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Old 6/17/07, 09:07 AM
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I hate to tell you this Bill... But your exhaust manifolds aren't living up to the standards of the rest of the engine compartment! Yer just gonna have to do something about them!

Sorry, couldn't resist!



I would take off mine and paint them, the high temp exhaust paint works well and I have used it before, but that's a lot of work to do for that gain. It seems like a waste to take them off and then put the stock ones on... But the extra cost of ceramic coated shorties ain't worth it either!
Old 6/17/07, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by pville piper
I hate to tell you this Bill... But your exhaust manifolds aren't living up to the standards of the rest of the engine compartment! Yer just gonna have to do something about them!

Nice try John. No way in hell am I going to cut loose of $800+ for CARB Approved shorties. Now, if JBA lowers them to $250-$300 (like everyone else's shorties), I'll be all over them like a Bum on bologna sandwich!
Old 6/17/07, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TacoBill
Next on my mod list...

Raptor shift light.
Found a seller on ebay that's selling them for $85 shipped ($7 cheaper than Raptor direct).

I'm planning on mounting it inside the left-center air vent. I'll have to look inside the vent to see if the black or silver Raptor housing blends in better before placing my order.
Good choice. I had one in my 2000, and then got one for the 05. The one in the 00 was more for looks, but felt it was definitely needed in the 05...it just revs too quickly with no real increase in exhaust noise.

BTW, you may want to look into putting it right in the center of the gauge cluster. That way you don't have to worry about heat/AC and all from the vents. Here's a pic on mine:
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Old 6/17/07, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by LEO_06GT
I have no idea what the florida state trooper emblem looks like. It could've been upside down and I probably wouldn't have noticed.
This is from the NH Mustang Club show today.
A Florida state trooper car.
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Old 6/17/07, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by mikes rx
Here's a pic on mine:

HEY! What`s that Krap on the floor?????????????????????
Old 6/17/07, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by KdF
HEY! What`s that Krap on the floor?????????????????????
Yikes, Mike is on patrol today and I was thinking I needed to vacuum out the GT today, I better get right on that before Mike finds out.............
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Originally Posted by karman
This is from the NH Mustang Club show today.
A Florida state trooper car.
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Now you know.
Hey Tom the 89 has company, it's just way up in NH
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Originally Posted by mikes rx
BTW, you may want to look into putting it right in the center of the gauge cluster. That way you don't have to worry about heat/AC and all from the vents.
How did you fasten down the mounting clip? And how did you route the wires?

I'll be checking out the vent idea today. I'm not too concerned with the heat/AC; I'm pretty sure it's still withing the operating temperature.
However, I was looking at the opening where the adjustments are made. If I do mount it in the vent, I'll probably have that opening pointing down.
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Originally Posted by TacoBill
How did you fasten down the mounting clip? And how did you route the wires?

I'll be checking out the vent idea today. I'm not too concerned with the heat/AC; I'm pretty sure it's still withing the operating temperature.
However, I was looking at the opening where the adjustments are made. If I do mount it in the vent, I'll probably have that opening pointing down.
I'll be interested to see how the wires are run and where connected. I'm leaning to installing one either in the middle between the tach and speedo or in the tach area, just not sure.

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Old 6/17/07, 11:24 AM
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Bill.........................

I think you forgot the movie review you owe us pal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How was the F4 movie?

Come on lets not shirk our responsibilities and let us know...................

You can tell it's raining here and I'm bored and on the PC today
Old 6/17/07, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TacoBill
How did you fasten down the mounting clip? And how did you route the wires?

I'll be checking out the vent idea today. I'm not too concerned with the heat/AC; I'm pretty sure it's still withing the operating temperature.
However, I was looking at the opening where the adjustments are made. If I do mount it in the vent, I'll probably have that opening pointing down.
I used 3M double face tape for the clip, instead of drilling. Also, I filed down a very small grove in the middle of the backside of the cluster, so that the wire wouldn't be pinched when put back in place.

for the wires: I separated the wires by removing the "jacket" (which was a little bit of a PITA). But, that way, I was able to connect the ACC to the same connection as my mirror (on the passenger side kick panel), the ground to a regular chassis ground, and the "trigger" to the coil pack wire (ran through a hole in the firewall near the pedals...hole is behind the foam)

I hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by KdF
HEY! What`s that Krap on the floor?????????????????????
That was an off-day for the car
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Originally Posted by karman
This is from the NH Mustang Club show today.
A Florida state trooper car.
Attachment 28139
Now you know.
In FL, you can't own one painted with that color scheme. Was there a shotgun?
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Originally Posted by karman
This is from the NH Mustang Club show today.
A Florida state trooper car.
Attachment 28139
Now you know.
Thanks.


Bill-Love the camcovers. I wouldn't worry about your shorties since they're no brown like mine. I still think you should install the shift light in the vent JMO.

Where's Mike (black vert) been?
Old 6/17/07, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 89Trooper
In FL, you can't own one painted with that color scheme. Was there a shotgun?
I didn't see a shotgun.
There was another car next to it too.
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Sorry my camera is so crappy.
My wife took the good one when she left.
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Old 6/17/07, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by LEO_06GT
Where's Mike (black vert) been?
I can't check the forums during the day anymore, which has severely limited my viewing/posting capabilities. But, I've been reading and trying to keep up when possible.

but I'm still here.
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Originally Posted by mikes rx
I can't check the forums during the day anymore, which has severely limited my viewing/posting capabilities. But, I've been reading and trying to keep up when possible.

but I'm still here.
jeez... did that happen to everybody ??

I'm not too restricted at work, but literally the only people that get "wide-open" access are the executive team and IS. Being on the net is very frowned upon, so to stay out of trouble I've been staying off quite a bit lately.

Have some pics from the Brea Car show, didn't stay too long to get alot... will post them a little later on.
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Originally Posted by habu
jeez... did that happen to everybody ??

I'm not too restricted at work, but literally the only people that get "wide-open" access are the executive team and IS. Being on the net is very frowned upon, so to stay out of trouble I've been staying off quite a bit lately.

Have some pics from the Brea Car show, didn't stay too long to get alot... will post them a little later on.
Not everyone................. But I'm sure it’s only a matter of time. If you work at home you can jump on the net when your not tunneling in which is kind of kool but I don't work at home (yet - I could and will when the time comes)
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Not everyone................. But I'm sure it’s only a matter of time. If you work at home you can jump on the net when your not tunneling in which is kind of kool but I don't work at home (yet - I could and will when the time comes)
well obviously not you Phil...

I wouldn't mind working from home, I could get to like that.

Anyway, here is the link to the pics that I took

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showth...224#post942224

enjoy !
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I can check it now and then at work, but can't keep the window open 8 hours a day.

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Anybody?:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showpo...postcount=9771

I thought at least Brian would have heard of Geocaching. I'll have my GPS on Wednesday. I found it for $30 cheaper!


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