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  1. whwright

    What will too much advance do?

    Consider me CORRECTED.
  2. whwright

    What will too much advance do?

    Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it hard on the system to run straight water? An antifreeze/coolant mix has a lot of anti-corrosion properties, while straight water is highly corrosive, right? According to "Prestone.com" they recommend no less than 50% antifreeze, and no more than...
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    What will too much advance do?

    What does this mean? I've never had a supercharged car, but I would think that trying to run it "without the belt" would cause the engine to work really hard just pulling air through the compressor, creating extra heat. I would also expect it to wreak havoc on the fuel metering systems...
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    temp to high

    You made the right call. While you have the radiator out, check the hoses closely -- especially the lower hose. With the engine running at fairly high RPM's (i.e. on the highway) the suction on the lower hose is significant enough to cause it to collapse if it is weak or if the spring is...
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    idle drops off at stop lights

    Glad you got it fixed! Wayne.
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    idle drops off at stop lights

    What kink of carb are you running? My first guess is that the idle mixture is too lean. That does strange things to the vacuum signal, which (on my cars anyway) makes the vacuum advance start to back off, which eventually lowers the idle speed enough to kill the engine.
  7. whwright

    Calling at Electrical Gurus

    Does the ground strap get hot all the time, or only when you crank the engine?
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    The SN65 project car

    This is 1320stang posting on whwright's computer as mine is shut down...... RFLMAO!!!!!! I'm actually shedding tears from laughing at skywalker's reply. It's scaring me that you guys know male p@rn stars.
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    The SN65 project car

    Who's Peter North? Did he get through your firewall?
  10. whwright

    Mustang Plus Carpet Kit Is Junk!

    "Ameliorated?" Since when do hot rodders use the word "ameliorated?" I do agree, though. If possible, the title/heading of this thread should be changed. Unfortunately, I once misspelled a word in the title of a thread that I started and Oboe said there was nothing anyone can do about...
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    COMPRESSION RATIO info..

    I think you guys are right on the money when you say that 9:1 or so is optimum for a street engine. FWIW: my 460 runs 9.5:1 and I haven't noticed it detonating at all. Just for grins, I punched a bone-stock 351W into a horsepower estimating program. I used "stock" heads and "manifolds with...
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    COMPRESSION RATIO info..

    When I was in college (longer ago than I like to admit) one of the projects in a senior level class was to write a program to calculate the air flow through a hair dryer. It took into account the RPM of the fan, the venturi in the dryer, the air resistance across the heating coils, basically...
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    COMPRESSION RATIO info..

    You are correct, and that is a good assumption. But once the term "swept area" entered the discussion it became apparent that everyone's assumptions weren't based upon the same foundation. It would have saved a lot of grief if someone had clarified that you were talking about STATIC...
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    Mustang Plus Carpet Kit Is Junk!

    Hi Ron. Are you the guy that had the series about buying a Cobra and then couldn't get it into California? If so, I want you to know I really enjoyed reading about that. Even though it was probably a HORRIBLE experience (and you made that clear in the series) you still made it fun to read...
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    COMPRESSION RATIO info..

    It would have been a lot simpler if somebody pointed out that the "compression ratio" that is so often talked about is more technically correct when called "STATIC compression ratio." Static compression ratio is simply the total uncompressed volume divided by the total compressed volume...
  16. whwright

    Engine start-up after long 6 month sleep?

    Six months isn't really very long for an engine to sit. I usually just start it up! Typically, I have to charge the battery first, but you get the idea. If the car has sat for a year or two (and yes, I have let cars sit that long before) I pull the coil wire and crank the engine for ten...
  17. whwright

    Alignment drift

    I recently had a similar problem on a car (not a Mustang) that my son and I are working on. We completely rebuilt the suspension using stock-style bushings. After a few thousand miles, the upper control arm bushings were completely shot, and the tires had a visible lean to them. The tread was...
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    New Purchase & Project, 1973 convertible

    I have a 1972 convertible, and I replaced the top myself. It kinda looks like it too. It isn't a job to be taken lightly. I'm marking it up to experience, and figure that in a few years it will need a top again, and I'll do a better job. There aren't any really good instructions that I...
  19. whwright

    Ballast resistor question

    Some electronic distributors require a ballast resistor, most don't. Sometimes a distributor will require a ballast resistor with certain coils, but not with other coils. Bottom line: follow the directions. Wayne.
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    Block the goofy guy trying to sell stuff!

    Yep. He's annoying. And he kinda looks like my kid brother when we were younger.
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