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SVT springs will be lower than a 98 Stique's.

I think they are about the same as pre-98 SE springs as far as ride height goes.

I am a little excited because it looks like my Credit Card company might be reinbursing me the $650US back that Kaotic ripped off of me. If i get the 650 back its going straight back in the car, since i already considered this money gone for good. Don't know what to spend on it yet, but a new starter is first on my list, a new exhaust would be next on the list.
I can't believe myself i dont have the money and i'm already planning how to spend it. gotta stop spending money, sh!t i think i'm getting the mod bug again.

maintenance is a killer. i just dropped 250 on a starter this last week... plus I'm trying to get the car up to par since it will be making a trek across Canada and back... Want to ensure it makes it.

Next on the list is tires, oil and filter change, fuel pump replacement.

And that had better be it for a while considering I have done: Cam Seals, camshaft sensor, plugs, wires, o2's, spark plug well seals, valve cover gaskets, TPS, cat removal, starter replaced....

i guess the $271 will be put into my SVT rear bumper fund.

Thats close to 1/2 the cost of a 3L block.....

BTW new fuel pump and tires are on the car. I'm really liking the new Fuzion tires. Very quiet, nice and grippy but W rated so they should last longer then Z's and are good to 168MPH....

3L might be an option if the whinning noise is timing chain related or if my starter problem is something caused by a bad flywheel. any chance of getting the engine out of the bay for any kind of repairs, it won't be going back in.
I'm hope that none of my problems are anything major so i can do the bodywork this year and forget the whole 3L thing. i honestly don't care about the performance as much as getting my car to run good right now for as little $$$$ as possible.

Cleaned and re-oiled the air filter yesterday, while I was at it pulled the intake out and checked the TB it definitely needs a cleaning. Iâ??ll be doing the intake and TB cleaning on Thursday just before I go for my oil change. I also changed the power steering and brake fluid over my 2 hr lunch break today, it made a night&day difference in the steering "highly recommended getting the power steering fluid replaced if you havenâ??t done it in a while".
That leaves the tranny and radiator fluids flush for Thursday along serpentine belt replacement and new starter install.

I'm going completely stock for my car. I ran 15.3 with it running like crap on bald tires...

Since then I've done maintenance like a mad man. Only thing that will not be stock is the fact that the cats are missing...

I went stock down to the air filter and oil filter even. I didn't like the K&N fouling the maf every few weeks. My goal for the car is to hit high 14's with it in this form.

Then my mod path will have ended until I get myself into a new car... perhaps a Lincoln LS V8....

i would be really happy if i can get my car to run into 15s