OP
Hammer formed the flare to the manifold....
USA Made Quality Control:
- Thread starter Inspector #20
- Start date
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Hated doing it....feel ripped off.
Cats ate bigger than stock and i have super-tight clearance at the heat shield in the left side. The leak is stopped, but not sure i have enough clearance for the upward torque of the engine....i guess we have to wait and see...
Cadorman
Ambassador of the Catocaster
When I put full length headers on my 95 Formula I had to remove the heat shield from the floor pan and get a little ornery with a big pry bar to keep the passenger side of the Y pipe from banging. Just part of the game.
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Thinking about just eliminating the catalysts except for biennial smog inspections...
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Cadorman
Ambassador of the Catocaster
Better than ever. Only costs Six Million Dollars!
OP
Yes. it's almost finished now....
I think I remember you mentioning something about some upgrades on the nose while you were repairing. If this is true, you know what we say..... photos or it didn’t happen.
Cadorman
Ambassador of the Catocaster
Steve Austin, the six million dollar man. Can't believe nobody got it. I'm a dork.
Got --- I had gone to bed -- 9 pm on a Sat. whos the dork now
Gotcha beat.
I was in bed by 7:00 PM last night, on a Saturday.
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I had toyed with the idea of a custom body kit called "The Predator," which actually makes this era Mustang look like a 1967 Shelby...but the budget just doesn't support that right now.
I'm just replacing the broken parts for now, but, I am also upgrading to new headlamp, foglamps, exhaust mods, and some just plain fun additions as i go along.
I may have even found a firm that can produce factory-formed carpet in the correct shade of yellow to match the body.
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Headlights are en route. I went with these that are a direct-fit for 2005-2009 Mustang, but use a 2010-up style marker lamp inside the headlight body:
Photo of the stock lamps for comparison:
The best part is, both of these new lamps can be had for the same $135.00 budget the insurance gave me for one used Ford headlamp...
Photo of the stock lamps for comparison:
The best part is, both of these new lamps can be had for the same $135.00 budget the insurance gave me for one used Ford headlamp...
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I got it
Cadorman
Ambassador of the Catocaster
Me too. Wife made me stop playing with it a couple years ago....
Steve Austin. Not me. Too old and too cool for that. I had one of the original 12” GI Joe’s. Wish I still had that one.