Pete: If the fluid is too viscus, the blocker rings will not be able to slow the gear set to speed the would permit engagement. What fluid are you using? ...
Yep. It's been about 5 years since my last post to this list (owned an almost-stock '91 GT, sold that and bought Pete Calabrese's '91 monster Mustang, then...
We're in the process of restomoding our 86 SVO. While I'm keeping the factory parts, and getting them fixed and painted, we're adding a fiberglass hood...
Gene Beaird
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Dec 30, 2007 11:12 pm
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... A couple of options if you are willing to walk around the junk yards a little bit. The '79 Mustang had a rear bumper made out of aluminum. They are hard to...
I suggest starting with a 94-04 bumper as it's made from 0.044 sheetmetal and is much easier to cut than the ones found on earlier mustangs, such as your 86...
Since this is a handling related list, and, well, weight distro is important, some cat over at corner-carvers said he was able to achieve 50/50 out of his...
=8-O I guess if you had no other alternative. I would be very afraid of a significant pendulum effect there. Perhaps fill the rear seat wells with lead, but...
Gene Beaird
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Dec 31, 2007 6:55 pm
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My old CP 86 Mustang was close to 50/50 with driver and heavy ass Dart block, and I posted pictures of that on CC, but I sure the heck didn't make a lead rear...
My suggestion is only to replace the collapsible bumper mounts. They weight something like 8-10#, and can be replaced with solid steel tubing. The tube size is...
IS it the rear main? That heavy accummulation on the heads (ABOVE the crank, & OUTSIDE the bellhousing) makes me suspect your breach is topside. Rear of the ...
I'd like to select choice (d): All of the Above the rear seal was leaking, i'm sure other things are leaking too. I've replaced the valve cover gaskets and...
I was thinking of adding that but I figured someone else would point out all of his sins. I didn't want to be a meanie. Good job....meanie. :p dennis wilson...
I always treated the bolts on the oil pan as a regular inspection item myself. I always find that they are loose on my car so I make a point of tightening or...
George Kokolakis
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Jan 7, 2008 4:36 pm
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My 408w is based on a budget stroker kit, centered around a reground 400m crank. I'm fixin' to do a clutch job, and figured i'd have a spare pilot...
Has anyone had any problems with aftermarket trans mounts (energy suspension) not lining up with the either/both the trans bolts holes or the cross member...
Had issues with the ES trans mount we put in the CP car, but it was far from a factory-original setup. IIRC the holes in the tranny didn't line up properly....
Gene Beaird
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Jan 12, 2008 10:41 pm
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Go dremmels! I put the ES mount next to the orig mount I took off (which is beat to sh*t). The bolts and holes seemed to line up, so maybe something else is...
Probably a good thing to do. Remember, these older cars have had lots of opportunity to move about, and the other two mounts can play into the fitment...
Gene Beaird
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Jan 13, 2008 1:54 am
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After doing a clutch on an SVO, just to get the bolts to line up in the tranny I had to go back and loosen everything way up so I could grab the tailshaft and...
LOL oh man, that's a good one Thanks for the advice Steve about loosening and moving thing around. The only thought I have on that is then you would be...
I seem to recal having to open up the slots in the crossmember a bit. I think that possibly the bolts that ES use were a little bigger than the studs the...
That is the issue I had on my 86, the ES bolts are a notch up in size and basically threaded themselves through the cross member.? I have had the cross member...
