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    Stock Fox Hatch 5 Speed Vehicle Weight

    my 87 lx hatch with no options, full interior with a really heavy drivers seat weighs 3100 wet (3/4 tank fuel)
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    Best clutch for ~300rwhp

    just tossing in a vote for the spec stage 2 I have a stage 1 in my stock mustang, and it's fantastic. low pedal effort, no chattering, and man does it grab hard
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    Reliability

    I daily drove my mustang for 2 summers, and it was dead reliable. Always started, anything that was going to break gave me lots of warning, and lucky there was very little that broke
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    What drive shaft loops do not require removal of exhaust and/or drive shaft?

    my lakewood driveshaft loop does not require removal of driveshaft/exhaust
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    So how do you check piston to valve clearance

    play-doh will work fine, just a loonie sized blob should work put it on the piston, where the valve would hit, then turn over the engine and see how far it presses in don't know how much clearance you need, but as long as it never touches I asusme that would be fine? (feel free to correct me...
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    Help on exhaust for 91 lx 5.0!!!!!

    you could get a flowmaster 40 series catback, it's the standard muscle car sound, pretty loud and mean also, an offroad h or x pipe would help
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    smoke

    have you checked your coolant lately? lots of white smoke and backfiring sounds like headgasket to me
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    Carpeting

    You can buy a complete black interior without carpet or seats for 2-300 dollars from what I've seen. I have no experience dying I just put new carpeting into my mustang, and what a world of difference it makes to the interior. Everything looks brand new now. The installation itself was not...
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    Help me create the "Surging Idle Checklist"

    I solved my surging idle issues by installing the idle air bypass kit from ford I find that it still comes back a bit if the IAB is dirty at all
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    Porting Question...

    gasket should be big enough
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    bent frame

    look at your roof from the back of the car, if you can see any warping, theres a good chance your frame is bent
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    Yet another AFR question.

    if you are planning on running forced induction, I would recommend the 185's, but if you are staying n/a, get the 165's. very nice heads
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    MM Quadrant & Adjusters

    the 3rd hook is to get around steeda's patent, and is for show only i'd suggest getting an OEM cable from ford, and getting a steeda firewall adjuster. no crawling under the car, and no worrying about the cable snapping
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    GT40 (Tube) vs Typhoon

    ive heard from a few people locally that some port work on the typhoon intakes makes a world of difference perhaps gasket match to a larger gasket then the stock one?
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    On the 302's, would a K-member allow MAC LT header install without engine lifting?

    you can use a floorjack to jack the engine up from the bottom, too
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    Locating Exhaust Leaks

    clean off the surface around the leak, and put some coldweld on there (its like an epoxy, but will fill holes in metal)
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    What size wheels up front on a street car?

    dont know the exact number, but 10 holes and turbines are both 15x7. might be able to find it that way
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    Fox Body Cobra Question

    if your in canada, or a domestic ricer, (or both!) a stickers the only difference otherwise, for the limited edition 93's, see the above post =)
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    cobra conversion kit - how much body work?

    no, just a different spoiler
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    T5 whining/howling?

    thanks for the responses i guess when i get my car back out of storage next spring, I'll make sure to replace the ATF asap, and hope for the best ohhhhh how I want a T56 so bad though.... :G