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Old November 10th, 2006, 06:10 PM   #1
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New Project In San Antonio


I'd been scouring ebay, cars.com and autotrader for weeks now looking for a project car. A nice maroon 90 GT just happens my way, and only 4 miles from my home. I'll be tinkering with it for a bit, and maybe race at SAR around early spring.

Couple of observations about this car. Tell me if these seem normal for a stocker to you:

Brakes are rather poor.
Clutch is very tough to push in compared to my truck.
Some wind noise.
Dash rattles a bit.
Engine seems unusually noisy for a stock vehicle. I've never had one that loud. Exhaust appears stock, so could it be a cam?

My first step is to tear down the engine, give it a good cleaning and check, and update the rings and berings. Thinking about getting the pistons treated while they're out.
 
Old November 11th, 2006, 12:50 AM   #2
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well welcome to the site im fairly new also.
the brakes are probably just old.
maybe a performance clutch
the wind noise might be from old and cracked weatherstripping i would assume.
the dash rattling means its probably just loose or something. the car is 16 years old
but if it was cammed you definetly would be able to tell. maybe a hole in the muffler or something like that.
gl on it.
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Old November 11th, 2006, 01:04 AM   #3
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the clutch being tight is a good thing...most of the time. means its new.
with older cars you will have rattles. same with wind noise. and the noise could just be from holes in old exhaust....just a lot of things it could be.
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same shit happened to me a few years ago.turns out the chick was indeed a slut. i never talked to her again
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must be real weird at the dinner table not talking to ur mom and all
 
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oh and Welcome to MM. hehe
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same shit happened to me a few years ago.turns out the chick was indeed a slut. i never talked to her again
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must be real weird at the dinner table not talking to ur mom and all
 
Old November 12th, 2006, 01:58 AM   #5
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welcome. for a 16 year old car, everything looks normal. other than the crappy brakes, fox brakes suck!
 
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Ford v8 clutches are the toughest clutches ever. It's easier to drive a 5 or 6 speed of any other model than a Ford v8. I learned to drive a 5 speed on a 93 GT...Took me a while to figure it out. I drove a srt-4...did perfectly fine, 05 v6, perfectly fine, that 93 GT was a bit of a pain.
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