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Old 04-10-2009, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sxynerd
..yes
oh... well did you know that... man i give up you guys know everything.

oh yeah O.P windsor also made the later 01 cobra blocks W.A.P .
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Originally Posted by SVTeeshirt
oh... well did you know that... man i give up you guys know everything.

oh yeah O.P windsor also made the later 01 cobra blocks W.A.P .
I actually mistakenly posted that. (multi-tabbin the Fire fox, lol) I was trying to think of something funny and clever to reply to you with but I couldn't think of anything. Ehhh, oh well.
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Old 04-10-2009, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sxynerd
I actually mistakenly posted that. (multi-tabbin the Fire fox, lol) I was trying to think of something funny and clever to reply to you with but I couldn't think of anything. Ehhh, oh well.
lol i just noticed oxfords sig quote lol that **** is epic. i think thats all the O.T this post can handle.
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Originally Posted by SVTeeshirt
Did you know that!? the Teksid block in the '93 Lincoln Mark VIII, and cobras from 96-99 and even early 2001 is made by... well Teksid! The company who currently or recently made blocks for Ferrari.

Now you know!
Did you know that the teksid was in the 96-98 mark VIIIs and cobras when ford ended their contract with teksid in 99 they switched to the explorer blocks (wap) but had a few teksids left that got put into a few svt cars but not all of them.
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Old 04-10-2009, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mustangman281
Did you know that the teksid was in the 96-98 mark VIIIs and cobras when ford ended their contract with teksid in 99 they switched to the explorer blocks (wap) but had a few teksids left that got put into a few svt cars but not all of them.
There's something I didn't know... SVTee what's up bud, you dropped the ball!
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Do you know that ford put windsor engines in mustangs in 99-01.5 because there was a fire at the romeo plant that stopped production.
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Originally Posted by FixFalcon
Cool info. Isn't there also a way to check which one you have by looking at your VIN?
im pretty sure, by the 8th character, x=windsor w=romeo
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Old 04-11-2009, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by 01 P-51G t
im pretty sure, by the 8th character, x=windsor w=romeo

I'm pretty sure the X just denotes a V8.
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ahh.. but so does w
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All the W or X mean is its a v8. My car has a romeo block and an x in the vin and my wifes car had a romeo and had a w in her vin.
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