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I love it and Id drive the poo poo out of it but hes talking about buying a pick up truck and you're saying just put the top down on the Miata you should buy.
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Radiohead71 posted:I thought this link was pretty neato. Shows failed Mustang designs through the years.  
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Aug 30, 2013 18:54
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Aug 30, 2013 18:56
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More likely a Mobe.
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Aug 30, 2013 19:10
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Id drive the poo poo out of that mustang wagon
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Aug 30, 2013 20:09
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mungtor posted:More likely a Mobe. This sounds right, since Ford initially wanted to replace the Mustang with the Probe.. but wasn't it earlier on than '94 that they abandoned that plan?
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West SAAB Story posted:This sounds right, since Ford initially wanted to replace the Mustang with the Probe.. but wasn't it earlier on than '94 that they abandoned that plan? The first-gen Probe was supposed to replace the Mustang. They abandoned that plan before the Probe even came out IIRC.
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clutchpuck posted:Since I have stuff pretty much sorted out and am up to date with service with my '00, I'm thinking about suspension improvements and have a couple questions. Listen you dont want to drop you car a little. Doing that makes your car still look like a 4x4. I can not stress hard enough, that you should spend just a little bit more money and get the Bilsteins. I also cant stress hard enough that any mustang suspension mod you do you should get thru Maximum Motorsports (or their dealers). the whole kit is $1200, thats the H&R springs, bilsteins shocks, struts, caster/camber plates, etc.... It is the gateway mod for extreme suspension mods. If you buy from them, you can tell them what you want and they can put a different package together. If you get the Bilsteins though, your can eventually mod them to support coil overs. you can get the totikos or whatever too, but you are pretty much locked out from doing more extreme suspension mods. also you said you want stiff, getting full length subframe connectors (again from maximum motorsports, or their dealers) that will help out when you floor the car and you wont feel the steering wheel pulling left or right when the chassis twists. it makes it really strong. if you want to get into autocrossing, MM's "the starter box" is the way to go. I read your next posts, about your wierd rear end roads. I will update this reply and still say get the starter box, but tell them you want to maintain as near stock height as possible. they will supply you with a different set of springs. kalvick fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Aug 30, 2013 |
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Aug 30, 2013 20:49
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Don't forget the other two concepts that came with that one. I think the designers were doing a goldilocks thing of "too little, too much, just about right." This was the Rambo model, which looks like a lovely bodykit you can probably buy right now.  The one that won was Shwarzenegger. 
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Aug 30, 2013 21:30
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I think you can make a solid argument that the New Edge SN95s were at least "inspired" by Rambo. Except Rambo might actually be better looking.
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Q_res posted:I think you can make a solid argument that the New Edge SN95s were at least "inspired" by Rambo. Except Rambo might actually be better looking. Pretty sure the Rambo became the Super Stallion, a really cool car from an engineering standpoint.   
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Is it normal to have to fill up the GT once a week? Geesus I love this car but god drat filling up once a week is going to be terrible!
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frozenphil posted:Pretty sure the Rambo became the Super Stallion, a really cool car from an engineering standpoint. "Look ma, no strut towers!"
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Captain Apollo posted:Is it normal to have to fill up the GT once a week? I didn't realize mileage was based on time rather than distance driven
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Captain Apollo posted:Is it normal to have to fill up the GT once a week? The gas tank is not very large at all, so depending on how much you drive, this is normal. There's a reason Clarkson called it a "fuel thimble."
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Impulse buy! Its a 2011 that I bought used with.... 762 miles on the odometer.
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Zeroboy posted:Impulse buy! I like it!! Who only drove it 762 miles???
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Oh wait, that was planned for a while. Heres the impulse buy  Borla atak axle back system. Amazon had one on sale for 604. Thursday can't come soon enough!
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Captain Apollo posted:I like it!! Who only drove it 762 miles??? It was about 2k more than I was planning on spending but the guy bought it brand new and just never drove it. No pictures or anything but I showed up and it was completely flawless. 24500 for an almost brand new 2011 GT.
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Captain Apollo posted:Is it normal to have to fill up the GT once a week? You bought a V8 powered sports car. Did you expect 35 mpg? Because if you did, I will have to take your car back from you.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:You bought a V8 powered sports car. Haha no. I had an old SUV that had a 24 gallon tank so it's just surprising. I guess the real surprise is that I drive so drat much!
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^ Nice looking car! You can replace the wheel with a nice leather wrapped one if you want. I actually threw my base wheel away and replaced with a Bullitt leather wrapped wheel. Just be sure to use your steering wheel buttons (swap them in).
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Sep 1, 2013 04:21
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Well I decided to go green...
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Thats sexy.
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mattwhoo posted:Well I decided to go green... I love that color and I love that car. 
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Great looking car. Congratulations! I need some help diagnosing a 'sound. Sometime when I slow down tot ake a turn, and there is a bump in the road, I hear a 'crunch' sound. My wife seems to think its the shocks, but I'm not so sure. I don't hear it every time, and I especially dont hear it when going down the road, even over really bumpy surfaces. I'm curious if its a combination of something in the back trunk getting thrown up and down, and a combination of the sound of the muffler almost....backfiring? as it slows down to take turns the way I do. Anybody have an offhand recommendation for testing this stuff out? I pushed down on the hood/rear to listen to shock and I'm not hearing it.
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Captain Apollo posted:Great looking car. Congratulations! What year is it? Part of why my car was repurchased under the lemon law was for the lower control arms(parts were backordered for three weeks). It would have a bad crunching type sound going into my driveway and over speed bumps. If its a recent model there is a TSB out for it.
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Christ. 2013. It only happens every now and then. I guess I should make an appointment at the local dealership huh....
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I would. Its not a safety issue as far as I know, its the bushings in the lower control arms making all the noise. The most updated TSB has them replacing the control arms and placing heat shields to hopefully fix the issue. I guess over time the heat is getting to them. Get it fixed, it will just get worse sounding the longer you go. Hopefully your poo poo won't be back ordered for weeks.
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kalvick posted:I read your next posts, about your wierd rear end roads. I will update this reply and still say get the starter box, but tell them you want to maintain as near stock height as possible. they will supply you with a different set of springs. I don't know if they're weird rear end. The good driving roads away from the city are largely just in pretty poor repair, like  ... which makes even going in a straight line a "pucker up and hold on" affair sometimes, thus I want better shocks and struts. I like the stock height because I stopped worrying about scraping my front bumper on parking lot curbs back in my 20s. Anyhow, thanks for the input on suspension. Why doesn't MM list spring rates?
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mattwhoo posted:I would. Its not a safety issue as far as I know, its the bushings in the lower control arms making all the noise. The most updated TSB has them replacing the control arms and placing heat shields to hopefully fix the issue. I guess over time the heat is getting to them. Get it fixed, it will just get worse sounding the longer you go. Hopefully your poo poo won't be back ordered for weeks. Hmm, I get that sound in the front. I was thinking it was the end links not enjoying my stiff sway bar or the nuts coming loose. I'll check them out when I pop my track pads in. Think a dealer will dick me around if I ask them to do the LCA TSB? We shall see.
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Here is a link to the TSB http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/in...arm-over-bumps/
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clutchpuck posted:
I dunno, I usually call them, explain what me or my friends want to do and they make recommendations. spring rates differ on the other suspension mods you do, like torque arm, pan hard, 1/4 mile driving, coil over, lower adj. control arms, steering, etc... you got to tell em what you want. kalvick fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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Love my car :0 IMG_9455.jpg on Flickr  IMG_9499.jpg by. on Flickr Captain Apollo fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Aug 27, 2015 |
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That is a good car. The wheels remind of some sort of motorcycle wheel, though. Don't know why it makes me think of one.
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Captain Apollo posted:? maybe  Much better looking than the new edge star wheels I have, though. Especially since the center cap gets dirty at a different rate than the rest of the wheel. 
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Cage posted:Yeah, that must be it. Good catch, those wheels remind of of that logo, whatever it may be. West Coast Choppers logo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross#In_post-war_pop_culture
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Look what decided to pop up on my 2011 GT! Horray iron contamination problems are still happening! Went to the dealer and they told me it "wasn't bad enough" to be covered yet under the 5yr/Unlimited corrosion. And I'm at 37k miles so I'm out of the 3yr/36k. It has since gotten worse and is spreading below the hood also, so hopefully I can get this taken care of soon. 
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