WELL HERE IN OKLAHOMA WE HAVE REALLY BAD ICE STORMS AND WITHOUT IT ALL THE CARS I HAD OWNED WOULD BE TOTALLED BY NOW IN MY LIFE IF I NEVER HAD IT
GOT 176K ON ENGINE, WHAT'S MY OPTIONS?
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No traction control is going to improve drivability on ice in a mustang.
Maybe this is the one you leave in the drive and bum a ride from the guy with AWD
Maybe this is the one you leave in the drive and bum a ride from the guy with AWD
heffe2001
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I have a thread here in the 2v section here with my teardown (and partial rebuild) results. I don't have many pictures of the car put together yet. As soon as I get my under-hood stuff squared away, I'm going to start on the outside and interior work I want to do, hopefully have it ready for paint in mid Sept.
I drove my mustang on ice once. It did really well until I tried to play around, I ended up in the ditch and NOBODY else was on the road that morning. Needless to say that was an exciting adventure. Once I got it back up on the street and straightened out, everything went fine. As long as I drove like a responsible adult, there were no problems with not having traction control.
You aint right!
IT'S LIKE STEROIDS. IT ISN'T NATURAL AND U EVENTUALLY END UP KILLING YOURSELF OR SOMETHING ELSE INSIDE
slow90coupe
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That engine is just getting broken in. It's begging for a turbo or a supercharger.
HOW MANY MILES DOES YOURS HAVE?
Jgehret
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Actually, nitrous is rather safe and reliable when used properly. It comes down to engine condition, tune, amount of spray, and fuel delivery. Plus not being a douche nozzle and spraying it all the time. The 306 in my drag car survived 3 years of weekly nitrous hits and is still going strong in my wife's street strip car right now.
Just food for thought....
Just food for thought....
slow90coupe
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135k. My buddy's 02 GT has over 150k on it and had a V2 on it for 100k miles and now has a turbo pushing 10lbs... If properly tuned they will last forever.
and I know nothing about Nitrous, so i'd be the moron who wrecks my engine =)
I still have 30-76k more than that already
Even then, you really don't have any thing to worry about. I did a cams, intake, gears, 5 speed swap, and ran the heck out of my car and that was all after 170k. I drove it every day. 75 mile trip 1 way for work. And I had taken it to Texas a few times. I beat the heck out of it too.
what kind of cams did u get and what type of gears? Eventually doing both of those. I'm leaning towards 3.73 gear with my 5 speed, but it's a daily driver and do 90% of my driving to work on the turnpike going 70mph, so don't want my flowmaster droning because it's geared weird. What do you suggest?
I did 3.73's and the cams were MHS "stage 2". With the 5speed at 80 I was turning about 26-2700 rpm. ALL of my driving is interstate.
Jgehret
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heffe2001
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One thing to consider, the maintenance that's been done (or not done) before you got the car. If you suspect the motor wasn't taken very good care of, in my opinion I wouldn't do it. My 2000 has 178k on it (or around there anyway), and the timing chains and guides were absolutely SHOT. Since I don't know the maintenance of my car prior to me getting it (but all indications now tell me that it was abused and not cared for properly), I don't plan on doing much to this motor by way of upgrades. I'll find a nice low mileage motor when the time comes. Car goes plenty fast for me close to stock...
