[jessemachone]

He said no cats.

Definately get a new boot. mine wasn't tight on the shifter before and was letting a lot of heat into the car. you may have a few things that are causing this but definatly get a new boot and go from there. If you have an after market shifter that is square and your boot comes with a round hole, just stretch it over, you will be fine.... that is how mine is with the tri ax.

You may want to put some insulation down at the fire wall and over your tranny hump to solve the radio issues.

[Pittbull]

Holy shit batman!! this makes me sweat just reading it :0
take it to the ford place, tellem wats wrong and pay thru the nose and get this fixed. Bc the longer u let it go the worse it's gonna get, u don't wanna fry ur tranny bc that's puts stress on the engine. Heat = any engines worst enemy! We wouldn't want u to damage ur pony or put yourself at risk. That's my .02
goodluck wit it homie

[03_StangGuy]

Originally Posted by Stray7897 I took the boot off because it made it really difficult to shift with the short throw. I was originally told it was electronic, but im thinking it may be a combination of all the things you guys mentioned. Thanks for your help. I'll get it checked out i just didnt know if it was a common problem or not.

The boot shouldnt after shifting in any way. I have one on with a shortshifter and it works just fine.

Originally Posted by Barracuda The boot isn't going to solve your issues if your melting plastic...sounds like your cat's are clogged and probably glowing, trans fluid makes sense but i gotta believe if the trans got that hot for that long it would be a distant memory....Sounds like u have a major exhaust problem somewhere to generate that kind of heat (wow!) get that straightened out or it's going to wind up ruining your transmission due to the heat....if your radio was causing plastic to melt...smoke in your cab would soon follow! gotta be exhaust to do that maybe a major leak at the H pipe?

Im gonna agree with this. That kind of heat comin from the trans would have blown it a long time ago. If the cats are getting that hot it shouldnt be too had to see the glowing. Once u get the exhuast fixed Id change the tranny fluid too, its been exposed to alot more heat then it should me and you dont want your tranny to go cuz your exhuast was clogged.

[mystk96]

Originally Posted by jessemachone He said no cats. Definately get a new boot. mine wasn't tight on the shifter before and was letting a lot of heat into the car. you may have a few things that are causing this but definatly get a new boot and go from there. If you have an after market shifter that is square and your boot comes with a round hole, just stretch it over, you will be fine.... that is how mine is with the tri ax. You may want to put some insulation down at the fire wall and over your tranny hump to solve the radio issues.

uh bro this guy has his cats another member (~c~) said that he doesnt have his but yea this guy with the problem does no disrespect meant

[Stray7897]

Thanks guys that makes alot of sense, I didnt think that little rubbery thing would really be making that much of a difference. Luckily im always deployed so the really is hardly ever driven has 36K miles on it, and i flush the fluids everytime i get back anyway...

Hey well this looks like the best reason ive ever heard to get a new exhaust setup. So.. lets talk about that? Ive thought about looking on the net, but im always afraid of if the stuff is going to fit together right, How do i know which cat is clogged there are three right? .. Fuck do i have to get new headers and everything? only one Cat is on the mid pipe right? or am i confusing that... How much is this going to cost jesus

[Pittbull]

U got like a 4 on the stock manifolds (correct me if that's wrong cuz I'm not sure) and two on ur stock H pipe

but my .02 izzz pick u up some MAC long tube headers and MAC Prochamber. I've heard a shit load of diff exhaust setups on mustangs and the MAC setup sounds the best BY FAR! IMO

[Stray7897]

So have to replace the stock manifolds... or atleast i might as well if im paying to have them taken off (or taking them off myself) anyway... So what can i do to minimize cost here? can i use any part of the original exhaust?

Is there a way to test to see if this is actually the problem? i dont want to drop a few grand on a new system if thats not the real problem... Were you guys fucking with me about seeing them glow?.. I hate having to trust other people so much with mechanical problems....

[Stark77]

+1 on the Mac, I have their LT's and O/R Prochamber and it sounds great. They're not joking about the glowing, if your cats are clogged enough to generate that kind of heat INSIDE the cabin, imagine how much heat they're actually putting out at the source. If your car only has 36k miles though, it shouldn't be the cats. I would think about 100k is their lifespan. Take it to a MUSTANG shop in your area.

[Pittbull]

You could keep the stock catback
but deff take it to a shop ASAP. And the MAC setup won't cost u a couple grand, the LTs r like 500 (ceramic) and I think the shorty prochamber is around 250. That's a rough estimate

[bandity2k00]

There is 4 cats, they are all on your mid pipe, you can keep your stock headers, they just look like there up there cause the mid pipe goes up far with stock headers

[Pittbull]

I love ya bandit butttttttttt looks like there r six all together

Mustangworld - Mac Pro Chamber Install on 4.6L

^^ scroll down and find the pic of the stock h pipe

[bandity2k00]

Different year car, I have one laying in my backyard lol..Theres 4, Even if some magical way theres 6, there all on the mid pipe not manifolds lol

[Stray7897]

What changes exhaust wise when you get a turbo? i was looking at getting one of those cheap-o turbo kits for a few grand, theres two places that make them in Ohio which is a very patriotic state luckily for me...

My point being i might have to swap out exhaust components for that anyway if i choose to do it in a few months, and the car has run for 4 years like it is now...

[Pittbull]

Bandit I was hoping u were right when I posted that bc if I woulda been right it would have made our relationship a little awkward

HAHA no homo :-|

[bandity2k00]

Lmao i hear ya

[jessemachone]

Originally Posted by 50muscle uh bro this guy has his cats another member (~c~) said that he doesnt have his but yea this guy with the problem does no disrespect meant

oh snap... my bad. Thanks for taking me to class on that one

[mystk96]

Originally Posted by jessemachone oh snap... my bad. Thanks for taking me to class on that one

lol its tough mustang love