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FE Technical Forum / Re: 3U crankshaft
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:16:22 PM »
I wouldn't just dump it. Grease it up and bag it. Stick it in the corner of your shop. If you weren't so far away I'd make an offer myself. Shipping would be a killer on that beast though.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 351C Tunnel Ram ID?
« on: March 04, 2024, 02:11:19 PM »
Or make your own plenum  ;D

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: race gas
« on: March 04, 2024, 08:00:34 AM »
Needle n seat assembly most likely stuck, clogged or leaking by the o ring .

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FE Technical Forum / Re: CVR water pump question
« on: February 27, 2024, 04:02:45 PM »
Good to know..

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Member Projects / Re: Project 503 aluminum FE
« on: February 26, 2024, 09:00:55 PM »
Haven't been able to get much of anything done, been working over on the eastern shore  for the past 8 days. Made it home late Saturday night so once I drug my butt outa bed Sunday I did manage to go out and set the heads home for the final time. Did have one small hiccup with the head locator dowel's though. They were pioneer brand, fit good and tight in the registers but either they were to tall or the registers in either the block or heads were not quite deep enough. Easy enough fix by dragging the dowel's a few passes across the belt sander. Just a strange ordeal, my bet is it was the dowel's themselves and not the block or heads. Anyway got the heads set home and fastened down atleast. Time for more parts now, it never seems to end. Next up is ordering pushrods, water pump, finishing up my 3rd oil pan, (sold the first two). Slowly but surely it goes. Did manage to get several coats of high temp clear sprayed and baked on the valve covers though. I love the rough cast look but it sure is a pain to clean so the clear coat with make it alot easier to maintain..

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Trickflow heads - gone for good?
« on: February 26, 2024, 05:03:48 PM »
Trickflow update

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FE Technical Forum / FE reunion
« on: February 21, 2024, 05:02:31 PM »
Sounds like it's falling apart over on the FE reunion face book group. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: billet FE Heads? anyone ever try a set?
« on: February 16, 2024, 12:26:34 PM »
Here's a block to go with it.

https://www.wolverineengines.com/product/ford-fe-billet-aluminum-block/

Now go build ya one of them 2500hp pro charger FE's..

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Member Projects / Re: Project 503 aluminum FE
« on: February 13, 2024, 11:53:53 PM »
Some more progress,  it's slow going, I have only had Sundays to work on it for the past 5 months, with occasionally a few hours late on a saterday.  Been exstreemly busy at work with 66 hr weeks. Been totally burned out when I get home in the evening's and by the time i cook and eat, take care of animals,  do my dishes its already after 8 and with it being so cold it would take an hour to make it comfortable in the shop so no weekday progress for me.
Anyway here's a few captioned picts of a little progress.  Still haven't figured out how to have the script outside the picts without doing a bunch of individual post.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Push Rod Legnth with Harland Sharp Rockers
« on: January 28, 2024, 10:24:19 PM »
Never a bad thing having the correct length push rods.  If you're gonna take the time to measure for new, then it's a good idea to dial in your rocker to valve geometry as well.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Water in lifter valley
« on: January 27, 2024, 10:46:27 AM »
Proper deck and head surfacing ? It for real makes a difference with MLS type gaskets.
If it's a standard type deck surface and you find it is the head gasket you can coat the gaskets with a thin layer of hylomar (or copper coat 🙄) and continue on.

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Private Classifieds / Some stuff
« on: January 13, 2024, 06:10:13 PM »
2 full sets , 5/16 10* square groove  valve locks.
  Pac's are standard, 
ferrea's are recessed for lash caps and +.050 height.

$60.oo each, shipped  US.

3   --12 wiggins fittings, (new). No coupling clamps.

$25.oo (all 3) shipped US.

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FE Technical Forum / ARP lube, anti seize, loctite
« on: January 12, 2024, 04:27:58 PM »
So we all often times replace 50 year old hardware with new ARP hardware when building/assembling these engines with new parts and pieces.  I tend to always follow ARP's instalation and torque recommendations however they are often contradictory to the recommendations of said parts such as (but not limited to) dampers, timing sets, etc wich mostly always say to use loctite.   ARP spec always wants there lube used..

How about bolts going into aluminum (block) threads such as cam retainer plate, oil pump, or just general hardware for timing covers and such? 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fabricated Aluminum Valve Covers
« on: January 11, 2024, 01:53:39 PM »
When I got Mine I didn't get the cheap $80 set. The ones I got were e bay specials and listed as 'tall' .they were like $140 about 5 or 6 years ago. I have had them on and off many times with no issues and they fit over my monstrosity of a rocker arm assembly just fine. Maybe I got lucky for once.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fabricated Aluminum Valve Covers
« on: January 11, 2024, 12:18:26 AM »
I have had one of those off shore sets on my 445 race motor for about 5 years. Zero problems with them once I opened up the bolt holes from 1/4" to 5/16". Moroso makes a really nice set for about 500 bucks. Billet fab will make you a nice set for about that same price.

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