Ahhh nothing sucks more than down time on the stang!! I just had a problem with my electric fan setup on the '84 and freaked out! the Spal fan controller box shorted out and fried. I had to put an advance auto parts controller in there temporarily
Yeah the build in particular of Rick's said the valve springs last 1 season and have to be replaced...but that's the price you pay to run 8200rpm. I don't really know if lifters would make a difference in the life of the valve springs would they? I figure for most of us running on the street and an occasional 6-6500rpm rip we should get at least a few years worth vs. an 8500rpm race engine raced a whole season.
I've personally had it to a bit over 7k on accident because it broke loose unexpectedly and i don't have a rev limiter. By the time i could react i looked down at the tach and it was shooting past 7k. I bought my engine out of a friend's racecar, and he launched and shifted at 7500rpm. With my heads and duel plane intake i peaked hp at 6300rpm so i don't bother going over 6500rpm. It pretty much flattened out at 6300 and held it so we shut it down.
Oh hell yeah, we should be there quite a bit.
Not sure why you say I will have any influence in this
Oh please, I got ya beat. The motor that's not even in my car has no heads on it, the front end consists of a bare k-member, there's no interior whatsoever, a broken T5 on the bench and the rearend and rear suspension that need to be built aren't even out of the car yet