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  • Member since
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  • From: Amarillo Texas
Ford GT
Posted by Mckay on Friday, August 29, 2008 12:24 PM

HI How about a Ford GT 1/18 scale DieCast kit with added detail

Enjoy

MckayCowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by the doog on Friday, August 29, 2008 2:06 PM

A "diecast" kit/model?

You mean a pre-painted, halfway-assembled kit?

I don't get it--I don't even know how to comment on this?

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  • From: Amarillo Texas
Posted by Mckay on Friday, August 29, 2008 3:00 PM

HI Yep I like it and it was a lot of fun to put together. And besides the local car model club that I belong to (Top O Texas Car Modelers) has a theme each month and in September it is die-cast kits and you must have the instructions to show it is a kit.

MckayCowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by lewbud on Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:15 AM
Looks like you did a good job of assembly.  However, if those are spark plug wires I'd remove them.  The GT uses a coil on plug set up, and the coils are beneath a cover in the cam covers.  So no wires are visible.

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

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  • From: Amarillo Texas
Posted by Mckay on Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:59 PM

 lewbud wrote:
Looks like you did a good job of assembly.  However, if those are spark plug wires I'd remove them.  The GT uses a coil on plug set up, and the coils are beneath a cover in the cam covers.  So no wires are visible.

HI Thanks for the info I didn't know that about the GT. I wondered why I couldn't find any photos of the engine showing the plug wires.

Just Wondering if all the spark plug controls or wires are inside the cam covers or do they exit somewhere and go to a spark box or type of distributor?  Or maybe I should ask where the coils  on the plugs get there power? Thanks in advance

MckayCowboy [C):-)]

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  • From: Seattle, WA
Posted by Surface_Line on Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:09 AM

Here's what the 2005 Ford GT looks like from the "look but do not touch" distance - don't know if it helps or not.

 

 Good luck,
Rick

 

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  • From: Amarillo Texas
Posted by Mckay on Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:32 AM
 Surface_Line wrote:

Here's what the 2005 Ford GT looks like from the "look but do not touch" distance - don't know if it helps or not.

 

[ Good luck,
Rick

 

Hi thanks for the photos. They do show some good detail and should help.

 MckayCowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by lewbud on Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:07 AM
 Mckay wrote:

 lewbud wrote:
Looks like you did a good job of assembly.  However, if those are spark plug wires I'd remove them.  The GT uses a coil on plug set up, and the coils are beneath a cover in the cam covers.  So no wires are visible.

HI Thanks for the info I didn't know that about the GT. I wondered why I couldn't find any photos of the engine showing the plug wires.

Just Wondering if all the spark plug controls or wires are inside the cam covers or do they exit somewhere and go to a spark box or type of distributor?  Or maybe I should ask where the coils  on the plugs get there power? Thanks in advance

MckayCowboy [C):-)]

Mckay,

There is no distributor per se, Ford uses an optical trigger on the crank to fire the coils.  Click on the link to my fotki site, there are a couple of pics that might help.  One is of the engine with the coil cover removed and the coils visible.  The other is the engine in place, with the wiring harness coming out the back of the coil cover going where ever it is that it goes. You'll have to look closely at the second pic.  Hope this helps.

 

http://public.fotki.com/lewbud/miscellaneous/

 

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

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  • From: Amarillo Texas
Posted by Mckay on Sunday, August 31, 2008 3:00 PM

HI Thanks for the info and photos. I may get this figured out after all.

MckayCowboy [C):-)]

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