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DickH

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So I have been sitting here on and off of ebay and mustang forums looking at parts and in between window shopping im watching youtube/streetfire videos. Its getting late and im just getting tired of my car. I really want to love the car its not a bad car, its just wearing me out. I have so many problems with it right now, I blew out a spark plug, it has an exhaust leak at the manifold/midpipe connection, exhaust is now dumped right after mufflers (had to to drop the transmission) clutch acts weird and im not looking forward to messing the with cable more, the rear suspension is just too noisy, my rear end is almost a one wheel peel, and I have bent axles, need new rear tires, I have the most annoying whine from the rear end (but I cant hear it over my exhaust problems anymore) and to top it all off my drivers seat is pretty worn and its not the most comfortable to sit in. But must of those problems are ok, dont worry about it, I almost have it covered. I have everything (aside from the oil) to rebuild my rear end, along with a completely different suspension setup waiting, so that should cover the ride quality/noise issues I have with the rear. I really want to save money and ignore all problems with the motor and let it sit because I have probably 7k in parts for the new motor im working on. And on that topic, I keep buying parts for a motor that isnt even on a stand yet, I have a room full of parts (its a mess) I keep buying parts but I don't have anything that resembles a motor yet. It is discouraging knowing I have a down payment for a house worth of parts in one room, but I cant even supply a picture of an engine. I am fairly close to having a vehicle I (hope) will enjoy, but it sucks when I look at my car as a chore and don't really want anything to do with it right now.

Thank you my MM friends for letting me vent a little.
 
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On piece on part at a time. Keep doing your research on what parts you want to run and keep to your goals. It sucks i know, putting so much effort into something can wear you out. I love and hate my car. Its fun down the track and it has been a long time problem as well. I hate driving it on the street so it spends most of its life in a garage taking up space. In the long run the car may not be for you but you wont know till you finish cause the payout maybe everything you have wanted.
 
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I need to get the block and heads machined so I can start taking parts out of boxes and start putting a motor together. After I get those machined all I really need to buy is an oil pump that wont shatter, timing gears and whatnot, and then figure out exactly what I want for cams. My fuel system is pretty much covered from when I thought I was going to supercharge my car, I should be fine there unless I accidentally clear 500hp. I just paid for my 4th set of headers, hopefully I can make these fit because they are not cheap. Kooks stepped headers 1 3/4 to 1 7/8, appealing because I can remove individual primaries to modify the couple so it all fits. I also hate how I keep reassuring myself that I am so close to done, that all I need to do is hang in there. Really im just almost done spending big chunks of money. After I have all the parts I still have to put it all together and figure out how im going to fit it in my car. At least I am looking forward to what will probably be 20-40 hours of work ill put into the heads myself after I get them back from getting machined.

I am pretty sure ill be happy with my car after I get the motor in, I really do keep myself excited about the final product. I think the only way I wont enjoy it is if I fail to reach my goals of 430 NA, and low 11s all motor. I don't really have much to compare my build to, but if it all comes together properly I should have no problem clearing that.
 
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i share your pain man. my car has been down 2 years, thousands invested, over 650hrs in it, parts all over the shop, etc. of course my customers cars come before mine, and makes for even less time to work on the car when you consider i work a night job as well :( everytime i get started putting something together, i go in and got to modify something else. i did however get a shot block together finally, and my cage came in.

on a side note, atleast you like mustangs. i do all this to a car i never liked from the begining :mad:
 
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I like mine, but by now I want to keep it because I have so much money invested. If it was wrecked a year or so after I got it, I would probably not think twice about buying something else, probably something like a 98-02 firebird or maybe even an sti so I have a decent car I can drive all year. Honestly id prefer to play with a different project like a turbo ranger or something not my car. I hate to admit it but im more of a GM guy, however ill probably keep buying fords.
 
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yeah whats up with that? When I was at the dealership looking at my car I was wishing they had a trans am I could buy instead. I was in the market for a replacement DD and was leaning towards something like an impala and ended up with a mark viii, now I want to replace it with a small truck and will probably get a ranger. Nobody believes me when I say I prefer GM vehicles.
 
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yeah; i tried to get a purple 01 t/a, but she just had to have the mustangs. oh well i guess, i do have more respect for the mustangs now after owning one.

i hope to get somewhere on mine next weekend.

plans for thurs-sun is:

install 4.30's and girdle
drag shocks/struts (got to figure out c/c plate spacers)
work on the heads (second set :mad:)
test fit cage
install some of the interior back in it
 
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What I did with my CC plates is I took the sleeve out from the bushing on the stock setup and eyeballed the spacing I thought id need and cut them to lengths I needed. It has worked out great, absolutely no noise and I couldn't be happier.
 
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the MM instructions unclear about the spacing set up. i running GMS set up on the MM plates. i think i 1 long spacer on bottome is enough, but i need to make a call to MM and double check.
 
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I'm another GM guy. LS motors are the ****! I have a mustang because I couldn't pass up the deal. I'm currently in the process of rebuilding my engine becaue it just couldn't take a little bit of spray (75hp). I've nailed LS's with 100hp DRY all day long and not hurt em. What I'm having to come to grips with is that this in not a LS. I'm determined, however to get this bastard to run, and run strong. It's deflating when I come home every day and see my car sitting in the same spot, knowing that it has a blown motor, and knowing everything I want to do to it. All I keep telling myself is that it will be better, someday. Keep the faith.
 
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It was a dry shot
 
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I'm a "Spreadsheet Guy". Every project, car-related or not, I like to sit down and draw up a written plan. If you don't like the way it looks .. draw up another plan w/ another car. Let's as say a C5 Vette. I bet once you add up the numbers you'll have alot more bang for the buck w/ the Mustang. I was never a domestic guy. I worked at a BMW shop ... but for the $$, I can get plenty more HP with the simple 'ol mod motor. (I've got a whole garage full of goodies going on soon!)
 
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Hell, if I didn't like my A/C and cruise control so much I'd just plop in a 351 and see some real hp numbers. There's just too much involved with a swap like that when I already have so much tied up in my 4.6
 
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Hopefully. 100-125 dry would grenade a stock bottom end, and most likely damage a built one unless you had a specific tune for it with bigger injectors. I ran a 100 dry on a LS1 and that took it cause it had the ability to feed the extra fuel. I just don't think these cars could take that.
 
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