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I totally get your point. I've had numerous examples come across my bow of meth system failures leading to melted engines. You'd need a REALLY conservative tune and pully up on the T to get this setup to where it was just pump gas only safe, most likely. You could maintain power levels by tuning...

Be systematic and map out every screw's placement. It's a pain in the ass to do solo but, it can be done with the right approach. You need the whole dash out on 87-93 cars.

Hard to find, somewhat....lots of people have got Barrett-Jackson fever over these very common old crates and want stupid money, particularly for notch 87-93 cars.

Yep, a no-console, no-radio, no-ac, no-power-option coupe. It's certainly not practical but, it's pretty light, I think. It's pretty much the exact opposite of my 2014 loaded GT.

Check this full retro setup....This is the OEM interior, just cleaned up...with a couple period add ons like the Hurst shifter and the Grant wheel

With this old girl I don't want to mess with the exterior, or it's awesome tan interior with the deluxe LX beanbag chairs. Who knows, I may jack up the power later (who am I kidding, of course I will) but for now, it's as is. It's is a complete gut job swap carwith everything underneath from an...

Palomino runs and drives!

First fire! a bit Jerry rigged to go but, proof the engine and ECM merge worked.

It's the 86 PS pump from the car originally. I used to use V6 pump pulleys to underdrive the PS pump and get a little more road feel out of the 87-93 Foxstangs back in the day. This was already there on the car originally so, I just swapped it over and made the V6 bracket woork with a bit of...

LOTS has happened since last update. Car is completely assembled mechanically. It's a full 1988 GT underneath, K, suspension, brakes, driveline. I stripped back the wiring harness to the essentials to run the engine and left as much of the 86 wiring intact as possible. Latest stuff is the engine...

I can't get Eibach lowering springs in that way so, no way to a drag spring that is longer.....

Can't do bumper tinsel...that'll give it away. I'm not even putting badges on this thing. The glasspack exhaust it has currently might be a bit of a giveaway. I've been looking for a clean inexpensive notch for nearly ten years, scratching that itch that was created when I sold my '79 Ghia TRX...

Here's how to do this: Use an outside spring compressor on the inner side of the spring. This will get the curl you need into the spring. chain the spring in this position with a bit of 3/8ths chains and a bolt and nut to make sure it stays taught. Remove the spring compressor. Then you can...

This is super cool. You went further than I did with my 86 notch build, which was a 3.8 C5 car and is now all 88GT w. T5 underneath. It's this kind of home-built stuff that still remains the heart of this hobby. I love that you didn't wuss out and go carb and that you'd challenge yourself with...

Lots of progress.... 1986 Coupe by 5lho Got the 3.8 and V6 K out Got the 5.0 and V8 K out Got my redneck engineering on to move these large masses around the driveway :) Working on cleaning up the bay and setting up the wiring. This isn't going to be a Riddler car so, I am just making a...

Yeah, that's why I'm going to try and keep as much of the 88 electrical stuff together and pull the unused 86 stuff. The marriage meets at the dashboard and column mainly, if I'm scoping this out right. Since I have EVERYTHING from the 88 and it all seems functional I can move whatever I need...

....it's a beige horse... 1986 base V6 coupe, low miles, rust free.... donor is an 88 GT with a rebuilt engine in it, Hurst shifter, Eibach suspension, etc. etc. Gonna marry them and make the EFI work. The 86 is CFI EEC 4 so, we should have a starting point. I have full harness in both cars.

As others have said, you can get at the harness for the unclip on the widebands from the top, if your arms aren't too fat and you take the engine cover off. E85 killed one of mine so, I replaced both and unclipping it made it alot easier, even on my factory exhaust. You won't pull on the ECM...

It's SO tight in there with just the windshield sprayer bottle so, I'd say no way to do the fogs. The 13+ are a little easier with the Centri kits, as you don't have to hack the front bumper cover radically like you did on the 11-12 cars. but the basic problem of routing the IC piping around the...

Other than the heavy-ass wheel and tire combo, there isn't anything on a BBP that's heavier than the standard car. I put a fully loaded 2012 BBP into the 11s on a tune and tire so, despite the full load and BBP, it's wasn't crippled or anything. My current ride is a loaded 14 auto BBP and it's...

The boss rack and the 14 rack are the same. That was the solution to the nibble problems in the 11 cars. I bought a Motorcraft reman, which, after core refund, is about $891 Canadian so, that's not too bad. No way I'd trust used on this car, given the problems with the early cars and the fact...

That's the ecm code on my 14....WYN4, iirc.

Ford has diagnosed the rack as internally defective. Full replacement required. They quoted me about $2500 to re and re the rack with 1700 being parts. Very not happy with Ford Corporate response, which is, pound sand. This defect, at speed will kill. It doesn't just make it hard to steer, like...

The reason I discount the LCA bushes are they look good and the car has no shuddering at speed, typical of the LCA bushing issue. I'll look into the Boss 302 rack...

2014 MGT, 27K, stock BBP suspension. Steering has been getting draggy, sticky, notchy and not centring properly. No indications of mechanical distress, no shakes at high speeds. Tires are worn out but, it really doesn't feel like a problem there. Moving the tires around and absolutely ensuring...