The Carfax private party value is at $71,860. The mods on the car don't add any value in my opinion. So you have roughly $20K in there to replace an engine. If you are capable of DIY at that level, you might get there. If you have to PAY someone to R&R, or do pretty much anything...
The colors...
I'll say it again: Explorer ST dude. You're making the right call to put family first. But the ST will keep the connection between your right foot and your butt active. I have a friend who drove his straight to Livernois Motorsports when he picked it up used...
The more "seasoned" guys here will remember the old "Let your fingers do the walking" ancient ad for yellow pages. The internet is WAY better than the old yellow pages.
There are top level tuners in Florida. Call around and ask THEM for a recommendation for an alignment shop. Mavis is not...
Most Firestone store(s) are barely adequate to work on a mini van. If those guys were good enough, they would be at an independent shop. A dealership will usually only set you to factory specs. It looks like you have stock wheel & tire package for a PP1, so they would probably do a decent enough...
I will bet you there are more than a few people on here that sold their favorite car because they started a family. Or any one of a zillion good reasons to make a mature adult decision.
Big props to you!! Happened to my friend's son-in-law. Met this guy's daughter while they were all at a car...
PCV systems on boosted engines are touchy at best.
When a naturally aspirated engine is at idle and part throttle, there is vacuum that pulls the vapors out of the crankcase, through a series of baffles designed to remove the larger oil droplets, and through the intake. When you go larger...
So you bought the car with all the mods already done. But you took it to a shop in March. It looks like they replaced spark plugs and replaced the CAC coolant. Then unlocked the PCM and did a custom tune.
The car has 25K miles. How many miles were on it when you bought it?? How many miles since...
What is the status of the engine now? "Needs engine work" is way to vague.
What mods were made? Who did them? When?
What is the nature of the failure? How did it happen?
My wife is an enthusiast. She makes her decisions about any sort of mods for her car. If she has questions, she asks. I am open with her about what I do to mine, and she's on-board.
Craig, I'm pretty much in the same spot. Except I got rid of the Fox body in favor of an S550 that I wouldn't HAVE to work on!! The game changer is a hoist!! I'm a couple months shy of 70.
Yes, getting old sucks. And as someone already said: It beats the alternative!!
I've had a round or 2 with Big C. They let my wife into the room before they closed up the golf ball sized hole in the side of my head. No pictures, but I will not forget the look on her face.
I could see them resetting the BCM, but the PCM?? Whatever. I just need to reach out to my buddy and get the PCM re-flashed after they perform the recall.
I took my wife's car in for this. It has a FRPP tune on it, and I put tape over the OBD and told them if they had to access the OBD for any reason to stop and contact me. I mean, if it is JUST replacing the camera, why would they need to access the port, right?? I have had the camera off of my...
Welcome to the herd!
Was in the UK a couple years ago and went to a WEC race at Brands Hatch. Was quite pleased to see Mustangs well represented!! The car park had a line of about a dozen S550 RHD.
We were staying with friends out in Chipping Norton, so had lots of running on secondary roads...