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    New guy on the block

    If you don't want to buy the GT rear bumper cover, you can just hang the tailpipes below your bumper. Any exhaust shop can do it, there are several ways. You can put shims under the hanger (which you'll need to buy, because your V6 doesn't have tailpipe hangers), or you can cut or bend the metal...
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    What'd you get for Christmas?

    Nice, the big white one? It's pretty good, eh? Great pics, and the written history is pretty interesting too.
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    Springs

    You need a compressor. Please don't try to do it without one, it's just not safe. You can buy a compressor, or you can rent them from most auto parts stores for a pretty reasonable fee. Take it slow, get some help if you can, and be extremely careful. Those springs store an awful lot of...
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    Gears for the V6

    I would first ask yourself how much time you spend on the highway or above 60mph in general. If it's even an appreciable amount, I'd think really hard about 4.10s or even 3.73s if you spend a lot of time. If it's all city driving where you rarely go over 50mph anyway, grab yourself some...
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    Replacing aftermarket intake with stock one

    For a leak to be causing a SES, it would likely have to be downstream of the MAF. There should be two holes near the top of the CAI, up by the throttle body. One is for your IAT sensor - make sure the sensor is plugged in. The second is for the PCV (vacuum hose to the valve cover) - make sure...
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    Heard about the new supercharger for 1500?

    Read the thread a bit more. His proposal is that you'd get a LOW BOOST setup when using an underdrive pulley (5-7lbs), and that if you wanted a high boost version, you can just throw your stock pulley back on to get more boost (7-10lbs). I actually think it's a pretty inventive idea. Allows...
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    Best Buy With $160?

    They're referring to the final drive gears. They're in the differential in the rear end, and so it doesn't matter whether you have a manual or automatic. Gears are great if you're mostly a city driver, but I'd think hard before throwing really short gears on if you spend time on the freeway often.
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    Stuck in park??

    It's called Brake-Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI). In order to comply with federal rules, there are probably two switches on your brake pedal, one to actuate the lights directly, and a second for the shift interlock. The first is likely more robust (if you got out and stood behind your...
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    Best Buy With $160?

    The best *overall* first mod IMO is exhaust. Better sound, looks way better, maybe a touch more performance. But 160 won't quite cover exhaust. 250 would do it. For 160 I'd go with UD pulleys. 160 is just about exactly the right amount (assuming you do the install yourself), and they net you...
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    What'd you get for Christmas?

    Mustang stuff, of course. :) After all, that's what the holidays are about, getting cool gifts. :D I scored some new Ford floormats with a little pony on em, fender covers for working on the car, a gasket set, two little models to build (a 68 GT-500 and an 03 Cobra), and a VERY cool book...
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    Heard about the new supercharger for 1500?

    Yeah I've been following that thread. Sounds great *in theory*. I'd love to buy a kit, I'd definitely be in for one of those ... but I won't be getting to excited until I see it working.
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    SpectorV, the car is an early 2000 (said in my original post), so it's one of the ones with the severe problem. There's nothing wrong with putting a breather on, so long as you can live with the smell (worse if you run the AC a lot). 00StangV6Coupe, PCV = Positive Crankcase Ventilation...
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    Oh it's dog hair alright (covered in oil), just like everything else I own, covered in that little bastard's fur :). Half terrier, half retriever, I think. :) Apparently you're not too well-endowed, because those ports are waaay too little for my equipment, dude. :)
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    Only 30k miles. Pretty heavy buildup for only 30k.
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    That'd be my dog. :) I thought it was a crack at first too.
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    Any brand-X engine degreaser should do a pretty good job at nuking it. Any kind of petroleum-based solvent. Not sure how you'd clean it without removing it from the car, though. :)
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    If you haven't deleted your PCV yet...

    ....this might change your mind. Pulled my upper off for a P&P this afternoon. It's largely in good shape, except for the #6 long runner. Check the last pic. This is from an early-year 2000, so it's got the hideously-overactive PCV (aka "turbo-suck"). Nothing really spectacular, just thought...
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    RED Lining with the Traction Control OFF. Did any Damage Happen?

    For the love of God, will someone PLEASE lock or kill this thread? I nearly had a stroke trying to read the first page three days ago, and it's still ****ing here.
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    232 = 3.8, but how?

    No prob. Eeesh, I hope your finals weren't math-related. :D j/k dude..good luck on them!
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    232 = 3.8, but how?

    1 inch = 25.4mm. So 1 cubic inch (1inch^3) = 25.4mm x 25.4mm x 25.4mm = 16387mm^3 = 16.387cm^3 16.387cm^3 = 0.016387 Liters. So 232 cubic inches = 232 x 0.016387 = 3.801 Liters Or 281 cubic inches = 281 x 0.016387 = 4.605 Liters It's just rounding error. Remember that a "4.6L"...
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