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  1. fivespeedsteed

    Help With Vacuum Lines

    im working on buttoning up my hci swap, and i need some help with vacuum lines ive deleted the egr and smog pump, so the rubber connector over by the throttle body coming out of the passenger fender apron has 4 vac hoses coming out of it, one went to the egr valve so im going to cap that, then...
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    Valve Cover Clearance With Pedestal-stud Conversion And Rrs

    i have a crane cams pedestal - stud conversion kit and crane 1.6 roller rockers on my car, and had to do major clearancing on the baffle on the passenger side to clear the roller rocker, and im now concerned with oil getting thrown up into the vent to the throttle body. does anyone have any...
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    Questions About Valve Cover Breather, And Coolant Overflow Bottle

    almost done with my hci swap and have a few questions the breather hose that goes from the valve cover to the throttle body, is that necessary or can it be capped off at both ends. I do have a pcv valve and all in place, but have read about the motor maybe needing air from that fitting. is this...
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    Valve Cover Breather, And Egr Spacer Questions

    have two questions. i had to cut the baffle out of the bottom of my stock valve covers, where the oil fill is, so it would clear my roller rockers, so im thinking oil will be shot up to the breather fitting. can i cap that off and not worry about it or should i do something like this...
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    How To Clean Up Starter Solenoid Wiring. Going To Starter Mounted

    so im in the middle of my motor rebuild and im switching to a pa performance starter with a solenoid on the starter. the instructions say to move the wires to the same side then run the trigger wire, but since im planning on cleaning up the bay really well, and painting it, do you know of a...
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    Sn95 Rear Axle Swap Questions

    have a 90 gt, with 94-95 front 5 lug setup (gt/v6 calipers and hoses and all) and ranger rear axles and drums. my rear axle has 2.73 gears, the trac loc dosent work, and its got a bolt broken off in the housing for one of the cover bolts. id like the width to match the front, and im planning on...
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    Go Over My Motor Parts List Please

    had a clutch cable snap recently, i think it was due to oil getting all over it. so its time to focus on this motor of mine. ive got gt40p heads off an explorer (i pulled these off an explorer so were going to go with not shaved any. i will probably do light porting to the exhaust side with a...
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    Need Help Deciding What To Do With Car. Opinions Wanted.

    Im having a tough time figuring out what to do here, id like some opinions from you guys. help me out. Ive been daily driving my mustang (not in snow or heavy rain) for a year or so now, and before that it sat for about 6 months, and i was driving it frequently before that period. reason being...
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    Fox Where To Find Front Impact Absorber

    Looking for a front impact absorber. The one that goes behind the bumper reinforcement and mounts to the radiator support. At one time i could find these online, on some websites, but can't find them anymore. I work at a ford dealer, and they are obsolete through ford. Any ideas? An ebay one...
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    Trade Or Buy /sell Bbk Catted X Pipe

    I have a catted bbk x pipe im looking to either sell it or trade for an pipe. Catted or no cats. No stock ones I mean an aftermarket one with cats. Can't be hacked up or anything I want it to be in good shape. I have a bootleg off road h pipe that's been cut in the center and clamped together...
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    Engine Radiator Recommendations And A Question

    So my radiator is slowly leaking and its clogged up once on me. I know some people have used the cheap 3 row ebay ones but wasn't sure if anyone knew which one they bought. I don't see any reviews. If none of them are trust worthy then ill get a mishimoto. If I do a mishimoto or any old...
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    Question on filler neck gasket not the one at the tank

    So I need advice. My filler neck gasket on the other end of the tank is leaking. Its where the neck goes through the car where you put gas in. When I'm filling it and it fills up and the pump shuts off I get some fuel that comes between the plastic and the metal surround that you put fuel in...
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    gt40p head junkyard questions

    so im going to go to the junkyard here soon and get some gt40 heads. my car is a great running one, 114k on the clock, dosent miss a beat, but leaks. the oil pan gasket is pushing out, rear main leaking (obviously) valve covers, ect. so the idea is to pull the motor, tear it down to a short...
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    Electrical 3g alt interchange cars

    So most write ups say to get an alternator off a 94 95 5.0 mustang but when I look up a 94 95 3.8 its the same part number. Does one fit better than the other? I know search for it, but the Taurus ones don't fit the same right? I'm also going to post the wiring I do have to see if i have...
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    best muffler options with shorties and h pipe with high flow cats

    right now i have stock headers, an off road h pope that doesn't fit worth a darn, and a flowmaster catback with 3 chamber flows in it. it sounds okay, id like a little more volume if anything. im getting ready to go to a bbk catted h pipe which has two high flow cats in it. im going to start...
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    another pi swap question, cant find cause of a misfire

    so this is for 94gtho first and foremost, car is a 96 gt mustang with 120k on it. offroad x pipe, catback, ect, and a cop plug conversion, so there is not 2 coils and wires, its got the 8 cop conversion with the wiring harness you buy off the guy on corral car was running great, no missfires...
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    good gt40p head reading, couple questions.

    was piddling around at the junkyard the other day, saw that a set of heads would probably set me back 80 dollars or so. where can i find some good reading on all the stuff thats required for the swap, as well as what cars i should be looking for as candidates to pull the heads off of , ie...
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    wont start, check oil light question.

    time to stop being productive. jacked the car up after driving it for almost an hour this morning, started fine all morning, jacked it up to bleed power steering, wont start. fuel pump primes, lights come on, i get nothing when you go to start. the check oil light lights up, and i dont remember...
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    Has anyone out there fixed their quarter window moulding while its on the car?

    Anyone done it? Just tape everything off really well, spray high build primer, sand it down, do that again, then do trim paint? Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk
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    good reading on upgrading stock headlight wiring or 9007 conversion

    ive heard that the 9007 bulb is a much better beam than a 9004, and i dont like HID's. i have melted a multifunction switch before from running my lows and fogs all the time so i know something has to be done to the wiring to hold the extra voltage of the 9007. all you do is switch the wires...