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Posted by: kissajew86

working on the car and thinking of all the things the car had been through an kept on ticking..... read the below list

*have run 50+ nitrus bottles at 75 shot and several hundred shots....

*have run turbo for a good 10k miles making 350 rwhp

*have had an oil cooler on the car which poped a line off and ran the car dry on oil, pulled over filled it back up with oil and kept on driviing

*turbo melted steering pump line and sprayed oil all over the engine which started a fire in the engine bay while i was driving , pulled over put the fire out and kept on driving.

*broke the thermostat houseing due to me improperly installing it, which leaked water out of the engine and car over heated, pulled over put more water in and limped back home

at 72k miles the thing still runs, however i think it is about time for another engine..........

Posted by: Xerxeese

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Originally Posted by kissajew86

at 72k miles the thing still runs, however i think it is about time for another engine..........

Go 4.2 hehehehehe

Posted by: bullitt5177

Cool. I typically hear bad things about the 3.8s. It's nice to hear something good.

Posted by: badass98svt

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Originally Posted by bullitt5177

Cool. I typically hear bad things about the 3.8s. It's nice to hear something good.

Posted by: Mustang5L5

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Originally Posted by kissajew86

=at 72k miles the thing still runs, however i think it is about time for another engine..........

So isn't that a contradiction???

Posted by: kissajew86

meh it may go on for a lot longer, just after beating on it so much and having a 4.2 in the garage that i can rebuild and put in there, i may do that

it would make me feel more comfortable with reliability and the extra power would not be unwelcome

i just got to thinking about all the things i had done to it and came up with the list and thought i would share

Posted by: ExBamaGal

So you do have a 4.2 already?

Posted by: kissajew86

i have had a 4.2 since i got the turbo, it has a spun bearing....needs to be rebuilt.....just need to put the money into it to get the spare engine all fixed up

untill then i have my 3.8 running, at this point i think i have fixed all the kinks except the leaking main seals which after sitting dormant for 2 years that is kind of normal.....

Posted by: ExBamaGal

What the hell are you waiting for! Get off your butt and get that thing in!

Posted by: kissajew86

i might get it in if you were on aim to direct me on what to buy?!?!?1

i dono, i am talking to rpm-mustangs trying to see what they think i need to get to build it up right....

Posted by: ExBamaGal

lol...can't get AIM at work so I guess it'll have to wait

I can get yahoo messenger though

Posted by: Xerxeese

Super Six Motorsports can also help you, Tom Morana racing as well.

I am on 3.8 mustangs.com as well as v6power.net. Less Drama on V6power. Some good info too.

What do you need to know? I have a 4.2 going into mine and have done quite the amount of reasearch to get it done.

Posted by: kissajew86

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Originally Posted by Xerxeese

Super Six Motorsports can also help you, Tom Morana racing as well.

I am on 3.8 mustangs.com as well as v6power.net. Less Drama on V6power. Some good info too.

What do you need to know? I have a 4.2 going into mine and have done quite the amount of reasearch to get it done.

that was more of a jab at exbamagal sience she hasnt been on AIM much.

there is a good read on v6power.net on what i have to use from the 4.2 engine to get it to work, i was going to go off that.

rpm has been a good guy to work with, i have gotten all my engine stuff from him, i will prob get all the machine work done here locally then buy heads and cam from him, i am shooting for about 250 rwhp with heads cam, home p&p upper and lower, imrc removed, half shafted throttle body, high flow cats with x pipe and borla mufflers, ud pullies, roller rockers and course a good tune

if i can get the machine work and heads and cam for under about 2 grand i would be happy

couse i could get a used supercharger kit for like 1300, and keep the old engine and make 300 rwhp....humm....

Posted by: 95Cobraman1024

further testament to Ford reliability, though on a less dramatic scale lol........my girls 95 3.8L mustang ran 3,000 miles with 5 of the 6 head gasket bores blown. This was when I owned the car and didn't have the money right away to replace the head gaskets------when they finally were replaced, the heads didn't even have to be milled, no warpage, nothing. that was at 106,000 miles----she now has 164,000 on the clock. in other news, my 95 Cobra has 158,000 miles; my 87 GT has 132,000 and my 96 Mystic Cobra has 144,000. I think the Cobras are still running on borrowed time with their original timing chains.

Posted by: LILBLKSNAKE

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Originally Posted by bullitt5177

Cool. I typically hear bad things about the 3.8s. It's nice to hear something good.

When I was a tech at Midas, all the 3.8 Cougars, Lincolns, and T-birds blew head gaskets early

Posted by: ExBamaGal

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Originally Posted by LILBLKSNAKE

When I was a tech at Midas, all the 3.8 Cougars, Lincolns, and T-birds blew head gaskets early

I've also heard this happens a lot. My 3.8 is at almost 140k miles and still kicking though with only an exhaust leak to complain about.

Posted by: kissajew86

wpre-99 cars had head gasket issues, but post 99 they used a very high quality head gasket, and even people running high boost on high inpout engines use the stock head gasket, it is very tough!!!!

3 layer metal gasket if i remember right....

Posted by: 95Cobraman1024

the 94/95 engines specifically had the problem of blowing head gaskets; it was the head bolt holes being drilled in such a spot that the head bolts weren't providing enough clamping force to hold the heads onto the block. the Windstar minivan and SuperCoupe T-birds had this problem also being that they also used the exact same engine as the mustang (except for the special upper/lower intake for the Windstar and the SuperCoupe specific cylinder heads).