? I have put so much TLC into this car I would hate to have...
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    throttle body trouble

    :bang: I am having a throttle issue right now. I was having a problem with a low/rough idle so a buddy and I took the throttl body off and cleaned it out with some carb cleaner and put the throttle body back together and started the car...well the low/rough idle was solved with a high idle...
  20. 95gtdude

    intake manifold ?'s

    Hey All I'm pretty new to this forum. I am thinking of getting an intake manifold for the ol stang, I was thinking of a Typhoon EFI intake manifold with a 70mm throttle body and a cold air intake. My Question is what all do I need to do to put it all together? Do I have to bore out my heads to...