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    351w Power?

    Just FYI I was on an extreme budget, PLUS purposely building for low/mid range in a 4,000 road car, but anyway I shopped around a little and found a set of lo miles good used Ebrocks for $600. Not maybe the "latest & greatest" but not that far off for the money. Mine are the small ones...
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    aod?

    Here's some info on building an AOD to handle various levels of power. www.lincolnsonline.com/article111.html Here's some more detailed info on the inner workings of AOD's and the later model 4R70W's which have stronger internal parts, many of which will swap into the AOD...
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    Trying to put on my winter tires...summer rims are stuck to the drum in the rear.

    Something else that works really good is a thin coating of Anti Sieze on the drum.
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    Need Help-Transmission Identification

    The TCI transmission website has a good guide to identify automatics based on the pan gasket pattern.
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    AOD Question

    The internal geartrains are quite similar, but there are some differences. The ratios are the same. The cases are different. The valve bodies & torque converters are way different. Either can be built to take major power. The /E is electronically controlled, so to use it in a car...
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    electric fan relay

    I just wired in a 3.8 Taurus fan, am VERY happy with the results. A control that's similar to the DC Controller but I believe a little less $ is the (new?) Flex-A-Lite soft start, variable speed controller. After some research, I found that a Taurus fan pulls about 33 amps on high...
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    Mustang AOD

    That Town Car trans is just about for sure 7/8" longer - again, it's in the tailshaft housing which can be swapped. Here's a bunch of info that should help you get things going in the right direction, and make the work easier: www.lincolnsonline.com/article111.html...
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    AOD adaption

    Here's several links that should help with the details (incl Windsor Fox, but it might have some info) http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/33598/ http://www.windsor-fox.com/ http://www.shockley.net/Holley-AOD.asp http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/987/ Here's some info on making an AOD live...
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    Blower Setups Street Friendly?

    On the KBs, there are 2 sizes of blowers, you can change pulleys fairly easily (unlike the oem Eaton type like on the SuperCoupe) which will increase boost, plus you can add an intercooler. I don't think you'd run out of boost if you used the right blower and set it up right. I've read...
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    f350 351 roller or not?

    From what I've read, it's the 94's (maybe mid-94's) & up that are roller. There's a particular casting number to look for on the block, don't know what that is. A search of this forum should find it. That's been posted quite a number of times.
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    Alum. vs. Steel Flywheel

    Having had an aluminum flywheel on a thoroughly hopped up 426 hemi, here's my take on it - especially the inertia thing. If you have a relatively lower torque engine and/or fairly wide spread gears (like with a 3.xx rear instead of a deeper 4.xx rear), you may want the greater stored energy...
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    What Rpms to shift at while drag racing?

    Those points all sound about right - in general, you want to shift so that the rpms drop back down to your torque peak or just above it. That will often be right around your hosepower peak unless you've got really close gears.
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    smog pump delete belt size

    One easy way to measure it is with a cloth dressmakers tape. They're flat and flexible, just thread it around your pulleys like you would a belt, and read the measurement. Anybody that sews usually has one, or you can get one cheap at any store that has fabrics like WalMart or a fabric...
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    overdrive goin bad?

    I'd definitely try the tv cable adjustment first - and yes, you need the throttle body completely in the idle position - it helps to keep a little pressure on it when determining the cable position inside the block that hooks to the throttle arm to make sure it's fully closed. One simple...
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    AOD just took a crap. Which tranny to get?

    I didn't read thru all the posts, so I apologize if I missed something. You can make an AOD live behind various levels of power, here's some info www.lincolnsonline.com/article111.html Here's some more detailed info on the AOD line of trans including the electronic controlled ones...
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    overdrive goin bad?

    That cable wouldn't do anything, but you may want to check your throttle valve cable from the throttle arm on the throttle body to the trans. Check the adjustment at the throttle arm. TCI's website has instructions for setting it with a pressure gauge. If you don't want to go thru that...
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    351w or 5.8 fox swap info?

    Here's my write-up on a 351 into an 89 Linc Mk7, which is just a stretched Fox chassis. I was on a really tight budget, so you'll see what I came up with for combo. The one thing you could maybe do for more higher rpm power would be to go to a different cam, but I wouldn't recommend...
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    shift probs from plugs and timing change? on aod

    If it has the original trans, it will be an AOD/E and therefore electronically controlled versus having a throttle valve cable. Sounds like your OD band may have given up. One other possibility is that one of the shift solenoids inside the trans on the valve body (you have to remove...
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    To buy or build my AOD

    You CAN save yourself a bundle building it yourself, but you do need a few special tools, like the seal protectors. It's absolutely true you can get a later model 4R70W out of a yard cheap and transfer lots of the parts. Here's some details...
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    347 shortblock-Central Coast Mustang

    Maybe try Coast High Performance - they've got a good rep and are competitively priced from what I've read
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