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I moved, now the coldest it gets is probably about 40 in my garage :) But, what you might be able to do is build yourself a little heated chamber. Perhaps put a clear plastic tupperware box over the batteries with a non-LED night light in there. Then you'd have ~3 watts of heat to keep them...

It's not going to do anything with the fuel pressure - it tells the ECM not to open the injectors and not to fire the coils when cranking. I am not positive, but I think the fuel pump still primes the system because it's (partially) designed to help you start the car if it's flooded and you...

I've seen a few videos like what you showed and yeah that is totally different. To us old guys, that's not a tune, that's a backfire LOL.

Ebay has them all the time. I think it was about $180 but I can't remember for sure. A "real" service manual is so much better than the Chilton's or Haynes. Those are junk.

It is specific to a model (So you would have to buy a subscription for each car you want to work on), but I'll admit, I don't use it because I bought the FSM (For a lot more money though). They have a preview of a vehicle so you can see what it looks like. This is one from an Altima.

I'm going to go with Hack on this one. I had an SRT-4 that had one heck of a nice burble on over-run. I grew up though when cars naturally did this because of carbs and mostly because of lumpy cams. So to me it is simply the earmark of a performance engine. To the same extent, I really...

Mods, sorry of this isn't allowed. I don't have any financial interest in either slickdeals or alldata. For those looking for a service manual for the mustang or another car, this is a pretty cheap way to get access for a year...

Forgive me for asking a bit of a possibly silly question. With a plenum that big, does it deaden the throttle response? In other words, does it take longer to build boost once you get on the throttle (e.g. once the bypass valve is closed)? I know it's not a turbo, and they are totally...

Thank you. It's becoming pretty normal now I guess. My 5.7 Hemi is the same way in my truck.

If I were to bet, it's oil pooling on one side. The better oil pan might solve the issue. This is why Ford missed the boat on the GT350 and kept the wet sump system. Lots of cars have this problem when they are modified to pull harder G's. It's also common for it to be only a certain...

Grimreaper knows this stuff far better than I do, but they key is to know that HP Tuners and other tuning suites only expose a portion of the computer (Called the "OS" in HP Tuners). So we see what we see, and that's it. For example, we know the Power Pack has the no-lift-shift feature, but...

To further this, like Grimreaper said, you can adjust the knock sensors quite a bit as well. These four tables are just for tuning the knock sensor for cylinder #1 (So there are 7 more sets!).

I know exactly what you're saying re: KISS. In my head I'm thinking the only plausible explanation of why Ford would want to continue working with the existing 5.0 engine (Other than just plain being too cheap to change the bore centers) would be to avoid larger-engine taxes. Suppose they want...

To my brothers and sisters in the EU: I've long thought that in the EU, taxes are based on engine size, or perhaps car insurance was. Is that true, or is it based on CO2/Km? Here in the US that's not the case, but as Ford (And now in the case of the Corvette, GM) places a larger emphasis on...

There's a zillion ways to compare the suitability of an engine. Of all of them, BSFC is the best, and I've yet to see it ever carried out between the Coyote and the LS. Between the two engines, the LS wins for less friction, that's for sure. Externally, the LS is smaller, also a win. The...

A lot of the arguments made on the first post make sense. I disagree the V8 Mustang is dead though. I do think it will die as we know it, but I do think that a OHV engine will return. Why? Trucks, that's why. And why not an Ecoboost solution? Fleets. Why? I general, big, dumb V-8's don't...

If I had to guess, I would say you're hearing valve lash when the gears are not riding on the coast or the drive side of the teeth. Once you are on one side, then there is less lash noise. I have a shift bracket on mine, so I get even more noise, but to me it adds to the character of driving a...

You are so right. I had a buddy that worked for a bank, they used some proprietary GUI "Feel good" system. Not sure what kind of system or database it sat on, but it crashed daily. Fast forward a few years, buddy moved to another bank. "Their program is so archaic, it looks like DOS" (Me)...

I absolutely love that color. Like I tell my colleagues, I pick car colors and use the skittles bag to decide. I had a Solar Yellow SRT-4 and now my Competition Orange S550. I know without a doubt, if I ever get a Mopar, I'm going with Purple. I'd be down for a magenta/fuschia color as well.

All of my cars are ladies as they should be, but I haven't named my Mustang yet. Nothing has come to me. My SRT-4 was aptly named "B*tch" because I drove her hard, and she fought back (by breaking) pretty forcefully. Then my '94 Z28 was named "Christine" after bad brakes almost killed me. My...