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    How much can i get for an 86 5.0 carbed engine

    ??? As title says, i bought the car with the original engine already out of the car. It still runs, and has everything with it, has 40,000 miles on it or so im told. How much could i get for it.
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    backfiring after o/r x install

    Im not 100 percent positive but it could be because of the lack of cats. How about disconnecting the negative battery cable to reset the computer. I dont think timing should be an issue.
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    fuel pressure with 255lph fuel pump

    Ok i did a search but did not find anything that answered my question specifically. I have a 255lph fuel pump in the car. It has GT40 upper and lower intake stock heads, 70 mm TB and full exhuast no cats, flowmaster mufflers, headers also odviously. My question is, what should my fuel...
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    bogging down, running rich maybe?

    damn where i live there is a dyno that does 4 pulls for 40 bucks with a wideband. Where are you from?
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    need some ideas

    stock heads stock rockers on an HO engine. I have thought about the grommet, but the problem is that the oil comes out of the filter part of the breather. i guess ill have to rig something up for now.
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    need some ideas

    I bought this 5.0 from a guy who had the trickflow valve covers on it and of course he didnt give me the stock ones. He drilled a hole in the valve cover on the passenger side so that he could fill it with oil odviously. He just placed a little breather in there and it pisses oil all over the...
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    Anyone from PA feel like helping??

    Im getting a set of 3:73 gears, they should be here by next weekend, me my dad and uncle are going to put them in. They have both done similar things before but never in a 5.0 I was wondering if there is anyone on here that is close to lancaster or honeybrook PA that wouldnt mind helping for...
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    Open headers = engine damage?

    ok i dont know how old this thread is but i want an answer to my question. Im not running open headers, but i am running long tubes with a catless H pipe dumped under the car. Sounds awesome, just want to make sure im not hurting anythihn which it seems im not.
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    dumb question but i did search...

    Ok looking at the car which way do you turn the distributor to advance timing. Just give me an arrow <------------- or -----------> remember looking at the front of the car thanks a bunch
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    me vs 300c

    v6 or hemi?
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    Im not sure if this is a dumb question or not

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7979599848&category=33614 Still looking at a cam and i came across this one. Since i dont know much about them and in the description he says you need a larger carb im figuring it rules me out but im not positive, cause hey...
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    bogging down, running rich maybe?

    the best way to check is to go to a dyno with a wideband A/F gauge and check it that way. I bought my 5.0 and it already had a fuel gauge on it so im not sure if there is a place on your FPR to add a gauge. But even if you go to a dyno you can get your pressure right, and your a/f right so you...
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    Hit battery with wrench while connected

    i dont think that you could have screwed your whole electrical system. Sounds like a main fuse to me but unfortanelty im new the mustang so i couldnt tell you where to look.
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    Dyno disaster at Carlisle (well dang near)

    you cant be held accountable when something like that happens. You get so pissed sometimes, that everything is like your just dreaming it. Ive gotten excited or scared at certain stuff and its made me completely forget about odvious stuff you should do or look over on a car. It sucks.
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    Can i install this cam with stock rollers and valve springs?

    there stock now, but it will be GT40 heads. Im going to be getting this cam for very very cheap so im not going to pass it up. I just want to know what springs and do i need different roller rockers?
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    Can i install this cam with stock rollers and valve springs?

    ok so what do you suggest i use to put this cam in?? 1.7 roller rockers and what springs?
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    Can i install this cam with stock rollers and valve springs?

    so do you have any reccomendations of what i should use with this cam?? im new to this stuff and im not sure what size valve springs to get. He seems to think that 1.7 roller rockers will work, is that what the cobra uses?? Just looking for cheap alternatives.
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    Can i install this cam with stock rollers and valve springs?

    no the engine is not stock full exhaust GT40 intake upper and lower. So if the stock springs are good to .500 lift and he is estimating them to be .480 you think thats a bit close??
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    Can i install this cam with stock rollers and valve springs?

    This is what the guy sent me, describing the cam he is selling for crazy cheap. This cam is not anywhere near stock, i dont know the exact specs but it is a considerable amount larger than a stock .444 lifting cam i would estimate this as being @ least if not more then .480 thousands of...
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    need help with vac lines

    ok so basically all i need is the one for the FPR and one for the EGR valve, where is that located. And it doesnt matter which one it hooks to on the intake mani?