Front brake setup includes Ford Granada rotors with GM S-10 style calipers. Come to find out later, this is what many hot-rodders use in their builds. Rear axle is from a Mark VII so it's an 8.8 rear end. I swapped out the axle shafts to a Mustang V6 to eliminate the ABS rings. This brings...
I built mine in 2001 and have been driving it ever since. It now has 24K on the odometer. Mine has a bored out 351W with a T-5 and never tracked. The only thing electronic is the Pertronix chip with no power steering or brakes. Just an absolute blast to drive.
Sorry it took a couple of days to get back to you. The dealer I work with is Varsity Lincoln. My contact is Brandon. I bought the car from their Ann Arbor dealer but this is closer to my house.
Andy,
I can tell you that being in the Detroit area and working with a really good dealer, (Varsity Auto Group), they were willing to try different components to solve the problem. First I made the suggestion to replace the transmission and then the driveshaft after the issue wasn't solved. I...
Have you checked inside the engine compartment? The rattle I had on a 2016 Mustang orginated from the washer bottle behind the right headlight and sounded like it was coming from the right side dash.
Good morning Aaron. The problem ended up being a bad driveshaft. After I was able to get the transmission replaced, the "clicking" was was about 80% resolved. I was able to get the driveshaft replaced and that totally solved the problem.
I dont know if the transmission took out the...
I really like the throttle response in Sport + mode. I'm just lazy and don't want to switch it into Sport+ mode every time I start the car. Any ideas? I've read the manual several times and can't find a solution.
If you still have the noise after the new transmission is installed, have them replace the driveshaft. Talking to engineers and mechanics in the area, we all suspect that the driveshaft was the culprit all along. Even after my trans was replaced the noise was getting louder the more I drove...
An update - With Max's response to my question about the driveshaft, I went back to the dealer (Varsity AG) to see what they thought (besides me being crazy) about the slight noise I'm still having coming from the transmission area.
I fully admit that I'm over the top about my cars, but Varsity...
Thanks Max. I've never had a vibration, and I'm looking for it. I still have a little "clicking", but nothing like it was. Yesterday, I changed the trans fluid to BG and wow what a difference. After a few test miles, the trans shifts like butter.
Sorry it took so long to write back.
Just before Christmas, the dealer called to see if I could get the car in for a day to swap out the trans and of course I said "you bet".
Once I picked the car up and drove it home, if I really listened hard I could barely hear a slight ticking. I would...
Hello Max. I hope your problem is just the stickers. Depending on when your car was built, you might want to get an extended service contract. I've purchased three contracts online from Floyd Ford. Much less expensive.
I'm told the new trans should arrive in about 10 days, so I'll let you...