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  1. maxine-70

    losing my turbo coupe rear and going back to drum...a few questions...

    you just reinforced my idea. the 35 year old rear drums on the back of a brutal 440 duster were better at stopping the car than the discs were. and you just argued that modern drums are better than older ones. id like to know the logic on that too, as drums havent changed their technology...
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    Brand new 347 has rear main leak!!

    the flywheel bolts going into an oil source is true, another of fords genious ideas. but since you have to pull the trans out to reseal them, put a new rear main in it while youre there just to be sure
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    what cam for the street??

    stock heads can benefit from a cam swap still. you jsut dont want to go buying a .600 lift cam on a stock motor. something .480-.510 lift and 280 or so on duration is about the max id try to stuff in a stock motor. beyond that, its pointless.
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    351W With Gt40 Heads And Intake

    yip, just get a straight fox style upper intake. shouldnt need anything else but some 351W headers and a flywheel. make sure its got the right style oil pan for your car too. is it rebuilt or a new unused ford motor? $3700 isnt too bad if its new or fully rebuilt by a reputable shop. i...
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    losing my turbo coupe rear and going back to drum...a few questions...

    for a street car under normal driving to even mild performance usage, disc brakes on the rear are overrated. yes, they perform better. no, they dont perform significantly better to justify the work and expense to put them on. rear brakes only account for up to 30% of stopping capacity and dont...
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    351W With Gt40 Heads And Intake

    yip. the uppers are interchangeable. its the bottoms that are different. did someone put this combo together or is it an early lightning motor? this it the combo im thinking of building for my 86. im running a 5.0 gt-40 explorer motor now and thought about building the 76 351W motor in my...
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    351W With Gt40 Heads And Intake

    yip. the uppers are interchangeable. its the bottoms that are different. did someone put this combo together or is it an early lightning motor? this it the combo im thinking of building for my 86. im running a 5.0 gt-40 explorer motor now and thought about building the 76 351W motor in my...
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    Classic guy looking for help with T5 swap

    the linkage is gonna be the issue wit hyour setup. your 66 would have used a mechanical z-bar type clutch linkage that when you push the clutch in, the linkage would push BACK on the clutch fork to actuate it. cable setups work the reverse way, they PULL the clutch fork forward. they each work...
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    Brand new 347 has rear main leak!!

    its a nuisance but not that big of a deal. ford one piece rear main was a brilliant idea, far better than the old 2 piece rope-type seal. you just have to pull the trans to get to it. once youre there, pop it out, put the new on in it (OIL/GREASE THE LIP FIRST!), and put the trans back in...
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    LABOR COSTS

    oh, the rears....doh! ive spent my weekend ripping out my front suspension and thats hwere my mind was. i took my rear out last week to have a ring and pinion swap. removal was easy. like mentioned above, the mufflers are in the way of the lower CA to frame bolt and have to be removed. i havent...
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    How much is an engine rebuild?

    basic rebuilds for a long block, assuming you pull it and put it back in, will be in the $1500 range. but i figure if youre in it that far, why not spend a few hundred extra and make a 331/347? pistons may cost another $100-150 for mid grade units, and a crank will be $200+ if you shop around...
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    my top wont come back up... 92 lx 5.0 vert

    mine did that this spring when i took the car out of storage. the switch was dead. it would go down, but not up. i was lucky to find one in the junkyard. yours should be easier to find than one for an 83-86. it could be the pump too. or it could be a fuse ( you DID check those, right?) its...
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    glasspacks

    glasspacks sound terrible. and i think its socially uncouth to have them if you dont have a mullet and your car doesnt have a confederate flag.
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    losing my turbo coupe rear and going back to drum...a few questions...

    master cylinders arent pricey, so id put it back the way its supposed to be. since i know more about musclecar dodges than i do modern era cars, the master cylinders on those were different. disc/drum combo masters had a residual pressure valve installed in the masters outlet that fed the...
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    LABOR COSTS

    if someone has already talked you into putting UPPER control arms on a 90 LX, you're already in trouble. they dont have upper control arms. there's a lower CA, a spindle, and a strut. and since i took my lower CA's out today, i now know that fords moron engineers were not talking to each other...
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    Cant get dist to seat down all the way.... HELP ASAP

    same thing with the 86 5.0 i put in my ranger. same distributor that came out was going back in and just wouldnt go in fully. after dozens of up and down movements and wobbline and twisting the rotor while going up and down....and it finally seated itself. i dont know why, it just took some...
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    Need your suggestions on this issue..

    start with a cam swap, one with a higher peak rpm ceiling. my 86 gt was a one year only type engine, and it was done making power just over 4000 rpm. you have better heads and pistons than my old engine had to start with, so id start with just a cam swap. if thats not enough, add some worked...
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    convertible frame connectors

    mine has heavy plates factory riveted from the frame rail ends to the rockers for reinforcements. i never understood how RIVETED plates could reinforce a v8 convertible unibody car very effectively, but im not an automotive engineer, so i decided not to remove them so i could use regular hardtop...
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    proper rims for fox with 5 lug conversion

    bullits look odd on fox stangs, but thats just me. the welds would be far more attractive
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    '86 H.O and B-cam question....

    that mechanic may have meant the firing order. if he assumed you had a stock non-HO 5.0 in your car and were swapping cams to a FRPP cam, the firing order WOULD change, to that of the HO 5.0/ 351W firing order. the only way to know for sure if the B cam will fit is to measure everything and...
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