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kalvick posted:Would you consider coils for the fronts? Then you can dial in the height to whatever you want. It would also free up a little bit of space for wider tires down the road. Are you planning on competitively drag racing the car because ride height and spring softness/hardness would defintely need to be upgraded depending on your goals if you are doing a drag wheel setup. If you drag - dont you want your fronts to be all mush anyways? I would consider a K member but probably not this year. I have 275's up front and wouldn't really want to go any wider, it already tracks all over the cracks and tar lines in the road. It's convertible so I probably won't bother trying to race it at the track regularly. It has a Maximum Motorsports rollbar so I think at least they won't boot me after a fast. I don't have a truck/trailer anyway. It has a ford racing diff with 4.10's, carbon fiber discs and 31-spline axles. Looks like someone pulled the billet differential cover that it used to have on it.
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My car tracks too with the wide fronts, but I just got used to it. Make sure the rollbar is welded in  And it sounds like you got a built rear end just like me. it should hook up nice !!!!
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Apr 14, 2022 21:15
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kalvick posted:My car tracks too with the wide fronts, but I just got used to it. Make sure the rollbar is welded in All MM roll bars are bolt-in. Not NHRA legal without the harness mount as well. I forgot to get the door swing outs from the guy so I'll have to meet up with him later. I don't think I'll ever install them but at least I'll have them.
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Apr 15, 2022 03:02
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Bob Morales posted:All MM roll bars are bolt-in. Not NHRA legal without the harness mount as well. I am not going to go look it up to confirm but I did not know that about the MM roll bars being bolt in. That sounds crazy to me. Why would they sell something not race legal? The door swings would be a pain in the rear end to use on a daily street car. I would only want to get a 4pt roll bar for that exact reason.
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kalvick posted:I am not going to go look it up to confirm but I did not know that about the MM roll bars being bolt in. That sounds crazy to me. Why would they sell something not race legal? Exactly why i wouldn't even have them in the car after I get them. The harness bar makes it legal. A bolt in cage is perfectly legal AFAIK. There are reinforcement plates you put on the other side of the floor pan.
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 While the rear shocks are Strange, I tried adjusting the struts up front and couldn't find the knob So I take one of the wheels off. It's a loving Monroe strut. gently caress me. Ordered a pair of Koni STR.T's to replace those with. Going to try to not switch the springs or the rear shocks just yet. Muffler shop guy asked me "do you drink coffee in that car?" Confused I replied back "no....why?" "Because it rides like this!" *jumps up and down* 
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Apr 16, 2022 16:47
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Bob Morales posted:So I take one of the wheels off. It's a loving Monroe strut. gently caress me. Come on they are good struts, they are like $39 bucks! lol
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Apr 17, 2022 01:08
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I can swap front struts in like 40 minutes now Hopefully get to see how these ride tomorrow. We'll see if I have to replace the rears too. These ones were 100% shot. Got a new radiator cap, trying to track down a coolant leak now. One thing after another.
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kalvick posted:Come on they are good struts, they are like $39 bucks! lol What's funny is at Autozone the 'OEM equivalent struts' from Monroe or KYB are $120. The STR.T's are $120 (which says a lot) and the Koni Yellows or Bilsteins are $200+. Maybe they were bought from RockAuto for $70. Sounds like a deal but shipping always seems to kill it. Anyway, I'm ordering the Koni rear shocks today. I played around the the settings on the Strange shocks and they don't seem to make any difference. Bob Morales posted:Since it's not intercooled, it has a meth injection setup. This is new to me so we'll see how it goes.  HOW HAS IT NOT BLOWN UP Interestingly enough the other nozzle looked clean but wasn't misting. Hit them both with some carb cleaner and good as new. Now I need to go log IAT's on a quick drive if it quits raining.
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The meth works Couldn't find the IAT sensor, discovered it's not in the path of the meth.  Removed the Strange rear shocks, didn't care for how they rode no matter how I adjusted them  Replaced them with the Koni STR.T's to match what I put on the front. They're not bad so far.  Did a little data logging. IAT's get up there since there's no intercooler. I can't find any evidence of it not being tuned this way though. The IAT sensor doesn't appear to ever have been re-located. It would make sense to be after the meth nozzle so it reads cooler temps and can advance timing. But 17-18 at WOT in the upper RPM's seems about right (a couple more degrees would be a bit more power but then it's more dangerous). I'll just assume that's the way the car was tuned and at some point get it back to the same tuner/dyno and have them go over everything. Maybe stick an intercooler on it who knows. I'll just drive it for now.  Chasing down a very very slow coolant loss as well as a slow battery drain (all the SN95's seem to have that happen). Also need to figure out a switch or something for the T56 reverse lockout.
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I have only driven this car a handful of times but I always noticed a little antifreeze smell (pancake syrup) I could never find a leak, though. Eventually it started losing enough to where the low coolant light came on, so I refilled the overflow tank. It lost enough to turn the light on again, so I filled it again, only to go into the garage the next day and see all the coolant on the ground. Got the car up on jackstands and came to the conclusion that the radiator was cracked on the bottom of the passenger side. Went to O'reillys and got a aftermarket one. It should have been a 45 minute swap...  Pulled the old rad out in about 10 minutes  loving fan.  Let's look at the wiring  What happened to the factory cooling fan wiring? SOMEONE SNIPPED IT  Old vs new  Bought a generic fan to stick on there.  88 degrees and she's idling in the sun real nice. Fan came on once it hit 190 and it never went any higher. Basically, some dipshit wired the fans to a manual switch inside the car. Why, I don't know. The switch basically melted so I was running with no fans but it's been cooler here so no big deal. I reconnected the factory wiring to the new fan. Technically I could have gotten a dual fan or two speed fan, but I don't think I need it. I also has a skinny bitch 1" radiator instead of some loving aluminum fluidyne or mishimoto. I think this will be just fine, jamming one of those in the stock location is a PITA and probably overkill. I mean Ford designed these things to idle in Arizona in the summer without dying right? Also my Crutchfield order showed up so now I have a bluetooth stereo. Harness connects it to the factory Mach 460 system with the amps, they sent me a kind of stupid wiring harness for the speakers so 1 of them isn't work but it sounds decent. Metra 70-5110 (?)
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those snipped wires look awfully clean (as in not oxidated) could it have been a quick fix for some reason to get rid of the car quickly? Also that fan looks so tiny on that rad... you sure thats ok as for a manual fan... LOL what the hell is the point in doing that
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kalvick posted:those snipped wires look awfully clean (as in not oxidated) could it have been a quick fix for some reason to get rid of the car quickly? Also that fan looks so tiny on that rad... you sure thats ok The factory fan settings are 214/208°F on/off for low speed, and 228/224°F on/off for high speed 214 is about 1 o'clock on the factory gauge so people see this freak out:  Idea being that if you car is running 'hot' it will pull timing. Everyone knows a car that's 180 at the very least feels faster than one that's at 210. Then they do one of a couple different things: Get a hand-held tuner and change the fan points to something like 190 and 210, making them come on earlier Throw something in like a 170 degree thermostat which doesn't help Hardwire the fans to a switch so they can turn them on at will. This can make some sense. However, most people don't wire them up right and having the fans on so much ends up burning the fan motor out.
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The single wire fan I did would shut off after 190 and the second stage never turned on so it would still get hot Ended up getting an OEM style dual-speed fan and shroud, removed the auxilury fan and all the switches...runs great in the 85-95 degree heat Had some issues with the charge pipes not staying on, bought a foot long black 3" silicone tubing to fix that. Can cut whatever sizes I need out of it. Needed about an inch longer coupler than I had. Got two more t-bolt clamps too  Might check the plugs when I get some time. I have a set but never put them in. Still waiting on Auto Meter to ship me a loving gauge pod. Been backordered for a while. JEGS said they had it in stock so I'm kind of pissed. Will probably replace all the vacuum lines I can find when I hook up the gauge (which wasn't backordered so I have had it for two weeks) Interested in how much boost it's making/holding. Feels like it should be faster. Beat down a new widebody charger scatpack the other night. Might look into why the shift light doesn't work. It comes on when you turn the key but doesn't turn on at 7000rpm or whatever it's supposed to be on at.
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Latest adventures.... My catted X pipe showed up. Got a decent deal on a used one. Would have preffered and H pipe but whatever. It's quieter and less stinky now. This is the old one.  My gauge pod is apparently never going to come in. The air/fuel gauge that was in the car didn't quite work right or the sensor is bad so I just stuck the boost gauge there.  Even finally got the swingout bars for the roll cage. I'll probably just keep them in the garage but whatever. I get everything going and its running good. Friday before the holiday, lots of peoples cars are out, weather is decent. Pull into 7-11 for gas and smoke everywhere. Grind grind grind grind. Ugh.  At least I'm buddies with the tow driver now, so he was quick to get there.  Got it home and cleaned the bottom side of the car. Looks like the hard line was rubbing on the sway bar and a pinhole was all I needed to loose all my pressurized power steering fluid.  Being the holiday weekend I couldn't get the part until tomorrow (Wednesday). So it should be a quick and easy $30 fix.
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gently caress power steering lines I'm going to just take this to the shop. lovely thing is half of them are on vacation this week so I'll have to try to get scheduled this coming week...bought some crows foot wrenches from Harbor Freight but there's no 18mm one... 
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Bob Morales posted:gently caress power steering lines I'm going to just take this to the shop. lovely thing is half of them are on vacation this week so I'll have to try to get scheduled this coming week...bought some crows foot wrenches from Harbor Freight but there's no 18mm one... You seem to be having a lot of bad luck with your car? Anything positive happening with it lately??
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kalvick posted:You seem to be having a lot of bad luck with your car? Anything positive happening with it lately?? It's looking nice in the garage. Getting it over to the shop today, so hopefully I can have it by the weekend. It's a car that basically wasn't driven much by the previous owner who also didn't know much about cars. Hopefully the last issue I have with it for a bit. And then it'll be winter and it'll go up for the season...
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Bob Morales posted:It's looking nice in the garage. Getting it over to the shop today, so hopefully I can have it by the weekend. It's a car that basically wasn't driven much by the previous owner who also didn't know much about cars. Hopefully the last issue I have with it for a bit. And then it'll be winter and it'll go up for the season... I hear ya, I had a kid, so my car is driven even less now than ever before. I start it up to make sure it works and then drive around the block to move the fluids around in the car. Im really worried about the gas in the car, it has to be bad. I put stabil in it last year and its still a full tank. ugg.
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kalvick posted:I hear ya, I had a kid, so my car is driven even less now than ever before. I start it up to make sure it works and then drive around the block to move the fluids around in the car. Im really worried about the gas in the car, it has to be bad. I put stabil in it last year and its still a full tank. ugg. I have two under 2 right now... My options for car time are after 830p or so once they are asleep and I don't have anything else to do, or that hour or two they are both asleep after lunch on the weekends. Or, if I work from home I can go gently caress with it in the garage on my lunch since they are at daycare. Not really the kind of car for car seats or taking them out to ice cream at this age. Anyway, I the shop called and they got the power steering line replaced. Also had them swap out the tailshaft seal on the T56 so I won't be dripping anymore. Raining out so I'll just drive it straight home and maybe take it out another day this week.
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Got the car back, runs great. Seems really quiet with the cats on it, need to make a video. Well, to me. My wife said it's still loud (she followed me home from the shop to pick it up) Topped off my transmission fluid, bought a box of plastic clips to re-attach my trunk liners and the passenger side fender liner. Pulled out the PLX gauge controller and wideband (https://www.plxdevices.com/PLX-MultiGauges-and-Sensors-s/108.htm), will probably stick it on marketplace. Also removed some random wires that were used for who knows what that I found in the car. Also got under the car and cleaned off some residual oil/gunk.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_m1IbS2z0 Quiet-ish No annoying rasp when accelerating now
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL7a9ZlypRQ Nothing has broke in like two weeks
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Hell yeah, looks rowdy.
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Bob Morales posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_m1IbS2z0 cant complain sounds good.... 
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Sold it last weekend. I'll keep an eye out over the winter and maybe pick something up before next spring.
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Nope, a GT350 is the best idea.
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Can confirm as a GT350 owner it is the best idea.
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drat. I was hoping it was a terrible idea, but apparently it is not. Financing is approved, hope to pick it up Saturday. Tail of the Dragon is on the way home, <shrug>
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A flat-plane mustang is an interesting noise, enjoy winding it out and listening to it while zipping through the twisties
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Nice, that engine truly is something completely unique and it'll definitely surprise you coming from other mustangs. Just remember that you gotta crack 4k rpm before it really comes to life.
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Gwaihir posted:Nice, that engine truly is something completely unique and it'll definitely surprise you coming from other mustangs. Just remember that you gotta crack 4k rpm before it really comes to life. Really that's true of the Coyote too, at least from what I've found on my Mach 1. Gotta wind it out to get it going. I imagine the GT350 revs way easier though. Had a bit of cat and mouse with a blue 350 on the BWI parkway today, it was pretty fun
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Lol I was scratching my head there for a second because *I* have a blue GT350 and live 10 minutes from bwi but I don't leave the house today.
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The biggest thing to get used to about 350 ownership is you can rev it out longer than youve trained your brain to by sound. Even a couple years later I find myself shifting and going oh I had revs left. E: for serious though watch your oil and get some catch cans if it doesnt have em. These are more work than just running a 5.0
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8250 is a lot of revs, one of the fun things is you get shift lights in a HUD on the 350 which is not something you get on a GT. And I think you might want a can for each bank if you're going to rev it to the moon. orange juche fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Aug 26, 2022 |
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Passenger side collects a decent amount. Drivers sides optional unless youre tracking it or otherwise cornering hard. Mines only had oil on the drivers side once or twice in the last couple years.
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mechaet posted:
Oh yes. Hell yes.
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Digital_Jesus posted:Passenger side collects a decent amount. Drivers sides optional unless youre tracking it or otherwise cornering hard. Mines only had oil on the drivers side once or twice in the last couple years. Yeah if you're not laying on WOT for a significant time you can avoid a driver's can but if you're going to track it, get 2 cans.
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