[Dubwhat]

So, when I took the car into the tire place to get aligned, he said the front end was pushed back. I of corse, with question marks over my head started to probe them. They think the car has been in some kind of front end collision and the front had been pushed back a few inches.

Because of this, I can't get the standard -.9%(I believe, might be .09 or even .8/.08, you guys would know better then I)

He said if they pulled the two bolts on each side and pulled the front end away from the subframe, it would add enough caster which will allow me for more of a camber adjustment.

Well, I got up under there, and sure enough there are two bolts on each front end connecting to the subframe. And sure enough, they are back about a half an inch.

So....I took it over to the body shop this morning to get this done. Anyone know anything about it?

 

[Dubwhat]

Well..they pulled it out...but the crappy part about is, the guy said the pinch welds are tore up on the car. So bad that he couldn't measure it. Well, itll never be a show car

It'll have to stay one of those 'looks so so, but can tear **** up' kinda cars.

Ugh. He said 'Runs really good, nice car, but whoever had it tore the underside of that car up BAD.

Guess that's what I get for 2k

*faceslap*


:head_shot:

 

[SoCal2V]

Well, at least you can't see the pinch welds unless you're underneath the car, so it doesn't really matter beyond you knowing that they're fk'd up. Be glad you're not like me, with recent quarter panel damage that's out there for the world to see while the dude's ins. co. is giving me the runaround for over 40 calendar days now. Makes me wanna go down there and throw a molotov coctail or three through the window.

And no, I wouldn't ever do that, but I really do enjoy entertaining the idea.

Anyway enough of my bs.... So you should be able to get it aligned now, right?

 

[Dubwhat]

Oh yea. It goes in Friday again. The guy who did the alignment before happens to talk on one of our local facebook 'sell your crap' groups for the local area. He happened to offer to help me throw some springs in it a while back and I never took him up on it. Never the less, I eventually ran into him at this shop, and he is gonna kick down some camber bolts.

Eibach Mustang Pro-Alignment Camber Adjustment Camber Bolts (94-04 All) 5.81280K - Free Shipping!

And told me he'd align the car whenever I needed it done as when they first did it, he could only go so far and it wasn't even close.

So I will have that done, and no more pull to the right. Car drives hella smooth now. The guy at the body shop (Which, crazy enough the alignment guy hooked me up with) was shocked that I said I don't have drive line vibration or anything along that line.

As far as I can tell, there are only SUPER SUPER minor issues at this point, other then the underside. Exhaust has to be done, but I got a guy (Met him on that same damn group) who has an exhaust shop that is good price and great quality service. Not to mention, that dude just got a dyno and is currently digging the pit for it

But.....we got snow today...

(picture of my impala under a blanket)

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And...the car probably wont be driven much at all in the next four to five months.

So, I will stock pile parts for the spring. I am thinking 3.73's or 4.10s, rear shocks (the ones in there are bad), rotors and pads, and a plenum/throttle body.

Who knows what else right now. My only question about the Plenum/ThrottleBody is if they will actually bolt on to my intake. Tho, I am sure it will because people are using the PI intake that I have that actually is stock on the engine I am running.

So really, if they bolt onto the PI intake, then it will run fine eh? I have the tb/plenum from the stock crown vic too. I think the dude put the mustang one back on just because it had the mustang on it. Not sure what the difference of it really is in the long run, but oh well.

See....now you got my rambling too. Not very many people around here to talk about cars with...damn wyoming.

I feel ya about the body panel damage....and for some reason its NEVER cheep to replace. Commonly its somthing entirely retarded that caused it. The first stand I bought had a rebuilt title. It took a hit on the Rear Drivers side....which caused mis-alignment of everything on the car. Not to mention, LOTS of bondo in the back....I sold the car and took over a 2k hit on that one.....oh well, life rolls on. Knew for a fact that because of the damage on the car, it wouldn't have been advantageous to even try to work with that car. It was as good as it was gonna be at that point.

 

[SoCal2V]

Yeah, my quarter panel damage isn't severe at least; it's just pushed in about 0.5" or so right along the top of the wheel well so nothing structural is jacked up. Damage estimate per my ins. co. came in at $2300. It just sucks because yeah I can have my people pick up the tab and fix it, minus $500 for deductible, but the problem for me right now is the $500. If I can't get dude's people to handle things then I'm probably stuck waiting until spring to get it taken care of. The only thing about it that's my fault was my decision to take my car out of the garage that day, so the whole ordeal kinda pisses me off.

As for your tb/plenum stuff, any of the stuff you see out there for our cars will bolt right up. Crown Vics had the same PI intake as the Mustang, just a different plenum as you're already aware. Pretty decent mod, you'll notice that it breathes better in upper rpms and improved throttle response. The plenum is responsible for most of the gains, so don't just get a tb by itself.

 

[Dubwhat]

Yeah, my quarter panel damage isn't severe at least; it's just pushed in about 0.5" or so right along the top of the wheel well so nothing structural is jacked up. Damage estimate per my ins. co. came in at $2300. It just sucks because yeah I can have my people pick up the tab and fix it, minus $500 for deductible, but the problem for me right now is the $500. If I can't get dude's people to handle things then I'm probably stuck waiting until spring to get it taken care of. The only thing about it that's my fault was my decision to take my car out of the garage that day, so the whole ordeal kinda pisses me off.

As for your tb/plenum stuff, any of the stuff you see out there for our cars will bolt right up. Crown Vics had the same PI intake as the Mustang, just a different plenum as you're already aware. Pretty decent mod, you'll notice that it breathes better in upper rpms and improved throttle response. The plenum is responsible for most of the gains, so don't just get a tb by itself.

Insurance companies are a freaking joke. You HAVE to use them, but they **** you around. Something about keeping money in their accounts as long as possible so they can see intrest gains. It's all BS.....I hate having to think 'if I just didnt...'. Boo to that.

I figured I might get the bbk combo tho I have been reading people talk about the 78mm being too much and that you should really only go with with a 70mm to 75mm....Who knows. That might all change when I get to that point. I know for a fact it'll be bought in the next few months tho

Can't wait for spring.

 

[SoCal2V]

The same people who say 75mm is too much for n/a are the same ones harping on about 78 being too much as well. Something to do with intake charge velocity, or lack of with using too large of a tb. But... If you read any dyno chart comparing the two sizes (see the sticky here at this site, for example) the 75 wins every time at both peak power and power through the rpm range. Marginally, like by 1-2 hp, but a win is a win. I went with a ProProducts 75mm tb/plenum because I plan on doing a centri one day amd in the meantime it won't hurt anything. Regarding BBK, a lot of people slam their stuff. I have only a couple of their items (x pipe, cai and udp's) and while I can admit that they're not the best stuff out there I have no issues at all with the things of theirs that I've bought. They fit as well as they possibly could and perform as intended. Those who I've come across with the 78mm combo have had nothing but good things to say.

 

[Dubwhat]

Yea, I am still kinda up in the air. Super Charger or Turbo...not quite sure. But right now, I am just playing around trying to find out what works best for me. If you don't mind me asking, what did yours run and how much of a pain was it to put in?

 

[SoCal2V]

How much did what run, the tb/plenum?

Think I spent just a hair over $200, and install is pretty easy. Took maybe an hour to do. The only thing I had a problem with was the bolts holding the EGR on to the plenum. They were seized so I just ran the part down to a local shop real quick and the guy hit them with an impact gun to get them off.

 

[Dubwhat]

Hmm. That's a decent price. I may go that route. You like it?

The bracket my EGR is on, as well as half te other crap up there is kinda offset. Since the plenum is off the original mustang, it's mounted kinda weird. Who knows if the TB is of the crown vic or the mustang. It all needs replaced anyways