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    Rear Drums.... Click

    I have a 87 GT, and if im in first gear at about 5 mph and i left off the gas and the car starts to engine brake, teh rear drums click. I think its the rear drums atleast, anyone else have this happen to them? I think it might have something to do with the rain. Whenever it rains the car...
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    70mm Throttle Body?

    my car is a 87, so its still speed density :-(. Im looking to get a mass air conversion kit. My uncles friend has a 9 second 93 notchback, he converted it to carbed 4 days after he got it. H ehad all the mass air stuff sitting in the garage and he threw it out. I was like aww crap....
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    70mm Throttle Body?

    I have a a Cobra intake on my 87 mustang. Im thinking about getting a 70mm throttle body. Will i see a increase in power by doing this? I have the stock throttle body off my old intake on the cobra now.
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    Heater Core Removal/Installation

    i did it on my 87 gt and i did it without discharging my ac. Took a l o n g time.
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    rubberized undercoating HELP

    I have a whole S load of rubberized undercoating under my car. ANd of course its rusting right underneath it. Do you know of anything that will eat off the rubberized undercoating. Because i really wouldn't like to sit there with a scraper and a wire wheel. Im planning on primering the whole...
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    Exhaust Question

    I have a 87 mustang gt. I put a set of flowmaster 40's on there. It has a real deep deep sound. But i don't have any of that higher pitched muscle car sound. You know how older muscle cars sound, i have none of that its deep all the way through the rpm range. I have stock headers, and a...
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    Headlight Lens

    I want to take off my clear headlight lens so i can clean the insides and then seal them up completely with silicone. How do i get the clear front lens off of the housing? Thnx
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    Just got back from the drag strip

    cobra intake and flowmaster mufflers
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    Just got back from the drag strip

    I figured id let you guys know how she ran. My best time for the day was 14.635 at 94 mph. My car is a 87 mustang GT 5spd. Just figured id let you guys know how she did. Im really happy with the time.
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    Going to the track tommorow, racing gas? Help ASAP

    i have cats... is that bad to run racing gas with cats?
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    Going to the track tommorow, racing gas? Help ASAP

    Im going tommorow to the track for hte first time in my 87 mustang . I want it to run the best it can so i was thinking about running racing 106 octane gas in it. Do you think it will make my car run any better/ faster. Im going to leave the car at 1/4 tank of 87 for the ride there then have...
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    Changing Clutch... Check Trans??

    well the reason i am putting a new clutch in is the car is going to be down in about 2 weeks. DOwn for the underneath to be completely tore apart and re done. So i want the clutch just to last. Plus.. it was free... and im still learning how to drive a stick shift, so i figured why not?
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    Changing Clutch... Check Trans??

    I am putting in a used clutch with about 50% life left on it. I am considering have the trans checked out because sometimes if i put it into 2nd it will pop out of gear. Not all the time, but it still does it. Also when i put the car into second it does not feel like all the other gears. It...
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    Uh? Helmet?

    Is there a store that anyone knows of that sells racing helmets? I live aroudn the chicago area if anyoen is from around here. Or if anyone knows a chain storethat carries them? Thanks
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    Um.... isn't the clutch supposed to be backwards?

    A bracket for my clutch adjustment broke off. We fixed it today. Now the pedal feels exactly as all my friends pedals. But one problem. The clutch will not disengage all the way. I was told by a few people that thats how these clutches get when their are worn, they will not disengage all...
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    Off Road H Pipe Questions

    Im considering getting a off road pipe. Im considering the H pipe more because it give more of a muscley agressive tone. Where the X is the more high pitched race car sound. WIll it increase any horsepower? How much louder will it actually be? I have flowmaster 40's on there right now...
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    Headers VS Off Road H

    Im thinking about getting either a off road H pipe or a set of headers. Which one would help my car breath the best? How would each one help or hurt my car?
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    How easily anyone can get at our engine!

    Well the other day was over and he was like hey you know i could steal your new intake real easily i was like ok, the hoods closed. Hes like watch this, climbs under my car, not 5 seconds later... pop... my hood was open. :jaw: . I realized how accessable my engine compartment was to someone...
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    Going to the track, $200 left.. what else?

    lol nope, stock clutch but its all fudged up lol