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  1. AfricanSnowOwl

    Differences between SOHC 4.6s

    I'm in the middle of converting my fox body to a 4.6, and at the point where I need to find an engine for it. A PI 4.6 out of a mustang is impossible to find around here, but there are plenty of F-150, Crown Vic, town car, and explorer 4.6's. The DOHC 4.6s are all also either way overpriced or...
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    Extremely rich and rough idle

    I have an 87' GT 5spd, all stock except shorties, electric fans, o/r x-pipe, and 70mm TB. I've ran through the surging idle checklist multiple times, base idle reset multiple times, set and reset timing multiple times... So the car sounds like it has an E cam at idle. If I drive it, it bucks and...
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    Fuel pump question

    So I was cruising down the highway tonight, and the car shut off. Pulled over and noticed no fuel pump noise when turning key on. Found a blown fuel pump fuse. I have the non programmable vortec bap. It had the correct 30amp fuse. Been running fine for years. What would cause the fuse to all of...
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    Couple of clutch questions

    So my factory clutch is just now starting to slip a little bit after being supercharged for almost 20,xxx miles. I've got a bunch of parts in the shopping cart waiting for me to click order. My questions are... I currently have an SCT X3, I've heard rumors of being able to just unload the...
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    The pussification of the military is starting

    Here's the link... http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2016/01/14/air-force-women-still-airmen-despite-gender-neutral-moves/78686252/ Cliff notes. The secretary of the navy is trying to drop the word "man" out of many of the various titles they use. Words like seaman, fireman, and...
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    Boneyarded (Airplane content)

    So last week I had to honor of getting to retire one of our Jets. It had been in service for over 45 years and logged almost 30,000 flight hours. We took it on it's last flight ever, to the boneyard in Tuscon AZ. (This is all common knowledge BTW, so no OPSEC here) These C-5A models are all...

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