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been there, done that, got the t shirt!
just came home from 2012 all ford nationals. or as i want to call it, all mustang nationals, with some other stuff there. but what can you do, right?
was great to see everyone again, and meet a few people that i have only talked to on the net for ever how long.
explorersport77 once again was nice enough to let me camp out at her place for the most part of the trip. as well as spas and skunk let me crash up at there neck of the woods as well for a few days.
i need to say big thanks to explorersport77 (tara) and her boyfriend kyle for not only letting me stay at her place, but for also taking me to ocean city, md, as well as monster jam in philly, as well as i whole pill of stuff between.
and big thanks to spas (lindsy) for crashing at her place, as well as running me down to harry's where i lucked out finding one of the driveshafts for evil (lucked out, hell, it was still on the t case, that was on the ground laying beside the truck it was pulled from!), as well as being able to watch some pretty wild fireworks freeland put on for the long weekend from there back porch.
so once again, just a few pics i will post up
literally just arrived there, and tara was snapping pics
evil and her best friend hotness at blackrock fabrication.
posing with one of my favorite lifted 2nd gen sports, captain morgan
proving that i can once again lay my hand on hotness without having it chopped off at the wrist.
meeting the man, dr. svo himself! cool as hell guy as well
just driving
zippin down the road
aaaaaaaaaaaand the money shot! thanks for taking me there lindsy so i could get this pic.
oh, and then the drive by's
lindsy was driving, and i know she was having fun. even if she didnt say it, lol.
and the bad's (there wasnt to many of them either)
driving there, just outside of chicago, i was able to hear one of the headers leaking. well, by the time i got to tara's, it sounded like a farm truck. two bolts going from the header to the head on the same pipe backed off to being hand tight. also, it seemed to be down on power. svo told me to disconnect the batter, let it sit for about a hour, then reconnect it. was afraid to do it there, but now that i am home, i will do it. i also had i little (well not little, almost turned into wrestle mania) with a knob of a mechanic for lifting evil using the t bars, and not the lifting points that ford put in. this one i am going to purse further as well, because it became personal. the trans mount also is holding up well. anyone that is doing, or has done a 4406 swap with your v8, you really need to look into putting a polly mustang bushing in there.
as for mileage, this surprised me. i averaged, according to the message center, 18-19 mpg, with the a/c on, and doing 70-75 mph. i thought it would be worse. still, its no prius, but i also thank god for that one to!
everyone thought i was, or still am nuts for driving all the way there, but more so now after doing a complete drive train swap, and having less miles on it to prove its self, then i drove it for the trip. to me, that was the ultimate test drive!
thats it for now. since i have got home, i havent done anything with evil. just need to sit and relax for another day, and i am sure she will also like to rest for a bit.
just came home from 2012 all ford nationals. or as i want to call it, all mustang nationals, with some other stuff there. but what can you do, right?
was great to see everyone again, and meet a few people that i have only talked to on the net for ever how long.
explorersport77 once again was nice enough to let me camp out at her place for the most part of the trip. as well as spas and skunk let me crash up at there neck of the woods as well for a few days.
i need to say big thanks to explorersport77 (tara) and her boyfriend kyle for not only letting me stay at her place, but for also taking me to ocean city, md, as well as monster jam in philly, as well as i whole pill of stuff between.
and big thanks to spas (lindsy) for crashing at her place, as well as running me down to harry's where i lucked out finding one of the driveshafts for evil (lucked out, hell, it was still on the t case, that was on the ground laying beside the truck it was pulled from!), as well as being able to watch some pretty wild fireworks freeland put on for the long weekend from there back porch.
so once again, just a few pics i will post up
literally just arrived there, and tara was snapping pics
evil and her best friend hotness at blackrock fabrication.
posing with one of my favorite lifted 2nd gen sports, captain morgan
proving that i can once again lay my hand on hotness without having it chopped off at the wrist.
meeting the man, dr. svo himself! cool as hell guy as well
just driving
zippin down the road
aaaaaaaaaaaand the money shot! thanks for taking me there lindsy so i could get this pic.
oh, and then the drive by's
lindsy was driving, and i know she was having fun. even if she didnt say it, lol.
and the bad's (there wasnt to many of them either)
driving there, just outside of chicago, i was able to hear one of the headers leaking. well, by the time i got to tara's, it sounded like a farm truck. two bolts going from the header to the head on the same pipe backed off to being hand tight. also, it seemed to be down on power. svo told me to disconnect the batter, let it sit for about a hour, then reconnect it. was afraid to do it there, but now that i am home, i will do it. i also had i little (well not little, almost turned into wrestle mania) with a knob of a mechanic for lifting evil using the t bars, and not the lifting points that ford put in. this one i am going to purse further as well, because it became personal. the trans mount also is holding up well. anyone that is doing, or has done a 4406 swap with your v8, you really need to look into putting a polly mustang bushing in there.
as for mileage, this surprised me. i averaged, according to the message center, 18-19 mpg, with the a/c on, and doing 70-75 mph. i thought it would be worse. still, its no prius, but i also thank god for that one to!
everyone thought i was, or still am nuts for driving all the way there, but more so now after doing a complete drive train swap, and having less miles on it to prove its self, then i drove it for the trip. to me, that was the ultimate test drive!
thats it for now. since i have got home, i havent done anything with evil. just need to sit and relax for another day, and i am sure she will also like to rest for a bit.
