Recent content by marksar

High guys. I'm looking to buy the first car I ever owned, a 1990 Mustang GT hatchback 5spd. Color needs to be Wild Strawberry with the Titanium ground effects, and interior needs to be grey cloth. Now here is the tricky part... I want an unmolested, bone stock, low mileage car. (basically...

Ok, I know this is long, and I apologize, but all of this stuff has happened over the past 3 years now so alot has gone on and I want to be as descriptive as posssible. I have a '96 Mystic and back in '06 I developed a leaking head gasket, when you gave it gas you could see small bubbles come...

Hey guys hows it going? Ive had my fair share of GTs and Cobras but now I think I want to try out a Lightning. My question is: As far as the drivetrain is concerned what changes were made from 99-04? Were there any years that seemed to have more problems than other, or did they virtually...

Hey guys I found a '96 vert that was hit very hard in the front at a swap meet today and the asking price is 2K. The car itself is not fixable but what I am interested in is the motor and tranny. From what I could see niether the motor or tranny had been affected from the wreck but wanted to...

Hey guys Im gonna start building a new motor for my Mystic here in a couple of months so Im kinda tossing some different ideas around as to what to do with it and I just wanted to know what is the highest HP output modular motor people have seen or heard about not using nitous? thanks:shrug:

The body and paint on the car is in very good condition, the reason I am selling is just before I joined the service I blew a head gasket and planned on doing an entire engine build but ran out of time and money. The car has been in storage on stands covered for about a year now and where I am...

I would like to buy a 90-93 5.0 lx coupe in the Alb., Nm, or the DFW, TX area. What Im looking for is a pretty much all original car with at the most a couple of "MINOR" bolt ons. (exhaust, pulleys, throttle body, ect) no major modifications. Exterior must be in good condition and I would like...

OK here is the deal. I got a 1996 Mystic Cobra #226 that has around 110K miles on it that Im thinking of letting go. The reason why is in Sept. I joined the military and before I left cracked a head gasket. I was planning on building the motor up with forged internals but now with where Im...

Hey just waned to know if anyone could recommend a engine builder in the Dallas / Fort Worth area that has allot of experience with higher performance alluminum Ford 4.6 motors. I'm not really lookn for someone who has 40 years experience building 302s more like someone with 8-10yrs experience...

Hey just waned to know if anyone could recommend a engine builder in the Dallas / Fort Worth area that has allot of experience with higher performance alluminum Ford 4.6 motors. I'm not really lookn for someone who has 40 years experience building 302s more like someone with 8-10yrs experience...

hey just wanted to know if anyone has ever bought a pair of used IMRC plates (or has some for sale) and about how much they cost. I'm looking to buy some off a '98 Cobra for my '96 before I put the motor back in.... anyone got an idea? I want to put ones off a '98 in there because they are...

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ok almost have my motor completely dissasembled to take to the machine shop. What I need to know is what is the name of the tool that you use to take the bolts out of the side of the main caps on the crankshaft, it looks like a hex bit should fit in there but a 10mm is too big, a 8mm is too...

Hey I just wanted to know where the best pick up points on the motor are to pull my 4.6 out of my Cobra. I've never pulled a 4.6 before and I know there is allot of aluminum on that thing and I dont want to break anything when I try to pull it. Also if anyone has any other helpful tips they...

Got a blown head gasket and I leave for the Air Force in a month so I need to know what i need to do to protect my car. I figure it will be in storage for at least a year. Any suggestions.