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    At a loss!

    Gentlemen, I thank you for your input. Finally resolved too much gas as many of you indicated. Pulled top plate off carb, found a steel shaving under the carb pump. Would n ot let pump close. Looked like someone drilled out a .125 hole and the shaving was never cleared. Anyway...
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    At a loss!

    OK, I am back. Definitley not a vacuum leak. Definitely getting gas. Definitley cranks up cold and runs for about a minute like nothing was wrong with 20" vaccum. One minute later, begins to load up steadily loosing vacuum 15, 10, 0 and then muerto! Definitely flooding out...
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    At a loss!

    Thanks again, Back to the garage this evening. We have an MSD igniton and have the vacuum line hooked up from the left port on the carburetor. Timing has not been checked. Am not sure where timing should be with cam and rollers and eletronic ignition. I have always gone by ear? Sounds...
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    At a loss!

    again, in idle no problem, when you put it on the road and run through first gear, lights it up. As tranny shifts into second and then into third, start loosing power and dies. When you try to crank it, you have to depress accelorator to floor, black smoke out the exhaust and rough as heck...
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    At a loss!

    Thanks for the input, OK, We checked all the intake bolts and did the carb cleaner trick. This was my first suspicion as well, however, still have issues. I will say I am heading toward carburation. I do not understand edelbrock carbs but they have rods and springs and jets. Is it...
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    At a loss!

    My son replaced Edelbrock performer intake with RPM intake on modified 289, After engine gets warm and when running in power band, engine looses vacuum and begins to run rich and dies. Checked for vacuum leak, none found. At idle draws 20 inches, at 2000 RPM draws 23 inches, when you rap it...
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    looking for an honest dealer

    If yu would like to deal with an honest dealership, talk to Brett Rodriguez at Gullo Ford in Conroe Texas. I bought the Gt-500 in white with blue racing stripes and they will work with you. They are an SVT dealer and have several saleens available and several GT's on back order. JES
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    NEW GAUGE CLUSTER!!!

    How long did it take to get the dash. I called them and they said it was a 6 month wait?
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    In the fog

    I am restoring a 1970 mustang coupe. I have managed to find nos sportlights for 1970 mustang mach I. My car did not come with this option, therefore I do not have the wiring harness. Can anyone direct me to someone who supplies the harness or can tell me how to wire this in with a switch?
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    Does anyone have these brakes? SSBC Front Force 10

    I installed the SSBC manual force 10 on front of a 70 model mustang. I did not want ot use proportining valve so I went to the CNC dual master set up that uses two different diameter pistons. Stops like a champ!