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I would like to thank all follow CEG'ers who
brought this problem to my attention. Got them
cleaned yesterday and I only had 31,000 miles
on my car. They were coated in gunk (the heads
still are) and the performance improvement is
very noticeable. Even sounds better.
1999 Black SVT #2639/2760 on 08/11/1999; w/18" OZ Racing Superleggera's, Yoko Paradas.
MSDS Headers,Quaife LSD, Borla,KKM,chipped,DMD,Baer 13" Track rotors.
Lowered/HR and Koni's; HPP RSB
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Same here man, I got 32,000 miles on my 99 Svt, clean them out myself worked on it all for about a day.. I can tell a Nice improvement..
99 SVT with resonatorless exhaust and open element intake
Sound System:
Clarion touch Screen Source Unit
Focal Components,Audiocontrol eq,
eclipse Subs and Amps
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what did you clean them out with? i've never done anything like that before, how hard is it to rip that beast apart?
96 Contour SE, MTX
2 Pioneer 12"s in a bandpass box
2 5x7 Pioneer Plates
2 Stock Speakers
600 watts of blistering radioshack power
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I got a garage to do them...check out threads
for the exact stuff....something like Xylene or
a paint thinner type product...soak then scrub
1999 Black SVT #2639/2760 on 08/11/1999; w/18" OZ Racing Superleggera's, Yoko Paradas.
MSDS Headers,Quaife LSD, Borla,KKM,chipped,DMD,Baer 13" Track rotors.
Lowered/HR and Koni's; HPP RSB
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You can use a brake cleaner too...
Works wonders for a fast cleaning.
See my website in the Mod section.
Silver 98 SVT Contour E0 #4124 (Currently on Life Support) Built 11/97 Bought 1/98 Eibach Pro Kit \ Koni \ Niche Pultec 17"x7.5 \ Yokohama Parada 215/17/40 \ Shaved Wheel wells / Brembo-KVR Cross Drilled Rotors / KVR Carbon Fibre Brake Pads / Aeroquip SS Brake Lines \ 21mm Rear Progress Tech. (Powder Coated Black) \ Superchips Auto Meter Pro Shift Light \ Extrude Honed \ Stripped Resonater Street Scene Free Flow Exhaust \ Injen Technology Prototype CAI \ Weapon R filter \ Hose Techniques Red Kit \ Folia Tec Red Caliper Paint \ MOMO (shift knob, pedals, seat belt pads) \ Clarion, Sounstream, Kicker \ Optima Red Top Battery \ SVT Emblem Mods Jet Hot Coatings (25-30% Cooler) on Upper Intake Manifold, Sho Shop Y-Pipe, Cat, and CAI "Come Out...Come Out Where Ever You Are" http://www.geocities.com/speeddemons19
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Doing mine today, I can't wait!!
1998 T-Red CSVT (1492 of 6535)
Born on 5/30/97
KKM
4.6L TB with custom "Throttle Optimizer"
Bassani Exhaust
NP-Tuning Sniper Intake Pipe
Fog Light Mod with 885's
Clear Corners
Stereo - Oh Yeah!
GOLIATH - RIP 6/14/02
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If you dont mind me asking. What did the garage charge for this?
~~~~~~Mike~~~~~~
Silver 2000 Contour SVT
# 1200 of 2150
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Do you need a new UIM gasket? How long does it take?
I read thru the "How To" on how to rebuild the intake system, is it that involved?
1998 T-Red CSVT (1492 of 6535)
Born on 5/30/97
KKM
4.6L TB with custom "Throttle Optimizer"
Bassani Exhaust
NP-Tuning Sniper Intake Pipe
Fog Light Mod with 885's
Clear Corners
Stereo - Oh Yeah!
GOLIATH - RIP 6/14/02
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Took me 2 Hours and 2 beers.... You can still use the same gaskets 3-4 times... Clean the gaskets, and all the holes, then if you have a baby, you should have a brush to clean the baby bottles, so don't tell your wife and use it to clean the inside of the manifold  It can take you 2-3 cans of cleaner, and a good arm! When everything is finish, you start your can with the gaz pedal on the floor, and make the car iddle High until the black smoke is gone... And ENJOY!
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