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    need help with idle issue

    I'll check for codes tonight when I get home. The check engine light isn't on though so if there is a code, it's not triggering the check engine light to come on. I stopped home on my lunch break this afternoon and tried cleaning out the IAC. When I reinstalled it and fired it back up, the...
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    need help with idle issue

    I recently picked up a 94 Mustang 5.0, 5 speed. It ran fine until last night. At idle, the RPMs hang around 2,000. If I rev the RPMs to 3,000+ it'll still only back down to about 2,000. It has about 136k miles on the odometer, everything is stock and original. I checked vacuum and I'm getting...
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    engine stalls when trying to run KEOR test

    My buddy has a 1988 Mustang, california car with Mass Air. He gets a check engine light when driving the car. When we try to run a key on engine running test, the engine stalls as soon as the computer tries to go into self test mode. We ran a key on engine off test and got codes 67 and 85...
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    57-59 Ranchero 9 inch swap

    You're saying to swap '67 shock plates onto the 57-59 9 inch rear? What's involved with swapping the shock plates? Would I have to weld them on? From what I've been reading, some people say that the 57-59 9 inch rear end is weak. Is this year 9 inch less desirable? Should I swap in a 67-70...
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    57-59 Ranchero 9 inch swap

    Someone locally is selling a 9 inch rear out of a 57-59 Ranchero. Can anyone tell me what I'll need to do to make this rear end work in my 1965 289 Coupe? I know that it's the same width as my stock 8 inch rear but will anything need to be modified on this 9 inch to get it to bolt in? Any...
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    Were does my coolant go?

    about 130k on the motor. This engine should be good for at least another 100k miles.
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    Were does my coolant go?

    The above post was a copy/paste that my friend sent me. What was left out was the following... We ran a coolant pressure test, it passes fine. We pressure test his cap, tested fine. Bought a new cap anyways and pressure tested the new cap too. We ran a compression test on the engine with...
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    Were does my coolant go?

    I'm posting this for a friend of mine since he is having issues posting... Were is it going? why does it come up low after runing the car. Hey guy's need some help with this one. Ok my coolant run's low on my radiator after I drive the car around. I have a Auto Meter mechanical gauge in...
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    Emission legal headers?

    as mentioned, # of cats makes no difference if you have a carb exempted magnaflow x pipe, they have two cats, and it's perfectly legal with that carb #.
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    Engine cuts out while driving

    With my 93 2.3 Notch, I noticed on a cold engine, while accelerating, all my power cuts out and the gas pedal essentially stops responding. If I keep trying to press on the gas pedal, the engine will die completely and I'll have to put the car in park and restart the engine. If I let off the...
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    93 LX

    Why the hell would you even consider comparing the performance aspect of a highly boosted 2.3 to a stock 5.0 that came out of a truck? That's lame, pull your head out of your ass. If gas mileage weren't a factor, there would be no comparision between a boosted 5.0 with forged internals and a...
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    93 LX

    Wow I didn't realize ford was packing 10 second engines into their SVO's and turbocoupes. That's pretty sick man. Yea I guess these 2.3's are just normally capable of running 10's right out of the box. You don't need to lecture me about how strong a T5 is, I run a side business rebuilding...
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    93 LX

    Was the 86 Turbocoupe modified? 86 Turbocoupes do not come with an 8.8 rear end from the factory. Only 87/88 Turbocoupes had an 8.8. The 86's still had a 7.5.
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    93 LX

    dude i'm not saying the 2.3 sucks. Anyone can make anything fast. It's all a matter of preference. Hell why not fix up honda's while we are at it. :nice:
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    93 LX

    speaking of people who don't have a firm grasp on things, a stock cobra will run 13.8 in the 1/4. You know, we both can bench race and go back and forth about what you can do with a 5.0 vs a 2.3, but what's the point? All this **** has been argued before, it's not like we'll get anywhere...
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    93 LX

    I get an average of 18.5-19.5 MPG on my 93 LX 2.3 for city/hwy combined, and that's with keeping my foot out of the gas. I got a best of 21.5mpg once and that was driving slow enough to piss off at least 10 cars behind me. My 86 GT gets on average 15-19 MPG, the gas savings on a 2.3 is not...
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    93 LX

    300 a month? Is that for full coverage? How old are you? My 93 2.3 Notch cost me 1000 bux. I do liability only and pay about 120 bux once every 6 months. I'm gonna vote for the 5.0 swap. Find yourself a 93 5.0 parts car and swap everything over, it's all plug n play except for the fuel...
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    code 98 and 51, what do these mean? Please help!

    Inspected vacuum lines, no cracks, none of them are broken. I verified air output from the smog pump. If you are facing the front of the car looking down on the passenger strut tower, there are the two tab/tad solenoids on the strut tower. The solenoid on the right(closest to engine) is...
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    code 98 and 51, what do these mean? Please help!

    Thank you for all that information, this helps a lot. I'm going to check everything out when I get off work.
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    code 98 and 51, what do these mean? Please help!

    The codes were posted my 86 GT. I was able to get 51 to clear, I was an idiot and was running a test with the engine cold. 51 and 98 both cleared. I'm now getting 44 and 94 for thermactor left and thermactor right. Does this mean my tab and tad solenoids are bad? I'm also getting 33 -...
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