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    Ford 460 motor swap

    Although it's been done before, I'd advise against it simply because fitting an older engine will probably make the car illegal for street use. That won't matter if you're building it into a dragster but if you want to drive it on public roads, I think you should consider a 7.3L Godzilla swap...
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    This ground wire

    A picture's worth a thousand words. :D
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    Stumped on gearing

    A common mistake is to calculate the tire circumference merely by multiplying the tire diameter by pi, whereas the correct way is to multiply the rolling radius (wheel center to ground) by 2pi (with tires inflated to correct pressure). I find this tire size calculator to be the most reliable...
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    Designed to be this way or? 2005 GT

    Factory toe specs are -0.4 to +1.2 degrees. Mine is bang in the middle at +0.4 so you could adjust yours a little more positive. Your camber is also close to the factory limit of -1.3 degrees so you could adjust that to be less negative. Both of these adjustments will eliminate the twitchiness...
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    255/55/18 on my 2006 GT with 18x8.5" rims

    That's what I'm running on my 18" rims. I've also kept the stock height suspension to ensure that I can clear speed bumps without scraping the exhaust (ground clearance at lowest point is 5.2").
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    Weird rattle when accelerating after warm followed by bad idle

    It sounds like you have some serious problems. Firstly all the symptoms you've described, including the p0022 code, could be due to a low oil pressure at hot idle/off idle rpm causing a VCT system malfunction with knocking cam phasers and rattling timing chains. Since you've already installed a...
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    Stalling On Cold Start After Winter Storage

    It sounds like the engine is running lean upon a cold start and not getting the enrichment that it needs. The fact that your cooling fan also isn't coming on when the engine gets up to temperature tells me that the likely culprit is a bad ECT sensor. If the fan comes on when you unplug the ECT...
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    Coil overs Shelby GT 2008

    Americans use the word fender while Brits use the word wing to describe the front and rear quarter panels. Americans also call the front bonnet a hood, and the rear boot a trunk. Never mind. One day they might learn proper English. ;):Big Laugh:
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    Caster and Camber Alignment ECCENTRIC Bolt Kit

    The two longer eccentric bolts go on the lower end of the front struts where they are mounted to the spindles for adjustment of the camber. The two shorter eccentric bolts go on the rear end of the front control arm and are used to adjust the caster...
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    2010 4.6 overheating

    Check all the hoses and clamps for any obvious leaks or for deposits of yellowish crusts which would indicate a slow leak. When there's nothing obvious, look into the valley of the engine underneath the intake manifold. You'll see a heater hose assembly, and the commonest leak point is the...
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    Replace alternator bearing?

    You can swap out both bearings plus the voltage regulator and brushes using this repair kit: https://www.americanmuscle.com/paperformance-6gw-repair-kit.html
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    Barra 220 Intake Manifold

    The 2005 Falcon BA came with a 5.4 3V producing 295hp @ 4750rpm & 347lbft @ 3250rpm with a redline of 5250rpm. The engine was obviously built to maximise low/medium rpm torque despite being inside a four-door sedan rather than a truck.
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    P2198 code...please give advice

    Long tubes will merely cause a transfer delay between open and closed loop operation until the upstream O2 sensors warm up after a cold start. This sometimes causes the engine to run lean and hesitate during the transition. P2198 is a stuck rich code on the driver's side upstream sensor (B2S1)...
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    P2198 code...please give advice

    I suggest you get some live data in order to determine O2 sensor voltages, STFTs, and LTFTs. This will help to troubleshoot the problem. If you have an SCT tuner, you can connect that to a laptop and use Livelink software to do this. Otherwise, I suggest you buy an ELM 327 Bluetooth OBD 2...
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    Radiator fan turns on only when the AC is on but overheats when is off…

    Not necessarily. If you left it disconnected, yes. That's because the fan would stay on all the time and delay engine warm up.
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