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    Cranks but wont start

    I've had this happen TWICE on 2 different 2.3 powered Mustangs. Oh and one ranger. All 3 times it was after sitting for a while, couple months up to a couple years on the Ranger. The intake valves have a tendency to gum up with staled fuel, which hangs the valves open because the little...
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    Painting the interior problems

    Look on SEM's web page. It gives you the steps. Remove and disassemble all panels you want painted. Wash and I mean get ALL of everything off of it including any paint/dye that's already on it (and that can be a real bear) Sandfree. Wax and grease remover. Adhesion promoter then color. If...
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    Engine Power valve

    Depends on the boosters, blocks, baseplates, throttle bores, shafts, and a bunch of other things. There are more than one style of each. "too big" is meaningless. Too big for the tuner? That happens sometimes.
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    Electrical Contour Fan Install with OEM controller

    Yeah that's good stuff. One can also use the Volvo fan controller from a junkyard. Darned if I didn't forget which Volvo :( Another way to do it is to use the EEC-IV. IT has electric fan control built into it (at least A9L/P/M do) but it is turned off in the stock tune. You enable it and...
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    Please help

    breather just pushes in. Best of luck with the sniper. I would've used PiMP but that's just my personal preference.
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    Welder Question

    I looked at hobart and had two of them (a 140 and a 210 without MVP). Also had a lincoln 135. The lincoln died in 3 years of hobby use, maybe used twice or thrice a year. Circuit board. Cost more to replace the board than buy the new hobart 140. I sold the 140 when I needed to do roll cage...
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    Rare fox body parts?

    all original (not aftermarket or reproduction) fox body parts are getting harder to find. I remember not too long ago you could go to any junkyard and find a fox body. I haven't seen one in a yard in years now and even then they were all 4 cylinder cars. All the V8 stuff? Long...
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    2.3L Turbo w/c3 auto to t5 tranny swap

    you know come to think of it there was a complete 2.3/t5 out of a 93 on craigslist a while back for $50. The bellhousing would have worked. I once did a T5 swap into a Merkur and just used a 90 or 91 Mustang for the donor. The hardest part was the clutch cable. Rest was easy once I had the...
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    Please help

    without seeing yours I ain't got no id how it's setup so I look at the factory turbocoupe setup on the bottom left of the block next to the distributor is the oil separator "box" that pushes into the block. It has a hose on it that runs up the side of the block, pcv valve goes into the hose...
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    351w timing

    take the radiator out. Easier than pulling the engine.
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    How to cut down boost threshold?

    If you have the stock .63 turbine housing, you can swap it for a .48 housing (nothing else has to be changed) and it'll spool sooner; HOWEVER, you'll also lose the top end power (above 4500 RPM). Always a trade off. 3" exhaust, from the turbo to the bumper will help tremendously. So will...
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    2.3L Turbo w/c3 auto to t5 tranny swap

    There is no such thing as an SVO cobra with a 4 cylinder. An SVO yes. But...it uses the exact same bellhousing as any other 2.3L/T5 so there is nothing special so anyone who's asking an arm and a leg for a supposed "rare" bellhousing is out of their mind. They used to be everywhere; little...
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    canister purge

    That's where it is. On the canister there are two nipples. If I'm standing at the front bumper looking into the engine bay, there is a nipple on the left side of the canister, and one right next to it on the right. Which one takes the vent tube from the tank, and which one takes the purge...
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    Foxbody 5.4 4V Build Thread

    I've done lots of engine swaps too. Tons of them. Every. single. time, you put a plan on paper then buy parts. You KNOW what parts you need. But it never fails, something's not going to work like it's supposed to. The bad part about buying all the parts ahead of time is that typically you...
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    canister purge

    92 mustang GT, 408w swapped using A9P tuned with quarterhorse. Getting some fuel smell in cabin. All lines, hoses hooked up, there is pressure in the tank. Vent was flattened between the tank and body at one point, I fixed that and it has been fine for a good while. Tonight I go for a drive...
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    1987 2.3 runs like dogsh*t

    Typically if the timing belt is off a tooth retarded, it will run rough and have no power (or "less" power than usual...) Advanced a tooth or two, it'll run real rough and the power will be "ok" (still off but not noticeable right away), but power will fall off big time as RPM comes up. The...
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    What's With The Chicks

    Some of the ladies ARE interested. I've been around a few of them. The bad part is they had other issues that I wasn't willing to deal with. Current GF could really care less about any of my cars or going to the races. Rarely even comes to the shop to watch or supervise. But....that's...
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    Drivetrain Flywheels and clutches

    just get a parts store replacement flywheel. They are the same as an SVO flywheel or any other turbocharged 2.3. Even Rangers had the same flywheel. The one in my '93 coupe 2.3 turbo is out of a ranger. Works fine.
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    Engine Engine Swap - lots of upgrades, not running quite right

    I always recommend a tune; and here's why. When going to a larger throttle body, when you set the TPS at, say .80v on the stock throttle body, then .80v on the new larger throttle body, then when you open the throttle to 1.0v (part throttle cruising), there is considerably more air entering...
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    Fuel Injector identification

    and I have a set of 42lb injectors that I was using in my other car. They are OEM Lightning injectors from a 2004. Ran fine. I ain't using them anymore, went to 80lb.
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