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  1. freakintiger

    Look at this..

    That is one of the craziest things I have ever read...and some thought noobs were bad on stangnet!
  2. freakintiger

    Looking for valve cover ideas

    Why not just get an aluminum one off eBay for cheap and either satin finish it with an abrasive wheel or full on polish it. I went the satin finish route with a turbocoupe cover, looks decent...
  3. freakintiger

    Turbo Compression Question

    I thought only the early carbureted ones had the higher compression...
  4. freakintiger

    Turbos and Ethanol

    Perhaps for the near future, until we all get our drive by wire hydrogen powered weenie cars...don't you people get it? Thats why on all these shows that "pimp" someones ride they never go under the hood, so everyone will be content with a lot of "bling, bling" and a real loud stereo on a car...
  5. freakintiger

    hey guys

    Cool man, post pics!
  6. freakintiger

    swapping a 460 bb

    Thankyou.
  7. freakintiger

    Not a stang but..

    Sounds to me like the engine overheated to the point the oil broke down,the motor is seized,and you are destroying the starter gear against the now immobile(frozen) flywheel. :shrug: If that is the case the Probe is dead... :(
  8. freakintiger

    Had some luck at the yard today

    tealtiger: the DOHC heads benefit is that there are two intake valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder as opposed to our SOHC heads. That allows the engines to move the air/fuel in very fast and the exhaust out very fast. Also each side has a dedicated cam...
  9. freakintiger

    I got a job at FORD!

    Some cars* that come in for service are gonna leave the shop with a few extra hard miles on 'em... :D *defined as any factory hi-perf, or owner modified hot rod, loosely anything that goes FAST
  10. freakintiger

    Hey 2.3L people...

    I know it is obvious, but if you keep your foot out of it ALL the time, you will really get some great mileage. Yeah , I was planning a V8 swap too, till I was on this forum for a year, now I'm hunting for a large journal turbo 4 cyl. block...
  11. freakintiger

    You guys tell me whats wrong with my pony...

    James, I actually changed out IAC to a new unit. How do you do a base idle/computer reset? Is this just a matter of removing the neg. battery cable for a few minutes then reattaching? Thanks!
  12. freakintiger

    You guys tell me whats wrong with my pony...

    To Christmas: I can't set the TPS, the sensor is made to go on only one way, the sensor casing has crescents into which the panhead screws go and there is no play. I think this is an improvement over the older model(mine is a '93). Thanks for the help and for lookin' out dude! To 16v: I've...
  13. freakintiger

    You guys tell me whats wrong with my pony...

    Well I changed out the TP sensor and no real improvement(thanks though for the response Christmas GT). Anyone one else have any ideas/suggestions?
  14. freakintiger

    87 XR4TI swap to 92 LX problems.

    He just said that there is only an electrical connector going to the dizzy, so either he can't find the spout or there isnt one on a Merkur... :shrug:
  15. freakintiger

    You guys tell me whats wrong with my pony...

    Hey all! My pony is acting up! She was trying to stall out(but has not actually stalled out)when I first cranked her up in the morning(she does ok for the rest of the day). One particular morning I started her up then proceeded to drop the conv. top and the engine shuddered violently. Also at...
  16. freakintiger

    Finally got around to everything. (overheating issues + adding usb port)

    Bondo absorbs moisture, better just to take it down to bare-metal and coat it in POR-15.