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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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limp said:
A word to any Mustang novices out there, do NOT install your steering rack if you have your lower control arms off... Had to take my rack off to get the front bolts in the lower control arms... I hate doing things twice.....
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get used to it, it's the third/forth time that aggregates me.
 
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Potomus Pete

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Its so hot here in Florida right now. You must be sweating bullets. I would like to fool with my stuff, but its too hot to wash a car. 93 degrees every day
 

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Potomus Pete said:
Its so hot here in Florida right now. You must be sweating bullets. I would like to fool with my stuff, but its too hot to wash a car. 93 degrees every day
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93 would be great here in nevada,i sweat my balls off getting the mail.
 

limp

wrap a little cheese around it and its a done
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nickyb said:
93 would be great here in nevada,i sweat my balls off getting the mail.
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I am from Oregon and until you live and work in Florida humidity, you ain't seen nuthin.......
Oh and see what I have on my garage wall.... Upper right hand corner of the pic...... I cheat....
 

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I wondered if you had AC. That makes it nice. I have a unit I need to set up
 

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Your car looks like it will buff up nice with a machine. Probably single stage paint
 

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Engine is looking good! What headers did you purchase to go with those GT40P heads?
 

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cknapp89fox5.0 said:
Engine is looking good! What headers did you purchase to go with those GT40P heads?
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I found them on Amazon... They seem pretty decent for $83... The comments and questions said they will work for P heads...
Purchased a LS spark plug socket from Trick Flow and no problem with getting the plugs in and out... Next will be the spark plug wires..
https://www.trickflow.com/parts/tfs-90500
 
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I removed the 7.5 inch rear ( Yes, by myself... Old guys rule)... Still amazing how rust free this car is.... Couple of spots have some surface rust which I have wire wheeled or used scotch brite to remove it and a little touch up with Charcoal gray rattle can... In the under the car pic on the right side you can see the worst rust around the hole in the " frame" ....
 
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limp said:
I found them on Amazon... They seem pretty decent for $83... The comments and questions said they will work for P heads...
Purchased a LS spark plug socket from Trick Flow and no problem with getting the plugs in and out... Next will be the spark plug wires..
https://www.trickflow.com/parts/tfs-90500
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Awesome, do you have info on the headers or a link? I am needing to purchase a set to go with my 4-bar heads when I install them.
 

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cknapp89fox5.0 said:
Awesome, do you have info on the headers or a link? I am needing to purchase a set to go with my 4-bar heads when I install them.
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Sorry no, I purchased them almost 2 years ago.....
Search on prime for 83 mustang headers.....
 
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General karthief

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cknapp89fox5.0 said:
Awesome, do you have info on the headers or a link? I am needing to purchase a set to go with my 4-bar heads when I install them.
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shorty headers work ok with P heads, the issue is with long tube headers, angled boot at the plugs and maybe some boot insulators for some extra protection.
 

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Most of you know I have a 9 inch to replace the 7.5 that is in the above pictures..
I puchased a brake line adapter from Currie Enterprises that is designed to use on 9" rears to help with the brakeline install...
The 7.5 brakeline attaches to the passenger side axle tube ( as can be seen in the above pics) After looking at everything I do not think the Currie part will work. Hose is too short, angles towards the drivers side and I am guessing there might be clearance problems with the upper control arm?????
Purchased a new Stainless brake line kit and it came with new lines for the rear end...... I am going to see if with some slight tweaking the new lines might fit the 9" and if so I will drill a hole in the pass axle to fit the vent/brake line union like the 7.5 has..... Of course the predrilled vent hole on the pre fabbed 9" is on the drivers axle.......
Just thinking out loud here...

I need to get a geezer pal to help me move the 9" to a " fabbing " area before install.... Too heavy to pack around by myself.....

Bolt-On Rear Brake Hose

We are all about making things easy! This brake hose bolts right onto the 3rd. member studs of a 9" style housing and eliminates the need for you to do any welding of brake hose anchoring points onto your new, possibly already powder-coated housing!
www.currieenterprises.com
 
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General karthief

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limp said:
Most of you know I have a 9 inch
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well that's TMI
 
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