Any Moment now...
12-31-2006, 11:29 PM
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Any Moment now...
You ever get the feeling like your car is about to have something major fail on it? I dont know why but I do, my clutch chatters, lots of stuff squeaks, my tranny whines, my rear end slips, and my power steering pump sounds like a banshee in the night! I wish I had time to fix my car up 
. She looks nice though! Anyway, my next mod is a gear installation and I was wondering what I should do after that. It needs alot of work, should i fix the suspension, transmission, brakes? I am so over whelmed but I cant get rid of her, i bought her knowing her flaws and I will get her back to driving like new. I just need to simplify everything. I want her to be a sick street stripcar that'll run high 11's on nitrous. SOME ONE GIVE ME GUIDANCE!
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. She looks nice though! Anyway, my next mod is a gear installation and I was wondering what I should do after that. It needs alot of work, should i fix the suspension, transmission, brakes? I am so over whelmed but I cant get rid of her, i bought her knowing her flaws and I will get her back to driving like new. I just need to simplify everything. I want her to be a sick street stripcar that'll run high 11's on nitrous. SOME ONE GIVE ME GUIDANCE![IMG]local://upfiles/53326/2BA72A74D6304493BC4A348EE3F2B54E.jpg[/IMG]
01-01-2007, 01:34 AM
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RE: Any Moment now...
My 2 cents worth ... start with the suspension. Strengthen the chassis with subframe connectors and a strut tower brace, then a set of lowering springs (your car looks a bit like a truck with all the wheel gap over those awsome wheels) and new shocks/struts.
With performance suspension you get more power to the ground - it's like adding horsepower without spending a cent on the engine ... you are just making better use of the power you already have.
IMO suspension upgrades are relatively inexpensive plus they improve the looks and preformance of the car!!
With performance suspension you get more power to the ground - it's like adding horsepower without spending a cent on the engine ... you are just making better use of the power you already have.
IMO suspension upgrades are relatively inexpensive plus they improve the looks and preformance of the car!!
01-01-2007, 03:38 AM
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It sucks cuz I go to school everyday from 630 to 1 then work till 10 so its hard to find time for my car. I have plenty of money to fix it up, its just tough finding time. For my brakes (they need done soon) I am going to get vented rotors for the front and stock ones for the back with some Hawk pads.
01-01-2007, 03:49 AM
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They just changed my schedule so I have sundays and mondays off now. You cant really see it in the pic, but my car has some scratches and stuff I wanna get fixed. I ordered a new Ford badge for the back last weekend too. It had those ugly gold GT/Ford badges on it when i got it.
01-01-2007, 10:31 AM
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you guys all have the same problem... you mod before you fix and you wonder why your **** falls apart...
I would say ignore the sqeaks... they all do it. Replace your brakes as priority #1. then figure out wtf is going on with your power steering pump. Youve already got the rear axle situation figured out, so thats nothing to be worried about. As far as the tranny goes... mine has been whining in 3rd gear for as long as ive owned it... dont worry about it until it starts getting hard to shift. Clutch chatter... do you have an aftermarket clutch? mine chattered like a bitch when i first installed it.. but its fine now that its broken in.
Once you have your little problems sorted out, THEN you can mod the car.. and dont give me the "but i dont have time" bull****.. I changed my brakes at 11:30pm when it was raining... so i dont wanna fking hear it..
I would say ignore the sqeaks... they all do it. Replace your brakes as priority #1. then figure out wtf is going on with your power steering pump. Youve already got the rear axle situation figured out, so thats nothing to be worried about. As far as the tranny goes... mine has been whining in 3rd gear for as long as ive owned it... dont worry about it until it starts getting hard to shift. Clutch chatter... do you have an aftermarket clutch? mine chattered like a bitch when i first installed it.. but its fine now that its broken in.
Once you have your little problems sorted out, THEN you can mod the car.. and dont give me the "but i dont have time" bull****.. I changed my brakes at 11:30pm when it was raining... so i dont wanna fking hear it..
01-01-2007, 02:25 PM
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you guys all have the same problem... you mod before you fix and you wonder why your **** falls apart...
I would say ignore the sqeaks... they all do it. Replace your brakes as priority #1. then figure out wtf is going on with your power steering pump. Youve already got the rear axle situation figured out, so thats nothing to be worried about. As far as the tranny goes... mine has been whining in 3rd gear for as long as ive owned it... dont worry about it until it starts getting hard to shift. Clutch chatter... do you have an aftermarket clutch? mine chattered like a bitch when i first installed it.. but its fine now that its broken in.
Once you have your little problems sorted out, THEN you can mod the car.. and dont give me the "but i dont have time" bull****.. I changed my brakes at 11:30pm when it was raining... so i dont wanna fking hear it..
you guys all have the same problem... you mod before you fix and you wonder why your **** falls apart...
I would say ignore the sqeaks... they all do it. Replace your brakes as priority #1. then figure out wtf is going on with your power steering pump. Youve already got the rear axle situation figured out, so thats nothing to be worried about. As far as the tranny goes... mine has been whining in 3rd gear for as long as ive owned it... dont worry about it until it starts getting hard to shift. Clutch chatter... do you have an aftermarket clutch? mine chattered like a bitch when i first installed it.. but its fine now that its broken in.
Once you have your little problems sorted out, THEN you can mod the car.. and dont give me the "but i dont have time" bull****.. I changed my brakes at 11:30pm when it was raining... so i dont wanna fking hear it..