This past Saturday was the CMC - Chicagoland Mustang Club season "closer" at Bob Rohrman Ford in Schaumburg, Illinois. Lots of Mustang's of every variety, and a nice way to end the season before winter hit's and everyone puts their cars away for the year. It also marked the first time in nine months that my car finally made it to a show with my father-in-law's 89' GT Vert. I'll include a link to Blue Oval Media's coverage video, Casper made it in at the end.
Blue Oval Media - CMC Season Closer
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Before leaving I gave my father-in-law a ride, and I was able to do a short pull leaving the dealer lot... but upon leaving at the light I realized I was slower than I should be, the boost gauge showed no boost building, and the car began stalling when I came to a stop. I drove home, giving slow revs at stoplights (including the massive intersection where the signal light was out FML) and made it home without any large incident. I assumed by the time I got home that I had a boost leak and upon inspection found this...
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That section of pipe will be replaced this winter with a new piece with bead rolled lip, also got a great tip about spraying the inside of the silicone connector with hairspray to help keep them in place. It's always something. Once I got everything back together and tightened down, everything drove great and no more stalling. I also found a cut in the coupler from the Procharger to the first section of intercooler piping and have a replacement and two t-bolt clamps in the mail.
Final project was Monday and that was replacing the worn out driver side rear shock, still need to replace the rear passenger but ran out of time. I bought the nut splitter which largely did nothing and ended up going with my first thought and cutting the top of the shock off with a hack saw. Played with the bushings and no instructions way to long, and then finally found a decent video and applied some WD40 on the bushings and everything went together perfect.