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    H&R springs on a SHO?

    Anyone running these? Im a salesmen for Ford and one of my technicians said it throws an advance trac light from lowering them... anyone got pics / answers? thanks!
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    misfire code after boss manifold install

    so i threw on my boss mani about a month ago, about once a week it randomly throws a #4 misfire code. i have to turn it off then back on and everythings fine but with a check engine. i check the code and its throwing random, and #4 code. im thinking its either the tune, or possibly a bad...
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    CHT sensor code after boss manifold install. HELP!

    So I threw on my boss manifold yesterday and had a little accident, I accidentally ripped the passenger side cylinder head temp sensor connector apart. All that happened was the pin came out of the connector. After fixing the connector and pushing the pin in all the way, I'm still throwing a...
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    shot clutch after 26k miles?

    Has anyone else had an issue with this? I do not drag race nor ride the clutch ever. I have been driving a standard sense I was 16 and had clutches last me much, much longer. Are our stock clutches notoriously crappy? The pedal is releasing almost an inch off the floor, on a flat surface if I...
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    manual rebuild kits?

    So I have had the 5.0 for about 8 months now. Shortly after buying the vehicle 5th gear went out, after sitting at Ford for 2 months, they finally rebuilt the trans. Well 6 months later, as of last week, 5th gear has gone again. This time I really don't want to take it to Ford so they can...
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    what size tires

    what size tires should i run for my RTR wheels? i want to go as wide as possible in back and flush up front. thanks
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    pic request: 5.0 w/ 07 gt500 wheels

    like title says, id like to see a 5.0 with some 07 stock gt500 wheels. i LOVE that style wheel and would really like to see some on a new 5.0! thanks guys
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    goodbye 5th gear syncro

    accelerated from a light and shifted into 5th, and it grinded all the way in, as soon as it went in i let the clutch out (it was ON the floor) it popped out.. been doing it all weekend and now 6th gear is starting to go out.. my car is 100% bone stock with 17k miles on it... really upset with...
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    where to get RTR wheels?

    hey guys i have been looking around for some RTR wheels, however none of the sites i use carry them, where is a reliable place i can trust to buy them from? every website i have found looked shady. where did you get yours? thanks or somewhere that sells 19" gt500s in grey, not black or machined...
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    Trouble starting??

    so the past couple days, my car has had trouble starting, not every time just every once in a while. its not a battery thing it cranks fine. its not a compression issue cause its a consistent crank, but its like its not getting enough fuel, or spark, it will try to crank 3-5 times and not start...
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    the FNG at my shop

    so we got this new guy at work right, i start talking to him and he reveals that he has an 03 cobra! and im said sweet dude i used to have an 03 cobra, what all do you have done to it? he says, mines got full exhaust, but its the special edition cobra witha 5.4L supercharged. i looked at him...
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    trunk ajar light

    EDIT- soloution to the light -- figured it out yesterday, on the top part of the trunk the connector that plugs into the latch slides out really easy and it loses connection, mine was completely unpluged but after plugging it in, i tried to pull it out and it slid out really easy and the...
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    Look what came into work today!

    I work at a high end car wash in a really wealthy area so getting cool cars is no biggie. but when this bad boy came in i had to snap a pic of it. the owner was an older man, the guy had oxygen mask walking around with a rolling can of oxygen and a special thing in his seat for the oxygen...
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    Muffler Deletes?

    i was just curious if anyone had just taken off their mufflers? have you ran into any problems with the exhaust melting anything? i know the catback actually points down where the muffler attaches which im thinking would be like dumped exhaust. i know its kind of ricer, but im dying with my...
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    Shifting 1 -> 2 weird? "fuel econ"

    so i just got my 5.0 with the standard transmission, i have just recently noticed when im accelerating from a stop, in first gear if i get to about 3k rpm my tach says " SHIFT 1->4 FOR FUEL ECON" and it seems like it actually locks me out of 2nd gear, i pull hard left and down and i feel it...

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