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Mods you wish you had not made???

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mustang120plus

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I regret my block...I should have done more research and got an A4 block or something that will handle more hp.

I have almost as much as I can push through my current one and I want to either supercharge or turbo it...but I cant push the hp's out of my current block.

/cry!
 
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I regret actually considering things like A/C, carpet,back seat, door pannels, dash pad. chris
 

olymaster

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installing my bbk ceramic shortys using the gasket that came with it
gasket laster 1400 miles and was cooked
 

TomCat

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Doing the March A/C delete kit... if I knew every stud on the water pump would break off with like only 15 ft/lbs of force, I wouldn't have tried it.
 
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iwashmycar

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i regret not buying an aluminum DS for $150

I also sorta regret buying my cobra intake from a friend, because it had 2 Helicoils in it and I has to take it all apart to fix an oil leak and re-coil them...it is ok now

also turns out the leak was from valve cover bolts that were almost hand-tight. lol
 

vristang

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huRACEmentPSR said:
when i did my 5 lug conversion i bought a complete 98 gt rear end for $300. it is 3/4" wider than a reg fox...so i figured sweet...wider stance. now, with my new wheels/tires the tire hits the fender over almost every bump i go over. i should have just pieced together my own 5 lug disc rear end.
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Have you bent the inner fender lip up? I am running a similar rear end in my 90 GT with 275s. The tires no longer rub, but I did have to hammer on the fender lips.
 

super302

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Nothing....yet

:OT:
I just bought and installed the new MGW shifter, high quality, very short
 

90mustangGT

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I don't really regret much but doing it all over again I would do it differently. However looking back at things I wondered why I did:

1. MAC CAI - we all know why.
2. Moroso CAI - too small, POS, but cheap, should have gone AFM NA Powerpipe
3. B cam - gained maby a little up top over the stocker on 1.7's but overall power took a loss.
4. Rebuilding stock controll arms - after all the cost of bushings and ball joints and all the labor, I should have just gotten aftermarket A-arms.
5. turndowns on flows - they just quieted it down and raised the pitch over straight dumps.
I am sure there is more, just can't remember it right now.
 

NakedRaygun

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BBK shorties....I bought turbo headers shortly after.
 

Jim Wyche

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I would not remove the emissions stuff. My county has recently put a sniffer test in and I have to reinstall everything. Or do I? What do you think?
 

Carney Woods

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The Pos double adjustable cable and firewall adjuster I got from holcomb motorsparts. Changed to a stock cable with the firewall adjuster now it's all good
 

super302

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Jim Wyche said:
I would not remove the emissions stuff. My county has recently put a sniffer test in and I have to reinstall everything. Or do I? What do you think?
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wrong thread
 

jb89coupe

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MSD 6al
Anderson n/a powerpipe and Pro M 80mm shorty meter (made same power with mac cai and 75mm bullet)
Buying 2 sets of wheels and tires, only to go back to my 10 holes.

..that's about it, so far.
 
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BaXTeR3221

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So far i only regret paying someone to do labor a few different times. Came out to only like $250, but it was stuff i could have done. On the white lx i had, i regreted getting the rear seal replaced because i sold the car a month later and $220 labor was obviously not recouped.
 

srothfuss

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Heater Core.... doesn't count as a mod but man those things really, really suck @$$
 

Ranchero5.0

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MAC caster camber plates (bushings cracked out three days later)

FMS B springs (took several attempts to get the car to sit level and now it looks unlowered)

MAC white faced gauges (look like **** at night)

B+M hammer AOD shifters on customers cars (should charge double just for the aggrevation of seting them up)

Jamie
 

giddyup306

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The only thing I regret is trying to get into the 9s. Or at least my pocket book thinks so.
 
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92GreenGT

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I regret buying a Eddy intake off the Corral only to get screwed over and not get the intake

Things I regret that I have actually recieved would probably be my supercharger. I wish I would have spent the money right and done a turbo kit, but I can live with it.

Other thing I regret is taking the A/C off.
 
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Hood pins and March Ram Air Kit.

My current project costs considerably more money and hope that I don't regret it. hehe
 

super302

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Daggar said:
Hood pins and March Ram Air Kit.

My current project costs considerably more money and hope that I don't regret it. hehe
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why do you regret the hood pins....you didn't put them on a stock hood did you
 
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