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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    ok guys havent been on in a while, took my car at the end of april to be tuned by charlie booze jr . i was happy to find out i ran the 12.58@107 with only 3/4 throttle and on the dyno i picked up 20hp car made 298rwhp with the little combo, and even charlie was impressed. and that was on a...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    thanks , it wont be long it will be geting some paint . i just want to get it running perfect. soon as this problem im having is fixed it will make a trip to the dyno to see what it puts to the wheels
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    valve train looks good , im checking other things now . what a pain in the :D does everybody hate my car, because its not painted and has a carb? lol my build thread is dead.
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    well i took a compression check last night , everything looks good. ill move on to taking the valve covers off and check everything and re check timing. hopefully something simple.
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    also is there anyone good with photo shop? I would like to see what it would look like dark shadow gray and the draglites blacked out . if anyone can do it let me know ill try to get a good pic thanks guys
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    wow my thread is dead, well anyways i will be taking a compression test to determine if the motor is hurt i hope not. it could be a valve spring or pushrod , or ignition problem i doubt i will get that lucky. ill let you guys know tonite , if its valvetrain related it will probally be a good...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    here is some pics of the control arm install baseline upper and lower pro launch kit and wild rides battleboxes, and not shown is southern outlaw shop sub frame connectors more progress to come ,all comments welcome, and motivates me thanks guys
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    ok finally the thread is not worthless lol heres some pic updates quick fuel q 650 carb , its nice still getting use to tuning it 3inch cowl , i traded the cobra r for summit sport seats , there pretty nice that takes care of the winter stuff i did besides new plug wires
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    of guys i promise i will get the pics up tonite , we thrashed on the car friday night and my dad welded up the sub frame connectors saturday. So i was ready for the track on sunday im pretty happy first time i ran the car last year i went 13.1 @ 107.5 with a 2.23 60ft on nitto drag radials...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    ok small update, worked on the car last night and got the old uppers and lowers off and housing bushings out. i installed the battle boxes , oh what a fun job i got them bolted in for now and will weld them in later . the baseline lowers are installed and the uppers are almost finished. i ran...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    been a while since i updated , the trans is in and the headers and driveshaft. it has also been out again and back in .lol also its running again bought a quick fuel carb and getting it tuned in. ill be posting some new pics ive been slacking lately due to money and not bringing my camera...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    i will probally go with some mickey radials this year, at the track i run slicks. its hard to beat the nittos for street driving they last longer. yeah its a ford racing driveshaft it came out of a 9 sec coupe , he goes by pureevil on some of the other forums
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    the wheels are 15x10 with 6.5 inch backspace , the tires are 275/50/15 nitto drag radials, but i will be going to 275/60/15 a little taller
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    2.3 questions for diagnosing problem

    i have had about 8 mustangs and the 2.3 cars get swapped for v8s. but i ran across a good deal on a 89 hatch 2.3 auto with 70,000 miles. the car was drove home from maryland to west virginia from the guy i bought it from he said it runs but sounds like it has no oil in the motor. he said he...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    well guys i ran into some problems last weekend i put the block plate,flywheel, and clutch on and went to put the the bellhousing on and i noticed my dowel pins pulled out of the block when i took the other trans out so that was the end of the day. i skaveged around and found some from a friend...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    new update well the trans is out and gone , also the shorty headers and h pipe little update ran out of jack stands lol my dads car were both missing trans since i was on last time 4 months ago , is old the 15x8s and went to 15x10 with 6.5 backspace they tens but i keep them...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    thats awesome man theres nothing wrong with show and go. as for a dart block were just running a stock production block , it is girdled top and bottem . but with the bottle we might end up being a member of the split in half stock block club lol
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    hey 89stang1 that 331 combo will be fun , my dad has a 91lx hatch with a 331 10:5:1 with afr 185s, carb motor car is fast it went 11.50 @121 on the motor with a t5z behind it now, we are putting in a pa c4 reverse manual valce body with a transbrake and a little touch of the sauce:D this car...
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    thanks guys stay tuned for updates and pics
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    project notch rocket 89 coupe

    hey adminstrators can you make this a sticky i have two progress threads i want to update them can you combine them?