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  1. Stang_1973

    1971-1973 mustang builds

    Well i got my '73 when i was 18 back in '03. It was my mom and dads DD when i was a kid back in the 80's early 90's. Car was parked in 97 and left for dead due to a bunch of problems. I started working on it and have made it my projexct these past couple years. it has seen 3 motors since ive had...
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    AOD performance questions....

    I usually post in the classic forums but i think you guys have more experience in this area. While this is a little bit different setting than most AODs encounter but the concept is the same. Building an AOD for a weekend/sort of daily driver thatll hold up to rare track use and some street...
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    Hard steering wheel after PS pump replace...

    OK OK, i see, im thinking it might have air... I noticed the stifness after going down to the dead end at my road... where i did a full left u turn... back up to the house, back down to the dead end and did a full right u turn. This might have created some air pockets... I thinkin ive got an...
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    Hard steering wheel after PS pump replace...

    OK so thursday I had my gear box replaced, sweet, no more leaking and less road wandering... Today i replaced my power steering pump as the old one was leaking everywhere. Even though it was smooth and worked fine. I just had to put in fluid every single day. I finally changed it outand at...
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    Tall valve covers for roller rockers?

    Yea i knew that there were cheaper ones, but couldnt find them anywhere in town. And i didnt have time to order them from a national supplier.
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    Tall valve covers for roller rockers?

    I used to have plain chrome valve covers from Oreillys, but they were too short when i put roller rockers. I didnt have time to just order a cheap pair from anywhere so i had to but a pair of chrome ford racing ones at a local distributor.... 120 bucks!!!! they look good but i didnt want to...
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    Installed: LMM Power brake booster conversion kit

    Its an adaptor that lets you use the manual drum brake pedal. My kit from ABS powerbrake came with the same thing. Its night and day when comparing manual drum to power disc!
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    abs powerbrake front disk conversion....

    Well I thought id post up sonme info about recent work that went into the car. I those sloppy drums coverted to power disk brakes and i must say the difference is amazing!!!! Just a little testimonial, the other day while driving on the freeway, some guy in a silverdao decided to slow down to 45...
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    air coming thru vents..... hot air!!

    I know for a fact that i do not have that. I saw something like that researching on the web to find a soloution to my problem. Now here goes, if i pick up one of these valves from the parts store, how does it go in? I have no idea how i would hook up the vacuum line...
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    air coming thru vents..... hot air!!

    Ah i see.. thanks.
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    air coming thru vents..... hot air!!

    How would I know if its drawing from the engine compartment? Thats what im afraid of, as the air is extremely hot.
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    air coming thru vents..... hot air!!

    Ok well ive always had this problem just neve got around to fixing it. The car originally came with AC however all the parts for ac are gone except for the controler in the dash and miscellaneous parts under the hood. theres no hosing or compressor. Anyway. as I drive the car air comes into...
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    holley: tuning the idle

    hope this helps. these guys make some aewsome vids.
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    torque converter question...bolt circle

    I see on jegs website. 1970 and later c4 there are like 3 diferent torque converters. int he 2200 rom range (breakaway series). how do i know which one i need? some have different bolt circles, or 1.375 crank case pilot while some dont. the only thing in common is 26 spline. TCI...
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    new upgrades, is this a good combo?

    no responses yet?? well ive got another question, i noticed that comp says you cant use stock valve springs when using the magnum cam. why is that? When i put in the energizer cam i also had the e7 heads put in and am not sure if i had the valve springs changed... is there any way to tell?
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    new upgrades, is this a good combo?

    OK, so my buddy is pactically giving me a cam combo he got and isnt going to use afterall. So i figured id take advantage of it and take care of a few other mods i have been itching to get done and since i have a good chunk of change saved up I might as well. Heres the plan. Going into...
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    Cam change questions

    Sounds like a nice project. One thing to consider that i liked. I put int a shift inprover kit fro BM. Felt alot peppier. You know as a future mod since your on a budget. I dont know th specs on the cam but sometimes its best to swap out your converter to match the cam. usuaully the...
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    initial timing, spark plug gap,

    Sweet i got the autolites, ive always loved em. Thanks hopefully this time next week ill have back on the street running nice, oh and with new power disk brakes.... kuh! hahaha! i cant wait.
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    edelbrock heads??

    ive heard they are a great head, for mildy modded engines. another reccomendation would be windso jr heads. but more info on your mods would def help.
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    initial timing, spark plug gap,

    Ok well, i plan to finally get some stuff don this weekend and next week. Carb is coming off for a rebuild. Gonna find and take care of oil leak. I believe i fixed my vacuum leak, will onfirm after everything is back together. So, since ill be doing a tune up, considering the mods in my sig...
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