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85LXNotch

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New member here, in the middle of v8 swapping my notch, figured I would finally make an account and join up!
 

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Wait a damned minute, you think you can just sign up, and post about having an '85 notch without putting any damned pictures up? Lemme tell ya somethin:






Welcome to Stangnet!

The fox-body tech and talk section of the site is here: https://stangnet.com/mustang-forums/forums/1979-1995-fox-sn95-0-2-3l-general-talk.47/
The fox-body classifieds section is here: https://stangnet.com/mustang-forums/forums/Fox-Body-Mustangs-For-Sale/
The section for general horsin' around (see what I did there?) is here: https://stangnet.com/mustang-forums/forums/off-topic-hangout.49/ (You'll have limited access to some of the features of that one until we've gotten to know you a little better.)

And we have so much more.

Need help with something, ask a moderator or admin, myself, @General karthief and @Noobz347 (who, like me, will be jealous of your '85 notch) are usually the easiest to get ahold of (in fact, you can use those two links or my username on this post to get ahold of each of us respectively).

Glad to have ya, and again, welcome to Stangnet!
 

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Well, it's been 7 hours.


This should be done by now.
 

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I had my swap done in about lets say..............................yup done...............chased wires...................fixed CAI..............swapped Coil..................Fuel Pump.............yeah a month lol

Welcome to Stangnet.

How do we know you have a notch? I dont see any pictures!!!!!!
 

85LXNotch

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Sorry guys, I work 12 hour shifts lol. But here it is
 

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My 85 vert off to the side in some of the pictures is the 5.0/5spd donor, have some pictures of it too
 

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Vert is an 85 5.0/5spd.
The notch is an 85 2.3/4spd
 

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I may be wrong, but I heard like a million years ago that the front suspension of the 4 banger was different from the V8. So you may need to look into that, and maybe upgrading yours to handle the heavier engine. Again, I probably don't know what I'm talking about. Last 4 cyl stang I had was like 19 years ago.
 
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Adieu

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Wait! You have TWO 85s? Holdin out on us!
 
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kiddiccarus

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8 EYES???????? WTF MAN

I think we may have a support group for your affliction somewhere around here
 
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Adieu

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Rdub6

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85LXNotch said:
My 85 vert off to the side in some of the pictures is the 5.0/5spd donor, have some pictures of it too
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The vert is the donor? That looks like a pretty good car to be a donor?
 
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85LXNotch

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Rdub6 said:
The vert is the donor? That looks like a pretty good car to be a donor?
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It's rougher than it looks, has had a lot of hard miles put on it. Then there's body, interior, etc. 4eye notch has been my dream for a long time, both kind of fell into my lap haha. Picked up the convertible for $200 from my buddy with 160k miles on it. Found the notch for $2000, scored it for $1600 running and driving with 107k miles on it. Figured with both I can finally do the swap
 
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85LXNotch

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Lindenmooch said:
I may be wrong, but I heard like a million years ago that the front suspension of the 4 banger was different from the V8. So you may need to look into that, and maybe upgrading yours to handle the heavier engine. Again, I probably don't know what I'm talking about. Last 4 cyl stang I had was like 19 years ago.
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Spring rates are different, everything else is the same. Rear end, brakes, etc. I have brand new lowering springs and shocks & struts that I bought for the convertible but never installed, going to throw it in the coupe
 

85LXNotch

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kiddiccarus said:
8 EYES???????? WTF MAN

I think we may have a support group for your affliction somewhere around here
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I'm also a member on the foureyedpride forum but they are pretty stingy when it comes to these cars, I don't know if I'd get a lot of love for killing one car to make the other better
 
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