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    Starting my 1979 notch build

    Hey all, its been a very long time since I posted on this forum. Life has been busy to say the least, but I haven't forgotten my gasoline blooded roots. I still have the 1991 listed in my signature. It's one that I certainly will never part ways with due to its sentimental value and I've left...
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    Engine Temp Rising During Normal Driving

    Hello all, It's been a very busy summer for me so I have recently just begun to dig into this issue. Let me begin by saying that a few years ago I took some guys out to lunch in my car at work and the serpentine belt flew off right in the middle of a construction zone. Needless to say the...
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    Looking To Buy A New Exhaust

    Hello all, I am looking to buy a new exhaust system for my car. I am finishing this years mods and before I put it back on the ground I want to install a new exhaust. It's way overdue. I've been needing to change it for some time now...I changed out my damaged rear GT bumper cover for a...
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    Engine Got A Little Hot, How Concerned Should I Be?

    As the title says... I took my car out to get gas today about 5 miles away. I had just installed an electric fan and it was my first venture away from home more than a mile or so since installing it...it was in the mid 80's today but it felt rather cool out with the sun in and out. On the way...
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    E-fan Relay Wiring Diagram

    Hello all, I just finished installing an electric fan in my car, and I remember some time ago, somewhere, seeing a wiring diagram for a temperature controlled relay that will kick the fan on once the engine reaches a certain temperature. I currently have it wired up on a single pole, double...
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    Stud Mount Rocker Adjustment Issues

    Hey all, Over the winter months, I installed Twisted Wedge 170cc heads and did a cam swap as well as ported out my GT-40 lower myself. I initially followed the proper stud mount rocker adjustment after many searches online and everything was semi-kosher. Whenever I was figuring out the...
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    Finally Found My Phantom Water Leak...help.

    So I have been chasing down a water leak in my car for a while now. I've only ever noticed it leaking in very heavy rain or when I have driven it in rain. I have tried taking my garden hose before and spraying it in various places and finding nothing. So I stopped driving it in the rain...
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    How Hot Is Too Hot For Aluminum Heads?

    Hey all, I am in the process of diagnosing a cooling problem in my car. I recently installed Twisted Wedge heads. It was about 90* here today and I was burping air out of the cooling system. I think I got all the air out, not totally sure yet, I kinda ran out of time for the day. Meanwhile...
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    What Do You Guys Think About This Crack?

    About 5 years ago I had removed my entire interior to have subframe connectors and upper and lower torque box reinforcements welded in. I currently have my interior out for some surface rust on the passenger side floor from water that leaked in. I completely forgot about this crack, but at the...
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    Cooling System Issues

    Hey all. I finished putting together my engine again, just an HCI swap I went with twisted wedge 170cc heads and Anderson N41 cam, self ported my GT40 lower and carefully put everything back together. I got it running again last Thursday and working out some bugs whenever I have the spare...
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    Do I Need To Buy New Block To Head Dowel Pins For My Engine?

    I am installing new Twisted wedge 170cc heads. I cleaned up the block deck very well and pulled out the dowel pins and took them to a wire wheel on a bench grinder to clean them up. They came out very nice. I took a socket of the same size and tapped them back into the block. So I sat my...
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    Damage To Aluminum Heads...opinions?

    I am in the process of installing brand new Twisted Wedge heads. Due to a bad day yesterday and butter fingers, there was some damage done to one of the heads. I am not happy with myself over it, but things happen...and I'm hoping it's not too bad. The scratches are minor, but you can slightly...
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    Considering Reinstalling Stock Cam

    Hey all, It's been quite a long time since I posted on here. Been busy the past few years and things kind of got put on the backburner in terms of my car. I still have her in great shape, but have done NOTHING to it the past few years except drive it; life tends to happen as you get older. I...
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    Tranny getting stuck in third and fourth

    I've been having quite a bit of a problem with the tranny in my 91. It is a stock T-5 that I got rebuilt last year with only about 1500 miles on it. Needless to say that I', kinda pissed I'm having problems with it already but what can ya do? Complaining about it won't fix it..lol. Anyways I...
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    Need suggestions on keeping mice out of my car.

    I am having a bit of a mice problem in my garage and in my car. When I first began to notice mice, I went out and bought about 15 traps, plus some glue traps and caught 9 in one night. Next night I caught a few more, and a few here and there since then. Seemed like the problem stopped for a...
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    Getting another 5.0 motor

    Well...good news for me...I have been looking for a donor motor for a while now for another mustang that I plan on buying...so then I'll have two :D. Turns out that my buddy's dad is parting out a 90 F-150 since the frame is broke on it. They have had the truck for quite a long time now so I...
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    Cannot get tranny to bellhousing bolts loose..any tips?

    Exactly as the title says...my transmisson is on it's way out and needs a rebuild or replaced before it leaves me stranded somewhere...I would rather not take the bell off so I decided to try and loosen the 4 tranny to bell bolts but they are astronomically tight. I've tried a breaker bar with...
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    C&L meter or ProM?

    See sig for info on my setup...but I am just wondering on which brand of mass air meter I should go with...I just put my 24# er's in the other day...I have heard a lot of horror stories about C&L, and told that ProM is the way to go, but I have heard other guys say that for a mild setup like...
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    Looking into buying some 1.7 rockers..what do you guys suggest?

    I'm looking into buying some 1.7 pedestal mount rockers. I don't want to buy some junk brand thats going to come apart, go down in the drain holes and mess up my entire engine. My current setup is indicated in my sig. With the B cam it has about .480" lift right now I'm guesstimating, so with...
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    Thinking of going with with 1.7 RR's, got a question

    See sig for info on the car. Anyways, I got the stang back in the garage for winter time and it's time to start working on her again. With what little money I have, I'm thinking of going with 1.7 RR's and I'm wondering about PtV clearance issues. I have a B 303 cam installed straight up, and...
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