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    My GT wont idle!

    I have no freaking clue whats going on with this car. Its been below freezing every day this week and the car refuses to idle. I start it in the morning and the engine will immediately die. I can start it and put my foot on the gas and it will continue to run but as soon as I take my foot off...
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    Please help me out! Control arm sitting on the ground

    My rear lower control arm is now sitting on the ground on my 98 GT. Im looking for the bolt that connects it to the frame not the axel. I called all the Ford dealers in my area and they are wanting to charge me 20 bucks for a set of four bolts to hold it in. What grade and size are these...
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    Tech junkies help me out!

    Im trying to wire something up to my xbox and I need to know how to wire a voltage regulator in a 5 volt line and bring it down to 3.3 volts. There isnt a 3.3V constant for me to wire this up with. I have 3 legs on the voltage regulator how do I wire it in there. Also will I need a heatsinc...
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    New Orleans: What you dont hear on the news!

    A very good friend of mine passed this over to me and I thought I would post it here. Its a little long but deffinately worth the read. This supports the old adage that it is hard to drain the swamp when you are up to your ass in alligators. TG TIA Daily -- September 2, 2005 By...
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    Electronic nerds lend me your brains!

    Im looking to build an Ipod dock specifically for my car. Ive been looking at the ones at places like Best Buy and Circuit City and they are 200 plus bucks. I found a guy that sells the little connectors to plug into the bottom of the IPods and found pin out instructions for it also. The...
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    Those with 03/04 Cobra wheels and wheel spacers.

    What is the widest wheel spacer you can put on a set of the 03/04 Cobra wheels on these cars without modifying the fender. I want to put some spacers on my wifes car but could not decide if I should go with the 1", 1.25" or the 1.5" spacers. What would your recemendations be?
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    Out camping!

    Well Im off of work for the next week and am out on the road with my grandparents and my wife. We are currently at a campground and Im enjoying the free wifi internet connection and cable tv. This is ruffinit. Anyway the wife is bitching about me messing around on here. Signing off untill...
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    Does SVTPerformance's search function suck? If you say yes look here!!!

    Ok Im a huge nerd and I watch AOTS every single day on my tivo. I saw this on there today and Immediately thought of everyone here. If you are using Firefox follow these simple steps and enjoy a great search with the power of Google! Copy all of this info into the notepad in windows save it...
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    Tivo Hacking?

    Anyone in here into hacking tivos. Ive just started getting into it and must say its much easier than I thought. Right now Im working on turning HMO on on my Directv SD-DVR120s so I can share movie recordings between the two. Ive got the sorce code and just have to copy it over to the actual...
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    Need a little networking help!

    Im using a linksys wireless router setup with my three computers. I have it as close to the middle of the house as possible. My two desktops are running fine off of wires but my lap top is having hell connecting in my back bedroom. It cant be more than 40 feet away. I can get a "very low"...
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    Air conditioning problems

    Im having a problems with my wifes 98 GT. The AC is cooling great. No problems with the cooling side but the floor on the passengers side is soaked. We drove it around all day today looking for a job for her and when we got home I noticed the floor extremely wet. I vacumed up all the water...
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    Lowered Cobra (not your normal what springs question)

    My wifes car came with the front sway bar in the trunk. I went to put it on today and found the endlinks bent a little. I started thinking about it all and her car is dropped about 1.5 to 2 inchs. So shouldnt the end links be about 1.5 to 2 inchs shorter too. I jumped under my car and looked...
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    The end of the world is near!

    http://www.endofworld.net/ Ran into this today while stumbling around the internet.
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    Official ways to "Tick people off"

    HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF 1. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies. 2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors." 3. Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO." 4. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally...
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    Ever feel stressed.

    Take some fokitol

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