98 GT built not bought

[#BrownRoush]

damn, 37k?!

 

[shiftmx55]

Nice ride, hope to see you up at epping this year! ill be tagging along with duffy most of the time im sure

 

[Willis_98GT]

Nice man...only 37k miles? Damn.

+123892173982179

lucky, reminds of me when i brought trigger home with only 51k

 

[JBarkerGT]

So I'm about to buy my cat back and I'm trying to decide between Magnapacks and Slp LM1s. I've already decided to run an o/r x most likely BBK. Is anyone running either of these setups?

 

[Mustang Mark]

go with magnapacks. they sound better and they are cheaper

 

[JBarkerGT]

Here's an update of all the parts I have picked up and will be installing in the coming weeks:

Magnapacks
BBK o/r H
BBK CAI
PI Intake and Cams
Tint 35/20
Eibach Sportlines
Tokico HPs Front/Rear
Whitefaces from LMR

I will update with pics of everything it all goes in!

right after we pulled her out of winter storage mode, yes pulled it with a quad, very sketchy.

 

[JBarkerGT]

Bad news, one of the timing chain tensioners has let go and the chain is now lose/hitting the valve cover. it sounds terrible. The good news is I already bought a timing kit, PI Intake/Cam swap parts, and I already had the Intake/Cams waiting for install. I plan on doing all the work myself in the next two weeks. Has this happened to anyone else recently??

 

[joekd]

Too bad Reading is so far North, I am going to be in Waltham tomorrow with my car (work trip) and you could of heard the Magnapacks installed, I have the tri-ax as well

 

[Mustang Mark]

Bad news, one of the timing chain tensioners has let go and the chain is now lose/hitting the valve cover. it sounds terrible. The good news is I already bought a timing kit, PI Intake/Cam swap parts, and I already had the Intake/Cams waiting for install. I plan on doing all the work myself in the next two weeks. Has this happened to anyone else recently??

that is very abnormal, especially for such a low mileage car. i tore down a 130k+ mile motor a few weeks ago, the chains, tensioners, and guides were perfect. same goes for a 85k mile motor i tore down a few months ago.

 

[JBarkerGT]

Re: 98 GT built not bought BIG UPDATE

Okay so since my car has been back on the road for spring I have done a lot of work to her. Here is what's gone in so far:

PI CAMS
PI INTAKE
New chain and chain tensioners
BBK o/r H
Magnapacks
Steeda Triax
Whitefaces
BBK CAI

The PI swap took me and two buddies about 15 hours to complete from initial teardown to assembly to final leak checks. The part that gave us the most trouble turned out to be getting the power steering pump out the way so the timing cover could be removed. The whole thing really went great, didn't even break any bolts. Everything went together perfect and I couldn't have done it without the write-ups that I found through this site.

The exhaust install also went pretty flawless except for one misplaced hangar from the factory, CJPony has since given me a credit, thank you. The dreaded manifold studs were somewhat hard to get to but once the ratchet was on them it was smooth sailing.

The whitefaces that were ordered from LMRS looked like they would be great but ended up having old glue on the backing which has led to some of my needles sticking. I still have to tear the cluster apart and fix it, hopefully the gauges aren't destroyed!

Anyway here are some pics/vids of the process and outcome.

Magnapacks video


Magnapacks drive by video


Magnapacks and o/r H video


Lemme know what you guys think...

 

[dczsvt]

looks and sounds good man, nice job. im definitly going to have to stay up to date on this one

 

[johns94gt]

Sounds and looks great!! Alot of work to do some things on the modualar engines,thats why i love my 302

 

[JBarkerGT]

Thanks. I still have so much more work to do to get the car where I want it.

 

[duff daddy]

Good job

 

[wld_wst]

nice work

 

[JBarkerGT]

Thanks. Today I'm building a custom sub box for a 10 inch JL. Pics to come

 

[wld_wst]

Thanks. Today I'm building a custom sub box for a 10 inch JL. Pics to come

Lol, that sounds familiar. I love mine!

 

[JBarkerGT]

Lowered.

 

[duff daddy]

FUnny I was just in your town theother day at the police station, they found a guy who stole some of my stuff, car looks good man!

 

[JBarkerGT]

bump for 4.10s and a SCT tune coming very very soon. The Ass end is at the shop as I type this!

Also to come this spring are 03 cobra brakes and a complete coating of Plasti-Dip....