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    Should I get an 07 Hayabusa?

    +1 I dont mean any offense man, but i dont reccomend a busa for you with only 8 months experience. 250 was a great bike to start on, id move up to a 600ss, the liter+ bikes are animals
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    piston to valve clearance

    with dish pistons and just a tfstage1 cam, you should have alot of clearance, so that doesent surprise me at all, go on with assembly your good =]
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    gas mileage revisited

    no, your overinflating them, that rating is the max pressure for that tire, how does that translate into what you should use??? it doesent how did (example) bridgestone know every single (example) Expedia S-01 sold would go to a mustang with your vehicle weight/suspension so they could brand...
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    dyno numbers--Suggestions??

    +1 i wouldnt go back to that shop, if they dont know very basic head theory id never trust them tuning my car also there dyno could be out of calibration, they could have not used SAE correction, or used alot of smoothing, all of which can add up to low numbers
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    checking piston to valve clearance

    you cant use clay without takeing the heads off there is one way to do it but not really feasable with the engine in car, easier to pull the heads but you can use compressed air to pressureise the cylinder, replace valve spring with a light spring, use a dial indicator on the valve and...
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    mexicano block!!

    all 85(i beleive it started) and up 302's are factory roller blocks, anything earlier needs to either have the block tapped/retrofit kit used/or link style lifters in order to use roller lifters hyd roller lifters are the only thing i'll ever put on a street car
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    What paint gun do you guys recomend for a beginner?

    devilbliss or sata dont scimp on a gun, only buy the best or your throwing away money also buy a seperate gun for primer, this one can be a junker 50$ gun, sence your blocking it out anyway
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    Inexpensive after market...

    i gotta replace everything on my fox to, only i wish i was makeing 10$ an hour lol hate living in a town rarely found on maps :bang:
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    BHP vs. HP

    has nothing to do with british ratings its power at the driveshaft/hubs/wheels heres definiton brake horsepower n. Abbr. bhp or b.hp. The actual or useful horsepower of an engine, usually determined from the force exerted on a friction brake or dynamometer connected to the drive shaft.
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    High Idle When Hot

    did you check tps voltage?
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    msd ignition....power gains?

    air is high resistance to electricity, more air more resistance/harder to jump, if you have high compression or boost air is denser, and you'll need an upgraded ignition to handle it. mild upgrades like low boost slightly higher compression most guys just lower the plug gap to compensate if...
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    Need help, newly swapped 5.0 jerks and bucks

    did you buy new motor mounts for the swap? id start there, if not idk
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    iridum plugs

    platinum and iridium have a much higherelectrical resistance and take more voltage to fire, older ignition systems like those in our foxes, simply dont produce enough to fire them well (unless you have msd or something) if you do use them, they will generally cause missing, and have a limited...
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    Electrical problems

    the core charge you have to pay, its reimbersed once you send the old alternator back to them as for the higher capacity alternators, thats not necessary unless you need the extra current for big stereos, tv's, w/e just the stock replacement
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    changeing motor

    any place you recomend for a forged shortblock?
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    changeing motor

    he said the rings were bad, its got quite a few miles on it, and ive seen him around town beating the piss out of it all i know for sure is it smokes, its cheap and i want it :D
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    changeing motor

    well, i found a 98 gt for cheap, motors bad, thinking of picking it up, buying a crate motor from a 99-04 to drop in it i'm pretty sure i'll need the ecu/harness from a 99-04, anything else? don't want to buy/not buy anything i need when im putting it in :SNSign: