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    iron head choices

    i can pick up a set of gt40's for 80 bux any day of the year. throw int another 300 or so and have some nice iron heads. what about 351 heads? do they have more potential than the gt40's?
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    iron head choices

    looking to throw on some iron heads til next year when the boosted stroker gets built. then ill be looking into some AFR's. ive heard of ppl putting 289, 351, GT40 heads, etc. on 5.0's. which set of heads would be the best to monkey with and slap on my motor. keep in mind id be willing to...
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    main harness behind dash

    anybody wanna contribute?
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    main harness behind dash

    awesome, im thinking of attempting this. like to look at some pictures first
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    main harness behind dash

    anybody got links or pics of the main harness that is in the engine bay relocated to behind the dash?
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    Cylinder Head Questions..

    IIRC the piston to valve clearance was like 3 thousandths, but that was 4 years ago when i built that motor so i may be a lil off.
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    Cylinder Head Questions..

    IIRC the piston to valve clearance was like 3 hundreths. but that was 4 years ago when i built that motor.
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    Cylinder Head Questions..

    i was running .0200 domed keith blacks on top of eagle h-beams sitting under edelbrock rpm's with an e cam and 1.6's. had .003 gap @ TDC. it was tight but no contact. *trying to keep this thread open ended*
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    2 ga starter wire

    they fugded up and cut 2ga wire instead of 4ga at the place i got my starter wire from. this isnt gonna hurt me is it? common sense tells me no. only a wire smaller than 4 ga will do the damage, right?
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    vaccum line ?

    yeah i capped the line going from the back of the intake to the tab/ tad solenoids ands the line from the front/bottom of the intake to the charcoal canister. 1. what about the line from the egr to the tab/tad solenoids? 2. does that line have to have a source of vaccum or can it be capped...
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    vaccum line ?

    yeah i knew if you just remove them it would throw a CEL, thats fine with me for now. im gonna geta chip to remove that later on. what im wondering do i have to cap the line coming of the back of the intake and the line coming of the EGR/ if you need pics. of what im talking about the ill be...
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    moving solenoid

    ok thanks ALMOST STOCK, ive got a 4 ga cable from a drag car i had. i ran a single wire alternator. the cable goes from the alternator, up to the front of the car, ran it along the headlight harness, around the battery, and to the solenoid. maybe 6 feet in all. do you think this would be long...
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    vaccum line ?

    working on a 93 5.0 lx with no ac, smog, or cruise cont. im stuck on the TAD/TAB and the other component around the passenger side strut tower. how do i reroute the vaccum lines to bypass all that stuff.
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    moving solenoid

    did any of you guys have to get a longer starter wire when yall did this? i moved the solenoid right behind where it was mounted stock. also what size is the big wire going from the starter to the solenoid....4g?
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    mark VIII fan install

    dont have a whole lot of time to search the forum. so my question is what all do i need to complete this install? i have the fan and the 3g alternator already. what else is required to complete the job? from what im reading the delta current controller is the way to go. how do i go...
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    porting a tubular gt40 intake

    4G-kdmp yeah thats what im talking about. is that the only sensor i gotta fool with? anything else i gotta do to the lower for it to bolt on to my motor.
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    single wire alternator

    is the instalation as easy as running a wire from the alt. to the solenoid? i should wire it to the same prong ans the battery wire right?
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    porting a tubular gt40 intake

    what all do i have to do to the lower to get my motor to except the "gt40" lower. i read somn about drilling and tapping but cant find where i read what size tap to use and all that good stuff. do i have to do anything to the headers to run this intake?
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    porting a tubular gt40 intake

    well the thing is i have an explorer intake, got it for like 40 bones, but i dont like the looks of the explorer upper. i was gonna utilize the lower and jus get a gt40 upper. i think the gt40 is gonna be on the border line of being enough for my motor. thats why the question cam about porting...
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    porting a tubular gt40 intake

    i know the lower can be ported but can the upper be ported as well or are the walls too thin for that? what gains would be had in porting a tubular gt40 intake upper and lower? if both is possible what kind of work needs to be done to the intake to get the most flow outta it?