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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: Lykins Motorsports 434ci Clevor, 777 hp/630 tq
« on: April 24, 2024, 08:30:24 AM »
Quote from: fryedaddy on April 24, 2024, 08:24:35 AM
dont get me wrong,i love anything FORD,the only downside i see is,if i were a young man and i wanted to build an engine,a post like that 777 hp would make a youngster say, to hell with the fe,im building a Cleveland. my dad had a junkyard when i was younger,i would have went the other way with influence like that,how many 777 hp 400 inch FEs do you see out there? sorry,i still liked seeing this post.

I had the same initial thought but then realized this clevor has 13.5 compression, a vacuum pump, and spins to 7grand... so got to keep it all in context.

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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: Lykins Motorsports 434ci Clevor, 777 hp/630 tq
« on: April 24, 2024, 04:43:55 AM »
Quote from: 1968galaxie on April 23, 2024, 11:13:01 PM
Minimal specs will be given - as this is a blatant form of FREE ADVERTISING on this FE forum.

No wonder there are less and less users on this once busy forum.

Very sad to see.
All the upside down whackiness in the world and this is what bothers you?  Being a pill is no way to go through life.  You (everyone) needs to find what makes you happy and focus on that.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: max spring pressure with aluminum heads
« on: April 06, 2024, 08:32:22 PM »
For soft metals like aluminum, might consider key locking inserts.  Time serts sometimes back out with the bolt.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Electric versus Flex Fan
« on: January 16, 2024, 09:42:26 AM »
For my own curiosity, what is the coolant capacity on your thunderbird with the 445?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Electric versus Flex Fan
« on: January 16, 2024, 09:36:20 AM »
Quote from: Thumperbird on January 15, 2024, 05:09:05 PM

I just don't think I am pulling much air, fan blades are ~1" back from the rad. face and it has to pull through radiator and condensor, and even the oil cooler for part of it and like I said shroud is a home brew not sealed well to the fan blades.


Where the fan sits in the shroud opening (about half in and half out) is more important than how close the fan is to the radiator.  In a car, you may not have the room for proper spacing of a belt driven fan within the shroud and kinda need an electric fan

Besides spinning the fan faster, pulley choice will spin the water pump faster which may or may not help your scenario. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Electric versus Flex Fan
« on: January 14, 2024, 11:33:57 PM »
Is your crank pulley equal or bigger than your fan pulley?  Going from an under drive crank pulley to a direct drive made enough improvement for me.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Lifter Replacement
« on: December 05, 2023, 09:45:32 AM »
You can usually remove any lifters with the intake in place if you have a factory intake....maybe not with an aftermarket intake.

A push rod rubbing the valley splash shield will sound like lifter noise.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Axle bearings
« on: September 18, 2023, 08:52:12 AM »
Hate to point fingers but...might want to install them yourself next time.  Maybe the "new" guy installed the bearings for you.

If you have space, a cheapo harber freight shop press works fine to install.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 390 smoking while holding back
« on: July 21, 2023, 07:39:53 AM »
Have you looked at all the plugs yet?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Brake Line Seepage
« on: May 08, 2023, 07:48:51 AM »
Only leaking issue I've ever had was pre-bent and pre-flared stainless steel lines.  I believe that was due to the hardness of the stainless steel.  Tighten, loosen, retighten the leaky connections about 20 times stopped the leaks.  I would not flare that myself because it requires annealing to prevent cracks. 

I normally use the EZ bend copper nickel line.  It's the easiest to bend and flare and it's very resistant to road salt. 


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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: 2 gauge pod - oil/water
« on: March 15, 2023, 09:56:21 AM »
For oil pressure line, I got part number 5723K601 from McMaster Carr.  It's oil resistance hose wrapped in a stainless steel braid and rubber anti-abrasion outer layer in pretty blue color.  Got it with 1/8 NPT ends.  Also got an oil gauge from McMaster Carr at the same time.  The hose is rated for -65F to 275F and plenty of pressure.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Shop floor
« on: March 07, 2023, 01:21:14 PM »
I realize you're half way into it and I'm kinda late, but some rental places have "concrete buggies".  Gasoline powered and haul about 1/4 of a yard per trip.  They'll haul from the street to the backyard and such.  Sometimes concrete delivery trucks charge you if you move too slow so have a helper.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Tremec TKX vs Toploader with a Gear Vendor
« on: January 04, 2023, 09:26:34 AM »
I believe the gear vendor is 0.78:1, fwiw. 

Also, the electronic controller that comes with the gear vendor will not let you use it in all gears.  The output shaft has to spin a minimum speed to build enough fluid pressure or it won't shift to overdrive.  I guess that could be bypassed so you could have overdrive in the lower gears and even reverse but that would likely wear on the gear vendor.  Not sure how TomP gets the gear vendor to shift in all gears with the T19.  I can only use it in 3rd and 4th which happens to be where I need overdrive for towing.

I really like the gear vendor behind my np435 in my pickup though I would prefer a 5 speed or better yet a 6 speed if I could find one to mate to my FE with the gears I want so I could have just one gear box instead of two.  The tremecs would be great if I wasn't towing anything...their 1st is too fast.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Emergency electrical generator suggestions.
« on: December 21, 2022, 09:24:06 PM »
We have a 2kw Honda.  It’s the cats meow.  It’s very quiet, easy to move, and easy to maintain.  Use it mostly camping and it will run the house refrigerator or furnace…probably enough for many people.

We also have a 6kw diesel.  It’s easy on fuel, is a solid work horse, and I feel safer with diesel jugs than gas jugs.  But…it’s dang loud and I wouldn’t even consider getting it if I didn’t have a few places to work off old diesel.  I’ve started it in 10 degrees but I am not confident I could start it in sub zero temps. We have it wired to run the whole house except the AC and dryer.

Parents have a 15 kw pto driven that runs on their tractor.  It cost less than my diesel generator because it does not have its own engine.  It runs the whole house…water pump, electric water heater, dryer, etc.  Great if you have enough tractor.

Our house and parents have double throw knife switches to separate generator and power company making it impossible to back feed. 


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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Does silicone grease or dielectric grease break down silicone spark plug boots
« on: December 13, 2022, 11:17:04 AM »
I can understand your reasoning because in general "like dissolves like".  However, I've never seen silicone dielectric grease hurt any kind of rubber.  I use it on all spark plug boots, brake slide pin boots, intake plenum gaskets, and anywhere else I want to stop rubber from drying out.

For suspension bushings, I can understand products like fluid film, brake fluid, and diesel fuel softening suspension bushings but not engine oil...that's kinda weird. 

I learned (almost the hard way) that diesel fuel is bad for coolant lines.  Volkswagen ran a coolant line under the lift pump on my wife's diesel car.  The lift pumped leaked just enough to turn the coolant line into mush.   You'd think they'd see that coming.  I rerouted the new coolant line.

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