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  1. dderek

    Mechanical Oil PSI guage... stainless line? help?

    If anybody has bought a mechanical oil pressure guage, they know of that stupid clear line that comes with the kit, nylon or whatever it is. anyways, that has melted on me before, squirting all over my headers.. so, id like to use stainless steel braided line.. although im unaware of what...
  2. dderek

    Are the TAD/TAB vacuum solenoids NEEDED?

    I no longer have cats, or a smog pump.. going to keep the EGR. i have a twEECer so i can disable whatever is needed in the computer. if i just leave the 2 harnesses unplugged and hanging, and cap off the vacuum lines that are needed will everything be fine? also, my car had the vapor...
  3. dderek

    MAC Prochamber & Longtube problems!

    WHY THE HELL DOESNT THIS FIT? I already modified my prochamber so i cant send it back, i ordered this stuff ages ago and never had time to swap out my bad motor and check this stuff. so i have no part numbers or invoices or anything. and theres no part number stamped on the prochamber...
  4. dderek

    Questions About Vacuum Tree

    rebuilding my car at the moment, it has no egr, and no a/c. the only vacuum lines that got actually used were the red, and green tubes. Im wondering if i can just remove the other section and just plug the tube? or will it cause a problem? because thats 2 harnesses that arnet plugged in...
  5. dderek

    Help Wiring relays please.

    I'm trying to wire up my electric water pump to automatically turn on with the car, and when the car is off.. it will turn on if i hit my ashtray switch. My car is all in pieces so i cant just do it and test it. I called mezuirres hotline just to ask where a good key on wire was and he...
  6. dderek

    Want to get deep dish bullitts.. where to order? what fits?

    Saw a red hatchback a while ago.. looked just like mine. had chrome deep dish bullitts.. i think 18" ive wanted them ever since, and im going 5 lug now. But i heard ford was causing alot of companies to stop making them. I see 50resto.com still sells some. I see a few sellers with them on...
  7. dderek

    different fox coupe rear seats? 96+? 02+?

    ok ive seen how easy it is to swap front seats out to almost any year except 05+ but do the back coupe seats swap just as easily to match? and how do the different years fit? i saw one post that said one swap, forget which year left weird gaps? anybody have pictures? i dont want to...
  8. dderek

    are all 8.8 rears the same? looking to buy another

    once my car is running ill be needing stronger axles and rear. guy has one for sale with aftermarket axles, brakes, gears etc etc. but are all 8.8s the same length to fit in my '90 fox? is there something i should check when i look at it?
  9. dderek

    where to plumb my purge kit?

    installing nitrous on my car during my long long rebuild. purge solenoid will be passenger side engine bay somewhere.. not sure where to route my purge tube. maybe near the windshield nozzles? cant think of anything cool, or unique:shrug: what have you guys done?
  10. dderek

    flat black coupes

    anybody ever seen one this way? looks real nice on high end cars . but some cars it just looks cheap and stupid:shrug: i have to see it to decide,
  11. dderek

    how much you think my coupe is worth?

    These kinds of threads are not allowed. Please post in the Classified forums.
  12. dderek

    Strange acceleration problem..

    i found a sweet '93 coupe with a n/a 4 banger in it.. picked it up pretty cheap noticed the problem but bought it anyway planned a motor swap, but now that i cant afford 15mpg in my truck id like to drive it. what kinda milage do these things get anyway? Ok, car is a 5 speed. when its...
  13. dderek

    Need help wiring electric water pump!

    Doing a major rebuild on my car. brand new 347. redoing ALL the wiring. Old motor melted down due to the water pump not running (i wasnt driving). 100% driver fault.. not the water pump itself.. never got switched on. Anyways I Had the water pump wired to my switch panel in my ashtray, i...
  14. dderek

    My wonderful adventure with Canton Racing Products.

    Well, I haven't been posting here too much lately. I've been really busy. But, I feel this needs to be shown to the rest of you. Backstory: The stock 302 in my hatchback went to crap, due to the water pump. So, I bought a 347 from CHP. I have been doing the swap myself. Upgrading as much...
  15. dderek

    Canton windage tray wont fit the 347?

    Tried to start assembling the bottom of the motor today. Put the mounting kit on the 2 and 4 caps. put the windage tray on the studs, (holes kinda off center from stud locations:nono: ) but anyways. the rod bolts hit the tray. So i was thinking about going to a hardware store and...
  16. dderek

    Show me your nitrous setup

    Never saw a thread on this. Just got a kit myself, and wondering where i can mount this flamboyant orange scuba tank looking thing in my hatchback. Its too huge to hide, and i really dont want it in plain sight. i guess thats just an excuse to get 5% tint all around So show me where...
  17. dderek

    This makes absolutely NO sense to me. Headgasket Q???

    OK, drove out to where my car is being stored right now, to bolt on my twisted wedge heads with the new springs for my new custom cam, woo. THEN, i notice i left my torque wrench sitting at home. So, im sitting there staring at the motor and i notice the coolant passages on the gaskets are...
  18. dderek

    Best 1/4 time with a stock block??

    Im curious what people have done with stock blocked motors. Dont care if its a 302, 306, 331, 347. WHATEVER, just no 351w based ones ;) N/A, Nitrous, S/C, Turbo.. anything Street trim, gutted car. drag car.. etc as long as the block is a stocker. I havent seen this discussed before, so go at it
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    anybody have a carfax? need a vin within the hour please

    otherwise i gotta fork out $25 for nothing VIN Number: 2ftrx07l8ycb11743 Thanks
  20. dderek

    What happens when Stevie Wonder wires your foxbody?

    That, or somebody with a double digit IQ.. Figured id clean up some wiring while my motor was out, thank god i started on it. FOUR WIRES SPLICED INTO ONE..... FOR WHAT REASON? Awesome way to ground 4 wires, A few were hardly touching. Tons of other pointless things, and...