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    SPEC Clutchs for our 2.3L Turbo

    (Could be wrong here) Its my understanding that the clutch is based more so on the Transmision, and not so much on the engine, IE, you get a clutch for a 5.0 T5 and it "SHOULD" work in a 2.3 T5. :shrug: mabey somebody "In the Know" will chime in here and put me in my place...
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    name this part

    That box is almost all of the relays in your car. Ford had the idea, in stead of indavidual relays, put them all in one box. You "COULD" get rid of it, but you;d them have to wier in single relays in its place...Which I my self would orobably do, damn things are about $70 from ford... :notnice:
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    Anyone else see the new mustang on the road?

    My Brother seen one goin down the 605 in LA the other day :hail2:
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    check out my 79 Cobra 2.3T i got for under 100 bux

    My Dad just got me a Model of an '84 SVO for my B-Day, gonna buld it and paint it to look like mine
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    i want a SVO

    Just gotta keep lookin bro, I spent months looking, and found one on Ebay, in Texas, bought it and got it home, now I drive it daily, fun as hell let me tell ya... :p :D :nice:
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    question from a non SVO owner

    Yea, SVOs were capable of a 15.something 1/4, I love the chit outa mine... :D
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    can a stock 4cyl...?

    When I had my '93 N/A 2.3 Dynoed at a Club dyno day, while I Was backing it out, a bunch of guys were yelling for me to do a burn out, I romped on the brake and gas hard and did a pretty good powerbrake, got one hell of a cheer from the croud.. :rlaugh: All the way at the bottom, the Silver...
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    charging

    Try this, will it start on its own?? IF not Jump it, and then take the negitive batt cable off the batt, if it stays running, then its good, take the batt to Autozone or where ever and have it tested...
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    Waterpump

    Yea, it aint that hard at all, I set aside a day a few weeks ago when I did this on my SVO, When I was done I felt riped, I was looking foward to a full days car work...LOL
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    I Was the Victim of a Hit & Run in the 91 Stang...

    Damn that sux man, Find the basterd, and make sure the cops throw the book at him. I remember one time, a few years ago, my Dad had picked me up from work one night, we were makeing a left turn, and this woman blew the stop light and hit us on the front passenger fender, my dad went through...
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    Funky a$$ electrical problem

    I'll check the Bat + cable, the batts only about two weeks old...
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    Funky a$$ electrical problem

    '84 SVO I did a serch and couldnt find anything simaler to my problem... I was driveing my car home from work, started getting dark so I turned the head lights on, then the tach went dead, dash lights were fine for a few seconds, then they got real dim, the head lights dimed, and the car...
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    Three words you never want to hear...unless you are a mechanic

    Well, it depends on where the gasket blows, I've seen blown head gaskets with water like a motha in the oil, and I've seen them with no sign what so ever, except for the rough running, and ocasional oil leak....In short, you wount always get watter in the oil with a blown head gasket....
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    I'm Finnaly Turbo'ed ......>

    LOL, Great kill, and great car, I just got an '84 and I love that thing, definatly more power then the N/A 2.3 Auto I had... P.S. WHERES THE PICS!!
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    plug wires

    It must be just a random thing, nothing thats set in stone. I'm runnin the Taylor Sripro 8mm's with Bosh Platinum plugs, on my '84 SVO and have noticed no problems with them, I get a good hot constiant spark..
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    I still have no power!..swap problems

    Motorcraft Plugs and wiers, what is with all this, "ONLY" MC stuff??? I'm runnin Taylor 8mm wiers with Bosh platinum, (Not the +2 or +4, just the standard platinums), and have noticed no discrepencies in the iginitin system, with and MSD coil and MSD 5 iginition box...Not intended to be...
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    I still have no power!..swap problems

    Dude, Ok, trust me on this, I went through this with the SVO, check EVERY Vacume line with a fine toothed comb, make sure there all going to the right places, that there not hard or cracked. IF you have any open spots on the tree make sure there pluged. Also check the Fuel pressure, the...
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    Insurance, what are you paying???

    With two accedents on my record I was paying 110 a month with my '93 2.3. That was the liability only
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    I'm painting my car. Any tips?

    Mike, if you havent already, look in the phone book for local Collision suply places. They should be under Automotive, collision repair. Start callin around, I bought a new fender for my 93 for like $90.
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    SVO Wiering harness

    Well, come to find out that my Alternator is not chargeing, had it tested, was fine, put it back in there with a new regulator, still a no-go, so that leaves the wiering. Now, before I go tearing through the rats nest I have in my car, how hard is it to change the whole harness?? I've got butt...