What have you done to your mustang today?

[bujeezus]

no, just the part that was leaking. didn't want to disturb too much.
dorman elbow and 5/8 hose.

Do you trust that Dorman piece? I decided against it and just bought a 90* elbow and used 5/8" hose on both sides.

 

[fdjizm]

I guess I will have to now lol

 

[1950StangJump$]

Yesterday, I did something I hadn't heard others do, so I thought I'd share.

My aeroforce obviously reads intake air temps. And, I have taken real steps to lower those temps, including a GT500 pump and a VMP dual fan HE. But, I wanted to know what temp the air was actually entering my KB intake filter.

For background, Kenne Bell runs its intake down behind the front bumper to get "cold" air. The problem is, the air is turbulent down there at highway speed and can confuse the car if you were to coast at highway speed. So, if I was to push the clutch pedal in at 60MPH to coast to an upcoming light, the idle would get all wacky. The solution last summer was to build a shield around the air filter. Hurts the "cold air" concept some, but it fixed the turbulent air problem. And, as a side benefit, protects the filter if I get caught in the rain.

So, to present day, I bought a Gentex 341 smart rearview mirror. It has a compass and temp readout built in. I then ran the temp sensor to that aforementioned shield and installed it there on the inside of the shield right next to the filter. So, on my rearview mirror, I'm literally seeing the temp of the air 1" from the intake filter.

If you're curious, the air was sitting about 6-8 degrees warmer than true outside temp; the shield cuts out a lot of the outside air and unfortunately does get some of the engine air above it. When I started the car yesterday, it read 73. As I drove around, it settled in right about 79 with some +- fluctuation. My IATs hovered in the 110-120 range.

 

[JimC]

Thought they would be longer. It stops where the ratchet is laying on the driveway.
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What brand? On my 2013 I had the MRT jacking rails and they extended all the way to almost the back of the of the side rail. That does seem a little short. But I guess if you are jacking up the side that is about where you would put the jack.

 

[ghunt81]

It's a standard jack- still works fine so I've never replaced it. I have to drive the car up on boards to even get it under the front crossmember or rear diff.

 

[GSN08GT]

Pulled out the sound deadener patches that I put in 2 weeks ago. Watched snow melt in the driveway where the GT was on Monday.

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

It's a standard jack- still works fine so I've never replaced it. I have to drive the car up on boards to even get it under the front crossmember or rear diff.

If driving the car up onto boards provides enough clearance for placing the jack under the jacking rails? then I'd just stick with your standard floor jack. Otherwise, if you don't like having to use boards as ramps? then consider looking into adding a low-profile floor jack

 

[Gabe]

Yesterday. Flushed the brake fluid in my Mustang. Fresh Motul RBF600 in, removing the fluid that I put in at the end of 2016. A little overdue for this stuff.

Old and new:




And the old stuff, after the flush was done. Can see some of the fresh stuff still in the tubing going to the jar, nice color difference:

 

[06JET]

What brand? On my 2013 I had the MRT jacking rails and they extended all the way to almost the back of the of the side rail. That does seem a little short. But I guess if you are jacking up the side that is about where you would put the jack.

Steeda
https://www.americanmuscle.com/steeda-ultra-lite-low-profile-chassis-jacking-rails-05114.html

 

[06JET]

Yesterday. Flushed the brake fluid in my Mustang. Fresh Motul RBF600 in, removing the fluid that I put in at the end of 2016. A little overdue for this stuff.

Old and new:

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And the old stuff, after the flush was done. Can see some of the fresh stuff still in the tubing going to the jar, nice color difference:

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Dang Gabe, You must use the crap out of those brakes. Good job!

 

[06JET]

Forgot to mention, My Mustang rolled over into the 40's on the trip from Wisconsin to Easton PA last weekend.

 

[davidjurss1]

Went a little crazy in the engine bay

 

[06JET]

Went a little crazy in the engine bay

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The new blue valve covers look great. I have them also. The red filter and rubber adds some POP!

 

[davidjurss1]

The new blue valve covers look great. I have them also. The red filter and rubber adds some POP!

Thanks! Funny thing about the rubber on the CAI, I just flipped the blue ones inside out. Easiest mod I've done lol

 

[fdjizm]

Yesterday. Flushed the brake fluid in my Mustang. Fresh Motul RBF600 in, removing the fluid that I put in at the end of 2016. A little overdue for this stuff.

Old and new:

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And the old stuff, after the flush was done. Can see some of the fresh stuff still in the tubing going to the jar, nice color difference:

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I have to do that, my brake fluid is blacker than my soul.
I don't have a vacuum bleeder though.

 

[Strengthrehab]

Had some fun scaring some Porsches in the first 5 mins of this video.

Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

 

[Phil1098]

Yesterday. Flushed the brake fluid in my Mustang. Fresh Motul RBF600 in, removing the fluid that I put in at the end of 2016. A little overdue for this stuff.

Motul RBF600 is the best there is. I ran that in my Ducatis and lots of track time. Thanks for the reminder, I'll be doing this to mine too.

 

[Phil1098]

Had some fun scaring some Porsches in the first 5 mins of this video.

Thanks for posting that, I really enjoyed that. You were flying out there, looked like some of those guys were tied to a tree by comparison.

 

[Shotokan1509]

Also removed the Tire Tats that the previous owner installed.
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What hood is that? Do the vents fix the flutter at speed?

 

[Gabe]

I have to do that, my brake fluid is blacker than my soul.
I don't have a vacuum bleeder though.

Neither do I.
I bought some 1/4" I.D. flexible vinyl tubing from Home Depot, used a section about 2' long, attached one end to the bleeder screw and put the other end in a jar that already had about 1/2" - 3/4" of old fluid in it, which I sucked out of the master cylinder using an old turkey baster.
Then opened the bleeder and went into the car and pumped the brake pedal about 20-25 times, making sure that I don't run the master cylinder too low to have it suck air in.
I have a video but it's boring since you're basically looking at a fluid traveling through clear tubing, about as much fun as watching paint dry.
When I was done with all 4 wheels I had the wife pump and hold about 3 times per corner to make sure there was no air in the lines.
I used 3 bottles of new fluid and a few feet of tubing. Plus the 11mm wrench.
Nothing else.