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1976kjell
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What pistons
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January 30, 2016, 07:07:25 AM »
Hi
Here is two short movies recorded inside two of the bores on my 390 from a 67 Mustang. It is recorded with a android endoscope. Not the best quality, but it give som indicators
Its interesting to identify what pistons it is, if some have knowledge and can tell what pistons it is, and maybe a bit about condition, it had been great
There is some radio noise, so I an advice is to cut the sound. Thereis some "wild" movement of the cam now and then
At 2:11 in the shortest video "030" is sharply defined
From 3:20 on the longest video, the piston design is best shown
https://goo.gl/photos/kzS3JY5ANtNcFHxQ8
https://goo.gl/photos/s9bSotVMfGQpiCeB9
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84 Ford Sierra Xr4i
2013 Ford Mondeo
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KMcCullah
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January 30, 2016, 09:09:59 AM »
Pistons look like .030 over cast rebuilder types to me. At TDC they sit down in the bore quite a ways, like .120 or so. Similar to the one in the link below.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/slp-w381np30/overview/make/ford
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Kevin McCullah
1976kjell
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January 31, 2016, 03:30:12 PM »
Thanks for the info. Then this engine has 395.4 displacement
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machoneman
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January 31, 2016, 04:16:23 PM »
Hard to tell condition by only looking at the piston tops. Do a compression test (engine warm to hot, all eight plugs out, throttle wired wide open, coil wire grounded with duct tape to any cast iron) and record the results. Make sure that each reading gets 3 full turns of the crank before moving onto the next cylinder. If any look to be low, shoot some light weight oil (10W, machine oil, ATF in a pinch) into each hole and try it again. See why here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tbksFYhl4
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Bob Maag
1976kjell
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February 01, 2016, 04:24:26 PM »
A compresion test was done some months ago. Here is the results:
Piston Bar
1 10,9
2 10,4
3 9,7
4 10,4
5 10,2
6 10,0
7 9,6
8 10,1
Greatest difference is 1,3 bar. Converted it to PSI and its is 12% difference between highest and lowest compression
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machoneman
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February 01, 2016, 05:00:04 PM »
With #1 at 158 psi and #7 at 139 psi, that's not bad.
Any plans to drive it as is or is a teardown in your plans?
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1976kjell
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February 01, 2016, 05:49:40 PM »
Not tearing it down yet, but maybe in some years. Before summer the engine will get new lifters, pushrods, valvesprings and seals. Had a ticking sound last summer, these changes may help. A new cam was considered, but instead a degree kit was bought, trying to fint out what cam the engine has
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