Mikelly Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Ever told your wife that one? Yesterday I had some work left on the Mustang. Get an upper intake gasket for a GT40 intake, bolt it on, bolt on the new EGR, connect all wires, reset the new fuel presure regulator, and check for leaks after I start it up. Maybe take an hour. I had no idea. Jamie T. had sold me a nice pair of cobra valve covers that were powder coated a nice shiny metalic silver. I had put them on on Thursday before the storm hit. That was when I realized I had the wrong gasket set and got stopped dead in my tracks. So I sourced the new gasket and picked it up yesterday morning, and by 1030 I was turning wrenches. I coppersealed the gasket and had it in place and the intake in place. I bolted the theing on and started torquing it down when I hear CRACK! I'm looking to see if I've cracked the intake and what is the problem when I see the EGR flange resting on top of my nice aluminum valve cover. So franticly I start removing the intake, ripping the only upper gasket in town as I go. My biggest fear was cracking the GT40 upper intake, which fortunately DID NOT happen. However, the passenger side valve cover cracked and split. SO off to the speed shop I go to get a gasket. I'm thinking to myself as I go "I did NOT see when on the wall, I didn't see a gasket there at the display, this is a waste of time". I get to the counter and ask Gary if he has another and he says no BUT I've got a Ford Motorsport upper intake spacer kit which has TWO! Great, had I bought that in the beginning, My nice new valve cover wouldn't be cracked all to hell. $60 later I'm now debating to myself if I should put the spacer in. Sure man, its more ponies! And it should be simple, right? It was. What wasn't so simple was getting the air tube to stretch to the eger valve. The spacer was 3/4 inch thicker and the accordian on the steel air tube did NOT want to move that far. I spent three hours inventing new curse words while I struggled with the EGR. Finally, after some serious prying, the thing is on and the car is bolted back together. I took her for a test spin and then checked for leaks and found none. It was 4:30 in the afternoon and we had a BUNCH of folks coming over at 5PM for an impromptue "Our power is out and we're gonna lose this food if we don't cook it" cookout! Hopefully I'll be able to load the tweecer interface into it this afternoon and start tuning the car over the next few evenings. The goal is to get the parts that were bolted onto the car to perform properly. I'm suspecting there is 25HP to be found in tuning alone, since the computer is taking charge of the components and dumping everything to limp mode when you hammer it hard. The goal of pulling the intake and putting the valve covers on was really a sideline. The EGR and a full fluch of the upper was the primary reason I pulled the car appart. Knowing I had a four day weekend (Thanks Izzy!) made the stress of needing the car back together quickly go away. We've got three cars for two people anyway, but I like having the mustand together. It's our nicest car so... Anyway, the car is now NOT going into limp mode and is making power redline, so maybe the intake or the EGR was the issue. Who knows... I'm still loading up the Tweecer interface and laptop programs. There is HP to be found in tweecing the parameters, so here we go! Honestly honey, it will only take an hour... TOPS! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 ON3GO I'm sure will appreciate this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Beenthere - that's why I have a spare car now. Every time I get under the hood it takes about 5 times as long as I thought it would. Even an oil change stretches out because of other things I notice while I'm there. "It'll only take a minute" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 hehe yeah i do .... thank god im not married so i cant screw around and miss with my wifes car... mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Are you trying to say that sometimes things actually go according to plan?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aaron Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Are you trying to say that sometimes things actually go according to plan?? Yeah, I am sure I have had something go according to plan, now what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEW Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Heck, that's been my whole project. It was going to be a minor project that won't cost that much, and will be done in 6 months. Next thing I know it's two years later and I've spent so much money on a car that still doesn't move. Oh well, I'm getting close. It will move under it's own power this year. That's right you heard it here first, it will move this year. That's my promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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