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frozenphil posted:FAQ Mod motors do occasionally eject motorcraft plugs too, supposedly because they have less threads in the head than other motors to hold the plugs in. You can repair it with a new thread insert, Ford Motor Company approves warranty repairs using Lock N Stitch's anodized aluminum inserts but I've seen plenty of non-warranty repairs using Helicoils as well.
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PT6A posted:I can't imagine anyone in such a climate would drive something as reasonably unsuitable for winter as a Mustang without putting on actual winter tires. I know I plan to get some winter tires. People are retarded. My shop had to send out our wrecker to extract a phenomenal idiot from his own driveway because he figured the best way to deal with 18 inches of fresh snow was to put his Mustang in reverse and floor it until it barfed up all it's coolant. Two of our guys went, hooked up the winch to pull him out of the snow and onto the road so they can load him up on the flat bed. They tell him to give it a little bit of gas to help get it moving and stop once it's getting to the edge of the road. So he floors it into the side of the wrecker.  We billed him for the damage.
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Aug 3, 2010 16:07
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Sarthek posted:Sorry about the iPhone photo guys, but I just wanted to double check: is the ATF in the engine block of my '66 289 supposed to be this colour? ...  That doesn't GO there!
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Aug 4, 2010 01:14
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BaronW posted:If I'm ordering a V6 automatic will the 3.31s have a significant drop in MPG? My commute is ~52 miles round trip cruising at highway speed in the morning and hellish stop and go on the way back. (I basically drive the entire 105 freeway in LA) Any difference in mileage due to the gearing will be infinitesimal.
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Aug 6, 2010 22:52
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BaronW posted:Will the acceleration improvement be worth $400, then? That's really up to you, isn't it?
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Aug 7, 2010 12:45
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Wrar posted:Does the new 3.7 V6 have any relation to the 3.5TT Ecoboost? Yes, same block. All the Ecoboost engines have an NA counterpart. The Duratec 35 is the NA version of the Ecoboost 3.5l, and the Duratec 37 is bored out from the 35.
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Aug 11, 2010 01:56
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PT6A posted:I imagine removing the top-speed limiter, like the rev-limiter, is a rather trivial operation if you want it done. It's trivial to change or remove the governor via tuner if you want to track it.
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Aug 13, 2010 20:13
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frozenphil posted:Because I've gone back to school for my MEng and been in class. The red/black ones they have pics of are kinda ugly but I think I like the yellow one in the video.
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Aug 14, 2010 02:33
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kronix posted:Mostly a moron. Although didn't we have a guy around here who was restoring a Mustang II only to have the thread end with some internet detectives finding out he was posting all over white supremacy boards? It was actually a 72, so it wasn't a Mustang II. You can read the Saclopedia entry under "dalabast."
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Aug 19, 2010 01:17
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frozenphil posted:That's basically a straight shot, giving most of the advantages of DI with none of the cost. The engineers called it "Poor Man's Direct Injection" and specifically stated it was built with DI in mind. It'll be easy to add direct injection to the block, it just wasn't cost effective to make the high production number 5.0s DI.
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Sep 1, 2010 15:11
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wodin posted:I'm a complete idiot about customer service but I figured it might be worth talking to Ford to see if I could get the snafu with the drivetrain warranty straightened out - is talking to (http://www.ford.com/owner-services/customer-support/contact-ford) going to piss off my dealer? My plan was to go in tomorrow morning, get the written estimate for replacement + their best guess as to what happened and see if they'd be willing to honor the warranty (which is apparently not in my name but I understood to have transferred when I purchased the car), and then chat with the Ford customer support people if not. No it will not upset them. Either the dealership or FMC should be able to transfer the remaining ESP into your name. The transfer fee is ~$75.
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Nov 2, 2010 01:11
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The dealership I work at won a lotto with FMC to receive one of the Boss 302 Laguna Seca editions allotted to our region. I hope we get the black one. 
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Dec 17, 2010 06:09
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frozenphil posted:Sorry, the correct color for the Boss 302 is Calypso Coral. The Laguna Seca comes in black or silver according to our ordering guide. The silver with red/orange accents looks kinda bleh, the black one looks hot.
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Dec 19, 2010 01:51
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BDawg posted:Ugh... I don't like the light blue. The Kona Blue is definitely nice as is the Candy Apple Red. Blaze Yellow Metallic, it's a legit color. Same yellow that's available on the top trim Fiestas.
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Jan 21, 2011 21:16
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shodanjr_gr posted:So the retarded "belt-sander on red rim" color scheme apparently is reserved only for the laguna seca trim?  Yes. The regular 302 gets the more sedate black wheels with a bright rim. I think the red ones look okay on the black Laguna Seca but pretty bad on the silver one.
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Mar 2, 2011 05:33
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oRenj9 posted:I'm interested to see how the V6 holds up to boost over time. If they do seem to hold up well and this kit is cheap enough, the sixer may just end up a better used deal than the GT, especially if the 2011 keeps up the historically terrible depreciation that has plagued the V6 in the past. Picking up one of these for $13k in three years and slapping on this charger with some suspension and 3.73s would make for a hell of a car. The 3.7L V6 is a variant of the 3.5L block used for both the Duratec 35 and the Ecoboost V6, it should hold up fine under boost.
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Mar 11, 2011 03:03
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Presto posted:Apparently Ford's solution for the rough shifting is this: Yeah, this is most likely a band-aid while they're trying to implement a real solution.
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Throatwarbler posted:Yo dawg That's hot is what that is. PT6A posted:They're easier to clean unless you really gently caress something up. That's all I've got. They don't trap odors or animal hair as much either. Agreeing with the guy above me, replacing the speakers with some decent aftermarket ones will improve the sound quality very noticeably. pienipple fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Mar 29, 2011 |
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kronix posted:I doubt it. From what I understand, the most any dealership is going to get is 1 or 2 if they're really lucky and they're not going to waste their allocation selling it for sticker price if they think they can do better. Laguna Secas are distributed by internal lottery, there are at least a dozen dealers in my region and 3 cars alotted for all of us.
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Mar 31, 2011 00:02
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kimbo305 posted:Are the normal Bosses lotteried, too? Are the 3 cars you're talking about all Laguna Secas? I really don't need a back seat delete or a bigger splitter to ruin on something. Just Laguna Secas, regular Bosses are distributed the normal way: to fulfill orders and a number of stock vehicles alotted per region.
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Apr 1, 2011 00:41
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sleepness posted:Hello goons. Get a set of inexpensive steel wheels with good quality snow tires. First time it snows, baby it to an empty parking lot and screw around to get a feel for how it responds on the snow.
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Apr 14, 2011 16:04
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Presto posted:Ford seems either unwilling or unable to provide a real solution. This is basically Ford mumbling and looking at it's shoes while the engineers are in a back room desperately trying to come up with a real fix.
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Apr 17, 2011 01:14
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frozenphil posted:Eh, it's not a fabulous price, but it's not bad. If that's the car you want, go for it. My boss races a mach 1 that color. Lovely car, too bad about the driver. 
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May 21, 2011 02:15
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Slow is Fast posted:You mean it shuts off early at the pump? Blow the tank vent lines out with compressed air, spiders get in them and block up the works making the nozzle click off early.
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So my dealership got our Laguna Seca in today, put it in the showroom this morning and I was like "I'll go snap some pics at lunch for the mustang thread while I get a better look at it." It was gone within two hours. v  v I only got to see it drive by out the window. It was the black one and while the orange roof is a little much it's pretty drat sharp looking.
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Jun 14, 2011 00:22
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shodanjr_gr posted:So apparently Ford has had a TSB out on the noise pre-2009 Mustangs make when going over speedbumps. Looks like new UCAs. And all this time I thought it was just a noisy car (driving an NA miata for most of my life made me resistant to rough rides). If that's the TSB I'm thinking of it's no big deal, the noise won't get any worse and it won't damage anything. There's an updated lower control arm with improved bushing. If you want to PM me I can double check the coverage for you. A.o.D. posted:TSBs are not necessarily recalls. They're just updates on known maintenance issues. Don't go into a dealership with a printout of a TSB from teh internet demanding your pound of flesh, you won't get free service and you won't make many friends. TSBs are never recalls. Recalls are FSAs or "customer satisfaction programs."
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Number_6 posted:Some of y'all are kinda hard on Bama on this issue. I don't know a lot about the situation, but on various forums I read that at least one of the popped engines was on the FRPP (Ford Racing) tune, and others have been stock. Can anyone point me to data or information that "implicates" Bama? I may be wrong but I'm reasonably sure mods from FRPP are a-ok for your warranty, even the tunes. We don't do a huge amount of Mustangs but we've had some with FRPP mods and it wasn't a coverage issue. They're actually not too cancel happy, unless your aftermarket stuff is directly causing the problem you can swap your stock stuff back in and usually get the problem covered. How easy that is is another story, usually with our customers it's telling them to remove the plug-in chip and pop the stock airbox back on their diesel trucks.
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shodanjr_gr posted:If I get new wheels and tires can I have the TPMSs remounted to the new set at a place like Discount Tire? Don't think I can justify $200 for a new set of something I already own :/. Yes. They're either in the valve stems or held to the wheel with what's basically a huge worm clamp, I dunno offhand which style your stang has but they can be swapped to a new set of wheels no problem.
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