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I know this post is really old but wanted to give my input. I have a 98 3.8 mustang 5speed with every N/A mod you can possibly to. My cam has just under .6/.6 lift and am running harland sharp 1.73's. Every since I did the cam swap (about 4 years ago from present day) I have had the exact same...

Welcome to the club. In my experience with autos, I have yet to find a resonable, honest shop that does NOT try to pry money out of me for no reason.

I got mine from RPM-mustangs.com, but lots of other places do them like supersix motorsports, delk performance, and morana v6 racing.

The manuals I was referring to are the manuals the ford techs use in the shop.:nice:

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Its a little hard to get to but once you do, its pretty straight forward. Hope this pics help.

some good advice:nice: Also, there used to be some online ford shop manuals around but I think they caught on and took those all down.

Fastest time ive ran so far 14.9 @92 mph. Havent been to the track in a looong time. Mods I have done since then include: Ported Lower intake custom Comp billet cam Mac Long Tubes full 2.5" header back exhaust( no cats) (had the gt take off before) Screamin demon coil pack with...

If you have the heads off, I highly recommend the split port swap. If you mechanically inclined , its a sinch!

"ticking" is a good indication of an exhaust leak. Check all connections and let us know!:nice:

did you replace the egr sensor or the dpfe?

Not sure if there is any info out about the PATS in manual form , but you CAN turn off the pats permanently. You can either have it turned of via xcal 2 (sct) or you can go to the dealer and have them do it for you.

Not sure if they are even complatible, but you will have to have them both reflashed by the dealer so that they are mated. Where did you get the seperate pieces? The dealer charges around $75 for reflashing your pcm to your PATS.

Doesnt really sound like an exhaust issue. Can you hear any obvious leaks? If you have a timing light, confirm that its within range. Have you done a compression test recently?

Your rack and pinion can always be replaced. When was the last time you changed your power steering fluid?

Im originally from Hell's pisshole (El Paso) but live up in AZ now. Im actually down here in TX right now visiting some family. What is there to do in LC btw? Oh and 95gtdude: I have 21#'s on my v6 :p

heads/cam/intake...then take a break :) Im still getting 26 MPG with my hci setup. (was at 28.6mpg before cam swap)

+3 Like someone said earlier, even if the flow tube (part before the muffler) is destroyed, they can weld in a new one for a very cheap/afforable price. If its not cheap, go to another shop because you shouldnt have to pay an arm and a leg for this. Good luck! and keep us updated.

just wanted to update this thread. All problems have been resolved. Found out that my harmonic balancer was seperating and causing the timing marks to be off. ALSO using a noid light found that number 6 injector was not firing. Further investigation proved that the power wire was grounding out...

Problem with the y pipe is that there is a still a significant restriction in the exhaust. While this backpressure is beneficial on a nearly stock motor, its extremely parasitic to well modified motor that is breathing heavily. (hci, poweradder..etc)