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    Different Heads Question?!?!?

    I have a 85 GT with a 302 out of a 89 crown vic (cop car) It recently overheated and i warped the stock heads. I was wondering if i could put the stock heads off of my 85 302 HO on to this 89 302?? i had heads off of the 85 motor machined a couple months ago, and i don't really have the money...
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    HELP, Dead cylinder, has spark and compression. HELP!

    Ok, so i bought a pair of thumper ported GT40's and put them on this week. The car will run, but not well, if you pull the #3 plug wire off, it runs exactly the same. If you pull the spark plug out of the hole and ground it to the intake, it sparks a nice fat spark.... i then of course ran...
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    85 GT FI to Carb conversion overheating help

    Well we got finished converting a buddies 85 TBI GT to carb today, the fuel pump is fine and all that but it is overheating. I was told that it could be the computer advancing the heck of the timing because it is confused with no 02's and no injector information etc but i dont want to waste...
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    New drag suspension giving me hop

    i havent had it to the track yet as i just finished the suspension yesterday but i cannot get my tires to give me any spin on the street, my whole rear hops instead of the tires giving. Im thinking its lifting too much but i cant figure out why. I have tubular control arms, moroso drag springs...
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    HELP carbed stang not getting... Fuel??

    i was driving in the rain up a hill in 5th when the car bucked pretty bad and then as soon as i pushed the clutch in the car died. Its been about a week since then, everything is dried out and still it wont start. has spark at all the plugs, after i replaced the dist. pickup coil thinking it...
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    Centrifugal SC on a carbed fox

    Other than the SC kit and a blow through carb, and the plumbing what else will i need? about what size FP for running around 9lbs of boost, also can i change the pulley on the powerdyne 6psi kit to get 9psi? Also what size carb would be about right? maybe a 750? just getting a feeler for cost...
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    Carburetor Question

    OK so im running the car in my sig and as it says, i cant get the back two barrels to open up. It should be a vacuum secondary, its a holley 600 4bbl, but the vacuum never activates the secondaries. even when you move them yourself as you increase the throttle no gas flows through them. How...
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    New car, spark problems MSD 6al

    just bought a car and on the way back it started bucking and then i pulled over, shut it off and it wont start again. Carbed, msd 6 al ignition box, msd coil, i dont believe there is a computer in the car. It was pouring rain when it happened so i imagine the msd box couldve gotten wet, but it...
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    4 cylinder t5 pilot bearing

    first where do i get one, second is the bearing itself bigger or does the whole housing that goes into the assend of the crank need to be replaced. I got the bearing itself out but not the housing and need to know if i need to get the housing itself out or if the 4 cyl just uses a bigger...
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    BBk Clutch cable only lasted 11 months????

    So i melted my old clutch cable with my headers when i did them so i bought a 100 dollar bbk adj. cable and it lasted me 11 months and now it snapped tonite about 4 inches from where it attaches to the quadrant. I bent the mount near the headers so the cable wouldnt melt again and i cant figure...
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    How to identify T5 without tag

    ok so my shop teacher had a t5 layin around that he let me HAVE. Yes i know im lucky, but i dont know if its a 4cyl or an 8cylinder t5 or if it even came out a mustang. Ive had my t5 out of my car a few times and this one doesnt look any different (as in the input shaft looks the same has the...
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    Venom 400 control module... does it work?

    Anyone ever use one of these? i dont have a chip or anything right now so is this thing worth the 299$ (summitracing) again its the venom control module. ive seen it in summit, not sure where else sells it. thanks in advance
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    In need of t5 fifth driven gear please help

    Anyone have an extra fifth driven gear (the smallest gear that goes outside of the main case in the tailhousing on the mainshaft) for a W/C t5 out of an 89 5.0 with the fifth gear ratio being .68 ( i believe...) IF anyone has this part anywhere near northeast ohio and is willing to part with...
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    I need a Machine Shop in NE ohio

    Anyone know of a good, reputable shop to get my cylinder heads worked near cleveland or akron? anywhere within an hour would do. Im gonna need them tanked, magnafluxed, decked, maybe a little port work. Thanks.
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    4 cyl t5 questions

    Is the 4 cyl t5 a world class, meaning having the better blocking rings, also will it bolt directly behind my 8 cyl t5 bellhousing and KC clutch? i understand its gonna be a gamble if it will last or not, i just need something that doesnt grind becuase i rebuilt my t5 and it still isnt 100% ( i...
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    Head Machining $$$?/ Rocker Shims

    Im looking to get my heads tanked and milled before i put them on, how much should i be spending for these services and should i mill the heads as little as possible, just to get them flat, or should i mill them like 30 thousandths? Also if i do go that route, what kind of shims am i gonna need...
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    Installing tranny after rebuild... Adjust shifter stops?

    Just as the title reads, Just rebuilt my t5 and am reinstalling, should i readjust my shifter stops on my pro 5.0?
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    t5 rebuild Q

    Ok, got the mainshaft all back together but have one snag, the 5th driven gear, the smallest gear that goes on the mainshaft (output shaft), which way does it go on? if you know the gear i mean, you will see how it has a side that gets narrower as it goes out and a side that just kind of goes...
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    Quick Question

    The way my 02 sensors mount on my bbk h pipe, when the engine torques and moves the h pipe, the o2 sensor hits the {firewall i think} and it makes the metal piece that the wires go into (on the sensor) come a little loose. Does this affect the 02 sensors? will they still work fine? i just wanna...
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    WHICH direction, URGENT

    ok im replacing my harmonic balancer as i type this, but i cant find anything about it in my book and i need to know if the balancer bolt has regular or opposite threads. So if anyone could tell me if clockwise is loose or if counterclockwise is loose, that would be awesome. SEE my last post...