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    i finally got around to taking some pics of the 2.3T

    i was just mocking the water pump up, just had it hanging there so no crap and little kids would put somthin in there. notice the missing lower bolt, it seems the kid decided he was going to move it or it sprouted legs, not sure...
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    i finally got around to taking some pics of the 2.3T

    Well like i said i finally got some pics of the engine thats going into the SVO. Its going in about 2 weeks if the weather holds... i was going to take some pics of the head before it got painted and installed but i didnt. Its a ported and polished Powerhead with 1.59 intake and 1.89exh...
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    just got a 65 Mustang 289 with a problem...

    i got most of my money tied into the SVO right now to go to crazy on the longblock. but whow 125 such a generious offer, add two zero's and we might be talking
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    2.3L mustang hatch FOR SALE

    damn you for being on the east coast...
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    just got a 65 Mustang 289 with a problem...

    Okay heres the scoop I got a friend that works at the vintage race car team at Infineon. He brought the borescope and checked inside. Saw what looked to be rust in the bottom end of the bore so i guess its cracked . When we flushed the cooling system also found rust in the coolant, so for now...
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    65 coupe w/ 289

    motor is locked. I cant get it to turn by hand. No metal in the oil. I went to autozone to get some plugs and wires and went back outside to start it, but got nothing. Any ideas? Its the orignal motor to this car and it has ~180,000 miles on it. I'm an SVO nut so these v8's are a little foriegn...
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    just got a 65 Mustang 289 with a problem...

    With 171,869 original miles. The interior is absolutly insane totaly clean no rips tears or sagging headliner just two peices of laminate trim on the center console peeling. I got it for the insane price of FREE!!!! Woot!~!!! My cousin got tired of it, he says the motor is frozen tho :-( he went...
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    ya i got a new job

    well back in the end of OCT I got laid off from the mercedes dealer from some dumb !@#$ reason. Sat on my duff for the last month pondering what the next career move would be. A friend of mine told me about a apprentice locksmith his work was hiring for AKA: shop bi@#h. which is fine i figure a...
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    Sold the 91LX...Kinda hard to watch it Drive Away...

    wtf is with all the car crashing? that sucks hardcore on the drive home to put all that on.... i'm in tears
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    Crash!

    dude that made me cry, almost as bad as i did when i spun my svo out in the auto-x last october
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    benn a while a thought id post an update.

    been a while and thought id post an update. so the merkur i bought i ended up selling it for cash cause i got laid off in Oct. needed money for the SVO engine I needed to finish paying the guy i bought from. Anyway I got the engine back from my cousin all nice and freshly painted. I just got a...
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    How Much?

    i hope so, cnverting an svo is punishable by death and that still wouldnt do justice...
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    bought used motor... now what sould i do to it?

    i've got one of those from powerheads, awesome job porting is clean and nicely done, sweet hp gains excellent mid and upper range power improvments
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    DYNO Results not what expected (pic)

    crank the boost like everyone else said, play with the timming 12-14* power hides somewhere in that range. 255lph fuel pump and adjustable regulator, put more fuel into it when the boost starts to go up. which VAM and injector size are you running?
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    Need some help guys..

    bad ground wire loose connections. have you had the inst cluster out before?
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    Reccomendation for road course type suspension?

    GRIGGS all i have to say.
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    muffler suggestion

    Flowmasters, Dual Chamber 40's, thats whats in mine and I love them. At idle people get it confused with a v8 witch is good and bad. Those mufflers will make your ears hurt from about 4000rpms on down from decel.
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    who wants to sell

    140 I might be tho...
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    who wants to sell

    hhmmmm why? you guttin a 4cyl to drop that motor into or is it for gas mileage. because that might effect who responds.... :0