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    E-town tomorrow

    Anyone want to head down? I'll be there and my buddy who bought my Mark will be taking the car on it's first 1/4 miles runs. Any predictiones for the Mark? Canned tune, 4.10s, 3500 stall and stock size tires.
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    NY Dyno Day

    Right now just gauging interest as we need a decent turn out to make this work financially. The Mark VIII of the State of NY Club is trying to put together a dyno day. Right now we are shooting for a Sunday in June in Babylon NY. Would be all day and include food if everybody wants to hang...
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    Anyone open up Gen2 headlight housings?

    I have the new halogen housings on the car but have my cloudy as hell originals packed away. I was thinking about opening them up and trying to the chrome besides the actual reflectors. Anyone open these up before? If so how did you do it dremel bake them in the oven?
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    Cobra intake and EGR

    Who's running a Cobra intake and kept the EGR functioning? I plan on doing this intake swap and have not found any definitive info on a straitforward way of keeping the EGR functioning. Does the Cobra EGR tube work(if I can find one)?
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    E-town meet 4/4

    Some of the guys in the Mark VIII Club I'm in are setting up a meet at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ on Saturday April 4th. Track opens at 10AM. Anyone from Long Island or NYC we will probably have a spot to meet up and caravan to Jersey together. It would be cool to have a...
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    Anyone running IMRC deletes?

    I am probably doing a short runner Cobra intake and the guy will make the deletes for me for $25 more. I have heard good and bad about deleting the IMRCs. Anyone actually running these on a Mark?
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    Valve springs?

    This may a stupid question but... My understanding is 96+ Marks got the beehive springs like the Cobra. Are the retainers/keepers the same for all years or do the upgraded springs have different retainers/keepers?
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    Anyone running C heads?

    Well I just blew a head gasket. Since the motor is getting pulled to change them out now is the time to do it. I know there is a handful of guys that did it. I need to know what is involved besides heads, intake and fuel rails? Any other hard parts? And is this a straitforward swap or is there a...
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    New halogen housings

    After sitting in my living room for two weeks waiting first for the HID kit then decent weather I finally got me new headlights on. Both original HIDs worked fine but the housings were very cloudy and after hours of polishing with mediocre results I knew I wanted new ones. The halogen housing...
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    Cruise to Montauk

    This Sunday Nov 16th the Mark VIII club is having a cruise to Montauk. Any of you NY guys or anyone else with a Mark VII or VIII or even the LS guys that want to come out to Long Island are welcome. We are meeting at 10AM and should be on the road by 10:30. We will stop for lunch someplace out...
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    Who's got Edelbrock shocks?

    My shock mounts are bad and the original shocks are still on the car. I was thinking about going with Edelbrocks. I know there are at least a couple of guys running them. Feedback would be appreciated.
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    Error loading new tune into Xcal

    I am trying load a new tune into my Xcal2 for the 4.10s. I keep getting an error message - File serial number is not correct. Google and the SCT site didn't help much, but from what I could find it looks like the tune has a serial number written into it that must match the tuner. Can anyone...
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    Oil change interval

    I have always kept to the 3 month/3k mile rule that has been around since before I was born. I recently switched to Mobil 1 and afte a couple 3000k changes I'm thinking about going a little longer before changes. What oil is everybody running and how long do you go between changes?
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    Wipers won't park

    This is not the strait up instead of parking problem. They just stay at the position they would be while on intermittant. Is this an electrical problem or mechanical like the strait up problem?
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    Another Ray's switch done

    I couldn't finish the install because I must have lost one of the t taps but I rigged a ground wire just to see if it worked before I put everything back together. And I still have to figure out where I want the switch. I think I am going to wire in another switch so I cant accidentally drop the...
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    How to get into the 13s?

    With the thread about Hp going on I was thinking. HP number a re great but I'm more concerned about track times. So... What does it take to get a Mark VIII into the 13s? Preferably on street tires NA.
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