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    Stroker Kit Info

    While some may not agree nowadays it is not a bad idea to simply buy a stroker shortblock from somewhere like Fordstrokers.com or CHP. They are less than 2000. You do the math, 1000 dollars of machining/cleaning and assembling, plus you need to buy a decent kit. My next motor will be this...
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    Stock 1987 GT engine to Cobra engine. Help needed!

    Not to poo-poo your setup, but an e-cam is hardly a nice cam. Don't bother making a cobra like motor, you would be better served with a quality maf and ecu as someone said earlier. If heads are not in the budget maybe a decent cam is? Matt
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    88 GT wont idle.... help please

    If you have an exhaust leak before the 02 sensors, you won't be able to make it idle normally. The 02 sensor will read more air than was counted on and the ecu will constantly be adjusting the air fuel mixture giving you a rolling idle. Ditto if you have a leak in one of your vacumn...
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    Sea Foam. 3 bottles ok for 1 treatment?

    1 bottle, 1/2 in tank and other half sucked up through the main vacumn line off the brakes. Do it after you warm the car up and once its all in, wait 10 minutes then start the car and you will blow some serious smoke if your engine is dirty. Matt
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    Aftermarket Valve covers (5.0 EFI)

    If memory serves me right, if you have the stock pcv system intact, you should not run an open breather as that is a vacumn leak or unmetered air if you prefer and will mess up your air/fuel mixture. Couple places make push in breathers that are closed and have a vacumn nipple so you can...
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    Can you cook a thermostat?

    Sure add a little salt/pepper but they are kinda crunchy....seriously though if I have the slightest doubt about the T-stat I replace it with a good quality unit as they are very cheap and not hard to change. Matt
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    horrible ticking need help

    I'd check these: 1 were valve adjusted properly? 2 pull off one rocker, use a sharpie to color the valve stem and then adjust it and turn the motor over by hand a bunch of times, then pull it and check where the marker line is worn off, should be thin and centered on the stem. 3 easy...
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    How do the heads look?

    Well thats pretty dirty, the minimum I would do is take the heads off and have them cleaned and checked if work is needed on them. At least put a towel or something over the valley or you may need more work than originally planned, not a good place to store tools with bits of metal on them from...
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    Engine hoisting?

    I vote for the accessory holes, intakes are expensive and motors are heavy, I'd use a head bolt before I would use an intake.
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    MOTOR BUILD WHAT U THINK

    You may have some idle issues with that cam and sd, on a mass air car you could get a tune or do it yourself and get the car to idle well again. Think of it like this, the cars ecu is set to accept a certain range of air and fuel based on the equipment the car came with. If you go outside...
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    bent valve rods!!! wtf happened????

    just noticed how old this thread is...nm
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    Fuel Pressure Help

    19 lb injectors on a 347 with good heads? I am surprised you are rich.
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    347 stroker questions

    details More specifics needed to answer that, what size are your injectors, what heads/intake/cam?
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    Stroker Block Prep

    I priced out a forged 408 shortblock in a roller block few days ago for a future project, here is what I came up with: forged 408 shortblock 2400 If I do it myself: find a roller block that is not trashed minimum 300 machine work to the block, bore work/deck...
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    5.0 oil pump drive shaft

    I can't imagine putting it in from the top for any reason, you KNOW that at the worst possible moment, when your car has to run, you or someone else is going to pull your dizzy and clink, you are stranded. If your timing is not right and you have to restab, if your lower intake starts...
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    anyone explain this weird noise?

    Well a lot has been suggested but to me, hearing that vid made me sure it was exhaust related. You have a spare header you can throw on it? those header bolts are notorious for coming loose and falling out, make sure every one is good and tight(do not snap one it sucks) put the car up securely...
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    Machine shop question

    Freeze plugs are so easy to install I would not pay anyone to do it, so are cam bearings but you need a damned expensive single purpose tool. I paid nothing for a motor, tore it down and brought them the pieces(usually shops will charge for disassembly). They cleaned up the block for around...
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    Need continued advice...ran compression test

    Sounds like a teardown is in order, 60 is wicked low.
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    piston to valve clearance

    No offense intended but you posted your question and your answer already: "i dont want to hear "clay the motor" because i already know to do so", bingo you got it thats what you need to do, I finished a 351 recently and had all the specs of everything and should have been good to go. My...
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    351W

    I'm sure someone will chip in if I am wrong but I think a 351W with stock lower end and nice HCI well matched with a built c-4/good stall will put you in the 11s na. Lots of heads to choose from, afr, edelbrock etc, use a good cam grinder and listen to his advice and you will be very happy with...
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