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  1. jcp123

    latemodel 302 in 66?

    Good stuff...when my motor goes out (thought it did a couple of weeks ago, but that's another story...) I am going to do the same thing, run a carb'd roller 302. And v-belts. This is a good read!
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    30" on a Mustang..anyone?

    All I could come up with when I saw that picture was: "Uhhhhhhh..."
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    Which rearend gear do you think???

    If you were doing a DD like mine or just a nice little cruiser, I'd stick with the 2,90's or 3,00's like mine. For a weekend car as you said, go 3,70's!
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    Thoughts On Air Filter Size

    Currently I have an STP SA3648 which I believe measures 2,5" tall and have a K+N 14 x 3,063" filter ready to go when the paper one gets too dirty. I think the 3" is about as tall as I can fit under my '67. As for the air cleaner housing, I run the standard chrome lid dress-up unit you get at any...
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    pertronix ii

    I've put about 23k miles on two different Pertronix setups and they both have treated me great with nary a hiccup. Mine tends to run on the uncomfortably warm side here in summer and it hasn't given me any fits yet (8500 miles on this unit). Seemed to give a nice bump in the midrange in my '68...
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    My defrost is worthless!

    Do what they said above, let the car warm a bit. But also, how about the little hoses that take the air to the vents? In my '68 I used to have, these hoses were shot, hence, no defrost. That was fun when we were on the interstate in a rainstorm in that flat evening light with a frosty...
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    New carb on 351C problems!

    We had nothing but driveability problems on our Street Avenger that my Dad had on his Cleveland. Turns out the dudes who rebuilt the engine didn't bother to do any jetting and it was running a bunch of sizes too lean on the jets. Eventually got it to a dyno shop where it got tuned properly, and...
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    mustang 66 six cylinder gt?

    What he said. IF for some reason it's a factory freak, I'd want to see documentation. Otherwise it's just a factory six with GT goodies slapped on later.
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    Need some basic direction: c4 vs. T5

    I'd have to go for the 5-speed, if for no other reason than because it's overdrive. I'm not one for modernizing these cars too much, bit I am an overdrive fan because of the flexibility it affords you in balancing driveability and mileage. I'm thinking about an AOD swap for my current C4.
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    how many of you are excited?

    Not that excited. Not that I would be, I generally don't go for modern cars. The new Challenger and upcoming Camaro caught my eye despite retro styling though...
  11. jcp123

    Tell me why I should not!

    For one, you would blend in rather than stand out. I don't know about you, but for me a lot of the appeal is in the folks whose heads turn when they see your car. Plus with a '93, you're getting into emissions- and computer-controlled vehicles. That not only makes things more complicated under...
  12. jcp123

    Dead in here!

    And I thought California was the Kar Kapitol of the World! So where you guys from? I was born in Fremont, raised in Milpitas, up in the SF Bay Area. I'm moving back after college :D
  13. jcp123

    Ford VIN Decoder

    Mine's too old to work :( good thing I decoded it a long time ago. Looks interesting though, with these long vin's we have these days that'd be a lifesaver.
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    all u efi swappers

    I agree. Neither transmission had any kind of computer controls or hookups, so there shouldn't be a difference. I think there was a slight difference on the older speed-density systems because the quoted hp varied, but on the mass-air I am more or less sure there's no difference. I'd get some...
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    Here comes another winter of stang driving.

    I've never had the pleasure of driving in ice and snow and the like...so I am not too worried about this winter either :D
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    Let's rate the new Mustang

    3. Still too retro for me...if I want something that looks like the originals, I'll get an original, and that doesn't just go for Mustangs, or even just for cars in general. I preferred the method they used on the 94-98's and '99-'04's, which was to take the essential styling elements...
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    drove a SVT Focus

    Mine was an '04, the last year of the SVT's, but they still had teething problems, apparently. But that's a good sign it has an upgraded clutch, that was the major expense I ran into. Mini Coopers, which use the same 6-speed, had some of the same problems as the SVT's. If you can stomach the...
  18. jcp123

    drove a SVT Focus

    I used to own one. It's a kind of fun car, but it has some clutch issues. I would grill the guy on whether he replaced it or not, and if so which unit it was replaced with. Last August saw a redesigned flywheel, pressure plate, and clutch disc that supposedly solves this problem once and for...
  19. jcp123

    Filling up gas is a pain

    First question: are you in CA or another state that has those silly vapor recovery nozzles? If so, it makes the following a lot harder (drove a '68 hardtop as my daily driver out in CA in high school, 2000-2005). I usually have to get down there and wedge the nozzle in with my body...
  20. jcp123

    I will never be done with my car.

    I know what it feels like to seem like it never ends. I started using a '67 Convertible as my daily driver last year; the car had been restored already by my Dad and I, and has won many shows, but I have had a lot of teething problems I didn't have on the '68 I drove in high school. Some were...
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