Oh did I forget to mention my NEW TGP!! :cheers: I bought Ryan W's TGP after much thought and looking at it at least 3 times. Ryan lives like 3 miles from me here in Binghamton. I always wanted a TGP and after my latest engine failure on the white car I realized I really need 2 DD's ;) Anyways this car will only be driven daily in the summer (winters will be for the white car). Ryan did an excellent job fixing the mechanical issues and the car runs very good as it sits, there are still some issues to take care of but for the most part it is great and I'm driving it daily! Here are somethings I have done to it so far!
-New battery (well used from my old parts car)
-Rebuilt front springs (perches were off a bit causing them to hit the inner wheel well)
-Alignment
-Fixed passenger door (front edge of the door was hitting the front fender making a horrible noise! Realigned the fender and body cladding)
-New receiver in the glove box to fix the radio hum (Still hums just not as bad, still needs another one when I find a 93 in the yard)
-Fixed Gauges (boost not working, low fuel light etc...)
-Pulled off lower valence and repainted (Duplicolor FTW!)
-Fixed parking brake
-New oil, Mobil 1 extended performance with a Mobil 1 filter
-Complete vac, shampoo, leather treatment, wash, claybar, compound, and topped it off with Natty's Red Wax and some tire shine ;)
Things needed to fix still:
-Replace oil pressure sending unit (oil pressure is way high when engine is cold, settles down when warm)
-Reshim starter (has high torque starter, think the shim is a bit too small sometimes gets hung on the flywheel)
-Fix AC (Has R134A conversion but compressor does not kick on)
-Fix RKE (think it is the cold solder joint because with new batterys and keyfob/reprogram it still does not work)
-New radio receiver (again)
-Install my lower charge pipe with BOV
-Tune (runs rich because of the pink top injectors)
Does anyone know what flow rate the pink top injectors are? That would help my tuning a bit to know where I'm starting ;)
Other than that she is a peach! Not a spec of rust on even the exhaust! There are a few chips and dings here and there, but it really cleaned up nice! And only 42k on the clock :icon_lol: Oh and I like the auto! This car is great PICTURES!
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sorry for the dark pictures it gets dark FAST up here in NY now!
Ken
shut up.
h8 u.
holy shit that's beutiful man... now I have to get down there before I take mine off the road...
Jim we should get together before the snow fly's, let me know when you are available.
I hate you.
Although I don't like the red TGP's at all.........................this one may change that :icon_eek:, WOW I applaud you both. Ryan for making that car soooooo nice & Ken for keeping it in the TGP community :icon_mrgreen:.
Not sure why everyone says they hate me, I figured you guys would be happy it went to an enthusiast who will care for it and keep it mint but whatever.
Ryan did a great job fixing the major stuff and lowering it, but I'm going to have to take credit for the cleaning and buffing since I spent 12 hours cleaning and detailing with my high speed buffer. You would not believe the dirt and oxidation that came out of the paint after clay bar/poorboy's SSR1 on it.
Thanks GPChief for the feedback, I certainly will take good care of it. My goal is to keep it as stock as possible for as long as possible and just enjoy it. I really like this car, it is going to stink putting it away in a few weeks!
they only hate you cuz that TGP is so nice and we all want one like that... lol well that's my take on it... :p
but ya, I will try for the next week or 2 to make it there.
Quote from: meltboy11 on October 06, 2008, 11:10:50 AM
they only hate you cuz that TGP is so nice and we all want one like that... lol well that's my take on it... :p
but ya, I will try for the next week or 2 to make it there.
Agreed.
What does it have for tires? They look lower profile than the standard 50 series.
Congrats on the SICK TGP! i bet they are ford 21 # injectors from a 4.6.... that car definately turns heads!
245/45 ZR16 BF Goodrich Comp T/As.
Ken those pictures don't even do it justice man, especially the interior of the car, you did a fantastic job cleaning it up and making it look like it should. It saddens me a little bit knowing that it's not mine anymore, I just can't find the time and don't hold the interest in it as I once did. Seeing it as it should be though makes me happy that someones got it that will enjoy it (and not destroy it). Maybe someday I will buy her back. :icon_redface:
I'd never even seen the seats before until last night!! Those buckets are MINT! Looks great shiny too, I had it that shiny a couple of times, but parked it afterwards. :laugh:
Hell of a job, I know you'll take good care of her, I have my memorabilia though, I did keep the California plate that came on it!! :laugh:
Also, just for shits, I'm gonna recommend you paint the black trim on the headlights sometime. ;) needs it!!
Sweet, I'm soooo jealous :drool: I want another red one.. Nice ride Ken I'm glad you ended up with it... ;)
dude the manifolds are still silver WTF???
Thanks guys :laugh: I'm very happy, and the JEFF MMM Topgun 160 chip is pretty sweet, I wish I could tune that nice! Must have taken some work to get it that way.
The manifolds are silver since Ryan painted them with oven paint! It is starting to let go. Hey anyone know a good vac source for my BOV? I can't seem to find a good source on these autos :)
Ken
T off at the MAP sensor, or the EVAP sensor next to it on the back of the manifold. Yeah those manifolds got 6 coats of paint after a good sandblasting, they held up nice for a while. Supposed to go up to 1200* and they were perfectly silver for many runs when first installed, but the winter time and sitting started to bring it back out.
dam i like the color of that paint... looks original as hell did you paint the stat housing and head bolts too? that might be the cleanest engine bay ive ever seen....
That TGP is insanely nice, congrats on the purchase Ken. The door panel carpet looks like it will need to be reglued soon(bulking up). It was like that in my red car when I got it. I removed the panel, scraped some of the old glue off, quickly gave up on removing the old glue, then resprayed new glue on the door and the carpet itself. Now it looks like it did stock.
As far as a vacuum source goes, you could remove the plug in the rear of the intake manifold(where the brake booster hose would normally be on a vacuum brake equipped GP) and add a cheap vacuum block there to source a bov, aftermarket boost gauge, etc. off of....or just throw a single barb fitting in there for the BOV if that's all you need to source. I think the fitting is held in with a 8mm(or maybe it's 5/16'') male pipe plug socket. I can check to see which size male plug socket actually fits it for you if you want me to. I have the plug laying in one of my toolboxes out in the garage.
Those pink tops are 21lbs/hr according to Ford's ratings. So they're probably flowing about 24-25lbs actual on our fuel pressure. I'm guestimating there based on the fact that my Ford "19lb" injectors actually flowed just shy of 22lbs @ 43.5psi when I had one flow tested.
Thanks Mfewtrails! I have a 3/8" extension I ground down to take that plug out ;) Yeah I'm going to get a barb fitting today at lowe's to run my bov off the back. I'm also going to make an stainless vacumn block clip since my plastic one has cracks in it and will probably break first time I touch it!
I'll get on that door panel stuff once I re solder the RKE box and fix the AC. I tried to put some R134A in it last night but the compressor would not kick on......I even tried jumping the terminals on the compressor, no luck. Ryan I might hit you up for your warranty on that compressor if you still have one.
Oh and I won the auction on that 93 radio so hopefully no more hum anymore! I'm going to try to get some more pictures this weekend when I'm out of town for a wedding ;) I'll post up, I love this car, it is really smooth with this tune. Speaking of the tune I checked it out last night and it is really not that bad, it is a touch rich but the blms are around 123-125 which is not bad. I'll probably just leave it the way it is for now!
Ken
Ken
Quote from: cobracmdr on October 07, 2008, 05:25:52 AM
Thanks Mfewtrails! I have a 3/8" extension I ground down to take that plug out ;) Yeah I'm going to get a barb fitting today at lowe's to run my bov off the back. I'm also going to make an stainless vacumn block clip since my plastic one has cracks in it and will probably break first time I touch it!
Ken
I have a 3/8'' extension that I grinded down to remove that plug also. :laugh: I found a set of pipe plug sockets
after removing the plug and went ahead and bought them for future use.