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    1987 5.0 coupe with t-tops!!!!

    well i got it for a 3 digit figure..... i do like the car a lot. but money is nice too! i just dont know how rare it may be, i cant find anything on them.
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    Took a ride in a ~500hp evo 9!!

    I thought this was a mustang forum?:shrug: For how much smack the import crowd talks on domestics i bet there wouldnt be any threads on their forum giving mustangs props.........i'll stick with my $1700 89 gt i bought that is actually pretty clean for $1700. I put about $600 in bolt ons and am...
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    1987 5.0 coupe with t-tops!!!!

    Well i just bought an original 1987 ford mustang 5.0 coupe with t-tops from an old lady in a wheelchair that was in her back yard for wellll......CHEAP!! Its Bone stock with original everything, but is an Automatic. Interior is shot, body doesnt have a dent or crack in it,paints gone, Needs a...
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    Valve float problem?

    Not trying to hi jack your thread, but i have the same issue in california at sea level. seems like we have the same problem. i have a stock shortblock. I can put my timing at 11-12 degrees and it detonates and breaks up after 3k rpm and especially in 3rd and 4th gear. I put it at 15 initial and...
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    head gaskets to raise compression?

    i didnt think about that......ill call my machine shop tomorrow and see about that. Thanks for the help!:D
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    head gaskets to raise compression?

    Im going with a roush 200cc head with tfs stage 1 cam with 1.7's on a stock bottom end. I know the combustion chamber on the roush 200's are 64cc. that will lower my compression, which isnt good to me. i want to get as much compression as i can by using a thinner head gasket but dont want to...
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    I bought my H/C/I combo, now.......pushrods?

    i went ahead and bought a pair of roush 200 heads, TFS stage 1 cam, 1.7's, TF track heat intake, 70mm throttlebody and 76mm mass air. The springs are manley springs on the heads so they are good, lifters are good(tfs), and i am lost on pushrods.....stock pushrods work? And also would 24lb...
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    GT40 heads,Trick flow intake with TFS stg 1 cam?

    thanks for the input, i might just go with some roush200 heads and a tfs stage 1 cam i think then. Id like to go with the stage 2 cam if possible, i think that might have some clearance issues though.......
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    GT40 heads,Trick flow intake with TFS stg 1 cam?

    I am shooting for as fast as i can go with virtually not much money spent, like most other broke people! 89 GT 5 speed 210k miles These are the times ive ran and the mods at the time, all @ 11 degrees of timing stock suspension. 1/8th mile of course 9.21 @ 77mph with 2.0 60ft on street tires...
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    Can i hook up a shift lite to stock tach?

    OK sounds like it will be for sale then......LOL. I am definitely avoiding the huge tach on the dash look! I will look into the tach lites now, thanks for the help all!
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    Can i hook up a shift lite to stock tach?

    i have a monster sport comp tach with a shift lite, i really am not big on gauge thing. I like the stock look, but a shift lite would be very helpful. Can i hook up my autometer shift lite only to my stock tach? any help would be greatly appreciated. I cant find any answers any where else! thanks
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    Mac headers

    Ive installed MAC headers on all three of my fox body's. The Longtubes are a PITA usually, but not always. had an 84 that I about jacked straight up on the bumper that had the headers go in no problem. A 92lx AT with equal lengths that was very easy and last a 89 GT with a 5 speed that about...
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    This sound like a good top end combo?

    Well I have a chance to get these parts for $1300. New Trick Flow street Intake Slightly used Roush 200 heads complete with FMS 1.7 RR's (Heads have 4 hours run time) New TFS stage 1 cam and lifter New 75mm throttle body New 76mm mass air with tube Used 24lb injectors I already have MAC...
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    miss at low rpm

    I hope I have a bad injector too! don't like messing around with all the sensors all that much. I haven't got a chance to check the codes but I got an adjustable clutch quadrant for $20 brand new from Pacifica Mustang that this guy is gonna trade me for his set of Motorsports #24 injectors...
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    miss at low rpm

    Wow!:shock: Thats awesome, Im gonna get to it now! Thanks for the very helpful post!
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    Bad vibration at 70mph

    U joints it is! got a pair of good ol Autozone gold u joints, 1 hour later it was driving as smooth as a mustang should. Thanks for all the help, it was greatly appreciated. Now on to the low end miss!!! Car runs ok but sounds fluttery down low and on the freeway. It seems to be at 2000rpm and...
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    Bad vibration at 70mph

    It vibrates on the floor when i get to 65-70mph and it vibrates the whole car in a rotating sound. Its not constant loud vibration in one sequence, it gets real bad every second and quiets up a little bit then it gets bad and so forth. I will put it neutral and it gets worse. Then if i put it in...
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    miss at low rpm

    sounds like that should get a finger on the problem. Thanks for the help, i appreciate it. Blaine
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    miss at low rpm

    yes its a constant miss. at idle up to about 1800 rpm is when you can really tell. Even on the freeway at about 65mph you can hear it. It sounds like what a burnt plug wire sound like basically. I put all new motorcraft plugs, wires, msd cap and msd rotor in.It revs up fine and runs strong when...
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    miss at low rpm

    Well i bought a 89 gt and threw on longtubes, o/r h-pipe, 65mm throttle body new plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. It has a miss at low rpm and i cant figure out why.It had it before i put all that on. Could it be head related? Valvetrain? Please any help would be appreciated. thanks
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