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    66 mustang electric fuel pump placement

    Don't. Electric pumps need to be by the tank to live a long and happy life.
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    Advise on hood scoops 65 Mustang

    I agree 100%, they both look great and I know the stock Mustang hoods get a little tight. And I can tell you with all certainty I doubt anyone would know the difference, but like I said, with my car, it actually covered the tops of the high beams. Here's a pic to illustrate what mine looks like...
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    Advise on hood scoops 65 Mustang

    Great looking car. Here's one thing that bothered me with my Maier hood: see how yours kind of dips down in the center? All Maier hoods do that and it's not the same contour as a stocker. Since I was building a '67 Shelby clone, that is more exaggerated due to the center-mounted high beams. I...
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    Advise on hood scoops 65 Mustang

    My hood was Maier and was a pile. Lots of cutting, shaping, filing, as was my nose-piece. I think a big reason is not using catalyzed sealer, which will then allow the solvents in the base to re-activate filler and primer and allow sanding scratches and fiberglass threads on repair to show. I...
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    Advise on hood scoops 65 Mustang

    I've heard that old saying that you can't get fiberglass to look like metal before and I always wondered why. The glass hood on my Mustang looks exactly like the steel fenders next to it. There's no grain pattern, no stress cracks, the finish is identical and it's driven far more than most...
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    Need help with clutch pedal/pedal assembly

    You only really need the clutch pedal. I paid $10 for one on ebay. I was lucky and found a manual trans brake pedal for another $10, but you can always cut the auto trans brake pedal down and cover it with a rubber pad, nobody will know the difference. The bracket they mount to is identical and...
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    67 disk / t5 conversion

    As for the trans, you need a Fox body T5. The trans from '94 and newer is too long, the other's bolt up, using your old starter and driveshaft. You will need to re-balance the late model flywheel. For discs, I recommend Scarebird's conversion kit. It uses '68-ish discs, GM pickup calipers, a...
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    Estimated horsepower - stroked 351w?

    Great start to a project! Welcome to Stangnet
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    Estimated horsepower - stroked 351w?

    There's so much involved in making horsepower that anything you find on the internet is likely to be nothing more than a wild guess. Having said that, if it's a stock 351W (quite likely unless you have positive proof of what's in the engine) with 9:1 compression iron heads and a mild cam, it's...
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    1967 Mustang Coupe 5-speed swap

    You're a smart guy. Here's a bit of advice, and that is to take free advice for what it's worth. If I believed everything I read online, I'd think that 8" rear ends are made of glass, early Mustangs can't be made to handle without $5,000 worth of Mustang II front end stuff and having a pro shop...
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    Question on a grille for a 1967 Stang

    In short, I suppose. But it's not cheap or easy. You need Shelby light mounts, but I'm not entirely sure they'll work without the extended Shelby nose. Then there's the wiring, since the grille mounted lights are actually high beams, you'll need to wire a relay. Original Shelby's wired them...
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    1967 Mustang Coupe 5-speed swap

    Ohhhh yes they are. :) Seriously, when I first got my fastback all together, I was out of money and just put the auto back in until my bank account grew back. It was horrible. I know you can build auto's for performance in a straight line, but they're only fun if you have enough horsepower to...
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    hydraulic clucth

    No, but I'll take some pics and post them up. I did find a internet article that some guy did his almost how I did, but I didn't have the money he did, lol His setup cost about $200 and used sand rail stuff. Here's some basics about mine: Both the slave cylinder and the master cylinder need to...
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    hydraulic clucth

    For $624.99 I hope that MDL kit works wonderfully. I have about $70 in my homemade system and it works perfectly. I used an '06 Fushion master cylinder ($24.99), a Toyota pickup slave cylinder ($30) and had a line made for $25 at the local Motion and Flow hydraulic shop. I made the brackets...
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    6 Speed Transmission Swap

    Why is it that lots of the threads these days involve people wanting to chop up their car (99% never finish them) to improve (fill in the blank) rather than try to improve the car within the envelope of the vintage Mustang? I own an '02 Roush and my '68 with a 302 will stomp the daylights out of...
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    1967 Mustang Brake Light Problem

    Ok, here's the basics: Never ever put shims in between the space between the brake switch and the push rod. There's no reason to do that ever. At rest the switch should not contact the pushrod. If they aren't coming on at all, or they require too much pedal travel to activate, the tabs and ONLY...
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    1967 Mustang Brake Light Problem

    Since the switch is what turns on and off the brake lights, did you even try adjusting it as per the link I posted? Might be worth a try before you go any farther...
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    1967 Mustang Brake Light Problem

    Here you go... https://stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/brake-light-switch.757121/#post-8808210
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    Engine Cooling problem

    Why are you touching the radiator? At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I'd go by the gauges before I started slapping my bare skin on things. 180° is hot enough to burn you yet perfectly normal.
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    Alignment specs for daily driver - Shelby drop, 1" springs all around

    I use the following: Chassis: 1" dropped A-arms 1 coil cut from stock springs Mid-eye 5 leaf springs 1-1/8" front bar 3/4" adjustable rear bar set on full stiff GR2 shocks Alignment: Toe-1/8" toe-in Caster- 3° positive Camber- 1/2° negative Mine is street driven regularly, rides very well...
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