What did you do with your Mustang today?*
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Ordered a bottle of Beyond Black tire dressing to try. It’s supposed to give a (desirable) matte finish and UV protection:
http://surfcitygarage.com/car-care/tire-wheel/beyond-black-tire-pro.html
Why do so many tire dressings have that fake, glossy, wet look?
http://surfcitygarage.com/car-care/tire-wheel/beyond-black-tire-pro.html
Why do so many tire dressings have that fake, glossy, wet look?
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From: Central Florida
http://shar.es/LtCbs
I also ordered the 3.55 gears, but it wouldn't let me choose that on the online build.
Thanks for letting me know about the build site!
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Just pulled all the plugs and re-gapped them to ~.031 ... found 2 of them at about .038 and the rest at .035
They are the Ford Racing 1-step-colder plugs meant for supercharged applications, installed with the blower about 3-4k miles ago
They are the Ford Racing 1-step-colder plugs meant for supercharged applications, installed with the blower about 3-4k miles ago
I Have No Life
Joined: September 24, 2011
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^ is it bad, that I have Marilyn fully detailed and hiding in the garage, and it's perfect this week but I have no urge of driving her until Thursday, dyno day...because I don't want her to get dirty?
lol...
will have to put a coat or two of nuba wax on her as well.
lol...
will have to put a coat or two of nuba wax on her as well.
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I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I'm assuming not much air actually made it through to the heat exchanger, when these 2 grilles were blocking the airflow:
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Plug gap will open up over time, but 3-4k miles is definitely kinda early.
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
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From: NC
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I agree! I'd love to do both top and bottom deletes, but the bottom from Roush @300 is just crazy. You should try it out, take some pics and let us know how it'd work out. Then you could possibly just return the roush one and save yourself some cash.
I Have No Life
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Plug gap will open up over time, but 3-4k miles is definitely kinda early.
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I'm assuming not much air actually made it through to the heat exchanger, when these 2 grilles were blocking the airflow:
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I'm assuming not much air actually made it through to the heat exchanger, when these 2 grilles were blocking the airflow:
a) full open/exposed without any grill
b) with that cut up/modified honeycomb
??????????
neither looks good imo.... regardless of functionality. I mean "maybe" during track days, but not daily. Don't they sell something for the 13/14 that has the opening and the functionality and looks you need? I mean, true, it will cost you more $$$.... but .... still..... just my 2 cents.
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Gabe... please tell me you're not planning to run your front end with:
a) full open/exposed without any grill
b) with that cut up/modified honeycomb
??????????
neither looks good imo.... regardless of functionality. I mean "maybe" during track days, but not daily. Don't they sell something for the 13/14 that has the opening and the functionality and looks you need? I mean, true, it will cost you more $$$.... but .... still..... just my 2 cents.
a) full open/exposed without any grill
b) with that cut up/modified honeycomb
??????????
neither looks good imo.... regardless of functionality. I mean "maybe" during track days, but not daily. Don't they sell something for the 13/14 that has the opening and the functionality and looks you need? I mean, true, it will cost you more $$$.... but .... still..... just my 2 cents.
But if I can save $282 (my price after the 6% forum discount), I can certainly put that toward the new heat exchanger I want
And if I WAS to use the stock piece all cut up like that, I'd clean it up even more and make the opening more uniform too ... you know me better than that by now, right? Lol
But yes, for a few days, I plan on running it with nothing down there
I Have No Life
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Yes, it's called the Roush lower grille delete, and I have a new one on its way, remember? But if I can save $282 (my price after the 6% forum discount), I can certainly put that toward the new heat exchanger I want And if I WAS to use the stock piece all cut up like that, I'd clean it up even more and make the opening more uniform too ... you know me better than that by now, right? Lol But yes, for a few days, I plan on running it with nothing down there
But if I can save $282 (my price after the 6% forum discount), I can certainly put that toward the new heat exchanger I want And if I WAS to use the stock piece all cut up like that, I'd clean it up even more and make the opening more uniform too ... you know me better than that by now, right? Lol But yes, for a few days, I plan on running it with nothing down there
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Joined: May 27, 2012
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From: Marlborough, MA
Plug gap will open up over time, but 3-4k miles is definitely kinda early.
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I'm assuming not much air actually made it through to the heat exchanger, when these 2 grilles were blocking the airflow:
I think I gapped them myself, so not sure, I may even end up putting something else in there.
For now, they'll do.
I just removed the factory honeycomb lower grille and the American Muscle billet overlay, in anticipation of the new Roush lower grille delete kit that will be installed soon.
Meanwhile, and a lot more air will make it to the supercharger's heat exchanger, even though she looks like she's in need of some dental work, lol
I'm assuming not much air actually made it through to the heat exchanger, when these 2 grilles were blocking the airflow:
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I have a Roush unit on the way, and a buddy wants the stock piece that I cut up ...