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    Transmission Crossmember Orientation

    Modifying my crossmember for a Tremec install and I forgot which direction is toward the engine. Before I weld the body mounting points maybe one of you fine folks could help me. Is the larger hump the drivers side or is it the other way? Thanks
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    Valve Cover And The Explorer Upper Intake Clearance

    I'm having some clearance issues with my Explorer (GT40) upper plenum and my driver side valve cover. Does anyone make a valve cover without a breather on the driver side cover? My problem is the upper plenum is hitting the breather. I have a stock hood so I'm leary of raising the plenum up...
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    89 Notch Doing The Tko 600 Swap

    Pulling the old motor on my Road Racer, out with the 5.0 in with the 347. So I'm fairly sure I have a Tremec 3550 or 3650 tranny in it now (too lazy to go outside and look) I know it's not a T-5. With third gear going grind grind when she's cold, I figured with the engine swap it's time for the...
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    Hooked battery up backwards

    89 5.0 LX Sounds like I'm the idiot of the century, however I bought the car with a battery box in the trunk and the cables are not marked (they are now!). Anyway I just hooked the cables up backwards, smoked a 10 gauge wire off the solenoid which connects to a fusable link. Everything seems...
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    Pulley Alignment

    Any thoughts on the best way to align pulleys? I mean other than eyeballing it..I've got one out of wack and it trims my serp belt to fit. It works but at some point it might cause me some issues when my car gets tech'd prior to a race or autocross. Thanks
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    Can't find my Bung

    Seriously, I have an existing mechanical water temp gauge hooked into the obvious bung in the intake manifold (front left). I need to find another bung to put a new temp sensor in for an electric fan set up I'm about to install. Does anyone have any ideas where to mount this sensor? Maybe on the...
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    Stroker kits...which one?

    I'm ready to start my build on a fully preped block, notched, bored and honed. I've just been away from the mustang stuff for awhile and need to get the forums opinion on who's making the best FORGED CRANK KIT. I autocross the car and it spends a great deal of time in the 5500 to 7000 rpm range...
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    Fuel Pump Electrical Mystery

    Hi, I have an 89 notch, drove it to my gf's house, went out the next morning, no fuel pump...had it towed home, and immediatly replaced the relay, still no fuel pump. So out comes the test light. I'm not getting power to the fuel pump at all. Any ideas...it's a 5.0, manual tranny...I'm...
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    Building a 331 for autocross/road racing

    Howdy, Starting a build for the upcoming season, can't decide between the SCAT or Eagle parts. Also can't decide between forged or cast parts. Anyone got some experience with these vendors or applications. Thanks in advance. :shrug:
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    Valvetrain noise

    My new to me 89 hauls ass....however I went to 10-30 Castrol and was wondering if this might be the reason I have a lifter or rocker tapping now. I have no idea what the previous owner ran. Also my oil psi is around 12-15 when hot....at idle. Is this normal psi and is the tapping an oil...
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    Just goes to show the simplest things

    Went to finish up the install of my new autometer mechanical gauges.....pulled the old sending unit out of the lower manifold then went to the larger fitting tried to remove it...when snap...the fitting broke, leaving the rest of the fitting flush with the manifold....ANY IDEAS ON REMOVING THIS...
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    5.0 HP recipie

    Going to be building my 5.0 this winter for a 89 Fox. I was wondering if any of you have a tried and true formula for making 400NA reliable/bullit proof HP out of these motors. I road race/autocross the car. Thanks
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    Flywheel install question

    Just bought a fidanza aluminum flywheel with a removable counter weight. The old cast iron flywheel was removed when I pulled the engine about 2 months ago. My question is, how do I know where to put the counter weight? I thought of matching the old flywheel to the new one, then bolting the...
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    Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel...comments

    Thinking of buying and installing one of these...anyone had any experience with them? Ebay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8018604183&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
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    Smog pump holes in the rear of stock heads

    Anyone know of a great way to plug these holes in the rear of stock heads? All my smog stuffs gone, just need to plug the holes, or do I? Thanks
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    Needed: Clean no hassle one wire alt setup

    Title said it all. Looking for advice on how to fabricate a clean one wire alt setup for a road race 86 5.0 coupe, trunk mounted battery, painless wiring harness......any advice or ideas? Thanks.....it's coming along....slowly
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    8.8 bolt torque specs

    My stupid Haynes manual does not have the torque specs for the ring gear or the carrier bearing cap bolts, any help? Thanks:shrug:
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    8.8 Rearend Question

    Had the reaend rebuilt with all new parts only to discover that the previous owner had the housing modified for c-clip eliminators. So not only am I out about $300 bucks in labor I have to get a new housing. I have a 86 coupe what 8.8 rear ends will work and have the exact demensions as...
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    Bad vendor info

    Here is the story. I ordered a flaming river manual rack for my 86 race project from D&D Motorsports, dealt with a guy named Dave. Ordered this thru their Ebay ad for this item. I got the rack which was suppose to come with tie rod ends. It did not..oh this was in May 05 I believe. As of...
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    Bad vendor info

    Here is the story. I ordered a flaming river manual rack for my 86 race project from D&D Motorsports, dealt with a guy named Dave. Ordered this thru their Ebay ad for this item. I got the rack which was suppose to come with tie rod ends. It did not..oh this was in May 05 I believe. As of...
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