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Our son gave us a couple of emergency window breaker tools his work gave away to employees a few years ago. On ours, it has a led light, glass break tool, and a seatbelt cutter.

80k? Is it a Rapter? Is it new? WOW..... The dealer aint gonna give more than what its worth minus a profit for them to sale. But, SOME will buy it if if they can turn a profit on it no matter what the cost is - why wouldnt they? They're in the business to sell cars and make money...

Would head to KBB and see what they say about trade in value for your vehicle. Dealerships usually use KBB as gospel on trades. Take that low/med value and deal with that. I found im better off making the deal on the trade upfront, but, no way for dealer to know value worth until you get your...

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Oh... you would be wrong on that! Totally know, and, get the cost and performance advantages of ethanol. Especially a old shadetree who has been rebuilding motors since the early '70's. Just dont like its effect on valve trains, injectors, catalytic converters etc. But, I even still use it...

Mine has all the same intake plumbing as a stock '13 GT500, but, has a (aftermarket) smaller pulley on the snout, and a bigger pulley on the belt drive. I also have a bigger inter-cooler tank, radiator and pump than the stock 2012 (not sure compared to the '13?). Then, mine was tuned with all...

Thats why they boost it.... and with Ford and Shelby engineers infinite wisdom, set it at 8.4 compression: "The 2012 Shelby GT500 (5.4L supercharged V8) has a lower compression ratio compared to its naturally aspirated counterparts (such as the 5.0L Coyote engine) specifically to handle the...

Well..... not according to my tune writer (VMP Performance), and, what I read. My OEM Eaton 1.9 M122 pushed 6-9 PSI with Ford required 91 pump. My upgraded (OEM 2013 GT500 kit) pushes 16-19 PSI on 93 pump. "93 octane is not limited to only 10 psi of boost. While lower boost (8-10 psi) is a...

As an old shade tree mechanic that done lots of long block rebuilds, Im not a fan of ethanol laced gas. Always try to find non-ethanol gas and pay the extra, especially for my GT500 which has to use 93 octane due to my bigger blower/pulley and tune. And yes, understand the HP advantage of...

LOL...... Havent donated my Superduty yet. Wife wants to continue pulling the RV around with it.... but do know what your talking about for sure!

Wasn't a Ferrari either.... IMO both are just another mustang wraped around a motor and some suspension. But I guess that can be said about any "production" made car. Either way, each had their time.

I remember that.... I think it was about 20+yrs ago reading about a scaled down '66 Shelby Cobra 4' long RC car with a working V8 RC motor in a Popular Machanic mag. Want to say... they were also working on a working blower too for that RC motor. Very cool desk display and cheaper than the...

Correct.... but boy, what a balsa wood flier she is!

Yup..... got a one of those ponies in my stable too. Its a 2012 GT500 Ingot Silver convertible with an aluminum 5.4ltr and and a upgraded TVS 2.3 blower (standard on the 2013 GT500).

Somewhere on this forum, a poster mentioned his children called his Maverick a geezer truck. I thought it was funny (but true).... so, my wife and I nicked named ours "Geezer Ride". We had our day of hotrods, speed boats, 4 whlrs, offroad jeeps, superduties, and sport sedans. Now were ready...

+1. We also use Irish Spring soap bars in closed plastic soap dishs with approx ten 1/8" holes drilled through top and sides. We placed these in our RV (on) storage pass-through, kitchen, pantry, bathroom floors. They are very effective as a deterent year round. That along with a couple of...

Lived on a big (woodsy) lake in MO for several years. Mice, chipmonks, cats, rabbits all like warm engines with tasty wires. Had our brand new '23 Superduty get hit by a chipmonk that partialy bit thru a injector wire. Noticed the misfire going to the store one day.... Fixed it, did the...

Had a friend of mine in the '70's who would drive back and forth to work on a 2whlr in a suit and tie. He would wear a set of loose fitting mechanic overalls while riding to protect his suit, and, for the occasional helping out others with flat tires on the side of the road. Dont see much of...

May have had some complaints of lost overhead lights due to disconnects? Seen those types of locks on fuel injector connectors on my '23 Superduty 7.3 gasser.

Yup! Just got done adding a Gentex mirror to my '26 Lariat. Found that a small flat head screw driver worked well to unlock the lock.