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Member Projects / Re: Getting started for Drag Week 2018
« on: June 25, 2018, 09:03:20 PM »
Doug,

Looks like a fun project. 3 years ago i installed an electric fan in my 64 tbird. After installing the electric fan i was able to comfortably idle in Las Vegas rush hr traffic sitting at stop lights when it was 112-115 ambient. Like you i was on a budget. So i pulled a fan from a late 90's early 2000's vic or mercury (cant remember which) from the local pic-n-pull. I used a $50 probe style temp switch and wired it in using a parts store relay. The "late model" electric fan pulls "alot" of cfm. Best upgrade ive done to the car for driveability and didnt cost much.  Best of luck.

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Member Projects / Re: New guy here project and pics. 1964 T-Bird
« on: June 25, 2018, 08:43:17 PM »
Haha. Ive got thick skin. Its just the internet afterall......

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Member Projects / Re: New guy here project and pics. 1964 T-Bird
« on: June 23, 2018, 03:11:02 PM »
Small update. Just picked up the holley SD intake bunged up for the bosch 80 lbs injectors and edelbrock rails

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Member Projects / Re: New guy here project and pics. 1964 T-Bird
« on: February 06, 2018, 04:45:26 PM »
Im still here lurking around and learning. My Thunderbird project has been slow the last couple years.  (started a new family, deploy twice a year as a Mr. and still a reservists between deplyments.)  But i have a couple of updates. I redid my brake system last winter. Changed the fronts to disc brakes and replaced all the lines.  New heater core. Needs a power steering box because it decided to start leaking just sitting there lol.  The ol girl has needed alot of attention just from sitting.  But i did get to drive it to the gas station lol

Fe related.... I am having a street dominator intake converted for efi . I used the edelbrock fuel rail kit and bungs from FAST.  Ill get pics of that intake set up when i get back from this trip

I dont know if i am going to modify a stock dizzy shaft for the explorer style cam sensor (would be a drop in deal) or use Jays timing gear set up.   I plan on using the MS3PRO EFI system.  Either way ill need to figure out a crank sensor solution to keep my factory pulleys.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: New revised Street Pro Port
« on: February 20, 2017, 04:08:48 AM »
Are these heads different from the "small fe" head you had mentioned a while back?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: More on the "small FE" idea....
« on: October 08, 2016, 01:54:00 PM »
Lots of small bock guys out there running high 8s and low 9s with inexpensive single turbos and factory blocks and some times even factory rotating assemblies in that cu in range. I don't see any reason an fe couldn't do it too.

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The Road to Drag Week 2016 / Re: Drag Week 2016, Quick Update September 10
« on: September 11, 2016, 06:00:04 PM »
Good luck everyone!

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Member Projects / Re: Galaxie turbo FE 390 build
« on: September 03, 2016, 02:10:08 PM »
a turbo charged Y block would def be pretty cool. Lovethis build. not many data points out there for successful turbocharged fe's out there

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Member Projects / Re: Galaxie turbo FE 390 build
« on: July 26, 2016, 03:09:45 PM »
Great update! And good to hear of another turbo street engine running successfully with a "normal" compression ratio.  I havent done a turbo blow through carb set up, just used the ford eec fuelie stuff on small blocks and we made sure we had plenty of timing pulled as boost comes up and especially under low rpm and high boost cells to keep max cylinder pressure at bay.  I am curious why you are going to plumb in an intercooler with a Blow through set up using a water/alcohol kit?  I haven't got all my peices together for an fe based turbo kit yet but my basic plan was to run either a borg warner s475 or s480 or a pair of s366 and use the ford eec system using a holley single plane manifold and apply the same strategy learned from doing 351w and 302 stuff.  Sorry for all the questions but not alot of turbo fe builds out there yet lol.  And I'm a fan of your build!

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Member Projects / Re: Galaxie turbo FE 390 build
« on: July 14, 2016, 03:21:03 AM »
Great to hear. Good luck on the dyno. I'm curious what water/meth nozzle sizes and pump pressure you are starting with and if you are going to measure your exhaust back pressure during the runs.  In any case I'm sure it's quite a thumper in that Gal!

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Cam and stock power brakes
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:08:58 PM »
Another option to think about would be to wire up an electric vacuum pump from a 99+ powerstroke. The electric vacuum pumps can be readily bought from the local parts stores for around 75 bucks I think.  A guy could wire and plumb one of those in and hide it well enough to not look out of place in a build.   Good luck on your build!

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Maximum static compression for a supercharged motor on pump gas
« on: July 05, 2016, 01:51:18 AM »
Depends on your ability to control your timing, afr, and octane. Essentially the big deal with "boost" is controlling cylinder pressure and "octane".  when dealing with factory engines and 9+ to 11:1 static compression ratio when adding boost the knock sensor is happy when dialing back the timing under high pressure conditions aka high load(lower rpm and high boost/throttle angle). Using water/meth has shown that you can get away with alot more timing with pump gas. Favor meth further away from the combustion chamber and then favor water closer to the chamber. Water can soak up alot of chamber / egt temp supposedly. When  Running enough water/meth there isn't a a big difference between 87 and 91 pump as far as the knock sensor is concerned. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: New FE Block, Heads, and Intakes on the horizon...
« on: July 05, 2016, 01:11:52 AM »
In the somewhat near future( with in a year or two) I'll be in the market for an alum block. The power and rpm levels that really require an aftermarket block would mean some homework would be done on a tranny that can also stand the abuse. With that said the fe is kinda an odd duck for bell housing choices. So if a new block were to come to market would it be feasible to include sbf or 385 series bell housing pattern?   Either bell housing pattern would open up a slew of transmission choices and bell housing options and not require the need for an adapter motor plate or adapter bell housing for the high hp/rpm applications that an aftermarket block would probably require.  And for the street crowd it would open up a huge market for the many overdrive transmissions currently in circulation. Just a thought I had on the subject......

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Member Projects / Re: Galaxie turbo FE 390 build
« on: June 20, 2016, 12:11:19 AM »
Just wandering how this project is coming along. Any updates?

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Member Projects / Re: New guy here project and pics. 1964 T-Bird
« on: May 16, 2016, 11:22:33 PM »
Thanks for the welcomes!    The notch back was an engine swap project I did last winter for a friend who was stationed over seas. It's an '88 AZ former SSP car. It now has an 03 Mach 1 4.6 and a T56 6 speed and it's now being enjoyed england by the owner.

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