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  • Emart
    Made
    • Jan 2005
    • 6019
    #1

    dumbest question on TCstangs EVER

    Ok so heres the deal. Having purchased my car when i just got involved in the car scene, i didnt ask about mods (my friends dad whos a used car salesmen handled most of everything). I didnt even know i had a CAI for quite some time (LOL). So now, as im lifting my veil of ignorance, a sudden thought strikes me.. I have pulleys waiting to be installed...but what if i already have underdrive pulleys!?? I have nothing to compare it with...i could have gears or anything and not even know it. Now, in reality, im pretty sure i would know it if i had gears or something major done...but its a strange thought.

    lol how do i know if theyre stock?

    and in advance for all the people about to flame me: you didnt know everything at one point either.
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  • bullitt
    TCS Homer
    • Jan 2003
    • 1313
    #2
    Crank pulley will be very small and water pump should be a little bigger if they're aftermarket.

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    • CleanLX
      sno pro
      Admin
      • Mar 2003
      • 35005
      #3
      Stock or OEM parts should be labeled with the Ford logo.

      Do your headlights dim at idle=UD pullies
      Does your battery gage on the low side at idle?=UD pullies

      The year/mileageof your car determines alot. Since its an 04, It more than likely is all stock with exception of the CAI. How many miles are on the car?

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      • Wislnby
        TCS Regular
        • Mar 2005
        • 696
        #4
        Don't remembe how exactly, but there is a method for finding out your rear gear ratio. I has to do with Jacking up the rear of the car(both tires in the air), spinning the tire one full rotation, and counting the number of times that the drive shaft spins. Not sure if I got that exaclty right, but its a start for you. Someone else will know better than me. Good luck.
        --Tony--
        Bones94stang@yahoo.com

        94 GT, Vortech S-Trim, AFR 165's, BBK Longtubes, 1.7 Trickflow RR, Edelbrock RPM Intake, 42 # Injectors, 80mm Pro-M, MSD-BTM, 255 lph Fuel Pump, T-rex inline pump, 3:73 Gears, QA1 coil overs, and a bunch of other stuff.

        1.96 60' 12.57 @113.53 MPH on Nitto's
        RWHP 388.1 @5800 W/stock cam
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        • Emart
          Made
          • Jan 2005
          • 6019
          #5
          Originally posted by CleanLXFox
          Stock or OEM parts should be labeled with the Ford logo.

          Do your headlights dim at idle=UD pullies
          Does your battery gage on the low side at idle?=UD pullies

          The year/mileageof your car determines alot. Since its an 04, It more than likely is all stock with exception of the CAI. How many miles are on the car?
          got it w/ 9K miles.

          (18K now)

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          • CAMSS30
            .
            • Oct 2002
            • 36850
            #6
            Eric that car was bone stock when i worked on it with exception of the CAI.
            Buying muscle/sports cars/regular cars/trucks, send me info, I pay cash or credit card if that makes you feel better!

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            • PHRANQUY
              Grrrr...
              TCS Auto-X Driver
              • May 2004
              • 12166
              #7
              If you don't mind pulling the diff cover off, the numbers should be stamped on the ring gear....
              "A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station... you figure it out ..."

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              • Emart
                Made
                • Jan 2005
                • 6019
                #8
                Originally posted by CAMSS30
                Eric that car was bone stock when i worked on it with exception of the CAI.
                lol. good to know. i just found it funny when i realized i have absolutely no way of knowing if i already have anything..considering i didnt know about the CAI

                im learning..and its a process dont flame me too much.besides, im retarded enough so it wouldnt affect me.

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                • CAMSS30
                  .
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 36850
                  #9
                  Originally posted by PHRANQUY
                  If you don't mind pulling the diff cover off, the numbers should be stamped on the ring gear....

                  Or just look and see that there is no wear on the bolts so they have not been touched since the day it was born.
                  Buying muscle/sports cars/regular cars/trucks, send me info, I pay cash or credit card if that makes you feel better!

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                  • CAMSS30
                    .
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 36850
                    #10
                    Originally posted by Emart96
                    lol. good to know. i just found it funny when i realized i have absolutely no way of knowing if i already have anything..considering i didnt know about the CAI

                    im learning..and its a process dont flame me too much.besides, im retarded enough so it wouldnt affect me.


                    I made sure to look closely at the whole car after i say the cai and knew you had no idea it was there.
                    Buying muscle/sports cars/regular cars/trucks, send me info, I pay cash or credit card if that makes you feel better!

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                    • Emart
                      Made
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 6019
                      #11
                      Originally posted by CAMSS30
                      I made sure to look closely at the whole car after i say the cai and knew you had no idea it was there.
                      hee hee, i still laugh about that.

                      (story = when i was a COMPLETE car noob instead of a semi-noob, and i barely knew anything about anything, i purchased a CAI..so sean goes to throw it on for me and here i already have one and didnt even know it)

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                        Insurance guy
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 21868
                        #12
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                        • kineda
                          Fuck your Subaru
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 29884
                          #13
                          easy way to tell if you had gears installed is to look for the metal tag on one of the rearend bolts, if its there look for the gear ratio on it (stock)...if not there then the gear was either swapped or it was serviced at one time... other way is to do what whislnby said and spin the tire and count the drive shaft turns...
                          Originally posted by LTDpower
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                          I submit that more I.T. people have disposable income to waste on making cars go fast

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                            #14
                            or u could go 70 mph in drive if its an auto... or watever gear is 1 to 1 and when your going 70 look at the rpm's whatever the rpms r at is what your rear gear is...

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                            • harry brady
                              TCS Regular
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 111
                              #15
                              Jack up the back with the car in neutral. Mark the inside of a rear tire and the driveshaft. Turn the driveshaft by hand, counting the number of revolutions required to make the wheel go around once. I'm not sure but I think your car may have come with 3:27 or 3:55 gears. Thats 3:27 driveshaft rotations to one wheel rotation
                              hardernfaster

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