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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Ford Super Van
« on: February 08, 2024, 12:15:16 PM »
Quote from: Heo on February 07, 2024, 12:56:33 PM
I thought about that Renault :o  I wounder why Renault comit so much to racing and rally
when their customers consist of wino female shrinks and scoolteatcher with Marxsist ideas with zero interest in racing

Heo - Don't be shy!  Tell us how you really feel!!  ;D ;D

Those people in the US can't have Renaults, so they buy Subarus instead  :-X

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Ford Super Van
« on: February 04, 2024, 02:44:09 PM »
Renault came up with an answer to the Ford Super Van in the mid 90's.  It's the V-10 F1 Espace van, probably the best sounding van ever built!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklB0fgRkfQ

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Battery fuse
« on: January 24, 2024, 12:26:54 PM »
Re: Over-Amping

Charles Kettering first hit upon this principle when he invented the electric starter in 1912!  All of the experts told him that no available electric motor could provide that kind of torque in a reasonable size to package for a car.  Kettering realized you could over-drive the crap out of a small motor for a short time, if it had enough thermal mass to absorb the heat.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Brisk winterday
« on: January 17, 2024, 10:39:06 PM »
Heo - That last picture is very nice!!

I don't know if I could stand -40 very long.  My wife gets very cold feet, and she insists on warming them up on me when we climb into bed  :o :o

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Composite Rockers
« on: December 31, 2023, 01:21:52 AM »
I remember around 1990 at Ford hearing about Polimotor  https://polimotor.com/ 

They were building a complete composite four cylinder race engine.  I remember seeing impressive pictures of engine explosions!  Usually all that was left of a failed crank was cotton candy in the block  ;D

If you look at the website, they seem to have mostly given up on composite engine parts.  They are focusing more on metal 3D printing now.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Calliope Engine Project
« on: December 21, 2023, 07:29:56 PM »
The Calliope that I saw was in the lobby of the Ford Dyno Building when I worked there back in the late 80's.  That one didn't have injector stacks.  Instead it had a brace of original 58mm Webers on top  :o There's no doubt that it was a Calliope because of the big placard describing it.

It's amazing the stuff they had lying around back then.  The poor engine had old coffee cups lying on it...  Right across the lobby was a 1963 pushrod Indy small block.  Somebody finally got smart around 1990 and scooped up those two engines for Ford's collection.

Great project Jay!  "Ambition" should be your middle name...

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Northernlight
« on: December 19, 2023, 10:46:30 AM »
Super nice pictures Heo!  Wishing you and your family a great Christmas season!

- Bill

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: it happens
« on: December 04, 2023, 06:57:50 PM »
I'm developing a very long life electrical slip ring assembly for a special project.  It uses a custom blend of graphite powder and grease.  THAT STUFF WILL GET INTO YOUR UNDERWEAR IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT IT  :o :o

I feel your pain, Heo.  There are days when you'd rather not be around the nice hats.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: it happens
« on: December 01, 2023, 10:07:11 AM »
In engineering school I rubbed elbows with a lot of chemistry majors.  You knew who they were because they washed their hands BEFORE stepping up to the urinal  ;D

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: To Jay and all our fellow Ford lovers, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
« on: November 23, 2023, 10:21:47 AM »
Best wishes to all of my friends on here.  I always look forward to cruising the forums with my morning coffee.  This is a rare and special community!

- Bill

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: crack of dawn close to me
« on: November 19, 2023, 09:58:34 PM »
Reminds me of a girlfriend I had once named Dawn...

Nice photos!!

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Steve Morris Engines Cammer build.
« on: November 17, 2023, 12:14:30 PM »
I looked more closely at the video.  It's pretty clear that the cams are wrong.  The base circle is way too small:



For reference, here's what actual SOHC cams should look like:



That also explains why the heads had to be clearanced for the cams.  Given this starting point, I would bet that both cams have the same profile grind, as opposed to the correct "backwards" grind on the (edited) driver's side.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Steve Morris Engines Cammer build.
« on: November 17, 2023, 12:06:42 AM »
+1 on what Jay said.  Those big rollers are not the way to go.  For a high HP build that will see any real sustained rpm, those adjustable rockers need to be gone as well.  Race cammers used non-adjustable rockers for a reason.

Steve must have gotten some cams made off of incorrect blanks.  And yeah, he's not going to make the kind of HP that even the Top Fuel SOHC's made back in the day.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Strange diet
« on: November 14, 2023, 04:36:33 PM »
Wow!  I hope you don't find any 500 lb bombs!

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Strange diet
« on: November 14, 2023, 11:25:53 AM »
Quote from: badcatt on November 14, 2023, 02:57:36 AM
Lets hope it didn't give him explosive diarrhea. That would be the $h!ts

That's funny  ;D ;D  It makes me think of the latest mod I made to my coffee machine:




By the way, Heo.  I wonder what else is hiding under the floorboards in your house!  Your dad sounds like he was a real character  :o

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