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    C-4 And Longtubes

    I have 1 1/2" Heddman long tubes on my Fairmonts 302, first with a large bellhousing C4, then later with the T5 swap. Good ground clearance, although my car is not lowered.) They did rattle on the Kmember at first, but a new set of motor mounts (Mustang convert.) cured that. I also have 1 5/8"...
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    Reinforcing rear control arm mounting

    I have heard of guys ripping up their lower torque boxes, but has anyone damaged their upper rear control arm mounting brackets? I already have "battleboxes" on the lowers, but looking at the upper mounts, the factory crossmember just being spotwelded from the factory seems kinda flimsy. I plan...
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    Manual rack

    Iswapped my 85 Mustang 5.0LX over to manual steering a while back. I found a older (79-82) 4cyl. Mustang in a wrecking yard with manual steering AND brakes, & put it all in. The steering column splined coupler is different, so if you find a car with a manual rack, make sure you get that too. The...
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    Oil Cap off, idle jumps??

    Removing the oil filler cap introduces a major vacumn leak to a running engine, on a closed ventilation PCV system.