Hey everybody,
I picked up a 96 explorer engine at the junkyard and am finishing cleaning it up.
The idea here is to run this engine for a few years while I address some other issues on the cougar.
So I'll reseal the engine, and drop a cam in it, put on my performer intake and carb and roll with it.
Still, the pedestal rockers it came with are crappy. I figure a set of Crane energizer 1.7's would be a worthwhile investment.
So should I run a stock HO cam until I build the rear end and install a t-5, or does anyone have other suggestions... If so, what springs would I need, or even better, how do I calculate which springs I need?
Basically, rambling aside, what would you do?
Currently I have a c-4 and an 8 with 3.0 gears.
I picked up a 96 explorer engine at the junkyard and am finishing cleaning it up.
The idea here is to run this engine for a few years while I address some other issues on the cougar.
So I'll reseal the engine, and drop a cam in it, put on my performer intake and carb and roll with it.
Still, the pedestal rockers it came with are crappy. I figure a set of Crane energizer 1.7's would be a worthwhile investment.
So should I run a stock HO cam until I build the rear end and install a t-5, or does anyone have other suggestions... If so, what springs would I need, or even better, how do I calculate which springs I need?
Basically, rambling aside, what would you do?
Currently I have a c-4 and an 8 with 3.0 gears.