1998 Mustang GT Intake Question Help!!!!!!
09-24-2005, 08:07 PM
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1998 Mustang GT Intake Question Help!!!!!!
I have a 1998 Mustang GT. Its final assembley date was 05/08/1998 and was sold on 05/20/1998. I bought the car used in Oct. 2001. I received a letter regarding the lawsuit. My question is does the 7 year warranty start from the date the vehicle was originally sold, or would the date be from when the Class-Action suit was brought to court.?Meaning, lets say the suit was filed in Sept. 2004, would it be 7 years from that date or am I just screwed? Meanwhile, my intake manifold cracked a few days ago. What would be the best solution for getting the vehicle repaired?[:@] All help is appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!
09-24-2005, 08:50 PM
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RE: 1998 Mustang GT Intake Question Help!!!!!!
Contact the administrator thats handling the claims. I'd do this regardless of whether you think you're covered or not. Filing a claim can't hurt.
As for the repair, there are 3 ways to go about this:
1. If you're happy with the overall performance as is, and your car is not over 100,000 miles or so, replace the intake with the PI version. Just the intake runs about $200 or so.
2. If you'd like more performance, or your car is long in the tooth and you suspect a valve job is soon to come, buy the whole PI kit (heads, intake, etc) and you'll pick up about 45 hp. Parts are about $1400-1500.
3. If you're a car nut who always wanted the car to scream rather than purr, have the heads cnc ported and replace the cams and springs (268ah or 270 series Comp Cams are good). This will tack another $1500 in parts onto the bill.
Labor for #1 is pretty cheap, say $150 at a decent garage. #2 & #3 are a lot more, say $1100 to do it right (heads out of the car).
Some folks will tell you to just patch the crack with some epoxy. This is a temporary fix that CAN get you along for a while - how long a while nobody knows. A day, a year - its impossible to predict. I consider it a mistake to count of glue to hold an important component together...
tripleblack
As for the repair, there are 3 ways to go about this:
1. If you're happy with the overall performance as is, and your car is not over 100,000 miles or so, replace the intake with the PI version. Just the intake runs about $200 or so.
2. If you'd like more performance, or your car is long in the tooth and you suspect a valve job is soon to come, buy the whole PI kit (heads, intake, etc) and you'll pick up about 45 hp. Parts are about $1400-1500.
3. If you're a car nut who always wanted the car to scream rather than purr, have the heads cnc ported and replace the cams and springs (268ah or 270 series Comp Cams are good). This will tack another $1500 in parts onto the bill.
Labor for #1 is pretty cheap, say $150 at a decent garage. #2 & #3 are a lot more, say $1100 to do it right (heads out of the car).
Some folks will tell you to just patch the crack with some epoxy. This is a temporary fix that CAN get you along for a while - how long a while nobody knows. A day, a year - its impossible to predict. I consider it a mistake to count of glue to hold an important component together...
tripleblack
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