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    Belt question

    good grief! well at least you figured it out
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    Belt question

    I can only speak from personal experience. On both of the 5.0's I've owned I have never had to "fight" to get the belt on. Now I admit that getting the tensioner all the way over and slipping the belt on at the same time with out smacking yourself can be a treat, but not a real problem. Every...
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    Speedo Gear Question

    Ok, here is the deal. You need a yellow 18 tooth speedo cable gear (Ford p/n CODD-B or go to 50resto #LRS -17271H) for 2.73 gears and a '90 T5. You will be dead on with the 140mph speedo, I don't know if the 85 mph speedo makes any difference since I used to pin my gone but not forgotten '89's...
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    overheating a little

    what vristang said plus I would have the radiator cap checked out at your favorite auto store, at 200 degrees it has been my experience that you usually don't build up enough pressure to "pop off" a 16 lb. cap. Just another thing to check and verify, this is assuming that this overflow thing is...
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    catted X or H pipe input needed

    I need some advice from owners of after market high flow catted mid pipes. X or H? cats have to have the air pump fittings, 2.5 inch pipe dia; aluminized steel is ok. They will be hooked up to a Flowmaster 3 chamber 2.5 dia cat back system and the stock/shorty header cone type connection up...
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    Underdrive pulleys worth it??

    WOW! real dyno data. Thanks for shedding some light on the subject Daggar I wnet to the site and those guys are serious! I have to also go back to my original comment re. dollar/hp and sign up with DTT92LX's comment about the $25/HP ratio. A set of 185 AFR heads filled with the parts, AFR...
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    which thermostat do you recommend?

    HISSIN50- I agree with all that you said; about the lean part, you learn something new everyday. The way I understood things is that it ran richer, as in cold start open loop mode, but what you say makes sense, gotta go get the ECM book out again I guess. My point is that at 180 you are very...
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    which thermostat do you recommend?

    I will stand by for the flames, but here are some facts. The factory says 190 to 195. There is a coolant temp sending (CTS) unit that talks to the the ECM and is part of the a/f ratio computation. So, at 180 you will run a little richer than if you are at 190 or so, whether there is a...
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    Underdrive pulleys worth it??

    I agree with the HP for the bucks comments, I had a set of FRPP pulleys on mine when I bought the car, aluminum radiator and orginal alternater. My problem was the previous owner was a "hack" and had the cooling system all hosed up and I couldn't stand the alternater not charging at idle...
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    is coolant drainage necessary for temperature sender removal?

    With a cold engine, nary a drop, just did both of mine about a month ago. This applies to the water temp guage sending unit as well as the water temp sensor that sends a signal to the ECM
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    Car Overheating, do you think this fan and radiator will do?

    re. heating You are more than welcome Say Go, post what the problem turns out to be, will you? I am always interested in this whole cooling thing, spent a lot of time researching and experimenting and am always looking for "new" solutions and explanations that keep things stock and cool!
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    Car Overheating, do you think this fan and radiator will do?

    long response, practical advice; been there, done that Your stock cooling system should handle your 306 no problem IMHO. Here is what I started with when I bought my car and how it ended. FRPP aluminmum rad, 191 Ford stat, underdrive pulleys, bra (important piece of info here!) new hoses, ran...
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    Trac Loc question...

    Will the stock FRPP 31 spline Trac Loc handle ~400 RWHP and 400 ft lbs of torque? The Cobra version is on backorder forever according to Summit and I want to put my gears in sometime this year! Is there a better product out there than the Ford? thanks
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    hp and torque limits

    thanks! strokedandblown and cleanlx, a big thank you for your replies. I am going to proceed with my upgrades then and run the four lugs, I will upgrade the axles and go with the cobra trac loc 31 spline in preparation for the next round of upgrades. This building to a plan and then trying to...
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    hp and torque limits

    I have searched every 4-5 lug post there is and can't find one that deals with how much HP and torque you can put through 4 lug axles before things start to break. I don't want to spend money on cool wheels right now, I want to put it into other parts. Answers for both 28 and 31 splined axles...
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