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    Other Obsessions

    I stayed at a holiday inn express last night.
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    Availability ofRicardo transaxles

    It would sure be interesting to now just how many have failed because Ed's is not the only one. Some are surely the result of high horse power as to be expected when limits get pushed beyond design, Perhaps only a small few have failed to date however my concern is have all of the failures...
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    Other Obsessions

    Wwabbit, You have my favorite aircraft. Perhaps you know the owner of this one. I took this picture after watching it land and taxi into Avalon Harbor Catalina when I was lobster hunting. I assume the community of people who have those is small somewhat like the GT community. Have you seen...
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    Other Obsessions

    EP is right plus it get's the noise up above the operator. 560's were either gas or Diesel. This is a Diesel with an optional M&W Turbo. Pretty rare these days. Standard Diesel's had a muffler. As for getting it in the shed, LOL, It's a tinker toy when compared to a modern day tractor.
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    Other Obsessions

    I have been restoring motorcycles for 30 years but I enjoy these even more. Here is a before and after of a recent restoration.
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    Advice on which book to read

    "Go Like Hell" -( Ford, Ferrari and their battle) I found this book to be very interesting. One of my favorites.
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    Mechanical interest to some of you ??

    WOW !! I'm blown away at some of the response to a simple heads up to what I thought might be of some interest to anyone doing their own basic preventative maintenance. It's a well known fact that spark plugs that are left in an aluminum head for extended period's of time run the risk of...
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    Mechanical interest to some of you ??

    Yes you can grab it and yes it has a rubber insert. It's purpose built for these kind of engines. I like to use it with the locking extension (also from Snap On ) as shown in this picture Part # FXKL3 This extension will not let go of the socket until your ready for it to come off.
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    Mechanical interest to some of you ??

    S9720KA It's available in 5/8 and 9/16 This part number is for the 5/8
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    Mechanical interest to some of you ??

    Snap On now has a spark plug socket that works really nice in our Ford GT's. Some of you probably already have this.
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    Performance power went 283 in the mile a couple days ago kennedy space center... WOW

    Well then, I guess white is the fastest color just like Ed said.
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    Props to Shadowman, again and again

    He has went above and beyond for me several times.
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    Black Rims

    Michelin Pilot Super Sports on ADV Wheels Front 285/25/ZR 20 Rear 345/30/ZR 20 Front wheel width 10" Rear wheel width 13"
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    Lonely Nebraska GT Owner

    There are 10 differant ones within 100 miles of Omaha PM me if you would like to meet. six are red, one yellow, one blue, one tungston,and one Heritage. There are probably more that i am unaware of.
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    20 inch front rims

    If you are interested in a specific brand of wheel, such as HRE, or ADV, for example they will have a record of every Ford GT that they have made a wheel for. My HRE's in the picture are mounted up with 255/30/20 Michelin Pilot Sports I also have a set Of ADV's with 285/25/20 Michelin Pilot...
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    20 inch front rims

    I am also running the 20/20 combo with out any complaints. Also did it to my ZO6. As for the ride i guess i dont have that discerning of an ass to notice any differance. Come to think of it, I guess I dont recall " Weather or not the FGT rode like a caddie" was ever a concern of mine.
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    Speedometer starts at 90 MPH.

    I plan to change out the whole thing with speed hut, as soon as i can have the large speedo, A/F ratio and volt in the same gauge, and a carbon fiber mounting plate. the whole dam thing just dosent thrill me at this point.
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    Speedometer starts at 90 MPH.

    Mine is jumping all over the place, now to date i have lost the tack, speedo, water, and volt.
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    tail light

    In regards to buying a used one, I was under the impression that the tail lights are to some degree a one time use due to the damage that occures when the screws are removed.