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04-16-2007, 05:37 PM
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NEW FROM FLORIDA
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get out the way
Join Date: Apr 2007
City: winter springs
State: Florida
Posts: 65
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just droppin in to say hello to all. i just recently bought a 2001 v6 auto mustang and i have a couple questions about the car. 1st is when i drive the car the engine makes a clicking sound? 2nd: the head lights do not work right. when u turn them on sometimes one of the lights wont work and sometimes it shows the brights are on when they are really not on and the brights wont work at all when i turn them on? 3rd: dont know where to start on my mods? i am a junior in high school and dont have a lot of money and want to add some cheap performance and visual upgrades. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
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04-16-2007, 05:48 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Sometimes I feel Like a Nut!
Join Date: Jul 2003
State: Connecticut
Posts: 8,504
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Welcome to the Board
sounds like you have some issues
check the articles area theres one there on how to mod a V6
good luck
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04-16-2007, 06:46 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Resident A$$hole
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Columbus
State: Mississippi
Posts: 2,478
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04-16-2007, 07:57 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,329
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04-16-2007, 08:01 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,222
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Welcome.
The clicking sounds like you might have a cracked exhaust manifold. The 99-04 V6s are notorious for this. A lot of times you can just look through the engine bay and see the crack.
The headlight problem sounds like a possible short in the wiring. Don't know what to tell you there if you aren't used to working with electrical stuff. They can be a pain to chase down. You may be better off taking it somewhere to have it checked out.
As far as visual mods go, nothing makes a car look better than a nice clean set of rims and a drop.
As far as performance... well, performance is never cheap. 
Maybe a set of gears though? |
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04-16-2007, 08:07 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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McLovin?
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Atlanta/Chattanooga
State: Georgia
Posts: 3,726
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welcome.
first of all i'd fix the basics before trying to get into the other stuff. If it was just something little, that'd be one thing, but the fact that the issues are with the headlights and the engine, i'd definately not ignore them.
as far as mods, i'd start with exhaust and perhaps an intake. but...seriously think about the car and if you hope to keep it and want to put money into it, go for it. If you hope to have a lot of power in a car, i would not put too much into the v6...however, many on this site have turbo'd their sixers with great results power wise. It's all about what you prefer but don't go spending a ton of money the car without a plan for it...b/c you will end up with a lot less money and possibly wanting to sell your car to upgrade to a gt/cobra/whatever..and you won't get nearly what you put into it and it will not have been worth it.
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04-17-2007, 03:02 AM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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chew
Join Date: Apr 2007
City: columbus
State: Ohio
Posts: 119
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welcome to the site.....and good luck |
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04-17-2007, 06:24 AM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
State: South Carolina
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04-17-2007, 08:18 AM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Deranged
Join Date: Jan 2005
City: Largo
State: Florida
Posts: 6,413
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Welcome to ME  About time some Fl people joined the site
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04-17-2007, 05:21 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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BORLACATBACKOMFG
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Starkville/Tupelo
State: Mississippi
Posts: 1,808
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welcome to the site yo.
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04-19-2007, 01:00 PM
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Re: NEW FROM FLORIDA
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
City: Cincinnati
State: Ohio
Posts: 10
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My car sat for a few years and when i came home it had a few issues like the one you are discribing with the head lights. What i did was take the cover off the steering column (just behind the wheel) and removed the turn signal switch, i took some rubbing alcohol and cleaned all the old electronics grease off of the connection points and put some fresh on there. I have had no further issues since last july. Just a thought. |
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