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FE Technical Forum / Re: CNC markings
« on: August 13, 2015, 08:51:44 AM »
You all need to try a dimpled intake some time. 
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Edelbrock 60069 Heads
« on: August 10, 2015, 05:57:25 PM »
I would skip the RTV altogether.....
Use the Right Stuff, TA-31, Dow-Corning silicone, or similar. Put a small smear around every port on the heads, lay the gaskets down, then set the intake on it and let it sit overnight. Go back the next day, smear some more on the gasket around the ports, lay your beads down for the end gaskets, then set the intake on, start the bolts, set the distributor (make sure intake is centered around it), then tighten her down.
Use the Right Stuff, TA-31, Dow-Corning silicone, or similar. Put a small smear around every port on the heads, lay the gaskets down, then set the intake on it and let it sit overnight. Go back the next day, smear some more on the gasket around the ports, lay your beads down for the end gaskets, then set the intake on, start the bolts, set the distributor (make sure intake is centered around it), then tighten her down.
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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: I flunked picking winner, like to see resident tug guru Drew Pojedinec's input?
« on: August 10, 2015, 01:04:18 PM »
There's no telling how much torque that truck had....
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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Jerico Top Cover
« on: August 10, 2015, 01:01:00 PM »I think Brent did one, but then you lose the vent (which he smartly added to the tail shaft housing)
Brent to you, correct assessment?
Yup.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Oil
« on: August 08, 2015, 05:41:40 PM »
Most of my stuff gets Valvoline VR1 non-synthetic 10W-30. This depends on bearing clearances, the application (street, drag race, etc.) and your climate.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
« on: August 07, 2015, 06:29:16 PM »
Usually when they do that, you can roll the motor over slowly and the lifters will bleed out.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
« on: August 07, 2015, 08:30:59 AM »
I don't. They get washed and oiled before they go in the bores, but I don't soak.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Anyone bought a block from these guys
« on: July 28, 2015, 03:06:47 PM »
Where are you located? You wanting a bare block or short block?
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FE Technical Forum / Re: crank case evacuation idea's with baldy valve covers
« on: July 27, 2015, 09:44:25 AM »
You can scavenge from either place on the bottom end that I mentioned, run through an oil separator, and then through a check valve to the header. We have to do it this way when we restrict the way the crankcase vents to the upper end, like in an application with standpipes in the valley, or an enclosed cam tunnel. It really makes sense too, because you're wanting to directly pull vacuum on the bottom end of the motor....doesn't really matter what the valve covers are seeing.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: crank case evacuation idea's with baldy valve covers
« on: July 27, 2015, 05:26:10 AM »
Are you running a mechanical fuel pump? If not, you can scavenge off the block off plate. You can also pull from the oil pan itself.
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Member Projects / Re: My 427 SOHC Build..... Finally the time has come!
« on: July 25, 2015, 03:06:09 PM »
Dude.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Benchtop building - maybe stupid, maybe not
« on: July 25, 2015, 08:24:01 AM »
BTW,
Here's some flow numbers I have on Keith's Stage 2 Edelbrocks that I have here:
.300 220/162
.400 271/191
.500 304/214
.600 312/231
.700 322/246
This is a 180cc port.
Here's some flow numbers I have on Keith's Stage 2 Edelbrocks that I have here:
.300 220/162
.400 271/191
.500 304/214
.600 312/231
.700 322/246
This is a 180cc port.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Benchtop building - maybe stupid, maybe not
« on: July 25, 2015, 07:18:21 AM »
Barry's head flows almost 370 cfm @ .750" lift and at your camshaft's lift, they move about 355 cfm. All of that with just a 196cc port volume. I'm pointing out the port volume because other heads that move that much air usually have a much larger port and much less velocity.
IMO, I think you'd gain a nice little bump with a head change. If I'm not mistaken, Keith's Stage 2 heads move about 315-320 at your camshaft's lift.
Here's the numbers from where I flowed one of Barry's heads....
*4.155" Bore Plate, Intake Flow
.1 102
.2 163
.3 229
.4 294
.5 324
.6 349
.7 364
.8 369
IMO, I think you'd gain a nice little bump with a head change. If I'm not mistaken, Keith's Stage 2 heads move about 315-320 at your camshaft's lift.
Here's the numbers from where I flowed one of Barry's heads....
*4.155" Bore Plate, Intake Flow
.1 102
.2 163
.3 229
.4 294
.5 324
.6 349
.7 364
.8 369
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FE Technical Forum / Re: harmonic balancers
« on: July 24, 2015, 05:08:20 PM »
I was replying to the guy with the post in front of mine.....he was asking about the moment of inertia and was thinking it was something related to time. I replied and said it was not a time based unit.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: solid roller cam selection
« on: July 23, 2015, 05:59:47 PM »
Contact an engine builder with lots of experience with the engine you're working on. Don't waste your time with the cam "tech lines". Call 5-6 of them and ask if they've ever seen an FE. ;-) You will find that most of the off-the-shelf FE cams are the typical 6° duration split, 110 LSA, 106 ICL. Sure, that can work for a lot of stuff, but there are certain combinations that just need something different.
The guys who can help the most are the ones who screw together FE's every day....and there's a handful of us on here. So ask away.
BTW, most of us are "custom cam grinders" in the sense that we have access to lobe catalogs from the various manufacturers and we hand-pick the lobes based on the needs/wants...then we just have a cam manufacturer grind it and away we go.
The guys who can help the most are the ones who screw together FE's every day....and there's a handful of us on here. So ask away.
BTW, most of us are "custom cam grinders" in the sense that we have access to lobe catalogs from the various manufacturers and we hand-pick the lobes based on the needs/wants...then we just have a cam manufacturer grind it and away we go.