94_Teal_GT
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That sucks!
scammersGlad to hear you hadn't sent the parts yet. Hopefully, the FBI will be able to track down the person.
Book 'em Dano!
Sorry couldn't resist.Melbourne area stangs
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That sucks!
scammersGlad to hear you hadn't sent the parts yet. Hopefully, the FBI will be able to track down the person.
Book 'em Dano!
Sorry couldn't resist.
tooler
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Hey Glenn, check your email when you get a chance.
Also, I gave your email address to Jean Kinser from Evolution. She wanted to make sure she had everyone's contact information for announcements.
Also, I gave your email address to Jean Kinser from Evolution. She wanted to make sure she had everyone's contact information for announcements.
Well, the mechanic still has both of my cars. He has yet to fix the leak in the stang. I didn't think it would take all day to fix. Still not sure exactly what the problem is myself. But I'm not happy about it not being done yet. 
He has yet to fix the leak in the stang. I didn't think it would take all day to fix. Still not sure exactly what the problem is myself. But I'm not happy about it not being done yet. 
I emailed her last week and didn't hear back so I gave her a call and left a message. She returned my call this weekend. Turns out they were up in the Chicago area and weren't able to access all their messages until the weekend.
FWIW I tried calling DeSoto to get the info on T&T on Saturday morning but no one answered the phone. Maybe they were closed since it was Father's Day weekend? I did start the beast up weekend before last so I know it still runs anyway.
Looks like with an AX this coming weekend and the Evolution school the following weekend June isn't going to work out for the drag strip. July maybe?
Originally posted by erichmess_
Well, the mechanic still has both of my cars.
Who is doing the work for you Erich? I would think a power steering leak should be a pretty quick fix for someone that knows their stuff.
Those plastic reservoir/pump housings are prone to leakage but I wouldn't think yours would be leaking this soon. Come to think of it I believe your car has a different pump that uses a remote reservoir. Let's hope it is just a leaky hose and not a rack.
It's one of my dad's friends who is a mechanic. He's done a lot of work on both of my parents cars, and he seems to be an alright guy.
tooler
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It's only June and my summer's almost totally booked. I'm going to New York one weekend in July and also going to a concert in Daytona one weekend. I also need a free weekend to do my heater core. A few weeks into August and then I have to go back to school. Maybe I'll just drive to Orlando one Wednesday and get my drag racing fix, even if my times will suck.
Does anybody have a set of stock tailpipes laying around that they want to sell that would fit a 96 Cobra. With an O/R X-pipe, 2 chamber flows that are dumped it produces a very, very, loud resonating sound from 2-3.5k rpms. I really can't take it. It sounds like a damn race car and I am worried I will get pulled over for this. I thought about getting an O/R H-pipe to give it a deeper tone instead of the loud scream of the X-pipe but then I would be stuck with $212 pipe and it produced a good amount of power over the stock one.
Well, I finally got the mustang back. 
Except that it's leaking again. I was hoping I'd make it more than 45K miles before I started having problems.
Except that it's leaking again. I was hoping I'd make it more than 45K miles before I started having problems.
Can anybody recommend a muffler that sounds good with an X-pipe? I was thinking about Dynomax Ultra Flow Race Magnums. I would prefer to go with dumps again because I could just have them welded in for cheaper than buying a whole new cat-back. I'm not sure if these straight through mufflers like dynomax and magnaflow would get rid of the resonating sound if they were dumped also like my 2 chambers. I am sure I don't want to find out the hard way either like when I replaced one of my flows already because the old one had metal rattling around inside of it. I thought my rusted out flowmaster was the reason for that horrible sound, nope another waste of money down the drain on brand new muffler and welding cost that still has the car sound like crap
Wonder how the sound on that combo compares between a 4.6 and a 5.0... I've got Flows..pretty sure they're 2 chamber but I've worked all today and I have no memory right now...but they're 40's series......and an O/R X pipe too, with shorty headers (hunks of cast-iron CRAP)...but it's on a 5.0.....the sound is raspy as hell but I get used to it. Make sure to post if you find a kick ass muffler, I'd be curious to know.....I dont like these Flowmasters. Not deep enough above 2 or 3 grand.
droptop93
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Originally posted by 5.0's 4 ever
Can anybody recommend a muffler that sounds good with an X-pipe? I was thinking about Dynomax Ultra Flow Race Magnums. I would prefer to go with dumps again because I could just have them welded in for cheaper than buying a whole new cat-back. I'm not sure if these straight through mufflers like dynomax and magnaflow would get rid of the resonating sound if they were dumped also like my 2 chambers. I am sure I don't want to find out the hard way either like when I replaced one of my flows already because the old one had metal rattling around inside of it. I thought my rusted out flowmaster was the reason for that horrible sound, nope another waste of money down the drain on brand new muffler and welding cost that still has the car sound like crap
The sound difference between a 5.0 with an x-pipe and a 4.6 with an x-pipe is like comparing night and day. They are totally different sounds.
The mod motors with x-pipes and Flows sound REALLY metallic, kinda like nuts and bolts gettin thrown around in the mufflers (at first I hated the sound, but It's grown on me and I like it alot now). With dumps ontop of that, I can imagine it's loud as a mofo.
I would try a pair of Ultraflows, or SuperTurbo's if your wanting to save a little money. I've run both (currently have the Ultraflow's) and they have a little bit of resonance around 2k (starts around 1900 and goes away by 2300rpm's) once their warmed up...but other than that, they're quiet as a Buick. Once you hit the gas though, they really scream, and sound nice.
There's not much thats NOT going to be loud and resonate with dump's and an x-pipe on a 4.6...but Flowmaster's are DEFINATELY not the thing you wanna run if you don't want a headache and mondo amounts of attention. You gotta make it out to a meet before you switch em out though, I wanna hear it!
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Topstang2001
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Im also running a O/R x-pipe with flomasters.At first I hated how it sounded but it grows on you.Gonna change to a mac dump set up.Sense I wont be driving it to work everyday no more.I could care less how loud it is.The cams also should change its tone anyways.
Originally posted by lxsteed
Hey Erich, was that your stang I saw at the mobile off US1? Looked like they were working on it when I saw it.
Yeah, that would have been mine. The Talon was up on the racks today. They had just started working on it.
Wolfhound
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Not sure how many read the MMoB board so I will put this out here. We are trying to have the meeting tomorrow night at the Cinemaworld on New Haven. We are going to go and see the 2F2F movie for some laughs.
Hope to see everybody there.
Hope to see everybody there.
Originally posted by droptop93
You gotta make it out to a meet before you switch em out though, I wanna hear it!
Whenever the next meet comes I will be there. I'm not sure if I will have them still on by then, probably going to buy a dynomax race magnum cat-back tonight. But if they are still on there, be ready for a pretty horrible sound. One of the loudest metalic resonating sound know to man. At idle it has a loud deep thump, which sounds good, and in the 4-7k rpm range is sounds bad ass but anything between that
NotQuik
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