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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    Ok on the tune. I had a thought that may of been a possibility. I have a Diablo Preditor programmer. Two questions amd please bare with me, this is my first mod moot. Im 40 and have been building motors many years but the madmotors are a new breed to me. Obviouly a motors a motor when it...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    Im fricken beside myself at this point and after 15 mustangs im ready for a chevy! I ripped it apart and this is my diagnosessssss. all the pistons looked good on the top with a scope. Number 2, the second back on the drivers side had a small gash on the top, obviouly fromn maybe a valve...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    I bought a Milwaukee scope. I have only the drivers side valve cover back off at the moment and with the scope the tops of the pistons look like the usual, carbon and jazz, however.....the second one from the front on the drivers side has a gash or a mark of some sort and is shiny as if...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    Ill be doing a leak down test this weekend. Lastr night I pulled the valve cover on the drivers side to take a peek. I see zero so far. Im gonna put a scope down in the cylinders to take a gander at the top of the pistons and being a wide angle scope i should get a so so view of the vlaves...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    compression on drivers side is approx 180ish all the way across. on the passanger side im around 170s and i had one at approx 165. Also when I spin the motor its very smooth sounding and id imagine if I had anything wedged into the crown or lip of the piston id hear it When I spin the motor...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    The cam gears were at -3 when i got them handed over. The privious owner said it was at-2 because he had a procharger on it at one time and backed it off for boost according to him. Im having a hard time believing something fell in the motor while assembly but i guess its time to pull the dame...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    No i did have any missing bolts but tomorrow im prolly at some point pulling off the upper and scoping the motor. I cant believe i would have screwed up the timing either if i had one mark on each dot, meaning on chain and one gear. it was all lined up. I hope. before putting on the intake i...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    I did not take pics. I did of everything else aside from the chains. I took pics of the chains originally. I went by the book and a few write ups on the install. Ive built many 5liters but this is my first time on a mod motor. I have buddies as we all do that were around occassionally. So...
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    first start...major problems!!! i need help!!!

    I have a 03 GT. 4.6 2v. It has 76k on it and it ran great till i did a small build on it this past winter. I put on a trick flow upper and lower intake and adjustable timing gears set at zero and comp cams stage 2. These part were on the car at one time but the previous owner had taken them...
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    I'm Back!!!!!!!!!

    Ive been away from the mustangs for 5 years almost! Totaled my 91 Fox which I owned since I joined until I totaled it in 05, bought a 2000 a few years later. Brother totaled that one too! picked up a 92 notch and just sold it. So after 3 long years of missing the pony I just Picked up a 03...
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    mach 460 subwooferer system

    Does anyone know where i could pick up the subs and amps for this upgraded system that was a option from Ford?
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    MIL Tech Question

    I made my own MIL from numerous sites, costed a total of 11.53. I do more smoke, sorta whitish colors. Is this ok/
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    Ok I checked the power at the fuel pump driver module. I have power at one of the wires when its unplugged and which is 12 volts and a 5 volts (ECU) power. When I plug it back in there is no power except the ecu 5 volt power wire. The 12 volt power is gone whether it is grounded out some how...
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    I did'nt check power yet. I'm gonna go out in the garage later on tonight and see whats up. Pain in ass since I got 2 damn feet of snow yesterday!! I'll let you know asap. Thanks
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    Ok, according to a diagram I'm looking at this what I have so far. The power goes to the relay then to the fuel pump cut off switch next to the fuel pump driver mudule and to pump it self. I have power at cut off switch and no power at pump. The driver module is in between these two correct...
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    Ill start with working backwards. Does anyone have a order that this goes in. Is what I mean is going backwards from the fuel pump does it go to the cut off switch to relay to fuse under the hood. Im not sure on how this system works. Can anyone clue me in on groud points under the car. I...
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    Well I put the new fuel pump I put in was not the problem I am so pissed off at this car! Heres what I have so far. 1. #14 fuse under the hood is ok. 2. All fuses under the dash are good also. 3. Inertial switch in the trunk is not triggered. I unpluged it and it has powercoming to it...
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    thanks I will try to check for power tonight and let you know what I find.
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    Also do you think it could be my theat system. I read a few threads on it. I do not hear it prime. I also tried my spare key and nothing happened. What is the #34 fuse in the car? I'll check that one too. I was reading in the manuel and it says the theft light will flash for about 3...
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    fuel pump went out, need some help

    I have a 2000 Gt with 100K on it now. Runs (use to) great till now. I parked it at home and went out to put it in the garage the next day and it started fine. The temp was -23 with wind chill. Then 2 weeks later went to start it and nothing, zero, no fuel. I put a bottle of heat in the gas...