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05-02-2007, 08:50 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
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mustang progress
heres how i started:
heres where im at after 2 hours of work:
need that stupid special tool to take off the fuel lines and then its mostly just bolts til i get the heads off...
also, i always had a tapping on the pass side, found out why...one of the rockers is loose, but the bolt holding it on is tight. weird.
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05-03-2007, 12:02 PM
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What tool is it for the fuel line?
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05-03-2007, 02:36 PM
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Mr Fantastic
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its that dumb thing that clamps over the line like a clam....i actually found out you dont really need to undo the lines, theres enough play to just move the rail out of the way
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05-03-2007, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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I think your engine is in backwards, why is the distributor in the front? 
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05-03-2007, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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i JUST baught a set today at advance auto...EVERY SIZE for $10
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05-03-2007, 04:19 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
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nice super mega ultra extra long coil wire going over the fan!!!!!!!!!!
just kiddin, its always fun in the beginning taking it all apart. Then frustrating when its taking too long to get it all back together, but then its worth it in the end. 
You gonna spray bomb the engine bay with most of the motor apart there? What all you doing? Explorer heads, cam, intake and stuff?
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05-03-2007, 04:22 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
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already has the explorer intake, im putting on ported stock heads and 1.7 RR's. and yeah im gonna attempt to clean up as much crap as i can while im in there, heads are painted black, valve covers i just painted black today....should look pretty sweet when its all said and done
i would be going with a cam too, but i dont have the money, and i want to drive the car sometime this summer so the stock cam will have to do.
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05-03-2007, 04:35 PM
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Cool cool man. Happy wrenchin'!!
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05-03-2007, 04:58 PM
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that is good for only a few hours work. keep us updated.
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05-03-2007, 06:53 PM
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Mr Fantastic
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todays progress...got the fuel rails off, got the lower intake off, took off the alternator bracket, the P/S bracket, and other stuff attached to the heads. also brought my valve covers back home from work, and my ported heads too, so theres pictures of those.
as it sits now:
where the parts of the motor are living for now
one of the heads (other one is sitting in the back seat of the lumina, im just lazy)
annnd valve covers. hopefully the black theme will come together and look decent
stuff left to do...take off the headers, take out the head bolts...and i should be home free. then its reassembly and spending money on head bolts, rockers, etc
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05-03-2007, 07:46 PM
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w00t looking goooooood congrats on the progress
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05-03-2007, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GP99GT
stuff left to do...take off the headers, take out the head bolts...and i should be home free. then its reassembly and spending money on head bolts, rockers, etc
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Gaskets are more expensive then they seem also. Then I usually go other tune ups when stuff like that is off. Oil, plugs and so on .... so add in antifreeze, belt, pcv valve, 2+2 cleaner, ect. The you spend 200 bucks on other things you didnt think of when you started doing it.
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05-03-2007, 09:29 PM
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Mr Fantastic
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just ordered a head stud kit, 1.7 roller rockers, and an a/c delete kit
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05-03-2007, 11:15 PM
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way to get the carpet all dirty lol
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05-04-2007, 12:26 AM
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hey i got a ton of mustang goodies for sale.... aerospace components brake kit...2 piston front with modified spindals and 5 lug with d/s rotors..... global west tubular lower control arms...
lemme know... cheapp....
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05-04-2007, 06:30 AM
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Mr Fantastic
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ill let you know when i actually have money again
all i want to do right now is get this thing back on the road for the summer
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05-04-2007, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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wow, good work on that thing man. whats the difference between mustang heads and explorer heads, more airflow?
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05-04-2007, 09:20 AM
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Mr Fantastic
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yeah explorers have GT40 heads and intake, basically what the 93 cobra has. i only have the explorer intake, the heads are stock mustang heads but theyre ported
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05-04-2007, 12:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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They have GT-40 heads!!! man if i knew that id of taken a friends motor of his, he had an explorer block, and i always wondered y he wouldnt let it go so cheap, I was like dude its not like its out of a mustang or anyhting, man was a sneaky bastard lol.
Last edited by Blacdout96; 05-04-2007 at 12:26 PM.
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05-04-2007, 03:09 PM
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Mr Fantastic
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yeah...the 96-97 has GT40 heads, 98+ has GT40P which has a different spark plug angle which makes it hard to use with certain headers, but they flow the best
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05-04-2007, 03:32 PM
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Quote:
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way to get the carpet all dirty lol
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You beat me to it. I was going to say the same thing...
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05-04-2007, 04:18 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
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eh the carpet already was dirty, and the stuff i laid on there is actually pretty clean
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05-04-2007, 08:47 PM
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nice progress!
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05-05-2007, 11:57 AM
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Mr Fantastic
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05-05-2007, 12:02 PM
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:woot:
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