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Old 10-05-2007, 03:23 AM
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this weekend im going on a hunt for some gt 40s off an explorer or mabeye already pulled at the local scrap yard. any tips for spotting good ones?
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Old 10-05-2007, 07:43 AM
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make sure they arent cracked?

in all seriousness i try to find mechanical parts off vehicles that have been wrecked. it tells me they were running right up until they made their way to the junkyard
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Old 10-05-2007, 09:11 AM
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By Feb/Mar 97 production, Exploders had changed to "P's" . Look for GT-40's on pre 97's
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Old 10-06-2007, 02:06 AM
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that is a good point there about the wrecked cars...ill keep that in mind...im deffinatly going for 40s, (cast code F3 i believe?)and not the Ps. im going to get them milled down about .03 aswell. what does that change the nessesary length of hte pushrods?
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Old 10-06-2007, 08:15 PM
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went looking for gts this afternoon...all i found were a bunch of 91 and 92 explorers with v6s'...
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