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KJ Jones
My East Coast Tour Kicks Off With A Stop at the Old Homestead
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Posted August 11 2008 05:00 AM by KJ Jones
I really enjoy covering the NMRA's event at Atco Raceway. Well, I really enjoy covering any Mustang drag race, but the Atco race gives me an opportunity to swing into New York and visit with my parents, family and as many...
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Filed under: Editorials, S197 Mustangs, KJ Jones
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Examples of What Happens When 'Stangs and "Team Spirit" Collide
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Posted August 4 2008 09:00 AM by KJ Jones
With NFL training camps now in full swing, it's time for some of us (Editor Turner and myself here at 5.0) to once-again allocate at least some of our focus on "our teams," and their highs and lows over the next six...
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Filed under: Miscellaneous, KJ Jones
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Eight-Year-Old Mags Command a Fortune Today...
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Posted August 1 2008 06:33 AM by Editor_Turner
Ebay is a trap, I tell 'ya! You start out looking for one particular item ('Stang part, a certain tool, etc), and before you know it, you've spent the better part of almost an hour, looking all over the incredible amount...
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Filed under: Editorials, New Edge, KJ Jones
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If You're Gonna Do It Again, Do It Better!
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Posted July 18 2008 07:27 AM by KJ Jones
It has been almost two months to the day that I posted a Blog about the horribly thrashed supercharged 347 of Rex Keith (see "Stock-Block Shock," May 19th, 2008). The brief report and photos detail the kind of carnage that...
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Filed under: Mustang Tech Articles, Fox Body Mustangs, KJ Jones
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Stay Tuned to the Magazine for More on Our ProCharged New Edge
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Posted July 16 2008 05:00 AM by KJ Jones
It seems just when you start to think our mega-supercharged 2002 Mustang GT (we went big and bolted a ProCharger F-1A on the Two Valve in our 'Stang) project effort has been permanently mothballed or "suspended...
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Keeping the Mind Active During the Long Drive Home
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Posted July 15 2008 05:00 AM by KJ Jones
My daily commute to, and from the "5.0 West" headquarters in Los Angeles, is 20 geographic miles one way. It's important to note that I refer to the distance in geographic miles here, because there are times when...
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An Inside Look at 5.0 "West"
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Posted July 14 2008 05:00 AM by KJ Jones
"No man is an island. entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
This quote, taken from 17th Century poet, John Donne's, "Devotion Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII," implies...
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That's Right, Boys, We Put "The King" on the Dyno
Photographic Proof that a KR Really IS in My Driveway
Checking Out a Shelby GT500 KR Just Comes with the Territory
Omissions in Artwork and Apparel are Signs of the Apocalypse
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Posted July 7 2008 09:00 AM by KJ Jones
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Fox-body ('79-'93) Mustangs. And, even though I've owned more of the four-eyed variety (an '84, and a few '85s and '86s), I've got mad love for the entire platform and I feel the...
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Now that I've Got Your Attention, Racers, Read On!
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Posted July 3 2008 08:00 AM by KJ Jones
Directly on the heels of my rant about high fuel prices comes this cool fuel incentive from Mickey Thompson tires. It's one of those "free-money" programs (we all know there's really no such thing as "something for...
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How Are You Coping with Today's Soaring Fuel Prices?
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Posted July 2 2008 06:00 AM by KJ Jones
Transporting Mustang parts from our office (where products we test are received), to various shops, driveways, etc where I work on tech projects in and around Southern California, is one of the tasks that basically "comes...
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How Much Longer Will "Stock Steve's" Shelby Be Stock?
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Posted July 1 2008 06:00 AM by KJ Jones
We certainly didn't waste any time adding Shelby GT 500s to the mix of Mustangs we talk about in 5.0 Mustang and Super Fords. It has been amazing to see how relatively easy it is to make Shelbys (which are already plenty...
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How to Find the "Man Cave" of Your Dreams
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Posted June 30 2008 06:00 AM by KJ Jones
In this "haves" and "have-nots" world we live in, there are Mustang enthusiasts who are fortunate enough to have garage space, and, unfortunately, there are others such as people who live in city areas (lets use some areas...
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