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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ProKiller" data-source="post: 1051768" data-attributes="member: 8095">quick drive-by vid i did after getting it put on:[video=youtube_share;c6Q-bP-dQ_s]http://youtu.be/c6Q-bP-dQ_s[/video]The skirts were so much lower than the front and rear bumpers it really threw off the lines.  I knew i was going to do something different and was set on the saleen kit for the longest time but after purchasing a fiberglass kit with the intentions of manipulating the rear bumper to smooth over the exhaust humps i realized it wasn't going to be low enough.  I put the front on the car and it didn't look right at all.  So then search began for a different bumper setup to match with the roush skirts.  i don't really like the roush kit for these years other than the side skirts obviously.  the rear is okay but the front just looks funny and unfinished.  I made a deal with Venomous96cobra for the T1 wing he had and it sat in the closet for a time while i decided what bumpers i wanted to go with.flash forward to the super stallions of the net race in cecil county fall of 2011.  I hadn't been to the track with this car since i got it so i was excited to finally get back at it.  The week before i took the car out for a spirited drive and popped a head gasket.  the rush was on to replace it so i could it to the race.  Ended up having only evidence of the drivers side being popped so i only replaced that side and left the pass side alone knowing full well that the header would give me a hell of time.  Got it all back together in time to arrive late to the race and only get a couple passes in.  First run was a 12.12 @ 121.  Second pass.....watch the video at 43 seconds:[video=youtube_share;wMbt6bTwFvs]http://youtu.be/wMbt6bTwFvs[/video]I couldn't get it into 2nd gear and thank god that i did or i would have been a lot closer to him when he crossed over.  3rd pass was a decent launch but on the top end i felt the belt slipping and look back to see some white smoke.  I kept in because i figured if it was the damn head gasket again then screw it i'm going to at least make it count.  ended up with a 12.11 @ 112.  Would have been a probably been a mid 11 second pass but my top end got killed.  Low and behold, the only evidence of the coolant was the rad cap popped on me and spewing coolant all over the place.  in our rush to get the car back together we didn't fully burp the system.  Or at least that's what we attributed it to...   It was winter time so the car was put away.  So over the winter, I agonized over getting the GTR bumper for a long time because i couldn't find any pictures of it nor ever see it in person.  I knew that i wanted to do something unique but not ricey and this had that but was on the edge of being too much.  I still don't know what i want to do with the rear yet.  Or at least admit it to the world what i have in mind yet.  I ordered the bumper and didn't like it when it arrived.  it was very square and huge.  I didn't think it would work but i figured that i might as well put it on the car to be sure.  It lined up perfectly with the side skirts just not the rounded edge at the wheel well.  So I figured why the heck not.  Dropped the car off for paint of the bumper and spoiler.  Of course the paint scheme would be followed with the stripes through the spoiler.  I also had him smooth out the sides of the lip to be more rounded to mimic the side skirts.  I didn't think i would like it as much as i do.  Came out better than expected.  Over the winter i also put new moroso fabbed aluminum valve covers on.  I used AN fittings to a moroso catch can w/ breather that i mounted in the driver's side fender.  <img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_0571.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_0573.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_0560.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Of course as always, it was coming down to the wire to get the car ready for Ford Carlisle.  I needed to get the car inspected before taking it and i got a call from the guy saying it's pissing coolant on the pass side.  so i babied it home tuesday night(leave for carlisle friday morning) since it was a very small leak at that point.  head gasket issue again, i should have just skipped that damn SSOTN race and pulled both sides off but live and learn i guess.  Started tearing it down and there was just no way to get that pass side header out of the way and the only way the car was going to be ready was if we worked all night and dropped the heads off on wednesday and hope i could get all the stuff i need overnighted for thursday.  basically i would have to put it all back together thursday night and hope i didn't have any issues.  Couldn't get the pass head off so i said screw it and just didn't bring the car to carlisle.  A buddy of mine had a set of AFR comp 185s that he was going to put on his fox.  Been sitting brand new in the box for almost 2 years.  He got married and talked him into selling the heads to me instead of just letting them go to waste.  So off came the small edelbrock performers and on went the AFRs.  The goal was to have the car ready for the American Muscle show in august.  problem 1: they were stud mount rockers not pedestals like the eddys.  order was placed for comp 1.7s.  Problem 2: Summit was drop shipping them from comp who screwed up and shipped them to virgina beach.  They made good on it at least and overnighted me some trickflow 1.72s.  Wasn't sure what size pushrods i'd need so i got a checker as well.  Finally got the pass side head off to find the head gasket was cracked at the number 3 cylinder.  Put the new heads on and began the install of the valvetrain.  The pushrods i was using before ended up working for me with the new heads/rockers.  adjusted the valves to 1/2 turn and installed the rest.Started it up and the rockers were tapping like crazy.  I was out of time at this point and was just too pissed to not chance the drive to the AM show.  So i brought it to the show to then discover that the back of the lower intake was puking out oil.   Either i didn't put enough RTV on there or there was something wrong.  Either way i had to take it back off and fix it.  Did a small photo shoot since it was the first time the car was out in the day light since the new bumper/spoiler:<img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_1025.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_1027.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_1039.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_1052.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/toolstang/Mustang/IMG_1058.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>