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  1. BlackICE

    Best Buy's for appreciation in 30 odd years... by Bloomberg.

    IMO more than 1/2 on that list are going to be losers!
  2. BlackICE

    Gauge failure

    What is the most common failure mode of the OEM gauges?
  3. BlackICE

    05 GT with 06 grille?

    I own an 05 VIN 1715 and it has the version 1 grill. I think Joey is right about around 1700. The doubt if the parts were used exactly in VIN order.
  4. BlackICE

    Alignment question

    Correct but to save weight 6061 bar stock is pretty cheap and if you have a lathe you can make custom sizes so you won't have to use more one shim per bolt. :lol I wouldn't bother to anodize them through. I lowered my car with Alex's spring perches and the outside 2" of my Hoosier almost never...
  5. BlackICE

    Alignment question

    I did a search and found this thread on the shims. I think it wouldn't be to hard to machine some on a lathe from 6061. http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php/14467-Shim-Kit
  6. BlackICE

    Delivery of new GT!

    If you buy in CA your 1st smog test is in 6 years. If you buy out of state your 1st smog test is before you can register your car, then every 2 years thereafter.
  7. BlackICE

    Anyone know the Alternator Output

    What's the current draw on the 3 added pumps and the difference between the 2 upgraded pumps and the OEM ones. I'm just guess but the stock fuel pumps are fused at 20 amps, and probably use 15 amps or less. Just using the 15 amp number 3 more pumps = 45 amps and this doesn't count your upgraded...
  8. BlackICE

    Ceramic Brakes, Revisited

    The calipers are unsprung weight which isn't as bad a rotating and unsprung, but worst than sprung weight when in comes to dynamic handling.
  9. BlackICE

    Anyone know the Alternator Output

    I'm just guessing from what I remember reading the spec to be about 100 amp alt. But even if what I remember reading is true it quite meaningless without a graph showing alt current and voltage outputs over a range of RPMs.
  10. BlackICE

    2005 Ford GT Charging Issue

    I agree sounds like the alternator isn't putting enough current out if any at all.
  11. BlackICE

    New GT Specs are here

    I want to know the wet weight, that's what really counts. Although the weight gain wet shouldn't be as bad as the older FGT with it's huge dry sump, engine and intercooler coolant capacities. What size is the gas tank?
  12. BlackICE

    I Finally Staggered Home

    Welcome back Mitty. Your auto reviews were the finest I have read on the web!
  13. BlackICE

    Order Call Friday - what do you want to know?

    this case is better to have a 5 foot tall hundred pound driver
  14. BlackICE

    Order Call Friday - what do you want to know?

    Ugly but true some car haulers climb out the window and I know of one Ford GT owner that had interior damage from that.
  15. BlackICE

    MPG

    Known and available to the public are two different things.
  16. BlackICE

    MPG

    6th gear perfect even with only 740 horsepower if you have the 3.90 gears.
  17. BlackICE

    Compression check and new iridium plugs

    Why not just use the OEM plugs gap to OEM specs?
  18. BlackICE

    Double Din Production 1/6/2016

    Mark must have got lessons from Indy being accurate and through with his explanations.
  19. BlackICE

    Double Din Production 1/6/2016

    I'm not sure of the strength requirements of the piece however doesn't welding 6061 lower strength of the material unless it is re-heat treated.
  20. BlackICE

    Compression check and new iridium plugs

    I'm running 19 pounds of boost on a Whipple Gapped at .25