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    Car Has Been Sitting 3 Years

    I came back from overseas finally. Car was in care of someone who died, so after the first year, no more engine starts, and the car sat undriven for two years. Before I left it had a full synthetic change, coolant. Car has a full tank of gas I added an entire bottle of sta-bil to. Trying to...
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    Went into pothole, engine damage need advice

    I am driving home and go into a massive pothole at 35mph as I am shifting. I thought I had bent my drive shaft, but no, with my luck I spun a bearing somehow. I am surprised the tire didn't blow up on me, the pot hole was so bad. I have no ability to work on this car myself, I am technically...
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    Thinking Of Pulling My 4v For A Big Block

    460 na or similar? I'm open to opinions. Some say 427.
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    Thinking Of Pulling My 4v For A Big Block

    I was thinking as I'd need a complete rebuild and turbo kit it would be far easier and cheaper to get the power I want by going big block.
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    Can Someone Identify This Mustang?!

    I hope it's just some aftermarket nonsense.
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    Help!! Changed Clutch, Now Stalls And Idles Up And Down

    If it's dying so soon after starting the engine / low rpm I would start out checking all the vac lines. The tubing is probably old and cracking by now.
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    A conflict of the soul and my 96 cobra.

    I was seafoaming my car today because it's been throwing some lean codes. I started thinking about what lies ahead. My car is worth about $5000. I will need timing belt kit at 100K $300 + labor Valves springs soon $400 + labor I have been having IMRC issues, and smog pump issues. $90...
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    97 Cobra with a Broken Timing Chain

    I would say it's a money pit. I should know, I have a 96. You'll need all kinds of parts to keep it running, part that are hard to get.Imrc parts, everything falling apart at this age, to a new clutch and a T-45 rebuilding. I've spent thousands on maintenance on mine and it's not a tiny bit...
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    Oil cooler blew out, and ford doesn't have them anymore!

    So the inside there's some o-rings that are bad, I can't get them from the dealer. A new cooler is something silly like $330. I need a rebuild for the cooler internals (there's a cartridge thing with the rings) or some other solution.
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    So, who else blew apart all of their bushings on MAC upper / lower control arms

    Personal experience: Bad bushings, and bent arm. Don't get em.
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    Oil cooler blew out, and ford doesn't have them anymore!

    Looks like for some reason there was a hole in it. Welded and it's fine now. unrelated, my control arm is bent. So much for tubular arms...
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    Oil cooler blew out, and ford doesn't have them anymore!

    Any ideas? 96 cobra. My business is slow right now, so I can't blow $400 on something crazy. Ideas?
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    Heater Hose/Tube Question

    I need pics of that panoz! Dream car of mine
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    Widen 96 cobra wheels 17x9 or 17x9.5 front?

    96 cobra oem wheels 17x8 Front widen to 17x9 or 17x9.5? Rear widen to 17x11 , 17x11.5 or 17x12 on your advice? (1 inch spacer on the 12)
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    Best Clutch choice?

    King Cobra. You should inspect your timing chains too.
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    1998 cobra clutch noise(video)

    Sounds like the fork is hitting the clutch cable cover. See if it's loose or bent from hitting something.
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    Finally going for cams in my 96 cobra, any advice?

    I have a 96 mystic with all bolt-ons. Now I'm thinking of doing cams, and maybe porting while the heads are off. comp cams are good in the 96-98 or another brand? Porting. Should I bother getting it done? Would it be a big improvement? 10hp is not worth spending $800, so it would have...
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    Nasty Rear End vibration in 03 Cobra, no one can help me!!!

    Is it constant or only under acceleration?
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    Will 99 cobra long tubes bolt up to a 96 cobra?

    The smog pump injects air into the exhaust so anything in there burns up in the cats, right? I don't have that on my car anymore so I don't think it'll be an issue.