What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[Seanuf99]

Didn't have a good day chasing up my rear spoiler at the bodyshop after finding out they had a fire! So to cheer me up, I sent my vehicle info off to Steeda for a tune. Yey! Then I can fit their 2018 open induction kit. I'll stick it on the dyno as well to see what power she is making!

Kind of off topic, but this picture reminded me of my trip to Ireland. We rented a car and I kept trying to reach for the shifter with my right arm. We didn't even make it out of the Shannon airport parking lot before I pulled over and I let my left-handed wife drive. I tried again later, and driving on the 'wrong' side of the street was fine, but darn near stalling it out each time I couldn't find the shifter made me permanently swap to navigator duties the rest of the trip.

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[Bit_the_Bullitt]

To be fair the F150 is a longitudinal 3.5, it's different. The water pump is external and mounted on the timing cover. On the transverse engines, Ford in their infinite wisdom mounted the water pump inside the timing cover in an attempt to save space and it's driven by the chain. So as you can imagine, if you ignore the weeping coolant on the ground long enough eventually the pump bearing gets so bad that coolant starts pissing into the crankcase. Many engines have died from that.

In your case you need to pressure test the system and use an endoscope to check the cylinders for coolant if you still have a mystery loss and hot engine temperatures. Hot running by itself could be a lot of things, but if you have no external coolant leaks then there isn't many other options besides a seeping head gasket or (worst case) a crack in a head or the block.

Ah gotcha, yeah, it's an external water pump. One shop said it failed compression test/CO gas in coolant, another said it didn't, so I'm still chasing my tail. :(

Thanks for the good technical info!

 

[StangTime]

Looks like an impressive piece of hardware

Agreed. It would be nice if they could do the engraving right side up. But nobody sees it after installation so who cares?

 

[Nodster]

Kind of off topic, but this picture reminded me of my trip to Ireland. We rented a car and I kept trying to reach for the shifter with my right arm. We didn't even make it out of the Shannon airport parking lot before I pulled over and I let my left-handed wife drive. I tried again later, and driving on the 'wrong' side of the street was fine, but darn near stalling it out each time I couldn't find the shifter made me permanently swap to navigator duties the rest of the trip.

Haha that made me chuckle. Shows how muscle memory comes into it, doing something one way for a long time really need to concentrate when changing over.

I had similar when I had my Abarth 595 Comp. The window switches were in the center console (like either side of the gear lever in the centre). Here is a pic from after I had changed the gater and gear knob showing the switches:

The amound of times I'd pull up at a ticket machine or go to put my window down and I'd be faffing about on the door for no reason. I got used to it in the end. I do love the 595. Proper pocket rocket. I had mine putting out just over 190bhp, weighing around 1,045KG unladen. Was fun!

 

[S550_Newbie]

Bought my Mustang a driveway/street side parking mate.

Now you can sling parts for Harry!

 

[larr12]

From the FP oil separator after, I think, 6K miles.

 

[ice445]

Haha that made me chuckle. Shows how muscle memory comes into it, doing something one way for a long time really need to concentrate when changing over.

I had similar when I had my Abarth 595 Comp. The window switches were in the center console (like either side of the gear lever in the centre). Here is a pic from after I had changed the gater and gear knob showing the switches:

The amound of times I'd pull up at a ticket machine or go to put my window down and I'd be faffing about on the door for no reason. I got used to it in the end. I do love the 595. Proper pocket rocket. I had mine putting out just over 190bhp, weighing around 1,045KG unladen. Was fun!

Lovely cars, I had a US Spec version (which is an oddball compared to what you get in Europe, mostly series 3 parts and 160BHP but using a 1.4 Punto engine). Same color though!

 

[KingKona]

Now you can haul parts for Harry!

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

 

[mrgooden]

Make sure you watch the coolant level, when a 3.5 transverse water pump goes out, it's not a fun time.

Had to get my Taurus done last year. $700 in parts. Luckily found a shop to do it for 1K. My garage is not big enough, nor am I skinny enough.

Richard

 

[Djetok]

Hood and roof have been wrapped satin black.

 

[Crew]

Recently completed my custom install (based on the "DirectFit" phone mount), and I gotta say..

Easily the sturdiest, cleanest, most-minimal phone mount I've ever had! Not bad for $10, and literally would support ANY mount or device you'd want.

Mine was made to work with the iOttie iTap2 wireless magnetic charger, and I couldn't be happier. Cords run thru the glovebox and console, but will hopefully be sorted thru the dash tomorrow for even cleaner concealment.

Happy to break down the materials ($5 brass billet + $5 universal 17mm GPS ball mount), but it's fairly straightforward / non-destructive, and uses only stock hardware.

Did I mention it's clean?

I'll do a full write-up if people are interested. I can probably draw up a template, as well.

 

[Moonhowl]

Mine are bigger

Mine are the same height as yours. Twelve inches off the floor and I feel so safe with them I often nap under my car.

 

[James1980]

Today I installed the Ford Performance Bullitt style fuel rail covers along with the Bemaro decals in white. Kind of expensive for something that's partially blocked by the strut brace, but that's ok. This engine needs all the help it can get

 

[Mr. Met]

Installed the Mishimoto coolant tank and then had the engine cleaned. Got a bunch more upgrades coming for the engine bay; getting some parts painted right now.

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