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These are some pics of my car before and after.I also put a Cobra bumper on and '99 Cobra wheels.[/IMG]

I have stiffened up my vert chassis a fair bit with the parts noted in my sig. below.Our streets are bad here with all kinds of pavement breaks due to the hot and cold weather extremes.I was thinking I could stiffen it further by adding the Kenny Brown jacking rails and matrix brace to my...

My speedometer needle bounces as I accelerate and when I am at a stop light it doesn't go down to 0,it stays at about 10.otherwise the speedo is accurate.I had the cable lubed and it didn't solve the problem.Any ideas on how to fix?

I replaced my rear shocks last year with the stock ford units.I am now replacing my front struts.I was thinking about just replacing them with Ford struts but its not that much more money now to get 5 way adjustable Tokico's.I favour a ride on the softer side.Will the Tokico's have a softer...

I am replacing my lower front control arms for the ford racing arms which are supposedly made to improved '96 specs.I did the 5 lug disc brake conversion using '94 spindles etc.There are two versions of the Ford racing arms;pre '94 and '94 up.Due to the brake upgrade work I had done,which one...

I bought a pair of Cobra tail light lenses from 50resto to change out my cheese graters.Anyway they don't seem to fit because the Cobra lenses are far more shallow (about an inch).This would cause them to be too far recessed under the trunk lid.I was told I could just swap the lenses not the...

I have decided to do a paint color change to a lighter/brighter red color.My vert is currently a two tone Medium cabernet red/titanium lower,black top.I am considering what Ford called Bright Red or possibly Vibrant Red.Is it my imagination or did Bright Red become darker/less bright in later...

I am planning to change to 5 lug wheels and converting to 1994 front and rear brakes while I'm at it.While doing the front brakes,I have read about needing a .33 inch spacer between the spindle and the lock nut,otherwise it goes down too far.Is this because the ball joint is taller on the '94 or...

It guess it would be efficient to change my upper and lower control arms while I am replacing my shocks (with OEM's) and replacing the spring isolators on the stock springs.However,I'm not sure I need them.My traction is crappy but that could be mostly due to the stock wheels/tires.I use the car...

I am replacing my stock suspension with new Ford stock shocks/struts.I was also considering changing the spring isolators while I'm at it.The rubber Ford insolators are still available but I was considering the Energy Suspension ones which are made of polyurethane.A comfortable ride is important...

I have Kenny Brown subframes on my vert now which seem to work pretty well.I was thinking of adding the jacking rails and matrix brace to stiffen it up further.With Kenny Brown going out of business there aren't going to be too many of these around in the future.A dealer is giving me as good...

I just discovered my 89 vert has rear speakers that must have been disconnected by the previous owner.Anyway,I went to the Crutchfield site and it indicated 5X7's were the right fit.I peeled back the rear panel enough to see that they are round,maybe 6.5's or 5.25's.They do not look anything...

I am rebuilding my 302 to a 306.With the new TRW pistons and boring supposedly my compression ratio will go up to around 9.4 from about 9.0.My heads have 64cc combustion chambers.I have heard you can mill the head deck to increase compression another .5 or so by in effect reducing the combustion...

Would replacing the stock catted h pipe with a catted x pipe (Magnaflow) add much power/torque with my mods? Would it cause my car to be much louder than with my stock H pipe?

I am just rebuilding my bottom end.Competition Cams recommended a cam which has 544 lift (with my 1.7 RR's) to go with my ported Y303's etc.Will I have a piston to valve clearance problem and/or stock valve cover issue?

My mechanic took off my upper and lower intake and says oil is getting into the manifold because the intake gasket (FMS M- 9439-50) port openings are too big and doesn't match the intake ports very well which is probably causing airflow restriction.I looked at it and the gasket holes are not...

I did all the upgrades noted in my sig.a few weeks ago and now I am using oil.I lost a Quart after about 125 miles. Before all the engine upgrades ,at most,I had to add half a quart between oil changes.Today,I had the mechanic do both a leak down test (all 10-12%) and compression test (all...

After my recent mods I decided to try a stoplight launch .The light turns green and I create a huge fog bank while a truck calmly pulled away next to me.I am sure he's thinking major conquest.Is there something I can do to improve traction?I have stock size 15" tires.The tires spin alot even...

i installed the new heads, cobra intake,1.7rr's ,Maf,65 mm TB and shorty headers yesterday.The performance gain is great but the car is quite a bit louder than before especially the drone.My wife is not impressed.I have the stock h and the Magnaflow catback was on before.Would the headers make...

I have new ported y303 heads,a cobra intake,1.7 RR's and various other related intake,exhaust and fuel system upgrades ready to install at the same time in the next week or so on my 89 vert.It has been suggested that I should also change out the stock cam while I am at it.I want to retain a good...