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    Duraspark woes in a '85 GT, need help bad.

    It's eating boxes. Been returning a friends ex racer '85 GT into a street car. He bought it as a roller with the mechanicals scattered and the wiring hacked dang near everywhere. To repair the wiring I swiped a duraspark harness out of a ex U haul F350 and spliced it in remembering the old...
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    C4 trans swap emergency

    Thanks God for eBay. Methinks you have a large bell. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7980858215&category=33727&sspagename=WDVW Big... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7980993973&category=46104 Little... Jamie
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    C4 trans swap emergency

    Based on the info. Did you see this combo running or was it peiced together for you? The dipstick tube looks unmolested like it should fit the bell. Not real sure except you saying it doesn't engage the flexplate. Jamie
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    Flow control valve...which hose?

    50/50 guess slightly educated would say the line from the water pump itself. The should be the highest pressure point (water flows from the lower rad hose to the pump though the block through the back of the head gasket through the heads to the front of the intake to the upper rad hose to the...
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    C4 trans swap emergency

    Starters are starters on these. 99% sure you have a big bell setup with a small flexplate (been there, done that). Run a pencil across the bolt holes in the starter and compare the teeth gap to what you have on the divider plate to flexplate. If memory serves, the only small bell ones were...
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    Where to get a seatbelt bolt???

    I have a bunch from parting cars, but like I said above, it's not worth the aggrevation of shipping one stupid bolt. Any Ford uses the same setup, it's a five minute deal. Heck you are from Michigan, stop by a local garage that has a Ford sitting outside in peices and get one from it. It's a...
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    control arms or subframes

    Ditto that.
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    Custom subframe

    Any industrial metal suppliers has what you need. 1 x 2 x .125" rectangle tubing in 20' sticks and 1.5 x 1.5 angle for the seat braces in 20' sticks. Cut it, form it,and weld it on. Jamie
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    Radio and A/C relocation done, w00t!

    Ditto that, pretty cool effect. Would be nice have it wrinkle finished like the restof the plastic or smooth the plastic near the shifter to keep it the same feel / style. Good job. Jamie
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    Mods you wish you had not made???

    MAC caster camber plates (bushings cracked out three days later) FMS B springs (took several attempts to get the car to sit level and now it looks unlowered) MAC white faced gauges (look like **** at night) B+M hammer AOD shifters on customers cars (should charge double just for the...
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    bought a sn93 S/C today i need some tips on things reguiarding it

    Have to disagree with the larger injector theory on the ol ball drive paxtons. Keep it real and don't overspeed them and they will run fine with 19's and an FMU. My combo runs fine with 24's and a FMU hitting 60psi of fuel at 6psi of boost. No drame and it's a lot cheaper vs the 42's and...
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    Where to get a seatbelt bolt???

    Ditto the above. Pretty lame to post this since it's so simple just to go rip one out. Heck you'll need the tool to install it anyway. Jamie
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    Damn my interior stinks

    Half cup of tide laundry detergent in a gallon of water with a Bissel upolstophy cleaner for everything and a cheap 1" paint brush and straight tide on the fabric stains. For the vinyl and plastic straight permatex hand cleaner (white gojo works too) and a clean white T shirt. Rub it on and...
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    5.0L Miata - Tried Starting...no go...advice?

    Yep, you are there. The red / green stripe wire to the coil has to be hot in run and start. The Green / yellow (tan /yellow in some) goes from the coil to your tach and the puter. The big blacks are grounds (forgot to hook one up on the 2.8 to 4.0 V6 swap in my brothers '92 ranger and the...
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    Anyone see the test they did with the intake manifolds??

    In my opinion after owning or working on many of the intakes is the GT40 upper is pretty nice, especially after you remove the humps in the TB tube for the longer bolts. PITA cutting the bolt bosses free and then heating it with a propane torch and massaging the humps out, but I felt a...
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    quick question on plastigauge

    Not a big faa of plastigage (could never get consistent readings twice in a row). For the crank mains I do the spin test. (little oil on the bearings torqued to spec, make sure it spins over at least twice aft pulling by the throws hard. Makes absolutely no sense typed up, but it shows itself...
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    99 gt transmission stronger?? than fox tranny?

    less timing less power... retards the timing during shifting...
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    MAC Caster / Camber Plate and Steeda front coil spring spacer plate install

    Finally got around to installing the MAC caster camber plates in the '93 today. Complete PITA sums it up at best. I chose the MAC's over the Steeda setup just to keep away from the solid bearing NVH issues. No instructions made a fun start. Mocked it up and measured everything and as...
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    Louvers for my Hatch

    Got a set of OEM ones on the '93. The original owners of my old '88 ordered them from Ford and they came with a E3 date coded paperwork. They are aluminum and attatch with self adhesive tape. They hinge at the top to clean the glass and are held at the bottom with qtr turns. Had to put a dab...
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    Spring Isolators

    Ditto that, don't see it being a problem in the long run. Sure wish Mike would get rid of the flashing ad. Jamie
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