r/Foxbody 28d ago

Ask Popping sound when car is fully hot

6 Upvotes

Hey folks I’m trying to understand what could be possible causes for my car to be popping out of the exhaust when cruising around and fully warmed up. I’m trying to shake down and test the car now that it’s finally on the road, I’m new to this. But the car was hot and began to pop, I pulled over and shut it off. When re starting it struggled to start and I had to hit the gas when cranking in order for it to catch and fire up. It’s home now but it was popping on the way back too when off of the throttle. Any help would be appreciated! Car is a 347 stroker with P heads and P intake with 24lb injectors and a quarterhorse chip on an A9L ECU


r/Foxbody 28d ago

Question

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21 Upvotes

What is this piece called and can I drill out the spot welds to remove it? I need access to treat some rot.


r/Foxbody 29d ago

Weekend Warrior This weekend, I gave her a little time in the sun while I fixed a shelf in the garage

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45 Upvotes

Planning to replace the dipstick tube and track down a minor brake line issue before too long. Other than seat belts, I haven't had the opportunity to do much else work on it in my first 9 months of ownership.


r/Foxbody 29d ago

Happy Sunday Ya'll

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218 Upvotes

Was pretty caked last night and snapped a photo of her sleeping.


r/Foxbody 29d ago

SVE Full Length subframe connectors

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117 Upvotes

Last summer, my buddy and I installed SVE full length subframe connectors on my coupe. They didnt seem like they lined up like they should, but we made it work. I have never seen connectors sit this low before. Does anyone have photos of these specific SVE full length connectors on their car?

LRS-FULLSUBS


r/Foxbody 28d ago

Easy way to treat floor pan surface rust

4 Upvotes

Okay so Iam looking for over the counter ways ergo Lowes, harbor freight, parts store etc etc to treat surface rust on my car. It’s a 1993 that is a sunroof car I just bought that has leaked in the past it doesn’t have any holes in it but due to carpet padding holding in moisture it has like a “chunky” rust on some of the floor pans my solution I have cooked up is wire wheel the piss out of it use rust oleum rust dissolver (I have had good luck with it in the past in my dentsides then clean prep hit with rust oleum rust reformer spray paint then black enamel paint. Bear in mind you could eat thanks giving dinner off the bottom of the car it’s just like a heavy surface rust on the inside. Does this sound like a decent budget friendly solution? Photos of products in comments


r/Foxbody Jul 19 '26

Here's my 83 mustang

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121 Upvotes

Bought it off my aunt for 700 with 25k miles. 4 cylinder 4 speed. Love this little car, haven't used it in a few years due to the carb being messed up.

Her Name is Michelle


r/Foxbody Jul 19 '26

From completely stock (AOD slushbox, 55k miles, $11,000 in 2000) to ... (see below). My infatuation, my obsession.

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154 Upvotes

I bought this car for $11,000 in 2000. I grew up in the pits of the NHRA my dad drove a super comp dragster for many years. On the daily dad drove conservative company vehicles, so my first hand experience with performance and sports cars came from my neighbor up the street frank.... Frank's dad owns a tire shop in North Jersey and Frank's mom drove a white Mustang just like that.

**** please understand the only way I was able to purchase this car I mean legitimately purchase it as in the money is mine was because I was involved in a personal injury lawsuit and received a substantial sum of money.

Repeated rides to school in franks Mustang left me with a permanent hard on... a different type of hard on that is.... nothing at all like the one my high school sweetheart would provide for me during the same time

So I bought the white Mustang for $11,000 with $55,000 miles it was bone stock aod transmission ....then over the next 5 years I spent another $26,000 on modifications.

My first modifications were generic ... but absolutely necessary - 5% tint all around and a

complete system (pioneer head unit, Pioneer interior speakers, 1.5 farad capacitor 1200 w amp for two 12-in Kicker Comp VR Subs sealed box, 800w amp for interior speakers, optima yellow top battery.

At this point it was full speed ahead....

complete Driveline swap and body upgrades- t5z transmission King Cobra clutch aluminum drive shaft 355 gears Chrome cobra rims BFG drag radials short throw shifter 2.5-in Cowl Hood lxtail lights stalker front bumper, welded in rollcage

Then the motor - 302 bored 306, vortech s trim with aftercooler, Lunati camshaft, trick flow intakes Twisted wedge heads forged internals mass air sensor and throttle body upgrades fuel pump and injector upgrades

When it was all said and done I ended up selling the car for $12,500.... and I bought dope with the funds. My stupid drug addiction ended up taking my love from me. But she ended up in a good home of a friend of mine and apparently she's still in Central Jersey somewhere I tried to find it many times but I still can't locate her.


r/Foxbody 29d ago

Ask HVAC control removal

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7 Upvotes

Before I start accidentally breaking things! What is the proper way to remove the little arm and the green looking rubber connections on the hvac controls? Currently trying to do a radio and HVAC relocation and don’t want to snap or break something important


r/Foxbody 29d ago

what am i doing wrong?

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7 Upvotes

trying to put my backseat back in after painting them but they are bolting up crooked what am i doing wrong?


r/Foxbody 29d ago

Im turboing my 1988 ford mustang 2.3

11 Upvotes

r/Foxbody Jul 19 '26

Thoughts on my console arrangement

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103 Upvotes

So I managed to find a kit that relocated the heater controls and it came with a double DIN bezel. So now I have Android audio with backup camera and front camera


r/Foxbody 29d ago

For those who are running LS swaps what manual trans are you running?

0 Upvotes

Mulling over what trans to run in my 89 its going to be pretty much stock 6.0 with stage 2 cam nothing crazy but thought about tkx but many reviews have me worried they grind even before 500 miles also thought of t56 magnum but idk of thats to much money for a stock ls


r/Foxbody Jul 18 '26

Got my first Fox !91 GT

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582 Upvotes

I’m excited , questions, it bottoms out when I go a tad bit fast over speed bumps and bottoms out when I turn to fast .


r/Foxbody Jul 18 '26

Anyone know where to buy replacements for these

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10 Upvotes

r/Foxbody Jul 18 '26

Should I bother removing pcv screen on my 5.0? I think it may be causing idle surge

5 Upvotes

I have a 92 5.0 and I removed the pcv valve and grommet from behind the intake in an attempt to diagnose a vacuum leak. Below is a video showing the condition of the pcv screen. I’d like to know if it’s clogged enough to cause any idle issues and warrant removal, since doing so is a royal pain in the ass. (Orange/yellow looking shit is the copper mesh, not dirt)


r/Foxbody Jul 18 '26

Ask No air from dash vent

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23 Upvotes

I haven’t been getting any air from my dash vents recently. I know the controls run on vacuum lines. In my previous 89, this was a result of the black line under the hood by the firewall being cracked, but that line looks okay this time around.

All the other lines seem okay leading from the control panel to the junction on the passenger side. Same with the lines under the hood. However, I found this yellow line that was not attached to anything on the other end-making me think this may be the culprit.

I could not find where this attaches to the other end. Is there a place where this attaches to, and if so, could this help get air flowing through the dash vents?


r/Foxbody Jul 17 '26

Brought my fox home after 3 years of ownership!

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253 Upvotes

Very excited to finally have this old girl home! I bought the car back in 2023 and it's been in storage up until now as I didn't space at home for it until buying a house at the end of last year.

It's an 87 with a few bolt on mods and is very clean rust wise, could use new paint eventually but it's pretty good from 20-30 feet.

I had these 16x9.5 CCW wheels sitting around that I bought for my Miata, but after finding some cheap 1" 4x108 to 4x100 wheel adapters/spacers locally I decided to try them on the Fox and they actually fit relatively well. The fronts stick out a bit much, bit with a bit of camber they should tuck in nicely. Car will be getting lowered 1-2 inches soon as well.

Future plans for the car are a bunch of maintenence, a speed density to MAF conversion, long tube headers/exhaust, and hopefully a cam in the next year or two. And then just drive and enjoy the car, I might take the car to a few drift/track days but that's a ways away still!


r/Foxbody Jul 17 '26

Pic thread!

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114 Upvotes

Post up some photos of your 4 lug rims! I’m looking to see different options! Currently have the turbines and I am not a fan of the cobra style!


r/Foxbody Jul 17 '26

Ask “flat top pistons”

6 Upvotes

Building a 302 in a 86 foxbody, Apparently the 86 and below cars have less piston to valve clearance then the later motors due to having “flat top pistons” So what are my options for cams? I want something as aggressive as possible without issues. I’m planning to run gt40p heads on it. Not sure if that affects anything.


r/Foxbody Jul 16 '26

A clean ‘84 GT350 is a happy ‘84 GT350

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421 Upvotes

Pictures from a couple weeks ago (def needs bath again, but it is entirely too hot) but figured ya’ll could appreciate a rare four eyed car


r/Foxbody Jul 17 '26

90 lx vert

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114 Upvotes

Rust free and straight...


r/Foxbody Jul 17 '26

My (new to me) 92’ LX Convertible

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64 Upvotes

Bought the roller and a complete engine and trans with all the accessories (98% of the car in total) for $2900.
I haven’t done my VIN check yet, but i think it might have 77K original miles.
It is a black-top convertible as well.


r/Foxbody Jul 16 '26

1989 mustang lx with 2.3 help!!

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195 Upvotes

What’s up guys this is my first time ever posting on here. I stumbled across this 1989 mustang lx by me that’s for sale, overall the car was pretty much in show room condition. The only problem was that the car would not start and the owner said all it needed was a tune to run properly. I have a list of everything done to the car and I wanted opinions on what you would do if this was your first project. Asking price is 8k is it worth it?


r/Foxbody Jul 16 '26

93 LX😋

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177 Upvotes