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    Why is my alternator doing this?

    this is the reason that i run a gm 140 amp "one wire" from east coast auto electric, it has the same physical dimensions with the exception of the "pivot" hole in the case(wich is 3/8)that can easily be drilled to 7/16 and other than needing a 4 guage wire or heavier to the battery, its pretty...
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    cam center line with efi

    ide always use a cam of 112-114 LCA for fuel injected and or supercharged application to prevent loss of cylinder pressure due to ecessive valve overlap, tighter lca's are used for two reasons, desired higher operating rpms where there is less time to fill the cylinder thus making it...
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    Need help tapping oil pan

    i know a lot of people puch and tap but that always scares me, the only truly safe way of doing it is to pull the pan and drill a hole and weld a fitting on the side of the pan, aht way you are sure there are no filings migrating they're way to your oil pump
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    Meziere or CSI electric water pump for weekend street drivn?

    i have a meziere 311x on mine and i love it, i have 50,000 miles on it so far with no problems, look over in the 5.0 talk section, there was a pole about this subject, most (not all)of the people telling you not to do it have no personal experience with electric pumps, ask people if they...
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    turbo, What cam?

    comp cams xe-274-hr, most any normal cam will work with a properly designed turo a/r and compressor size, with a properly designed system under boost the exhaust to intake pressure ratio should be very close to 1:1, so in essence it will be seeing atmospheric conditions, only a lot more of it
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    How strong are the older 302 blocks??

    roller blocks have taller lifter bores to accomodate the taller roller lifters and have two holes drilled in the lifter valley for the lifter retaining plate, older block dont, but you can use roller harware in the older blocks if you use a reduced base circle cam so that it allows the lifter...
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    Gear Drive vs. Double Roller Chain....pros and cons

    the backlash in the gear drive will cause spark scatter at a certain rpm determined by the resonance frequency of the valvetrain, for all intensive purposes the chain will do the job just as good with less wear on other parts while producing no scatter and requiring no machining, ther are plenty...
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    Decked block...shaved heads...now manifold wont fit? HELP!

    i didnt here this from anyone, this is my personal experience, you should take a die grinder and enlongate the intake bolt holes towards the center of the intake, start with 3/16 , grind more if needed, then set the manifold onto the lifter valley with the gaskets in place and look into all...
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    Electric Water Pump? Pros & Cons

    88 gt 50 and 2000xp8, what kind of electric water pumps have YOU used personally on the street,since YOU'VE obviously had such bad experiences with them please share the maufacturer of the the pump that has let YOU down so that no one else gets stuck in YOUR situation.. or are you just...
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    Electric Water Pump? Pros & Cons

    i have 50,000 on my meziere pump thats on my 347, i run a permacool 16" fan and a GM 140 amp-one wire alt with no problems at all, if you call meziere they absolutely approve of continuous street duty with they're pumps, how many people posting here have actually used an electric pump in street...
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    enjoy the drag race

    ranger has a 347, j302 heads,comp cam,victor jr, holley projection, aod, narrowed explorer rear,, lightning had a smaller blower pulley and diableo programmer
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    Help, home security question

    you NEED a deadbolt
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    Fel-Pro #1250 leaks suggestions

    i had the exact same problem with my 1262's, i tried the mister gasket brand but the coolant passage was WAY to big so i stuck with the 1262 and got some .030 wire out of my mig and made four "o" rings that i rtv'd to the head then rtv'd the gasket over the "o"rings and torqued everything down...
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    In today's age, 5.0s just aren't competitive...

    i agree with 93gtmustang, keep the racing off the street and take it to the track before you kill some one, or some other as*hole street racer kills someone you love.
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    enjoy the drag race

    my 347 ranger vs a lightning http://videos.streetfire.net/search/grudge+race/0/47e5beb4-02da-4ee0-ab83-983f00f8e049.htm
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    Outlet. What voltage? Pics

    how much you want for it
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    Outlet. What voltage? Pics

    he needs to post a picture of the plug thats on the welder, the way he describes the plug, i picture it as a 120v-30amp rv style plug
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    Outlet. What voltage? Pics

    put in a new recepticle and run a new wire and install a new breaker, then you know its done right, if you cant do it, find someone who can, it will save you a lot of aggrevation from trying to figure wire guage and breaker amperage, and yes any two pole breaker will be in the 220-240 range and...
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    Casting Numbers for 5.0L Blocks

    they are all the same strength 500-600hp max, yes even the "mexican" if you wanna try to push the stock block, get a stud girdle and try cryogenically treating the block, when i break mine i may do a "cryo" block
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    to carb or not to carb

    i did 15 years of carbs and got tired of power valves, accellerator pumps, bowl gaskets jet changes etc, air bleeds,etc. but considering the simplicity of carbs they do a wonderful job, i dont know about the whole carbs are better than efi thing, its been almost 20 years since detriot...
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