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    US Regulations makes the rear bigger?

    Very true. Marketing, facilities, everything adds up. That was my point - I'd bet Ford has to sell 1 million + vehicles of a specific model before they even see a dollar worth of profit. After that, it's gravy, but you don't sell 1-2 million vehicles easily or quickly. If they did, Chrysler...
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    US Regulations makes the rear bigger?

    You're forgetting the fixed cost. I know for a fact that the cost of materials (sheet metal, paint, parts, interiors, everything) for GM to build a 1/2ton Silverado pickup is about 15-20,000 dollars, as you said. But that's just the variable cost. The problem with the auto industry is it's a...
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    US Regulations makes the rear bigger?

    Automakers aren't as well-off as you think they are. This is not a case of Ford making $10,000 profit on each vehicle because they replaced all the metal with plastic... In fact, Ford probably makes less than $1000 per vehicle on the average vehicle. Larger trucks ($40,000 and up) probably...
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    US Regulations makes the rear bigger?

    To answer your question from an engineering standpoint - there's no PHYSICAL reason why Ford couldn't use a chrome bumper. Either plastic painted chrome, a thin, plated metal .. whatever. From an engineering perspective, it's completely feasible. So the answer to 'why not use a chrome bumper?'...
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    US Regulations makes the rear bigger?

    I'm pretty sure this is the answer to "what's wrong with America today?" Anyway, without getting looped into your right-wing nut-babble, you're not entirely correct on the bumper question (which, I believe, was the point of this thread). Yes, there are bumper standards in the US pertaining...
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    Mustang vs. Civic

    This whole god damn argument is so ridiculous. It never ceases. There are a lot of dumbass people in Civics that think they're the second coming. There are an equal number of dumbass people in Mustangs that think they're the second coming. And the great irony is that YOU'RE ALL ****ING...
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    What type of lift springs?

    Agreed. Talk to Mik. But... The springs you need depend on the lift of the cam you get. The 207 cam is the only one there with lifts under 0.500". You'd probably be okay with this on your stock springs, though I'd still be tempted to get new ones (and I think Mik would tell you the same...
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    stroker kit

    Yeh, and I want a million dollars, a pet monkey, and Charlize Theron in my bed. But we don't all get what we want, do we? My point is that if you want something quality made, you have to pay for it. Conversely, if you get something cheap, it may not last. Morana is great, but not cheap. A...
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    roots supercharger

    So far the only info is 'wait'. Like I said, we'll see. Giving them another few months is fair, but beyond that, people will stop taking them seriously...
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    Well you can calculate it. Stock axle ratio is 3.27:1. So with 4.10s, you'd always be revving 4.10/3.27 = 25% faster than you are now. So at 75mph on the highway, when you're usually at about 2200rpm right now, you'd be at 2200*1.25 = almost 2800rpm. Not awful, but not great for your...
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    They'd be best off the line, but watch out if you do any highway driving...
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    With ALL the bolt-ons I mentioned above, you stand a chance of beating a stock 98 or older GT. If you're a good driver, and particularly if you get some high-ratio gears. You won't be beating any 99+ GTs any time soon, though. You need a cam + more to bump you up into that range.
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    Need? No. But it would help. Even on a completely stock car, a good tune, a little bit of spark advance, stuff like that, can help out and get an extra few horses. Adding pulleys, CAI, Exhaust, and an intake spacer would change the engine geometry enough that a good tune would gain some...
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    Go to 3.8mustang.com and message LHShockey1894. He makes em.
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    What's wrong? My car is falling apart!

    Doesn't sound like a head gasket. Sounds more like a defective coolant temp sensor or an electrical short. It's just not physically possible for your car to have gotten that hot in a 2-mile drive across campus, so it has to be just a defective sensor. I'd attempt to read the DTCs from the...
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    DTC code

    Correct, the cluster only runs diagnostics for signals relevant to its operation, like battery voltage, fuel sender, things like that.
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    roots supercharger

    Yeah we seen it. Show me the money. I see lots of neat talk in that thread. Lots of neat pictures. Zero product. Believe me, I'd LOVE to believe all the hype. Full supercharger kit for 1500 bucks?? Great!! But I'll believe it when I see it.
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    My Mustang sounds like a Bus

    Not to sound cranky or condescending, but... It's a Ford. It's a big piece of *****!!!!!! It creaks. Get used to it. :D Seriously, the Mustang, as much as it may pain you to think it, is NOT a quality-built automobile. It works, it runs, it gets the job done, but refinement it ain't. If...
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    DTC code

    Eegads, the misinformation here is BRUTAL! Okay, to start, here's how Diagnostic codes work. And frankly I cannot BELIEVE the Ford tech didn't know this. He should be fired. Codes do start with a letter. Like P0xxx, P1xxx, P2xxx, P3xxx. Those are all POWERTRAIN codes, 400 of them (hence...
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    Just Got Some Money Need Help Spending It

    Hold on there. Chip=250-350. RRs=250+. Cam+Springs=350. Pulleys=250. TB spacer is useless, but intake spacer=100. All of those add up to WAY more than the 500 bucks you started with. But to answer your question, all of those should get you solidly into 14s. Maybe high 13s if you had a pretty...
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