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    #46
    Also, someone is parting out a GTX on the yahoo forum. I'd check there.

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      #47
      thanks for the response on the hla's that give me a little piece of mind. as far as back bench i dont have one. my interior is totally gutted, just two buckets and a dash... figure i might want to take a few people on the dirt sometimes. i will check for the mercury. i would rather not go through the hassle of shipping them, unless i can get em shipped for 20 bucks???

      throwing the head back on this weekend, also im wanting to delete my a/c any write ups on that?? not quite sure what my car is totally compatible with so i dont know which thread i can follow.

      one more thing i have a inner cooler that came with it that is silver and larger than the stock one and it says ford radiator on the bottom? with some fabbing i should be able to get it in there, looks like the hoses come out of the bottom instead of the top but i will prob just run it upside down... anyone know what car that would be out of? is it the ford probe fmic?

      ohh also i have the front bumper just plastic bit but no metal brackets i guess, what cars could i pull those of off?

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        #48
        post pictures of the IC (and your car while you're at it). I'd bet it's a probe unit.

        1988 White GTX - #1 parts
        1988 Black GTX - #2 reliably broken touge monstar (294,000 miles no rebuilds) - dead
        1988 Blue GTX - #3 in progress (view here)
        1988 Blue GTX - #4 BPT swapped weekend warrior.
        1988 White GTX - #5 Rally car

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          #49
          Originally posted by 808 View Post
          post pictures of the IC (and your car while you're at it). I'd bet it's a probe unit.
          yea gotta get my camera back from my buddy i will post pics... hopefully it will be running in the next few days, haha im in love with it and i have not even driven it yet... im stupid. anyways thanks for the help. the head gasket set i got is for a b6e motor. will i be alright? seems like its the same thing just short of a turbo gasket?

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            #50
            is this what i want as far as studs goes? im guessing this comes with everything i need studs and nuts. this is about the same price as kia head bolts so i figure just upgrade.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ARP-M...Q5fAccessories

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              #51
              That is it....I paid 4.00 each for the Kia bolts X10= 40.00

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                #52
                Originally posted by azgtx View Post
                That is it....I paid 4.00 each for the Kia bolts X10= 40.00
                what! i called kia here and they quoted me 10 bucks a piece? are they stronger at all or just pretty much oem.

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                  #53
                  just ordered apr studs... weeeeee, nothing like a little more credit card debt to pour into a money pit.

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                    #54
                    car is back together, fired up tonight. just plugged in enough wires pretty much to get it started its a mess in there. anyways the tick is still there, its really a loud slap knock like deal. still believe its an hla? we think but not sure? could one just be collapsed or not working anymore? where would i get some spares? thinking maybe junkyard for some and for new ones possibly online? might just try and replace one at a time till we find one that stops that slap.... also my exhaust mani is totally cracked, where would i go about getting another one? possibly one that could house a larger turbo?

                    thanks stoked to get the car started again tonight after weeks of it being under the knife.

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                      #55
                      Well if the motor hasn't been started in weeks... I wouldn't worry about it too much yet. Drive it for a bit... or rev it up to 2k and hold it there for like 15-20 minutes... If i don't drive my car all week when I travel my car ticks like a grandfather clock.

                      1988 White GTX - #1 parts
                      1988 Black GTX - #2 reliably broken touge monstar (294,000 miles no rebuilds) - dead
                      1988 Blue GTX - #3 in progress (view here)
                      1988 Blue GTX - #4 BPT swapped weekend warrior.
                      1988 White GTX - #5 Rally car

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                        #56
                        hmmm, mines as quiet as can be after a few week slumber. Then again, the whole motors new. How long did you let it run for after putting it back together? My new HLA's took over 2 hours to quiet down, even then, they where real noisy till I shut the engine down for the night. Come out the next day and drove it, they quieted down quite a bit. By the end of the day, they where very quiet.
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                        1988 Black 323 GT
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                          #57
                          haha well let it warm up a bunch the next day, decided to drive to the store to maybe throw some sea foam in it and i believe the tick went away but i picked up a rod knock. few blocks down the street decided to turn around because it was getting louder, PING! DING! CLUNK! SPRING! i heard that and it was over, haha it ran a few more seconds with no knock! yay! threw a rod....

                          where can i get a motor out of or from? any parts salvagable? super big bummer but fixing a rod knock would have sucked as well so i figure its alright that it blew a big hole out of the front of my oil pan, think im gonna wear the alluminum piece around my neck.

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                            #58
                            pm sent
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                              #59
                              can a just keep my intake and exhaust mani and get a b6 and swap em in? or possibly even get a 1.8? regardless a n/a 1.6 would be stronger than the b6t correct?

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                                #60
                                NA is not stronger. The block is the same but the GTX rods are way stronger and NLA. The manifolds will bolt up to a 1.6 but not a 1.8. I can't tell you how much of a vast difference the 1.8L swap makes though.

                                1988 White GTX - #1 parts
                                1988 Black GTX - #2 reliably broken touge monstar (294,000 miles no rebuilds) - dead
                                1988 Blue GTX - #3 in progress (view here)
                                1988 Blue GTX - #4 BPT swapped weekend warrior.
                                1988 White GTX - #5 Rally car

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