[zinc-vert02]

Originally Posted by 00vert gears is the only mod on my car i didnt tackle and the shop i went to i found out about through this forum

i did my own gears, iv know my mechanic all my life













.......... his name is zinc-vert lol

[Dreamer]

Originally Posted by 01SilverSixer I do everything myself for stuff I can't do myself, like exhaust work, I go to a guy that owns a mustang performance shop that a friend recommended me. Its a 45 minute drive but he does good work and is cheap.

Is it in PA? Im usually back n forth from allentown at times. I wouldn't mind checking out a shop around there.

Originally Posted by southfour I go online, find a write up or installation guide and go to work. As everyone else said gears are really the only thing other than body work or paint that I wont attempt. If in doubt go find a pick n pull that has a v6 mustang and practice taking things apart and putting things back on, then if you fuck up just leave . Then you might feel more confident working on your own car.

LOL I kinda wish I did have a spare hoopty around to practice vinyls on lol even though vinyls are effin expensive >_>

[Mr. Red Pony]

I looked in the mirror..

[v6kid]

Originally Posted by ESG-642T Gears is the only thing I don't trust myself with... Headers - easy axles - simple

Even the mighty ESG won't do gears?

[SlowSix]

Originally Posted by Dreamer Is it in PA? Im usually back n forth from allentown at times. I wouldn't mind checking out a shop around there

It's in PA, but a long way from Allentown. I'm on the other side of the state.

Theres a lot of mustang shops in PA though. Evolution Performance is the closest to that area I know of though.

[JoshC!]

Originally Posted by zinc-vert02 i did my own gears, iv know my mechanic all my life .......... his name is zinc-vert lol

show off!!!

[BlueScreaM]

Originally Posted by Ahoboscheese I looked in a mirror... but for exhaust work and performance mods that i wont do i go down the road to Chris at muffler shop of Columbia were i live.

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony I looked in the mirror..

[GreenMustang00]

Originally Posted by 00vert show off!!!

Na it's just people from Wisconsin know what they are doing jp

[ESG-642T]

Originally Posted by v6kid Even the mighty ESG won't do gears?

I know riright.... Maybe next time I need to do them ill do it myself? I mean that's the only thing I haven't tried yet...

[mcqueen]

Originally Posted by 6er_w/a_Vengance gears is the only thing OP i'd be willing to pay someone else to do on my car...just about anything else you don't know you can ask us ....hell i figured most things out through trial and error

I think exhaust is another thing most of us go to a shop for. I bet if more of us could weld, a lot more of us would do it ourselves (because I wouldn't buy a 100% bolt on exhaust kit). Speaking of which, I need to get my buddy to teach me how to weld.

[01KnightRiderGT]

I knew him since the second i was born, i saw him and said, "You are going to forever be my mechanic"

[AndyG47]

My mechanic is typing this sentence right now. I do however have an old family friend by the name of Uncle Frank that runs a shop in Wharton, and runs pro drag cars on the weekend. I used to have him fix most everything, now I only hit him up for advice on how to fix what I broke.

For trans/axle work I go to Whitty Transmission in West Milford. the only trans thing I ever did myself was swap the pans on my '03 F150. Took off the steel one and put in a TCI deep aluminum one.

Exhaust is done by me in the driveway. Heavier exhaust work used to be handled by a local Meineke until they charged my brother $500 to put a muffler on his Firebird. After that I bought a 150 MIG welder at a swap meet in Englishtown.



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[Dreamer]

Why aren't you guys near ny .... it's not fair lol

[BlueScreaM]

Originally Posted by mcqueen I think exhaust is another thing most of us go to a shop for. I bet if more of us could weld, a lot more of us would do it ourselves (because I wouldn't buy a 100% bolt on exhaust kit). Speaking of which, I need to get my buddy to teach me how to weld.

Plus buying a good welder isnt worth it considering its a onetime deal.

[rfcsoulja]

I started out with just as much experience as you op. Most of us did. Our engines aren't hard to work on. Get yourself a wrench set, look up how to's, and go to work. You start to realize that and engine is mostly loosening and tightening bolts. I started with a cai, built a lil confidence to put on long tubes, felt really good and put on the windtsar, felt amazing and did the cam install. Now I feel invencible. If you do need a shop to do some work, look up a local mustang club and ask them who they would recommend.

[Dreamer]

Originally Posted by rfcsoulja I started out with just as much experience as you op. Most of us did. Our engines aren't hard to work on. Get yourself a wrench set, look up how to's, and go to work. You start to realize that and engine is mostly loosening and tightening bolts. I started with a cai, built a lil confidence to put on long tubes, felt really good and put on the windtsar, felt amazing and did the cam install. Now I feel invencible. If you do need a shop to do some work, look up a local mustang club and ask them who they would recommend.

Thanks, I really do wanna get my hands on the engine. I actually wanted to start wit the CAI so I can do it myself lol. I just dont have a garage to work on, so I always park in the street, and lately everytime im cleaning my car someone stops by and asks whos car is it.... and that I look like im cleaning it for money >_> damn insults...

[AndyG47]

Originally Posted by Dreamer Why aren't you guys near ny .... it's not fair lol

NYC isn't too far from me. Hop on 80, then 46, to 3 into the Lincoln Tunnel or go through Jersey City to the Holland. but I know the area around the Lincoln better so that's the one I use. Bout an hour and a half.

Originally Posted by rfcsoulja I started out with just as much experience as you op. Most of us did. Our engines aren't hard to work on. Get yourself a wrench set, look up how to's, and go to work. You start to realize that and engine is mostly loosening and tightening bolts. I started with a cai, built a lil confidence to put on long tubes, felt really good and put on the windtsar, felt amazing and did the cam install. Now I feel invencible. If you do need a shop to do some work, look up a local mustang club and ask them who they would recommend.

Ditto to this. Every year that passes has me further and further into my engine. Then with side projects I'm building a vintage 302 block for some car body I'll find eventually:

I'm quoting this from another site I posted on explaining to another member about the internal basics of most motors.

Originally Posted by MustangAndy This is vintage '69 302 block I'm working on. This is to give you an inside look at what's going on. The mod motor has alot of differences but the basics apply: Bottom of the motor - oil pan removed- Same photo. Green is the oil pick-up. Red are the main bearing caps (2 bolt mains), Yellow is the bottom of the piston connecting rods. There are two per "bank". If you look at a "V" motor you'll see the bores don't line up across from each other; this is why. Blue "X's" are what visible parts of the crankshaft. Pink are the freeze plugs and the blue circle is where the oil filter used to be. Better shot of the bottom Green are the caps red is the piston rods Pistons, bearings, main caps, connecting rods Crankshaft Red is where the main caps hold the crankshaft down in the bearings, green is the locale for the connecting rod journal bearings. Camshaft. "Pushrod" motors have one of these on the bottom, SOHC motors have one of these at the top of each cylinder head. DOHC motors have two per head. For example a DOHC Honda VTEC Inline 4Cyl has two of these in the cylinder head whereas your mom's truck has 2 total - one per side. The Cobra has a total of four - 2 per side. Timing crap. Fully stripped block.

[Mr. Red Pony]

On even fire V6 engine (like ours) there are not 4 crank throw holding 2 rods. There are 6 crank throws holding 1 rod. Really the only main different between newer V6 and V8 cranks. Also, the V6 crank throw are offset from each other to make it fire smoothly. That makes the V6 crank weaker than the V8 crank.

[v6kid]

Originally Posted by ESG-642T I know riright.... Maybe next time I need to do them ill do it myself? I mean that's the only thing I haven't tried yet...

Give it a shot it's really not hard at all... just intimidating at first since the measurements are so vital.

Tip... have 2 sets of bearings 1 set for mock up and one set for the final setup. On the mock up set you grind the inside just enough so that they slip onto their respective locations rather than being pressed on. That makes life easier for the disassembly-reassembly process of getting everything perfect... and multiple crush sleeves just in case.