Boy, my engine post sure brought this to mind.

 

I agree with Daze

BUT

That doesn't mean we should stop posting these grand ideas. Its the choices that are offered to the person with the question that are valuable. No one right answer is better than another! Maybe I would have said "FU&** YEAH I want that G-force kit.... Im in it to win IT and 1,000 bucks is with in my price range for 3x the durability!!!"

The person who replays to a question doesn't fully understand what the question asker has in mind (a good idea i hope but never a 100% understanding) further more seeing new options might open new doors for the question asker. Example: a replay that says a 9" rear will work on a 6 cly just fine with only a bit more drag and it cost XXX more than an 8" or whatever. well now the person asking the question might realize "well damn if I put the 9" in now when I do the 351 HO swap next year ill already have the rear end done" That might not have occurred to either party until that option was given.

I suggest when giving out options list all of them that you can think of...It doesn't matter if it expensive or modest because its the choice that empowers the one who inquires!

 

Slightly off on a tangent to the spirit of this thread, but how are you guys breaking your T5's. I've hadsix different cars with T5's without nary a problem, from stock 225hp 5.0's, to a 300 hp 302 to a 400 hp 351W and now a 345hp 5.0L. Actually, I did have one problem breaking the linkage before I switched to an aftermarket shifter with positive stops.

Jeff

 

I may be bad about suggesting 9's when doing a rear swap. But frommost of the post, they say a engine upgrade is down the road. So why not do it once. I guess I am used to building my own rearends and usually can do a 9" for less that $300. For that amount I would not fool with a 8", if I was planing a stronger motor later. It shocks me at what some of these companys arecharging for their stuff. I guess I'm a junk collector. Lately, I have noticed a lot of bad or wrong information being given. This is very confusingoften to the newbie asking. No question is too dumb, as none of us were borne with this knowledge.Options and choices are always good to know,provided they are accurate

 

Honestly fellas, I used to love this forum and spend many hours per day on here looking at all the good information available with the experience that was at hand. I feel the forum has shifted from a true mustang forum to a hot rod type forum. Since the loss of Soaring, things have moved from fixing and enjoying mustangs to seeing who can butcher up a mustang and make it look and run like a 2000 model car. These are old cars, classics, and that is what I love about them. They drive like classics, their easy to work on and that is one thing I like to do. Now don't get me wrong, I like to upgrade the stuff on my cars but I also like to keep the classic with the mustang. We don't need to push modern stuff on the newbies, they need to know what else is available as well. We have lost the classic with this forum and that is one reason that I have basically stopped posting.

 

I do not disagree that the focus of this forum and for that matter the world is moving towards restomods of some variety. Barrett Jackson this year is proof of that. I like Glen, but he was not the rock of orginality for this forum. There are plenty of people here who can suggest stock solutions if the posters want that, which is not what I am seeing. Again, like several have said above about the scale of solutions, the posters should comment on whether they want aftermarket or orginal stuff. You are going to get very different answers unless you post withyour intent outlined. Orginality is not a concern of mine, but keeping with the spirit of the 69 car is. I tried to keep that in my engine build and all other things I do. If people are concerned about keeping things stock, we can help if they ask! Don't stop posting if you are a die hard orginal guy. Just make it clear in your posts you want stock stuffand ask posters if they want stock stuff before suggesting a solution.

 

Ok, I guess I will chime in here, and I am going to do so by taking both sides of the "original vs. restomod" thingbecause my opinions actually lie on both sides of the argument... strange but true!

Dozier, I agree with you that since Glen had decided to leave the forum, there has been a void left here as far as originality goes.

Frankly I would like to balance things out but I simply do not have the real knowledge to do so. I see questions concerning more original stuff, but I often don't have the answer. An example of this might be that I have no freaking idea of how a stock voltage regulator is supposed to be wired, so I might say"I have no idea how it works, but I know how to take that som-bit*h off and install a one wire alternator though!"That is the best answer I know how to give for this question without really studying a regulator setup. I don't study this setup because Idon't think I willever use one. (greedy me)!

People who do have this knowledge don't seem to post here much anymore,,,(uhmm, um),, if some of these folks would have picked up the torch then we would have a little more needed balance here.

I admire folks who keep Mustangs more or less stock. I think that we should be able to find prime examples of stock Mustangs at any Mustang show and on the street. I enjoythese carsand I enjoy the passion that their owners have applied to their cars. I respect this position fully.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on ones point of view, there is another side of the coin... There are Mustang owners who like their tea sweet, [8D], umm I mean they like their cars modified to one degree or another. This trend will continue.

As the cars get older, many young folks still want the classic lines and linage of a classic Mustang, but they often do not want to rely on 40 year old technology particularly when it is often just as cheap or cheaper to upgrade to more modern, reliableand efficient technology, and besides all of their buddies are running turbos on their rice burners....

In short, I agree that the forum needs some balance, but this balance needs to come from participating and knowledgeable forum members willing to post some of the virtues of original or "more original" positions.

 

Daze, as usual, makes a great point. Let me augment the discussion with a little personal experience.

When I began reading this and other Mustang forums, I was in the very early learning phase about cars and Mustangs, in particular. Unfortunately, I did not have a father, mother, sibling or group of friends growing up that were knowledgable about cars and there was no internet in existence. In fact, when I did express an early interest, my mother discouraged my interest in cars. We grew up in my somewhat rural setting so my exposure to the car crowd was limited.

So, everyone has to start somewhere and this forum is one of the places I started my education. While I possess a good deal of knowledge on other subjects, I remain ignorant on many aspects of cars and car repair... but less so because of the contributions of the "giants" on this forum.

It is from reading these forums and gathering advice and tips from cats like Daze, James, JMD, Soaring, Norm, Andrew, etc... and many, many others that I not only got my feet wet but have been encouraged to read shop manuals, electrical books, Mustang Monthly links, etc.

I mention this because the different types of approaches offered here broaden my mind and allow me to "consider" the possible options. If they are expensive options geared towards the Hi-Po or EFI crowd then, hopefully, they will be presented as such. If it is an inexpensive option, then that should be presented, too.

I think the lesson in these forums is to both "know your audience", while at the same time, allow advice to flow that will educate others whose interest level is tangential to the issue at hand. And in that spirit, I feel that most of the posts have succeeded!

 

I think that's great Daze.

 

thanks