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  1. hotstang_46

    Am I missing a line to/from radiator? updated Mod Pics

    I did a 4v conversion a bit ago and have driven the car maybe 20 miles. I pulled her out this weekend to clean her up and take her for a spin, found a dead battery so when it was out I noticed what you see in the last picture below. Certainly missing a line but wondering if it was just an...
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    Been Awhile..mybeen Awhile, My 18k 98 Gt Vert

    Just finished giving her the yearly full detail. 1998 gt vert. Bone stock except for sequential tails, window tint, and concentric wheel spacers (didn't want custom wheels but wanted them flush). And just to note, this is the first car I've ever owned I have not f`d with. The temptation is...
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    Discount Tires Took off Good Tires, Did they Damage Bead? Pics

    Had perfectly good tires took off my benz for some winter driving in chicago and thought I would defer to you guys. This was this morning at a discount tire. (both tires are damaged in a similair fashion, in one place only...but again very very similair) Are my tires screwed? These things...
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    Cleaned, Waxed, Took Some Pics

    Don't really drive her all that much but I try to was her up every other month. Just finished her up and decided to take some new pics. Nothing special but thought I'd share...... and i guess now that I'm seeing them they cam out kinda crappy. WTF...I just bought this camera..lol
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    I just bought Projectors, I hope they don't look Terrible

    So you guys probably know my thread, I just picked up another stang, a 98 vert. Lighting has to be changed, stock sucks. I thought about a retrofit but the stock lens isn't clear anyways so it would be a no go. I dislike halos and all the other little lights they put in the aftermarket ones...
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    So Excited, I'm Welcoming a New Family Membery. She's red

    So real brief story. My wife's bmw vert was hit by a 90 year old man in a rental car. It's totaled. She at first resisted but I finally was able to talk her into a mustang convertible to replace it, as it is more practical than the z3 she previously drove. So I began searching. I'm perpetually...
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    Before I complain, Is my terminology correct on this part?

    My car had smoke coming out of the engine bay and strange enough it was idle pulley that bolts to the block, bearings went bad. Though not that strange I suppose because the car is 12 years old and it's first few years lived in salt.......so anyway I ordered an "idle" pulley from a shop...
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    Considering 315 size Nitto NT-05's? Look At Pic Inside.

    So I got these mounted and have been a little dissapointed by how they bulge on the rim. I have 18x10's. I've owned other 315's before, RSII's right before these and have not had bulge. Nitto's usually run narrow so this surprised me. From a traction standpoint I'm very very pleased, and that's...
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    Share a few pics, quick vid..Nothing special

    Just thought I'd share. cruised up the coast this weekend and got a quick vid. Nothing special but just thought I'd share. And here's a quick pic, sorry for my mug in the way of the pic with the car. http://youtu.be/FQGxiK7QuIo http://youtu.be/FQGxiK7QuIo
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    Stoked.....RR Intake just came in .. Pics

    What a score to find one of these. I was super lucky and got a great deal to boot. I was on the hunt for one to replace my slowly leaking stocker. Dont' know if I'll see any difference but I am running 12lbs with vt stge II's and Patriots so I definately have an upper end bias right now. I...
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    Well....470hp Block Is Still Going Strong

    I feel like a complete noob even posting this. I have never in my life had this happen so when I felt the rear end just start locking up I just assumed it was toast. The huge mistake I made was not popping the hood and checking things out b4 the tow. The highway was busy, the shoulder was...
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    470rwhp...Stock Block Finally Went

    or so I think..... A blue charger rt was coming up behind me before an on ramp to the highway. It was a 360 turn on ramp, 2 lanes wide. I let the guy pass me in his lane and then I blew his doors off. I then slowed to let him catch up for maybe just a quick romp on the gas.....When I shifted...
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    Car Is Going For Clear Bra Today

    First time will have had a clear bra on the car. We're doing the mirrors, front bumper, lower part of hood, and on the back of the car where the tires can kick up rocks on the body. Anyone have any special tips or anything on for care? In initial conversations the shop said you just wax it...
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    I thought MagnaPacks are Loud !?!?! ummmm no

    Sorry for so many threads recently guys, just alot of stuff goin down... I mounted the magnapacks and expected them to be loud. Not even close. They are much quieter than my flow 40's were. I'm dissapointed with the volume level. Do these things get alot louder after a break in of a few...
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    Gosh Darn It...Wife is starting to get Mad Now!

    Let me premise by saying my wife has never been the biggest fan of my high school car and all that I have been through with it. She prefers our other cars when we go out for a sunday drive or something. (I guess they're not noisy and don't stink like the stang....her words :D) So as if I...
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    Need guys Who've Heard Alot Of Exhausts Combo's

    I was working on my brakes and found my 10 year old flow master weld in's rusted through where they clamp to the stock catback. It's a very small hole but it's there, and with the rest of the exhaust being brand new I should get a new catback. I want to switch up the sound a little. I have...
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    Paint, Saleen Kit...DONE!!

    Car Looks great, here are the pics....... 8 piston front brakes arrived today too, they are the largest calipers I have ever seen. I will snap some pics in a little while and revive that thread.
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    Coolant passage with hex head screw, Back Of Head?

    I have had a small persistent coolant leak from the back of my head. Isn't there a small hex head screw in the back of the head that plugs that hole? :nice:
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    Got My Car Back, New Paint, Saleen Kit, Etc

    I just had to post, I'm excited. I'm sorry that I don't have pics right now but I'm picking up my car from the shop today and will post pics later. I'm having a saleen kit with wing put on. I was going to do a cobra hood but still really like my stock hood, so I decided to have a xenon hood...
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    Should go 4v or stay 2v?

    Ok, so....... when I get my brakes and body mods done within the next month or so I think I'm going to turn back to some power stuff. My goal is probably going to be around 650 to 700 rwhp. I think any more than that is useless on the street. But more importantly I want some grunt. Jumping...