Monthly Archives: December 2008
5.0 Throttle Body Disassembly / Powdercoating.
How to take apart your 5.0 throttle body (and possibly other Ford throttle bodies of this era) for rebuilding, replacing bearings, powdercoating, etc. without destroying anything or buying a puller. Required for powdercoating a throttle body, as the throttle shaft bearings … Continue reading
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Ford Motorsport Multiport EFI Engine Management Harness.
This manual is useful for any 5.0 EFI conversions. Download the Ford Motorsport EFI Wiring Manual. or view individual pages: 1 – table of contents, intro, overview 2 – component list 3 – component list, general installation instructions 4 – … Continue reading
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Engine Bay Prep.
After yanking the straight 6, I sandblasted the engine bay with some black beauty and gave it a couple coats of truck bed liner.
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Megasquirt!
2/15/10 A year has passed, and the Megasquirt is finally hooked up in the Mustang and has fired it up for the first time! (photo at bottom) I still have a lot of learning to do about tuning and getting … Continue reading
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Explorerized.
My first attempt at the GT40P Explorer iron head swap ended up in a bad head gasket, lots of smoke, and no power. Attempt two a year later was much more successful, and I took the time to powdercoat everything … Continue reading
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Ten Holes.
That’s right, the best wheel for a fox body Mustang – ten holes! I admit, I have a ten hole problem. I can’t pass up buying them and consequently have lots of them.
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Vacuum Brake Conversion.
When the Powermaster started shooting fluid out the back of the motor area, we decided to swap over to vacuum brakes rather than mess around with it. New Powermaster system: $600 vs. new vac. booster and master cylinder from Napa: … Continue reading
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Front Suspension Rebuild.
All new front suspension: upper control arms, ball joints, sway bar bushings and end links, tie rod ends, lower control arm bushings, shocks, springs, powdercoated end links, powdercoated lower arms.
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Mouse Trap.
Found a stay down license plate frame on the turbobuicks message board. No more mouse trap.
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Goodbye 1946.
The Holley 350 carb is on, and already all of the 1946’s problems are gone. It idles good, runs smooth, starts when cold, doesn’t boil over, and doesn’t hesitate. Some other things I had to do: * 82 Mustang hood … Continue reading
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