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my car is running once again and with an attitude.

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Foxfan88

My Grandpa has great wood.
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some of you may remember, my t5s 5th gear went out last october. the retaining ring fell off.

i was going to fix it myself but i really hate working with t5s, i took it too a guy to fix it and my grinding 4th gear and he never got around to doing it. i took it to another guy and told him to rebuild the whole thing. he rebuilt it, i got it back and slapped a nice new steel bearing retainer on. and yesterday i tossed the t5 back in and got the bitch running again.

new parts include
SFCs
70 mm TB
custom made CAI i make.
and the nice badass draglites i bought.

sorry got the crappy pics i will get some nice ones someday lol






the rear rims were drilled for a slick. i opened up the hole tapped them and got some nice chrome hex key cap screws to put in. i like it , gives it a race car look.

i got a new shifter knob. its a ball so i cut the threads on the handle to let it screw all the way down flush, rather than being able to see the threads under it.
the shifter is REALLY short know and the throw is not very long lol. which isnt a bad thing

my engine i rebuilt last summer, has only 3k on it so far. new parts are the TB and the CAI i made myself. it fit in pretty good. i managed to lose one of my hose clamps but it will hold for now lol



the car looks much better in person. the draglites make the car look totally different. it takes you off the small flaws the car has. heres the old wheels i had


the draglites look much better.

car feel quicker and more agile lol. the TB seemed to make a difference. it was pretty much the last basic mod left i had to do. i have ported heads and intake and a 73 mm maf and all the bolt ons. all with a stock TB so it was choking me.
the SFCs seem to work. still has the small rattles but the car feels solid over bumps. doesnt feel like two pieces going down the road. and they also seemed to help traction. overall i am happy and amd getting income tax soon and birthday cash so i will be further modding the stang can decide what to do, i was thinking either

suspension

paint and body supplies, cherry thing car out and get the panels straight and paint the car

or start saving for a SC


let know what u think about the car and some opinions on the next path i should take.

look for some nicer pics soon. the car isnt too clean i gave her a quick rinse to get the dirt off of it but i still need to detail it real nice before too long.
 

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Looks good!

Where did you get the blue hose for the flex joints on the CIA! I will be building one myself in the spring and can't find just the flex jionts. Also what kind of pipe did you use and guage?
 

Foxfan88

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i got it on ebay. i searched for "silicone coupler"


not sure on teh guage, the site i got it from didnt list it in guage. its from online metals.com

the small stuff was 3"OD and a 2.87 ID i believe.

with the bigger stuff just get a 3.5 OD and the smallest wall u can get.
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

it sucks (I know) to be on the receiving end
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I'll second the bolts for the holes in the back. Mine have been drilled for slicks as well, i just haven't gotten around to putting anything in the holes yet. I'm going for some polished stainless head torques head bolts when i do mine.
 

blackened88lx

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Looks a million times better with the welds, just gotta lose the cheese graters now. I don't really like the idea of the cai not being smooth bends, but if you're the one that welded it, that is really nice.
 

Foxfan88

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yeah the edgy CAI prolly doesnt help. but i fabricated and welded it all myself and it looks neat i think. something you dont see everyday.
 

iLkYsPoNy

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  • Feb 12, 2007
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wow... i'm not the only one without a driver front fog light...


I'm not a big fan of draglites but your car looks a lot better with 'em compared to the ones you had. I have essentially the same car, except I have different head lights and I just got '03 cobra 17's.

I also have the cheese graters and they gotta go! Wonder how my teal 93 4 cyl vert would like em.... time to canibalize!!!
 

Foxfan88

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lol i dont have the passenger side fog light either
 

RsStanG1987

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Cheese graters are the **** keep em..
 

blackened88lx

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RsStanG1987 said:
Cheese graters are ****
Click to expand...
Fixed
 

Foxfan88

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the cheese graters dont bother me. they look fine IMO
 
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