DIY air to air intercooler on Kenne Bell for 92 LX
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Update the stock short block is done and in the process of removal. Project 363 is underway. I just ordered from Fordstrokers a Dart block with all forged internal and its gonna be a 363 cid. Anyone looking for a good and reputable engine builder should look into Fordstrokers.com.
It's coming apart slowly and I should be pulling out this week. I'll post some pics of what I find.
Cracked up......Well in the end the added power from the additional 3 psi pushed the block past its limits. Last fall the dyno at 14 psi put out 431 hp and 524 tq and with 17 psi this spring who know, but it was too much to bear for the stock block. My brother and I pulled the motor today and upon disassembly of the block, the crank main caps came off showing severe scoring on the bearing surface right down to copper color. After pulling the crank and cam you could see she was split right down the middle from the top of the lifter valley down to the main webs from end to end. I had a hard time to get the cam out as the middle of the block had distorted and crushed the center cam bearings. Funny that I drove it like this for 3 days 
, the groaning sound must have been the crushed cam bearing. Well I'm glad I'm going Dart block with forged internals. I feel justified and well almost as if I've earned it now:salute:.
, the groaning sound must have been the crushed cam bearing. Well I'm glad I'm going Dart block with forged internals. I feel justified and well almost as if I've earned it now:salute:. 
Yikes, well, 17lbs of boost will do that.
Edit: Were you still running the stock balancer? What kind of RPMs would the engine see?
Edit: Were you still running the stock balancer? What kind of RPMs would the engine see?
93fox5.0
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nice man i was actually lookn for some vids on youtube and found some videos i was stoked when i just now found u on here i wanna sumwhat replicate ur setup culd u shoot me a pm of wut heads ur using and basically ur whole setup?
No Det my tune was sound and A/F 11.5 I used a SFI PowerBond balancer and SFI billet flywheel. She cracked no doubt due to the massive torque not high revving. I was never revving past 6k.
1991notchbackLX
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Its gonna be late July early Aug before the motor is built. Jim Woods at Fordstrokers is real busy right now, but I'll post up any pics when get them.
93fox5.0
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Hmmm...not sure pictures seem fine to me. What pics on page 4 are you talking about.
93fox5.0
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Loving my A2A set up
Looks breat JJ nice job, now hows it running do you have it tuned yet.
Yes the tune went well, you posted some pics for me on a different site, I can not wait to see your new engine and how much power you put down.
JJ its important for the A2A build to have feedback as far as the tunning aspect goes. If you could post on the corral and here how the car drives with the A2A and how hard it was to tune. Maybe a comparison from what it felt like stock to A2A from a drive ability stand point as well.
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