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  1. smellmygas

    Recaro Swap To Premium Seats What Works

    1st post since I got a new 5.0 I got a crazy deal on a 15 Premium PP it has the upgraded recaros which are awesome looking and cool for a ride but as my DD I want my pwr/heated and vented seats back!! So what I am wondering is what is in the current car or wiring harness, will I be able to plug...
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    popping through intake after couple mods, where should my timing be?

    my car has an e-cam, stock heads, msd distributor, blaster coil, ford racing wires, cobra upper/lower intake, converted to mass air with stock mas sensor, 19lbs injectors, 70mm throttle body, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, long tubes, no air pump or smog stuff. the car pops like a mofo...
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    no cat car to a highflow setup....what could happen

    a friend of mine had a hi-flow h-pipe setup on his 5ohh then he sold it the car and took off the h-pipe for me. my car has no sort of emissions stuff, but i threw the high flow h-pipe on anyways to avoid getting in trouble with the law. soo after getting the car running for a little while, i...
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    Just installed pcv valve, cant get the engine to idle

    My car didnt have a pcv setup before so it was just left to the open air. I installed a new pcv valve, hose and all, and now the car doesnt want to idle. i used a regular fuel or power steering hose for the pcv tube running to the upper intake tree....the hose is longer then it should be, do...
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    oil spill in the heater box...what to do

    hey guys....i installed my autometer vent gauge cage, dual pod. I plugged in everything necessary but the oil pressure gauge wasnt connected properly, too make the story quick, oil sprayed into the heater box. Now I have already taken the dash off and did the heater core, and i know that i...
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    i need paint/body work in the pa/philly area

    anyone know of a good place to take my 88lx ttop?? it needs a little body work and a fresh paint job. looking for something reasonably priced, but good work, im not trying to go with a ultra cheapo job. any suggestions?? im in the philly sub burbs, right near route 1, 76 and 476. thanks
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    pics of your interior guage setup requested

    hi guys, i have my interior out right now doing a heater core and floor pan, i would like to put some guages in while the firewall is exposed. I would like to see some pictures of what you guys have, i would like to keep the interior clean, i was thinking 2 or 3 guages but i cant decide to put...
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    mustang347gt this guy will scam you

    this dick advertised a part for a 5.0, i sent him money, he gave me the run around for about 2 months now after 4+ months just wont respond, if anyone can help me please pm me and let me know how you can help me, this is bs that people like this are on this website, and i cant take this crap...
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    anyone rock their 5.0 in the snow around here?

    Im from the philly suburbs, i now have cobras with falkens on there, i made it around last winter with bs tires and wheels on. Just wondering who rocks the 5.0's in the snow and if you have any tips? I dont feel like getting another car for this winter, but i dont know if my car is gonna make...
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    battery relocation, post pics please

    well my battery cables are pretty bad and its having a hard time getting power through them. so i ordered a summit racing battery relocation kit. I was hoping to see some peoples pics of how they did theres and where there mounted? where did you run the power cable? and what did you ground...
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    starter going?? please help me out

    well today i had a problem turning over the motor....luckily it started, but i dont know what it is now, sofar ive replaced the coil, battery, and alternator. what is next? and how can i tell what the problem is? i bought a powermaster 130amp alt. from summit if that could be a problem in any...
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    ebrake question

    my question: i did a disc swap on my 88, i was told it was from a 99 tbird with discs. my original cables dont fit it, would a 89 gt drum brake set up be the same? i have someone trying to sell me an entire ebrake assembly from the front but it was out of his 89gt with drums. anyone know if...
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    just swapped a 140speedo....tach wont move?

    hi guys. i just did the swap from my 85mph to the 140 speedo with white faces. i plugged it all in and some weird things were going on: instantly the lights on the cluster were all on, no way of turning them off? then the tach would not move, something wasnt going right....so i played with...
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    can anyone get tires cheap?

    im in desperate need of tires but tire rack seems to be somewhat limited to 265/17's and im not trying to spend 200+ on them what i need: 245/40/17 and 265/40/17 i found a decent pair for the front for about 110 each but i just dont feel like getting kumho ecstas for the back, the last pair i...
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    fuel injector size?

    how can i find out what size my injectors are? are they different in color? because mine are orange...im trying to buy a mass air conversion but i just want to make sure i have 19lbs injectors so i dont buy the wrong mass air sensor. any help is greatly appreciated
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    door hinge kits how-to?

    i bought a kit from cjpony parts it came with 4 silver pins and each 1 has 2 copper things on it any help for when i install these tomorrow, any thing to make this easier would help...and where exactly do the copper things go to? thanks in advance
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    97 cobra o/r h-pipe...need tips

    posted this in the svt section, but thought id throw it in here as well..... im about to help a friend install his o/r h-pipe and i was trying to get any tips on how to do this as easily as possible. it looks easy enough but then again it always turns into a headache. he has stock manifolds...
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    o/r h-pipe on 97 cobra..i need some tips

    im about to help a friend install his o/r h-pipe and i was trying to get any tips on how to do this as easily as possible. it looks easy enough but then again it always turns into a headache. he has stock manifolds, and flowmaster cat back. any tips? its a bbk hpipe thanks
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    bought a shorty antenna...cant figure it out?

    i bought a shorty antenna off some dude on ebay selling a bunch of them, i finally got the stock antenna off for some reason it was a pita, anyways it looks like the base where the antenna screws in doesnt have threads?? for anyone who have gone to a shorty how did u do it? i got 3 adaptors in...
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    what speedo gear?

    im throwing in 3.73's and an aluminum driveshaft next week and i was gonna order the speedo correction gear but i dont know what all i need? 3.73's, t5 5speed, aluminum driveshaft if it matters, 17" tires. can someone tell me what to get? thanks