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    GT500 Lower Control Arms

    I have a set I pulled off my 2011 GT500 track car at about 2k miles if anyone is interested.
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    Let's talk headers

    Think about using Stage-8 header bolts to the heads. Header nuts/bolts are notorious for backing out and a pain to keep after. I used them on my GT500 headers 2-3 years ago and have not had to touch them.
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    Tunes, Mods, and Smogging

    20 years ago I had a drag / street race car and all I did for smog was drop off the registration and a $100 bill at a buddy's gas station (fellow street racer) and a couple days later I'd come back to pick up all the paperwork ready for DMV. Now a days I picked some guy near my work with a...
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    Tunes, Mods, and Smogging

    This has been a great read and a lot of good information. All of this is why (as a resident of *that* state) I purchased the Ford Racing/Whipple SC kit from Ford and the CARB / 50 compliant Shorty Headers from JBA when I moved up. Some of the roll your own systems from folks like Lethal were...
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    Tunes, Mods, and Smogging

    I also have one of these for my Whipple kit on my GT500. The code gets put in and that is it. Keep pics of this and a wider shot of maybe this and the license plate in the same shot. These (cheap) stickers fade and disappear over time and you'd be sunk if it's not here for your smog records...
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    Big Sway Bars for late model S197s

    So, are the BOSS 302 and GT500 sway bars the same size?
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    What would cause my steering wheel to shake when taking a left corner at speed (50mph up)?

    At that many miles it can also be a front wheel bearing and don't always make noise on failing. I get that vibration/shudder and have to replace them about every 18 months due to tracking my car. As others have said you can usually check it by getting the wheel off the ground and try wiggling...
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    Ceramic, Chrome, or Stainless headers?

    I have the "Doug's Headers" shorty version with ceramic on my GT500. I picked them for whatever marginal change they will make because they are CARB approved/smog for California. Good look and fitment. I don't want the drama of swapping them every 2 years to pass smog. I have enough to deal...
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    Best sealing header gaskets

    I third it.
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    LIGHT WHEELS?

    Wheels (and tires) are just a single part of a huge system that you'll be working on. Keep the wheels for now and spend just a portion of that money on track pads and a good brake fluid that won't boil over. Get to know the car this way first so you can then even tell if the new tires and...
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    It's Happened Twice Now....

    Big air bubble in the cooling system? I know often you need to put vacuum to the system to any air out of an trouble spots.
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    2013 GT500 Cooling Fan Concern

    If you have a Lund tune, you can also ask them to change the specs of the fan management. They already do that if you told them about the *170 tstat, or any heat exchanger fans you might have installed.
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    Knock Off GT500 Brembos

    I have a set of these (red) I took off my 2011 with about 3k miles on them I was thinking about selling as they are just sitting around. I didn't know there was a repop market for Brembos. Go figure.
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    Built 13 gt or stock gt500

    I coach for folks and mostly HOD so I see quite a few cars configured all different ways. If this is an "apples to apples" of an 11-14 (S197) decision between GT, BOSS, and GT500, the GT500 can be a comparable road course track car to a non GT500. The key is the Aluminum motor GT500s are...
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    Bama or Lund tuner?

    +1 for Lund.
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