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This car is officially about to drive me insane, I mean, I am supposed to have this for a beater, so when I get my other Mustangs sold and find one to build, I have something to drive when it's broke. It's pretty much the only thing I can drive around right now, the LX is broke, the GT isnt legal really anymore, the 95 Thunderbird I am going to wholesale isnt legal.
I am pretty much relying on the Turbo Coupe for right now and it's starting to seriously p!ss me off. The new ECT Sensor is in, it STILL runs bad when it's cold, pretty much undriveable at all, like before. Well, I warmed the car up and it still ran bad all night, I can rev it with the clutch pushed in, all the way to 5500 without a problem but it stuttered all night, had a pretty bad bobble once I picked my cousin and her boyfriend up. It started easing off to a slight bobble but at WOT, it was hesitating bad. It did that all night, it was running like sh!t bigtime. I have noticed it always seems to have a big hesitation at night and it always shows it's ass when somebody rides with me. It ran fine all day for the most part, except for the slight hesitation up top, got the ECT in but it was getting colder out, ran like sh!t since.
The car has NGK TR5's with less than 2000 miles on them, just did the lower intercooler hose, put a pcv line on it because I broke the other, it has newer Motorcraft Plug Wires (unknown milage), new TFI but didnt do the PIP, Gillis Valve set at 16-17 but falls off to 15 by 5200 RPM's, I checked the fuel pressure last night and it stayed in the 50's the whole time, had the cat cut off the other day, has a new fuel filter.
When I first bought the car and couldnt figure out what was wrong with it, thats when I didnt realise it was actually driveable once it warmed up, I tried everything that never effected it's cold running performance. New VAM, didnt work, took it back, new BAP sensor, didnt work, took it back.
I sprayed around under the hood today with some carb cleaner and the idle never changed. The vacuum hoses look good. The o2 sensor looks pretty new but it was there when I bought the car, like the wires.
So, let's recap, it WILL rev with the clutch it but only when warmed up, it's kind of sh!tty when it's cold, the car is UNDRIVABLE until it gets up to temp, it's driveable when it's warmed up, it runs good during the day usually but at night, it has a bobble, sometimes pretty bad, it hesitates during the day too but not until the upper RPM's in third and fourth really. It just depends.
The car was well maintained by the previous owner, I got all the reciepts and the maintainence record he kept. He thought the 85 MPH he had gotten up to on the Interstate one day was fast. [Image: smile.gif] He kept up with the car pretty good, it just has these weird a$$ problems that I cant figure out. He was selling it, when the problem started, I havent been able to figure it out.
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1989 Mustang LX Hatchback, Black, 5 Speed, 306, TRW's, F303, 3.55's, alot more
1988 Mustang GT, Black, 5 Speed, Explorer Intake, 93 Cobra Cam, 3.55's, alot more
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Silver 5 Speed, K&N
I am pretty much relying on the Turbo Coupe for right now and it's starting to seriously p!ss me off. The new ECT Sensor is in, it STILL runs bad when it's cold, pretty much undriveable at all, like before. Well, I warmed the car up and it still ran bad all night, I can rev it with the clutch pushed in, all the way to 5500 without a problem but it stuttered all night, had a pretty bad bobble once I picked my cousin and her boyfriend up. It started easing off to a slight bobble but at WOT, it was hesitating bad. It did that all night, it was running like sh!t bigtime. I have noticed it always seems to have a big hesitation at night and it always shows it's ass when somebody rides with me. It ran fine all day for the most part, except for the slight hesitation up top, got the ECT in but it was getting colder out, ran like sh!t since.
The car has NGK TR5's with less than 2000 miles on them, just did the lower intercooler hose, put a pcv line on it because I broke the other, it has newer Motorcraft Plug Wires (unknown milage), new TFI but didnt do the PIP, Gillis Valve set at 16-17 but falls off to 15 by 5200 RPM's, I checked the fuel pressure last night and it stayed in the 50's the whole time, had the cat cut off the other day, has a new fuel filter.
When I first bought the car and couldnt figure out what was wrong with it, thats when I didnt realise it was actually driveable once it warmed up, I tried everything that never effected it's cold running performance. New VAM, didnt work, took it back, new BAP sensor, didnt work, took it back.
I sprayed around under the hood today with some carb cleaner and the idle never changed. The vacuum hoses look good. The o2 sensor looks pretty new but it was there when I bought the car, like the wires.
So, let's recap, it WILL rev with the clutch it but only when warmed up, it's kind of sh!tty when it's cold, the car is UNDRIVABLE until it gets up to temp, it's driveable when it's warmed up, it runs good during the day usually but at night, it has a bobble, sometimes pretty bad, it hesitates during the day too but not until the upper RPM's in third and fourth really. It just depends.
The car was well maintained by the previous owner, I got all the reciepts and the maintainence record he kept. He thought the 85 MPH he had gotten up to on the Interstate one day was fast. [Image: smile.gif] He kept up with the car pretty good, it just has these weird a$$ problems that I cant figure out. He was selling it, when the problem started, I havent been able to figure it out.
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1989 Mustang LX Hatchback, Black, 5 Speed, 306, TRW's, F303, 3.55's, alot more
1988 Mustang GT, Black, 5 Speed, Explorer Intake, 93 Cobra Cam, 3.55's, alot more
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Silver 5 Speed, K&N