Fivestangs
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Hey everyone! First time poster here!
A friend of mine gave me this '96 GT. He has too many cars. Only thing was he'd pulled the heads. I had to put it back together! I'd done plenty of 302, 351W, 351C, and FE builds. I had never worked on a 4.6 before. I have an '03 Mach 1 but it is stock and low mileage.
Well I got it together and have been driving it as a daily driver for a few months now. Alternating between it and my '84 VW Rabbit. I began to notice that after about 15 miles it can no longer rev past 3,100 RPM if I floor it. It drives fine otherwise. Which is why I probably didn't notice it for so long. I usually have my "fun" the first few miles and then settle down the rest of the trip. Does anyone have any ideas? To help out I will list the few mods it has.
CAI
PI intake and cams
Shorty headers
BBK off-road H-pipe with a pair of Magnaflow high flow cats
10 series flowmasters
Steeda Under drive pulleys on crank and waterpump
It is a 5 speed.
It still has the 2.73 gears (UGH). That will change though!
When I got it.
The heads were in the passenger seat!
And here is when I got it running!
I have since replaced the headlights.
A friend of mine gave me this '96 GT. He has too many cars. Only thing was he'd pulled the heads. I had to put it back together! I'd done plenty of 302, 351W, 351C, and FE builds. I had never worked on a 4.6 before. I have an '03 Mach 1 but it is stock and low mileage.
Well I got it together and have been driving it as a daily driver for a few months now. Alternating between it and my '84 VW Rabbit. I began to notice that after about 15 miles it can no longer rev past 3,100 RPM if I floor it. It drives fine otherwise. Which is why I probably didn't notice it for so long. I usually have my "fun" the first few miles and then settle down the rest of the trip. Does anyone have any ideas? To help out I will list the few mods it has.
CAI
PI intake and cams
Shorty headers
BBK off-road H-pipe with a pair of Magnaflow high flow cats
10 series flowmasters
Steeda Under drive pulleys on crank and waterpump
It is a 5 speed.
It still has the 2.73 gears (UGH). That will change though!
When I got it.
The heads were in the passenger seat!
And here is when I got it running!
I have since replaced the headlights.