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FE Technical Forum / Re: dent in oil pan
« on: May 31, 2021, 01:43:53 PM »
At least you didn't pull the engine and tear it down looking for the problem!
If you fool with cars/engines long enough you will do something foolish...
This might be a good place to admit that I have in fact pulled an engine and torn it down for an oil pressure problem that did not exist.
Well, it did and it didn't, but I learned that priming an oil pump is a must-do! (Which, if you are cocky (stupid) enough to think it will prime itself you can back-fill the pump after the fact from the oil filter pressure port while using a drill to turn it)

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I like to bury my cranks in the lawn. The dirt conforms to its shape and supports it evenly along its length. The grass seems to like the iron in the soil as well.

I thought that only worked with 3-3/4" flathead cranks in the garden.
They next owner is going to have to buy new tines for his tiller...

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Adjustable roller rockers
« on: March 03, 2021, 04:59:40 PM »
I saw the Shelby ones being made at a place called Rocker Arm Specialist or Specialties... in northern California. They had all sorts of rockers that were other brands for uncommon engines like Kenne Bell Buick ones and some Volvo and MG ones .

 So they are US made. The Chinese have found a way to make paper mache look like metal.

 Redding, Ca. : http://rockerarms.com

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I didn't notice it, but have you put an dial indicator on the flywheel/crankshaft assy?
(I.E. is it concentric and square? I have had one engine where the crankshaft flange was not true. The man that balanced the rotating assy caught it. I remachined the flange in the lathe, it was out about .005" which is magnified at the flywheel rim!)

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Oil Pump Dyno
« on: February 03, 2021, 02:57:22 PM »
To be fair , thats a Bull , we arent clear on if they are safe or not.....

Big udder and tits on that 'bull'

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Oil Pump Dyno
« on: January 29, 2021, 06:01:38 PM »
Interesting indeed, especially the cavitation discovery.

The Harley XR (racing) engines used a 1/4 speed oil pump which I always attributed to a horsepower loss/gain, but now 40 years later I'm wondering if it wasn't addressing cavitation...
(Could it have anything to do with the relocated pressure relief on the 427's?)

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I have seen some out of balance (new) clutches.
Easy enough to prove, just remove the clutch/pressure plate and start it up!
(Well not that easy, but it will prove it)

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Oil feed passage in block to cylinder head?
These sometimes are an issue on 40+ year old blocks.

This causes oil in the water, a different problem. The pressure difference between oil system and water system makes that one a pretty easy diagnosis.
I'm betting on the water passages at the intake to head. But... as mentioned it would be a good idea to pull the plugs and pressure test the cooling system while it is still assembled.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Replace leaking rear main seal after new build
« on: October 26, 2020, 11:37:08 AM »
Ok, I have seen this once...
A 427 crankshaft from a CC rotation marine engine has the wee hash marks facing the wrong direction for an automotive engine. The only thing for it was to polish them right off the crank...

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You now even see broken crankshafts today with the after market over sea's pieces. I never even heard of a Ford Motor Company crankshaft ever breaking.

I have a two piece 391 steel crank, broken right through the journal/web of the thrust main... perhaps unusual but this was not even a hot rodded version.
and I have seen several cast 428 cranks broken, its ugly when that happens.
We are talking 75 year old parts here

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Oil leak Pat 2: Trans removal and video
« on: September 14, 2020, 09:54:58 PM »
I use loctite...

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 360 horse 352
« on: September 08, 2020, 05:25:05 PM »

Before the 360HP Ford had any manufacturer offered an engine as completely engineered with unique parts from air cleaner to exhaust manifolds? Seems to me this was the first to have what became all of the standard bits and pieces that constituted a muscle car engine.
As Werby mentioned, the Chrysler 300 series... (In particular the 300C with fuel injection in 1958)
Much like the the early 60's Mopars, these cars were rare but real contenders and sort of set the standard for street racing. Not that I ever did that!
more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_300_letter_series

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 360 horse 352
« on: September 05, 2020, 05:09:17 PM »
I had for a short while (in 1966) a (black) '60 T bird with that engine. As Joe mentioned it really loved gas. As a high school kid, I was always broke with that car. 10 mpg maybe? A weekend trip from Fairfax, Va. to Ocean City would require careful financial planning and an egg between your foot and the go pedal. The lack of a vacuum advance, of which I knew nothing then, would have had a huge impact on that.
(When I fitted vacuum advance on my current 428 it was an across the board 20% improvement in mpg)
Fun car...
edit: From the square bird link perhaps the 360 hp wasn't offered! Maybe that bird only was a 300 hp version, I was only 17 years old...
My memory is the gas mileage kept me broke!
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Update on the FE Power Cylinder Head Testing
« on: September 02, 2020, 05:00:52 PM »
Investment cast rockers will allow a redesign on a lot of the shapes, paring off some weight where not not needed.
I like it!

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