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  1. Mike97gt

    I think I threw a rod..

    Post a video of the sound. If it's a blown plug you would also hear it in 5th gear. A blown out plug will sound like a massive exhaust leak, not a metallic sound sort of like a huffing sound as compressed mixture is pushed out the plug hole. it sounds to me like you spun a bearing...
  2. Mike97gt

    98 gt keeps cranking even after the key is out. HELP!!!!

    it's the starter. I have seen this happen to several modulars. most recently a 04 explorer , also happened to my service managers old 04 cobra..
  3. Mike97gt

    Mods to run...14s, 13s, 12s...thread?

    Mods to get into the 14's 1. learn how to drive 2. stop drag racing at 60k feet Previous owner went 14.6 in my car before the mods and PI swap. stock NPI 4.6 is roughly equal to a stock 94-95 5.0
  4. Mike97gt

    Other than gears...

    :nice: Agreed My car came with 3.73's the previous owner installed ( well I installed for him before I bought his car and told him to go with 4.10's and he would not listen) I can't wait to get them out and get 4.10's like I had in my 01 gt. I drove 70 highway miles a day on...
  5. Mike97gt

    Billiard Ball Shift Knob?

    Yeah I do.. I have a white one and I like it.
  6. Mike97gt

    itsstock02

    yours is a cobra vert with IRS and a S/C 32v.. I bet my striped 97 248a car that does not even have a back seat now is closer to 3100
  7. Mike97gt

    stock 1/4 miles times

    My best stock was [email protected] that was a 01 5 speed car stock with crappy kumho tires Sea level and good weather has a lot to do with it, that was in really good weather but on a unprepared track ( NED does not want the track sticky on street nights) Evan's times were at atco in good...
  8. Mike97gt

    Check Out My New Intake

    the 96-97 cars have a return style system. the 98 has a different system. This si why I went with a 97 for a future 4v build
  9. Mike97gt

    Quality is job #1

    Does your car have piggyback underdrives? Piggybacks are the ones that bolt the stock dampener onto a smaller pulley for the belt. They are total crap and cause problems like this. Only things piggybacks are useful for is to give to people you don't like so you can watch them have all kinds...
  10. Mike97gt

    Need better traction at the track

    go with 15 inch draglites taller sidewall = better traction. I am going with 15x8 on a 5.5 backspacing for my car with 275 DR on them for the track
  11. Mike97gt

    96 GT Starter removal

    Yeah there is a third bolt and it SUCKS! the way I get them out is a long extension with a swivel On my own cars I don't put the third bolt back in
  12. Mike97gt

    Retrieving OBD-II fault codes from 2000 Mustang GT

    There is no way to pull the PCM codes other than getting the codes pulled with a scanner. There is way to many OBD2 codes for light flashing like they did on the old cars and that thing with with codes from the instrument cluster is not PCM codes. that is diagnostic mode for the IC itself
  13. Mike97gt

    When do the repairs end???

    Yeah I missed the heater core. that is insanely cheap if that's including the part.. At my work that would be a 1,000 bucks installed At 350 bucks with parts included I would be getting paid about 2.0 hours labor to install it.. LOL yeah right that is NOT happening. If I diaged a...
  14. Mike97gt

    When do the repairs end???

    how is she getting ripped off on repairs? 500 for a clutch is dirt cheap if the parts are included .. we get more then that in labor but our rate is 99 a hour ( that's cheap in these parts) I am sure any other techs here can agree with me on this.. I am not doing a cash job for less...
  15. Mike97gt

    Any girls on this forum?

    there is no women on the internet J/K There used to be a few that hung around 4.6 but I have not seen them post in a long time. In the off topic forum Lisa and lynn post often. Lynn is our token female staffer. She is in charge of decorating the cardboard box we call stangnet world...
  16. Mike97gt

    Merry Christmas

    merry Christmas stangnet!
  17. Mike97gt

    Info leaked on the 2011 GT from Edmund's

    You will be in the same boat as me.. waiting a little while.
  18. Mike97gt

    modularheadshop <---- are they real or fake????

    yeah they are real. I plan on sending my heads down to them to be ported and get cams from them. I really like the cams they sell
  19. Mike97gt

    Pics of 2011 5.0 GT leaked.....

    wow they even put a classic 5.0 badge on the beauty cover it looks like the badges on the fenders are a more modern 5.0 badge.