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User Rides / Another new ride
Congratulations on your new car. Grabber Blue looks great on it :)
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User Rides / My 87 Thunderbird LX
In progress is seat mounts. Need to gets some bigger angles from work. The ones on the photo is 1x1 inch and the seat sits too low. Gonna try with 2x2 inch.
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Engine Tech / Budget 302
Thanks for the info Haystack. It has a AOD now, but i want to put a man transmission in it. If i can get a man. pedal assembly.... Parts/donor cars are hard to come by here...
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Engine Tech / Budget 302
Kitz Kat: you are so right....

Im just gonna use the stock heads until i can afford alu heads.
I read somewhere that Ford dont recomend more than 400 hp out of a stock 302 block, and mine is not comming close to that kind of power now. Does anyone know how much the stock internals can handle?
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Junkyard visit in Sweden, OSBY
Quote from: vinnietbird;365811


What's that red thing sticking out of the fender in the top picture?


Thats the Turn Signal light. I have the same on my norwegian tbird. In europe this is standard, my car got them because its an export model. And they always fint some stupid looking lights to put on. Like on my brothers 94 Ford Probe. They even took the time to cut out the red turn signals in the back and replaced them with orange lights..... But i have red lights on it now:)
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Engine Tech / Budget 302
Yes its stock heads(not H.O). I know they will limit power gains, but they will have to do for starters.
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Engine Tech / Budget 302
Does anyone know how much i can do with the 302 before stock crank and rods will be a problem?

My plan so far:

Rebuilding kit
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FEM-MHP174-000/

Main Cap Girdle
Stock Cyl Heads
Cam and lifter kit(have not decided wich one yet)
Alu intake and carb
Aftermarked shorty headers and 2.5 inch dual exhaust

Other than this there will be new: bolts, waterpump, timing chain, harmonic balancer, rocker arms....

As i dont have much experience with engine building, im hoping for some info on choosing cam/valvetrain setup. The car will be mostly street driven, with some autocrossing.  When i took the engine apart, i found roller lifters, is this stock? Should i be looking for a hydraulic roller setup?

Vegar
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Drivetrain Tech / AOD Question...
I have an AOD transmission from my 87 tbird. Another owner have driven the car with too much oil in the AOD. The front seal is leaking, is there anything else i should look for?

Vegar