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    Sheared Distributor Gear New Motor

    My 408 is currently at the chassis dyno. My tuner was driving the car easy on the dyno and he said that the car stalled, and there was no spark. Come to find out the distributor gear has sheared off. It is a steel gear, new distributor from auto parts store. The car is a 408 with a HYD...
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    Guys With Moroso 7qt Oil Pans How Many Quarts?

    I have a 7 quart oil pan on my 408. I called moroso and they said put in 7 plus one for the filter. Talked to the engine builder and he said 7 total. The motor is gonna be revving up to 6500 rpm. I dont want to starve it, but I dont want to over fill it. The motor is a fordstrokers 408. I...
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    Disconnecting My Battery After Driving

    I do have a insurance policy for the car. I also have a fire extingusher too. I'm not sure why my other car burnt. It was right after I turned the car off. The fire was on the drivers side under the hood. I'm not sure if it started on the soleniod or the coil. I was able to put it out and...
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    Disconnecting My Battery After Driving

    Some have you may have seen my other post about my surging idle. I have gone through the checklist. The idle is gets choppy sometimes but not other times. One minute its perfect, next time its all over the place. After I drive the car and I pull it in the garage I always disconnect the...
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    anybody?
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    ok so I have been going through the checklist. Checking voltages, and reading etc. I have ruled out the iac, voltages to ect and act, bad grounds. I took my tps voltage from .95 to 1.02. This seemed to help a little. I have also ruled out a vacuum leak. The car is not surging all the...
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    Ok did a little testing today. I put a new o2 sensor in the r side. It did nothing. I checked the voltage on the coolant sensor and the voltage was perfect to the temp. Then I checked the voltage to the act sensor. Here is the table I was given. Voltages are measured across the two...
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    I ran the codes and got 41 and 91. KOER. The thing is when I ran these codes I had the vacuum line going to the brake booster disconnected. I did this so the car would idle and not die. Then I hooked up the line back up and still got code 41 which is the lean 02. I'm thinking its an 02 sensor...
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    Ok I'm slowly making my way through the checklist. a few notes after today. If I pull the vacuum line off of the brake booster the idle is perfect. Once I start to put the hose back on the idle get choppy and sometimes stalls out. My other note is if I hold the rpms and 1000, the car will stop...
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    Erratic Idle Surge After Warm Up

    Ok I have my 408 running. The car has a chip. When I first started the car, it ran perfect and idled perfect. I broke a lower intake bolt so I had to remove the lower intake and fix it. Now I start the car and it idles perfect, then after about a minute it surges from 500 to 1200 and...
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    Need Wheel Recomendations

    The car is a 93 red LX hatch. I was thinking about 96-97 Cobra wheels. The ones with the black inserts. I am not a big fan of the 5 spoke cobra wheels. It has to be 17 inch and 5 lug. I kind of want to stay with a oem wheel. I was thinking about the 5 star with skinnies up front, but I...
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    I like the setup but I haven't driven it enough. I only have about 10 miles on it. No pics yet. My trans issue was the block plate, which is the small piece of tin between the block and bellhousing was bent. So when the car was warm, it would expand and rub the flywheel. I put another plate...
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    Good news Guys. I got it out. I pulled the lower off. The bolt was in the head quite a bit. I hit it with a punch and it started to loosen. Then I hammered a small socket on the nub, and turned it with a ratchet and it came out. Thanks for all the help. I reordered a new set of 1262r fel...
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    351 Which Lower Intake Gaskets

    I'm trying to figure out which lower intake gaskets to buy. I need the gaskets between the head and the lower intake. The car has a 408, 351, with TFS twisted wedge heads, and trick flow 351 lower. Thanks for the help.
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    Thanks for the info. I'm going to pick a set up. I'm guessing I will still have to remove the lower to use one of these. My bolt is broken pretty far down in the hole.
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    yea it looks like I am gonna be pulling the lower off. I am just worried there won't be that much of the bolt sticking out of the head to grab. It is an aluminum head. then what do I do?
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    As a side note, the bolts were new, but I think they were weak to snap at that torque spec.
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    Broken Lower Intake Bolt

    Ok my new engine has 10 miles on it. I had a few coolant leaks up top. So I took the upper intake off and tighened some coolant plugs. My lower intake bolts didnt seemed to be tightened all the way. So I put a torque wrench on them and tightened them to 16 ftlbs, like it says. I know the...
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    Horrible Noise After Motor/trans Clutch Install

    So heres some observations. I start the car today back it out of the garage, and no noise at all. I let it idle to operating temp, no noise. I take the car for a short drive, less than 1/4 mile I hear the noise a little. It sounds like its more in the trans. Take it for another short drive...
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    Horrible Noise After Motor/trans Clutch Install

    amybody?
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