Toul
07-31-2006, 07:40 PM
Ive got an 84 20th anniversary with the 4barrel carbed 5.0. Cars got under 40k miles on it, damn good condition inside and out. But it has been sitting for a while and theres a few things id really like to do.
First of all, this carbs a pain in the ass. Rebuilt it, random leaks, fixing leaks, blah blah, running way too rich, ruining my cat, removing my cat, running rich. Tried adjusting but not 100% sure on how to do that correctly with this carb. If anyone has any tips or ideas it would be greatly appreciated.
My temp gauge doesnt register, which scares me. Im sure its just bad connections or something but Id really like to know if my engine were to suddenly start going into the red so I would have a chance to pull over and turn her off. Does checking this require getting into behind the dash a bunch?
My back hatch rattles a decent bit over bumps, no biggy, but it can be annoying.
The car doesnt have duel exhaust, its about a 2.5 pipe with one cat. Everything past the cat was one peice I beleive. But while sitting, the muffler basically rusted to the point of no longer existing. So i tore out all the exhaust after just before where the muffler was. So basically ive got about 3 feet of pipe past my cat and thats it. Ends before my rear axle. Its loud as hell...dont get me wrong, I love the sound, but it can be a bit obnoxious. Girlfriends dad doesnt like it much... Id like to go ahead and get dual exhaust on it, preferably an x pipe of course, but does your run of the mill x pipe from like an 88 fit up to my 84? The other side of this is I would WANT the car to look absolutely stock. The exhaust setup origionally split to dual tips next to each other on the drivers side...
Everything about the car aside from its wheels, plugs, plug wires, air filter, and tires is bone stock.
Oh, and evidently somethings up with my timing or harmonic balancer or something, cause when I hook up a timing light, the timing mark is about 180 degrees from the bracket thing.
Another thing, my radio. It sucks. Left side speakers dont work, right side speakers sound like ****. In any book i look in or on crutchfield or antyhign they come up with a 84 hatchback stang with the premium amped system as having 6 speakers....ehhhhhh no. I have two in the dash, and two wayyyy back in the hatch. With the whole looking stock thing I had been looking into One of theeese (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-1984-FORD-MUSTANG-RADIO-USA-1-CUSTOM-AUTOSOUND-NIB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80741QQihZ002QQitem Z4652376606QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V)
getting one of those. 50 watts a channel is pretty nice, and fits in stock dash perfectly. run my own speaker wires and such. Taking the stock amp out of the equation. Does anyone have any experience with this american autosound people that make these? Tried these aftermarket stock resembling recievers? Really as good as what they seem to be?
Think thats it for now.
First of all, this carbs a pain in the ass. Rebuilt it, random leaks, fixing leaks, blah blah, running way too rich, ruining my cat, removing my cat, running rich. Tried adjusting but not 100% sure on how to do that correctly with this carb. If anyone has any tips or ideas it would be greatly appreciated.
My temp gauge doesnt register, which scares me. Im sure its just bad connections or something but Id really like to know if my engine were to suddenly start going into the red so I would have a chance to pull over and turn her off. Does checking this require getting into behind the dash a bunch?
My back hatch rattles a decent bit over bumps, no biggy, but it can be annoying.
The car doesnt have duel exhaust, its about a 2.5 pipe with one cat. Everything past the cat was one peice I beleive. But while sitting, the muffler basically rusted to the point of no longer existing. So i tore out all the exhaust after just before where the muffler was. So basically ive got about 3 feet of pipe past my cat and thats it. Ends before my rear axle. Its loud as hell...dont get me wrong, I love the sound, but it can be a bit obnoxious. Girlfriends dad doesnt like it much... Id like to go ahead and get dual exhaust on it, preferably an x pipe of course, but does your run of the mill x pipe from like an 88 fit up to my 84? The other side of this is I would WANT the car to look absolutely stock. The exhaust setup origionally split to dual tips next to each other on the drivers side...
Everything about the car aside from its wheels, plugs, plug wires, air filter, and tires is bone stock.
Oh, and evidently somethings up with my timing or harmonic balancer or something, cause when I hook up a timing light, the timing mark is about 180 degrees from the bracket thing.
Another thing, my radio. It sucks. Left side speakers dont work, right side speakers sound like ****. In any book i look in or on crutchfield or antyhign they come up with a 84 hatchback stang with the premium amped system as having 6 speakers....ehhhhhh no. I have two in the dash, and two wayyyy back in the hatch. With the whole looking stock thing I had been looking into One of theeese (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-1984-FORD-MUSTANG-RADIO-USA-1-CUSTOM-AUTOSOUND-NIB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80741QQihZ002QQitem Z4652376606QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V)
getting one of those. 50 watts a channel is pretty nice, and fits in stock dash perfectly. run my own speaker wires and such. Taking the stock amp out of the equation. Does anyone have any experience with this american autosound people that make these? Tried these aftermarket stock resembling recievers? Really as good as what they seem to be?
Think thats it for now.