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FE Technical Forum / Re: Mr Lykins, Are You On Vacation?
« on: March 08, 2024, 07:03:54 AM »
Very cool Brent keep the video's coming.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Mr Lykins, Are You On Vacation?
« on: March 08, 2024, 04:43:45 AM »
I got to ask have you got a car/project car Brent?
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Bear Block Motors FE heads in stock, if I am reading the web page correctly
« on: February 27, 2024, 10:42:39 AM »
I use a grubscrew stud and half nut in one of my header bolts I can just remove the nut screw the stud in and I can get my headers on and off in the car. You just can get a bolt in that hole with the engine in the car. Can't do that with blind holes I think the bolt braking thing was more a 50 year old rusty iron head problem.
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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Trannys
« on: February 12, 2024, 02:49:35 AM »
I would of liked to have gone for a C4 but to buy and import a c4 to fe bellhousing was over 1000 usd from summit at the time I was looking for one they have come down to around 800usd now just for the bellhousing.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Water in lifter valley
« on: January 27, 2024, 01:40:22 AM »
I did not have any problems with mine but there are spots to check I can't remember the spots but I am sure my intake gaskets had to be trimmed it spots or they would not be sitting right I used MR gasket intake gaskets.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fabricated Aluminum Valve Covers
« on: January 26, 2024, 11:24:51 PM »I will say those old MT covers are made out of junk metal I had to weld a small crack inside of mine and it was not fun.
The ones that came black crinkle are made with pot metal and the polished ones were pure aluminum and weldable.
I ruined a few cut up ones making mine before I realized that.
I did not know that Tom not sure if mine are pot metal ones but they polished up good and hold the polish could of just been the years of oil and gunk inside the crack
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 26, 2024, 06:01:37 PM »
Short 1/4 or next length up from 1/4" I am metric so I used 8/10mm long ones what ever that is in imperial .375" I also had to cut one of mine shorter because my exhaust headers are close in one spot get bolts with serrated heads that will stop them shaking lose they don't get through bolted.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Battery fuse
« on: January 24, 2024, 01:42:45 PM »Yes
A 200 amp fuse in the cable to your starter solenoid is plenty.
My Comet is wired like your Mustang. 1/0 cable from the front to back with a 200 amp Mega fuse next to the battery.
Of equal concern is the grounding especially if you've got electric fans, hi amp ignition box, high amp draw starter, or other heavy draws. In the old days we all just welded a nut to the subframe inside the trunk and made a short cable, same size as the cable to the solenoid, and screwed it down.
More modern thinking, especially if an electronic fuel injection system might be in the future, is to run the ground cable, same size as the cable to the solenoid, to the engine block and then to the chassis at the front. Yes, it's cumbersome and heavy to run 2 cables from the front to back of the car. It is amazing to note how poor steel is a conductor of electricity compared to copper or aluminum.
Could help avoid electrical "gremlins" in the future.
Grounds,Grounds,Grounds!
I run + and - to the front of my car I did have hot cranking problems at first with a std size cable not sure exactly the size was not smaller then 1/0 I went bigger when I added a battery cut switch not had a problem after that. Not sure if it had anything to do with fixing my problem but it seemed to help with hot cranking when my high draw fans are starting at the same time.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Battery fuse
« on: January 24, 2024, 01:43:30 AM »
1/0 is 8.25mm 3/0 is 10.4mm core size
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Battery fuse
« on: January 23, 2024, 09:42:03 PM »
1/0 is on the small side bigger the better I think I am running 3/0 may even be bigger don't forget you want the earth wire big too. A friend with a 69 mustang mounted his starter solenoid in the boot too that helped him.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 19, 2024, 11:17:23 PM »
I use an ATI flexplate and it is flat and it has a spacer that goes on the crank so ring gear should be offset away from block.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 19, 2024, 05:01:48 PM »428Marauder Not sure how handy you are but it is not really a small job to fit the blockplate gearbox converter and flexplate need to come off. Some one here should be able to give you some starter measurement's to check and make sure there is nothing else going on. Best to check all that when you have it apart and you can check as you put it back together. Or ask you mechanic to check for you.I wonder, if you cut the center out so it would slip by the crank, you might be able to move the trans back past the dowel pins and slide it in there.....
I would not do that it may flop around if you cut it and I think he needs to replace the flexplate as well if it took the teeth off. I really think it is worth checking everything is right. Some mechanics are ruff and just send jobs out the door "poor man pays twice"
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 18, 2024, 02:26:20 PM »
428Marauder Not sure how handy you are but it is not really a small job to fit the blockplate gearbox converter and flexplate need to come off. Some one here should be able to give you some starter measurement's to check and make sure there is nothing else going on. Best to check all that when you have it apart and you can check as you put it back together. Or ask you mechanic to check for you.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:58:18 PM »
Should be the one shown with the holes for oil plugs if you buy a gearbox to get refreshed you often don't get or forget to get the blockplate that is what happened to me
make sure to get the inspection cover too.
make sure to get the inspection cover too.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428/C6 no block plate?
« on: January 18, 2024, 09:38:05 AM »
I got a c6 block plate spare I don't have a spare inspection cover to go with it. I can post a photo later today
Only problem is I am in Australia I was hunting for one of these back when I swapped from 4 speed TL to c6 It was a real pain to find one then I ended up with 2.
There was some one here on this forum that offered me one but I found mine local from some friends.
Just let me know if you get stuck and can't find one.
Mine is same as the top one in tunnelwedges photo with oil plug holes and pressing around crank.
Only problem is I am in Australia I was hunting for one of these back when I swapped from 4 speed TL to c6 It was a real pain to find one then I ended up with 2.
There was some one here on this forum that offered me one but I found mine local from some friends.
Just let me know if you get stuck and can't find one.
Mine is same as the top one in tunnelwedges photo with oil plug holes and pressing around crank.