Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.
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I agree. @xecute What have you spent your life doing that you gained all of this knowledge? You're like an encyclopedia that has sprung a leak, and I mean that in the most endearing way possible.
It's my fault....I found him on the fordsix forum, and he followed me home. I asked my wife if I could keep him, and she reluctantly agreed....As long as I promised to keep him fed and watered.
He is in fact a very smart man..experience well past his years for a 48 yr old. He must've grown up at the tracks.
As for me......meh.....somebody needs to send me back to math class.
I get an email confirming that my opaque cutting board would be here today. The one that I'll use as a transition sandwich between the tb's, and the head. The one that I thought was .930 thick...
Is actually only .093 thick.
What the hell am I gonna do with that wafer? It isn't even an 1/8" thick!!!
I swore that when I ordered the thing I spec'd the thickness correctly, but according to my tracking info, I'm expecting something slightly thicker than a piece of poster board.
I tell ya...I should video myself smacking myself.....If not for all of the do overs, false starts, and what the hell was I thinkings....id have no purpose. If for nothing else,...for the 5-6 here that are either ignoring me, or can't stand me, the reoccurring youtube vid of me slapping the piss outta myself would be justification for tolerating me.
I'm laying in bed at the crack of dawn, fully awake. But...... I DONT EVEN HAVE TO BE AT WORK TILL 10 AM!!!
Yet there I am,....laying there,..sun barely up, 5 full hours before work, thinking about why I did this stupid sht, or that stupid sht.
For instance: Why did I build a set of headers that turn up for a naturally aspirated engine? If I'm redoing the entire header, wouldn't it have made sense to redo the stinkin' down pipe instead, and build the headers to exit down low, like EVERY OTHER SET ON EARTH?
The ongoing saga of the throttle body with a long tube before, or a long tube after,... The reality of having to push out all 6 Pistons ( again) so that I can take them all apart, remove the rings, ( carefully) and take the whole mess to some other machine shop that can weight match my old junk rods to the new forged rods still looms large.
The only thing I did this week that I'm fully satisfied with was buy a set of forged rods for 90 dollars.
The wife,......You know the one....The forever partner who has your back, the one that forgives your weaknesses, and loves you through thick and thin. The one who encourages you to do better, be all you can be, and rarely points out your mistakes....
Says..... (when talking about why I built the header pointing up) " What difference does it make? You'll just btch and moan, grumbling that " I shoulda done this, or I shoulda done that", and you'll do it over, and spend even more money, beating and banging on sht downstairs till you get it right...So........Why're you asking me?"
Damn,
Damn, Double Damn me all to hell....
I ain't building the header over,...it's gonna point up. When people ask me why I did that, I'll tell them I wanted to reserve the ability to easily extend the exhaust pipe through the hood should the producers of "MADMAX Beyond The Orange Groves" need a stunt car that blows fire out of its hood.
He is in fact a very smart man..experience well past his years for a 48 yr old. He must've grown up at the tracks.
As for me......meh.....somebody needs to send me back to math class.
I get an email confirming that my opaque cutting board would be here today. The one that I'll use as a transition sandwich between the tb's, and the head. The one that I thought was .930 thick...
Is actually only .093 thick.
What the hell am I gonna do with that wafer? It isn't even an 1/8" thick!!!
I swore that when I ordered the thing I spec'd the thickness correctly, but according to my tracking info, I'm expecting something slightly thicker than a piece of poster board.
I tell ya...I should video myself smacking myself.....If not for all of the do overs, false starts, and what the hell was I thinkings....id have no purpose. If for nothing else,...for the 5-6 here that are either ignoring me, or can't stand me, the reoccurring youtube vid of me slapping the piss outta myself would be justification for tolerating me.
I'm laying in bed at the crack of dawn, fully awake. But...... I DONT EVEN HAVE TO BE AT WORK TILL 10 AM!!!
Yet there I am,....laying there,..sun barely up, 5 full hours before work, thinking about why I did this stupid sht, or that stupid sht.
For instance: Why did I build a set of headers that turn up for a naturally aspirated engine? If I'm redoing the entire header, wouldn't it have made sense to redo the stinkin' down pipe instead, and build the headers to exit down low, like EVERY OTHER SET ON EARTH?
The ongoing saga of the throttle body with a long tube before, or a long tube after,... The reality of having to push out all 6 Pistons ( again) so that I can take them all apart, remove the rings, ( carefully) and take the whole mess to some other machine shop that can weight match my old junk rods to the new forged rods still looms large.
The only thing I did this week that I'm fully satisfied with was buy a set of forged rods for 90 dollars.
The wife,......You know the one....The forever partner who has your back, the one that forgives your weaknesses, and loves you through thick and thin. The one who encourages you to do better, be all you can be, and rarely points out your mistakes....
Says..... (when talking about why I built the header pointing up) " What difference does it make? You'll just btch and moan, grumbling that " I shoulda done this, or I shoulda done that", and you'll do it over, and spend even more money, beating and banging on sht downstairs till you get it right...So........Why're you asking me?"
Damn,
Damn, Double Damn me all to hell....I ain't building the header over,...it's gonna point up. When people ask me why I did that, I'll tell them I wanted to reserve the ability to easily extend the exhaust pipe through the hood should the producers of "MADMAX Beyond The Orange Groves" need a stunt car that blows fire out of its hood.
Yeah....I checked it.
.093 thick...useless. I'll have to send it back.
Along with the ring compressor from Summit that didn't work, the exhaust check valves that I bought from Summit that didn't work,...and take back the weanie assed spring compressor to OReilly's that didn't work.
.093 thick...useless. I'll have to send it back.
Along with the ring compressor from Summit that didn't work, the exhaust check valves that I bought from Summit that didn't work,...and take back the weanie assed spring compressor to OReilly's that didn't work.
There'd be some dead people, and I'd be the town drunk.It could be worse. What if you were a pharmacist?
OH oh oh!!! I might be able to help. A few months ago, we cleaned out my great-grandparents garage (think - Hoarders) and I came home with a couple teflon sheets. I just moved them the other day wondering what in the phvck I was ever going to do with them. I want to say they're somewhere around 12x12x1/2". If you want them, they're yours.
It's my fault....I found him on the fordsix forum, and he followed me home. I asked my wife if I could keep him, and she reluctantly agreed....As long as I promised to keep him fed and watered.
He is in fact a very smart man..experience well past his years for a 48 yr old. He must've grown up at the tracks.
As for me......meh.....somebody needs to send me back to math class.
I get an email confirming that my opaque cutting board would be here today. The one that I'll use as a transition sandwich between the tb's, and the head. The one that I thought was .930 thick...
Is actually only .093 thick.
What the hell am I gonna do with that wafer? It isn't even an 1/8" thick!!!
I swore that when I ordered the thing I spec'd the thickness correctly, but according to my tracking info, I'm expecting something slightly thicker than a piece of poster board.
I tell ya...I should video myself smacking myself.....If not for all of the do overs, false starts, and what the hell was I thinkings....id have no purpose. If for nothing else,...for the 5-6 here that are either ignoring me, or can't stand me, the reoccurring youtube vid of me slapping the piss outta myself would be justification for tolerating me.
I'm laying in bed at the crack of dawn, fully awake. But...... I DONT EVEN HAVE TO BE AT WORK TILL 10 AM!!!
Yet there I am,....laying there,..sun barely up, 5 full hours before work, thinking about why I did this stupid sht, or that stupid sht.
For instance: Why did I build a set of headers that turn up for a naturally aspirated engine? If I'm redoing the entire header, wouldn't it have made sense to redo the stinkin' down pipe instead, and build the headers to exit down low, like EVERY OTHER SET ON EARTH?
The ongoing saga of the throttle body with a long tube before, or a long tube after,... The reality of having to push out all 6 Pistons ( again) so that I can take them all apart, remove the rings, ( carefully) and take the whole mess to some other machine shop that can weight match my old junk rods to the new forged rods still looms large.
The only thing I did this week that I'm fully satisfied with was buy a set of forged rods for 90 dollars.
The wife,......You know the one....The forever partner who has your back, the one that forgives your weaknesses, and loves you through thick and thin. The one who encourages you to do better, be all you can be, and rarely points out your mistakes....
Says..... (when talking about why I built the header pointing up) " What difference does it make? You'll just btch and moan, grumbling that " I shoulda done this, or I shoulda done that", and you'll do it over, and spend even more money, beating and banging on sht downstairs till you get it right...So........Why're you asking me?"
Damn,
I ain't building the header over,...it's gonna point up. When people ask me why I did that, I'll tell them I wanted to reserve the ability to easily extend the exhaust pipe through the hood should the producers of "MADMAX Beyond The Orange Groves" need a stunt car that blows fire out of its hood.
So funny about Kate. Sounds like she totally accepts and supports you for who you are.
About the header, I wondered the same thing, but figured you had a plan with that. Punch it through the hood, and drop the rest of the exhaust along with the LJK for weight savings. That'll help for the loss of power sans turbo.
I appreciate that Collin...I'm stepping back. I don't know if 1/2" is thick enough.
Ultimately, I need to build a tube transition in between...it'll be the easiest way to change that oval base that is on the throttle body to the round port opening on the head... Problem is,...I can't extend them off the head straight out very far..port 6 will ram into the power brake booster.
No. Not a good suggestion Nick. This is Alabama...Kindly keep your Iowa redneck solutions confined to your Corn belt buddies...We do things differently around here.
That's a guess on thickness. I never really looked at them as they're wrapped in plastic. But still yours if you change your mind.
This thread is the reason I get up in the morning.
Sad I know but it's close to the truth.
No I don't understand most of the tech, but I do get an idea of the concept, unless xecute chimes in and I have to get out my 'downunder dictionary'.
I can just imagine a conversation mikes' wife has with her girlfriends about him.
Wife: Mike keeps babbling about some exhaust heater that points up and why he didn't point it down, honestly, that man baffles me, and that cat! I can't figuare out why every time the air conditioner comes on he freaks out,
Sad I know but it's close to the truth.
No I don't understand most of the tech, but I do get an idea of the concept, unless xecute chimes in and I have to get out my 'downunder dictionary'.
I can just imagine a conversation mikes' wife has with her girlfriends about him.
Wife: Mike keeps babbling about some exhaust heater that points up and why he didn't point it down, honestly, that man baffles me, and that cat! I can't figuare out why every time the air conditioner comes on he freaks out,
You are suggesting IA has more rednecks than AL? You are dilusional buddy. Meth addicts maybe, but not even close on rednecks. I was simply suggesting the simplest fix for ya.
Sounds like something someone from polk county would suggest. 
I also thought we were the 'redneck capital'
I also thought we were the 'redneck capital'
So,...my plan evolves..no longer intending to sandwich a transition plate between the two, I just ordered all of the steel to bend the throttle bodies up at a 60 degree angle....And then I'll flip the throttle bodies over and put the injector under them, as opposed to above.
When you do that look what happens:
The injector will spray dead in the middle of the port...
Sometimes the solution is right in front of my face.
When you do that look what happens:
The injector will spray dead in the middle of the port...
Sometimes the solution is right in front of my face.
All I know is that there are a lot of lonely boys in Iowa, ugly girls, and sheep........You are suggesting IA has more rednecks than AL? You are dilusional buddy. Meth addicts maybe, but not even close on rednecks. I was simply suggesting the simplest fix for ya.
Lots of sheep.
Better sheep than their sisters? 
Nice plan with the 60 degree bends, however I really wanted to see how it would have run bolted directly to the head. Now we'll never know!
Nice plan with the 60 degree bends, however I really wanted to see how it would have run bolted directly to the head. Now we'll never know!
Better sheep than their sisters?
Nice plan with the 60 degree bends, however I really wanted to see how it would have run bolted directly to the head. Now we'll never know!
This is the plan now. I'm vested. Nothing short of a North Korean ballistic missile can stop me.
And even the NKBM might not interfere with my plans if they are not any more of a threat than they were the last time.
Mike, how is the JB Weld holding up? I saw a YouTube video where it repaired a lawnmower head and it ran fine, despite the bump that tapped the piston!
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