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  1. UMDSmith

    Custome intake with two or three throttle bodies!

    Ideally, the 2nd TB would be on a staggered delay from the first, or setup on a secondary throttle cable to only open when the gas is depressed more then a certain percentage. That way you would have the benfit of gas mileadge if you wanted to go easy on it, but when you stomped it, both would...
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    FINALLY got my car back from the Paint shop, *PICS* What ya think?

    If I may ask, what did the paint job run you, and did they do any body work prior to paint??
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    My steering wheels a shakin!!

    hah, I completely forgot about that one as well, good advice :nice:
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    5.0 is an expensive engine

    yeah I upped my p.i.p. and uninsured motorist, as well as being a bit above the min. I think the min is like 20/50/20 or some crap, I'm 2 jumps up from that. 25h birthday will be around the corner, I heard it goes down then as well.
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    engine not taking 5 quarts, stock oil pan 93gt.

    My pressure gauge actually sits center at idle, then jumps a bit higher under accel., this is with 5 quarts, but I am certain that gauge is far from accurate.
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    Installing Whit face gauges

    yeah, the speedo cable was the biggest pain out of taking the entire dash out. I still don't know how I got it off or back on, but somehow you manage.:) Get a small handed friend to do it for you.
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    pitted quarter windows

    Only one company makes those 1/4 windows, and thats ford's glass division (carlite), unless PPG started making them, though I doubt it. They are an encapsulated peice, which in the autoglass industry that means PRICEY. Take them out, refinish them the right way, and you will be more then...
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    5.0 is an expensive engine

    Peddle your wares elsewhere. $672 a YEAR for my 89 hatchback. Progressive (liability only of course)
  9. UMDSmith

    My steering wheels a shakin!!

    Does it pull to any particular side?? If its just vibration it could be tire imbalance, but the likely culprit would be warped rotors, either from wear or from too much heat (often caused by high speed braking.) Pull off your front tires and rotate your front rotors, when looking at them...
  10. UMDSmith

    engine not taking 5 quarts, stock oil pan 93gt.

    Way too much and you will leak oil, thats a sure fire sign. Your oil pressure gauge, if its the stock ford, isn't the most accurate, but should read higher. 5 quarts puts my mark about twice as high as where the full mark reads.
  11. UMDSmith

    Ugh. Electrical Problem

    If you suspect a power draw, you can use a simple bulb tester on battery. Unhook the negative terminal, and then use the tester between the terminal and the negative lead. With the car off and all the doors shut, it should not light your tester bulb. If it does, you have a power drain. Please...
  12. UMDSmith

    Check Engine Light, but only occasionally

    Yeah I was getting it as well. I know the ole paperclick trick, used to use it on my 88 corsica. I'll pull the code and see what it is telling me. Thanks guys.
  13. UMDSmith

    Cervini fiberglass hatch lids

    Not pissed at all, but the conclusion we gained is that the wing must weigh a ton. I install autoglass, and the hatch glass is pretty damn light, so the wing must be fairly heavy. That would make sense considering the wind forces that are applied to it to create downforce at high speeds. I'm...
  14. UMDSmith

    For those of you who use ebay to buy parts.....

    It will just allow another ebay like site to move into a slot and cause some competition. Right now they are almost a monopoly of sorts, but the technology they use isn't complex, so maybe we will see a competitor.
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    Check Engine Light, but only occasionally

    Haven't checked codes yet because it only goes on sometimes, only on startup, and usually goes off once the rpm's climb a little bit. Never stays on for longer then 15 seconds, and only happens maybe once every 30 startups. I'm thinking o2 sensor, since I have no smog nor cats. Would this be...
  16. UMDSmith

    Removed Smog Pump, Failed Emissions?

    What the hell are cats and a smog pump :nice: On the eastern shore of maryland, we don't have emissions. Godbless rednecks and their farm truck ways. :flag:
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    Cervini fiberglass hatch lids

    Call Cervini's, see if they have the specs on weight difference. ANY weight off the car would be good, as long as your suspension is setup to put the weight on the rear wheels under hard acceleration. Overall though, if you can get 1hp pushing less lbs, front or back, you will be faster. Like...
  18. UMDSmith

    Cervini fiberglass hatch lids

    The window weighs no more then 30 lbs. The metal of the hatch weighs more then that. Tempered parts are very light. Even large windshields aren't more then 50 lbs, and I'm talking Chevy/Ford Van's, and Semi's.
  19. UMDSmith

    90 LX Hatch deal that I need help with...

    IS the cost of the tranny swap worth the deal on this car. Also with 4.10 gears this car probably saw track time. I'd have someone look over the engine that you trust. Considering it has a new tranny and DS, then I'd check for other race related wear and tear.
  20. UMDSmith

    New to Mustang World

    Welcome to the expensive path all the rest of us are on in varying degrees. Your first major mod should probably be gears. I recommend 3.73 which is a good all around gear, and will work with your auto, and will be even better if you swap to 5 speed. After that, start on the restrictions...
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