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  1. Red88 RICK

    vacuum canisters

    i have an 88 mustang i was rerouting old broken vac lines to go through emmisions and i noticed there are two lines going to diff canisters on the pass side fender area. does anyone know what lines are suposed to goto what. iv seen the diagram from tmoss and its helpfull but the vac comes from...
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    hesitation backfiring

    ok the otherday i installed a 255 fuelpump. it was all fine except my bro put the O-Ring on top of the tank on wrong and had a small fuel leak.i drove it with the leak for a week about it wasnt that bad, he fixed that for me and that whole night it drove fine still had power all the way. i just...
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    Trick flow top end kit problems???

    Ok so i bought the trick flow street heat top end kit. comes with all the goods heads, intake, valve covers, rockers... so i installed it and now the car runs like crap. It feels slower especially at low Rpms. When i stop it stalls usually, there is a whistleing sound that i heard has to do...
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    Thrust plate bolt size?

    Does anyone know i just broke mine and im not sure if it was the right size to begin with??? Its a 302 block
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    3.73 pinon depth...

    I have serched and searched... and nothing i have a 88 mustang i installed 3.73:1 gears in my 8.8 rear with Ford racing gears. there is no pinion depth scribed into the pinion gear... we have the tool that goes across the diff housing and you bolt on with teh caps. we installed it just by using...
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    After the MAF conversion check engine light...

    If i change over to MAF should the check engine light come on when codes are present? or do i have to do seomthing else.
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    should teh tires spin?

    If im liek moving slow around mayb 5 - 15 MPH and i mash the gas should the tires spin on my stock freshly rebuilt 5.0 its a 88 i did the MAF conversion and its pretty much stock and it dosnt really seem as fast as it should
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    clicking from rear

    When i take off from a dead stop or when im not on the gas moviing and i hit the gas not hard but not really really soft i hear this loud CLICK i also hear it when i have the car in gear (not running) if i lay down near the rear and push the car forward and back i hear it sounds liek tis comin...
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    soem codes and a no start

    OK i got code 44, 51, 67, and 94. Im not to worried about 44 or 94 i do have all my smog stuff hooked up tho should i just get rid of the pump? since it probly isnt doing anything i have a O/R H pipe but anywho recently the other day i go to start her up and it wont so i figured it was liek a...
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    2 imposrtaint question can not FIND?

    ok im fixing my exhaust leak and i figured i do a few other things to it so its a 302 bored .30 over stock mainly a few bolt ons i cannot find the sparkplug gap for her... iv looked at haynes book and everything the threads and stuff does anyone know what it is also while looking iv noticed a...
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    Timing really need help..

    ok so i have done serches but dosnt seem liek to many people have had problems like this I hook up the timing light to advance it a little to see what i can get i was told advanced timing is pretty much free HP and to much will give you a ping iv been up to like 40 degrees and still no ping...
  12. Red88 RICK

    mass air

    hey not sure if this should be a tech but its just a quick question. If im doing the massair conversion can u use the connector off the mass air meater with the wires cut and just add on some wire and does anyone know if a ford dealership would carry the pins in stock or any other parts shop...
  13. Red88 RICK

    zoom clutch cables... and routing

    I replaced my clutch cable with a junk ass autozone one that lasted about 3 days they replaced it and it lasted about 1 month it broke the other day i just bought a zoom clutch cable and quad kit from advaced auto are they good has anyone had experiences with it and does anyone have a pic of the...
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    some help for people with idle/rich/power

    ok iv been having problems with first i rebuilt my engine and then my tranny went... after i fixed it i had a surging idle i checked out the check list and it ended up being the new TPS i got new dosnt mean good... after i fixed that the surging idle went away then after that it started to run...
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    Clutch, clutch cable, tranny? idk

    :bang: my clutch worked fine then my tranny blew so i got a rebuilt tranny by a very well known guy so i put it in with a new clutch worked fine the first day then today i was down teh street i turned the car off thurned it back on and my clutch felt really wierd and it would not go into gear so...
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    HELP ME TRANNY!

    I was driving down the highway in 5th gear after a long rebuild of my engine... and i went to shift down into 4th to get the RPM's moving a little bit to break in the engine and i couldnt get it into 4th so i went back to 5th and it was fine for a minute and then sliped a little bit went back...
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    Ticking?

    Hey i just got my engine in recently and car regestered today and i broke the cam in correctly let keep it at around 2000 RPM for about 25 mins and now im driving it to break it in iv heard go on the highway to do this and iv heard not the highway go around town and get a full range of RPM . and...
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    Finishing up the build with some VAC and connectors...

    1988 302 no major mods. I am finally finishing my engine putting it in and now have no idea where any of the vaccum lines go again as i said in many threads i did not take the engine out of this car nore did i tear it down =( but i just found out today that i need a heater water suply and...
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    HOw important is the oil pan reinforcement

    THe car i got with all the LOST parts is missing yet again another part the oilpan reinforcements Left and Right sides they are $50 + and i dont really want to spend the money if i dont have to not that its liek ALOT of money just the fact that if i can just get smaller bolts i will. So how...
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    engine rebuild sensors and what not?

    I just finally got done building my engine a 302 and the engine i built i did not take apart tand it was not in the car when i bought it. So i dotn really know what all teh random threaded areas are liek the oil pan ahs a big hole in it and the intake has 4 threaded holes and a few places on...