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  1. hotrodnut

    Anyone Have Their Hats Painted?

    I've done mine in black and my Son has done his in silver. I had thought when he was first done that I may have done mine in silver instead. Then, after awhile I seen where the silver attracts the dirt and brake dust as the black hardly shows. I don't have the silver of my Son's but here are...
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    Suspension Tech's/Guru's Advice and Help

    I have heard awful noises from some of the lower control arms used that has not had the supplied lube used on the sides of the bushings before installing. It may be the same situation with all the connection points of the 5-link where all the bushings are getting friction from their metal...
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    To drift or not to drift

    Practice can be done at events, I'm not a follower of Drifting but I do know there are events that are held throughout the country. Back in the day, when the Malls were closed on Sunday's, I use to go practice vehicle control on rainy days it those empty parking lots. I would set up some...
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    To drift or not to drift

    Wrong, I've been Auto-x'n since the 70's and if there is a 180 degree turn with 1 pylon to go around it IS faster to E-brake it, (if you know how). The flat spot will not occur, if you read my other posts you would see it only takes a millisecond to upset the rears enough to do the pin-point...
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    2003 Mach I

    This sounds odd but if you pick-up a beater that you can tag and insure and call it your PRIMARY driver then the Mach1's insurance may be cheaper. My 19 yr old Son has an '04 GT that was going to be 4k a year, he picked up a 'ol 80 something Pontiac for free that didn't run, put a few hundred...
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    WHAT POWER PROGRAMMER (CHIP) WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?

    I would wait until you get all the things done before the tune if you are not having any issues with how your Mustang runs now. My Son's GT had a Dyno tune and picked up a only few peak HP/TQ but through the middle picked up an addition 12 HP! :nice:
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    WHAT POWER PROGRAMMER (CHIP) WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?

    I agree with this, just be cautioned though that the tuning software for the xcal2 can be had for little money and all of a sudden there are SCT xcal2 tuners everywhere. Just make sure whoever you get a mailorder tune from (if that's the route you have to take) has lots of experience doing...
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    99 GT Battery Fitment.

    My Factory Battery was wider and a tad loger too, the height was the same though. By modifying the stock bracket a little made the bracket clamp the Optima Battery in the proper location.
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    To drift or not to drift

    Just for a millisecond because you will already have the inertia built up in the direction you are turning and the rear will kick out instantly.
  10. hotrodnut

    Black Bullitts On! PICS

    Man, that looks great fiveoho!! :nice: I think you made the right choice.
  11. hotrodnut

    To drift or not to drift

    The trick to using the E-brake is to be already turning when applying it. Note that if you are not holding the button in it will lock and spin you out. All you want to do is apply it enough to shock the rear wheels into a slide. I'm not into drifting but when Autocrossing the E-brake is used...
  12. hotrodnut

    8.8 swap question

    I'm not sure of how much narrower either but I've heard an inch? :shrug: There will be no clearance issues with stock wheels but it will be tucked in more so than it already is of course. Using a 9" wide wheel with a 10-15 mm offset or a 10" wide with 0 offset would be perfect for moving the...
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    99 GT Battery Fitment.

    No pics, but I'll try and get one tonight. There are 2 different sizes of the Red Tops, you must have the 900 CCA version which the length is perfect but the width is a tad narrower than the Factory Battery but fits better than the Model 75/25 that I have. Hummm, mine didn't come with any...
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    99 GT Battery Fitment.

    I don't think Optima has a perfect fit Battery for the Mustang . . . . why? . . . I can't figure that out since there are so many Mustangs out there. But, either way, they don't. I made the Optima Red Top fit in my Mustang by drilling a new hole in the clamp down bracket. The stock mounting...
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    255/40/17....sidewall too small thin??????

    The spacer rings go in the spring pearch over the upper end of the spring (frame side). The X2 ball joint actually spaces the lower control arm further away from the upright where the balljoint mounts to it. The bottom of the spring is mounted into the lower control arm, therefore increasing the...
  16. hotrodnut

    Loosen Your Shift Knob

    ???? Are you fun'n me?? :D If it's loose when you power/speed shift your hand would rotate and just about break your wrist I'd think. :eek: I've always had to have the knob tight on any shifter so I would get a good solid shift. Pro5.0 being used here BTW.
  17. hotrodnut

    255/40/17....sidewall too small thin??????

    Yeah, I hear you on the blocks, same here for most everything at my work. No adjustments with the factory balljoints. :(
  18. hotrodnut

    Front end noise?

    I'd say the steering rack bushings are needing replaced too or that they need to have some lube put on them. My Son's '04 GT did that when new, I took the steel sleeves in rack bushings and put some good grease on them and reinstalled. No noise since and it's been over 2 years now.
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    255/40/17....sidewall too small thin??????

    Well, springs went in at the same time so exact is kinda hard to say. Here's a picture of the X2 (left) vs stock (right), you can get an idea of how much difference from this:
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    255/40/17....sidewall too small thin??????

    I got the Steeda X2's for my Son for Christmas from the Stagnet's partshopper.com . The spacers I am talking about come with the X2 balljoints and the instructions says they will retain the height is used. So, leaving them out drops the front down near a 1/2". They retail at $99.95 from Steeda...
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