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    Where are you getting your parts

    stinger is he getting a discount for plugging your buisness before you did? lol
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    hmm question on SVO

    well good news, I went downt he ford dealer ( i get anything for less then wholesale :D ) well I found the parts kid that answered the phone didnt know they made and SVO (he happend to be standing there when I went in to talk to the parts manager (my friend). He proceeded to show the noob how to...
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    hmm question on SVO

    Okay here was a fun one to deal with on the side of the highway... I cruzin home from work. All of a sudden everything shut off. Like I turned the key off. no fuel pump noise nothin flat out just dead. So I really pissed / concerned cause now i'm on the shoulder of the road scratching my head. I...
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    Screw 2.3t's race a hybrid!!

    my uncle actually works for local city government as the alt. fuel resources person. he actually bought an electric ford ranger in 2000 or somthing like that. I drove it once it does move pretty quick surely not fast enough to beat a 5.0 or a 2.3. but for torque off the line elec cars do have...
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    i need some help

    but thats all the down in LA i'm up toward SF
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    i need some help

    thanks bud i'll head up there and check i wasnt really looking forward dropping 75 bucks anyway. as for you and your non smog its because of all the hurricanes and tropical storm they blow all that crap away so the people in cube deal with it all lol j/k
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    i need some help

    two questions here today i went to go home put the seat belt on and the button on the buckle spring broke. called ford thinking hey a seat belt is a seat belt they should still make those. well the part number for the svo is obsolete. Will any seat belt buckle work up to 93 or before airbags...
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    best head?

    check out www.powerheads.com they are in california. they did my big valve head and porting for under about 900 bucks
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    Newbie Turbo Questions

    on top of the turbo runs behind the block to a junction to the oil pressure sensor and the head. the lower return goes from the bottom of the turbo to a boss drilled into the block above the oil pan. the cooler hoses if that turbo has them runs horizontal to the engine. if you find them DO NOT...
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    ahhhh look at this

    pics of the 84 sorry my turn to pic whore
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    2.3 L information

    heres an odd idea 1985-1992 volvo 2.3s use very similar parts to the similar based ford 2.3 just make sure its SOHC engine
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    Is this Mustang Going to be a Good Daily Driver for Me?

    well before i answer your question go and delete the forum in the tech section, double posting is highly frowned upon
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    WOOT!!!! bought another SVO

    better pics i got more but didnt have time to resize them the tbody is a 65mm not sure who made it or where it came from. came with a free boost gauge and an a/f ration gauge in the pillar. I went out to drive it last night, it hunts at idle for about 30-45 seconds when cold. i think the...
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    WOOT!!!! bought another SVO

    santa rosa,ca same as you evintho :-) you should have waited on the tbird cause i might be looking to sell my 86 here soon.... i couldnt get the camera to work but it measured about 65mm so i wonder if this could be the problem. i checked the timming its sitting 10btdc i'm almost wondering if...
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    WOOT!!!! bought another SVO

    I'm so excited i just cant contain myself. 800 bucks for an 84 SVO 118k, engine resealed 4k miles ago. the guy is sick of dealing with it this is the the second one I've bought for under a thousand. for $800 bucks I drove it today and its runs poorly. Rough and hunting idle (IAC)...
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    New Toy! Daily driver. (2.3T related)

    hey evintho you still got some of the addresses from the other 5 that havnt sold I need a new car... hook a brotha up
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    '88 TC & XR4ti at Norcal pick-n-pull

    i'm gonna go get the vam. was the IC there? are those tc's the ones with brown top injectors?
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    Don't know whats going on.

    throttle posistion sensor, check for .91v at closed and around 3.9-4.0v WOT or somthin like that. watch for dead spots
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    Turbo Destruction

    1: check oil pressure from the pressure sensor outlet. (ie: crank engine w/o ignition coil hooked up) 2: Did you check for shaft play on the turbos you put on. Rebuilt or not those are expensive to replace after they have been used. If its a defect prior its best to remedy that before you...
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    2.3 vs 5.0?

    the reaction i get from people is way different. the 5.0's around here wave and race off ahead of me. i just ease into the turbo to let them now whats there. however the neck snapping i get from the ricers is probably the best feeling ever. i was leaving 7-11 the other day afterwork. this...