MM&FF article September 17, 2009, 12:38:49 AM anyone know if last months article on the 400hp $1000 302 is online anywhere? i went to walmart to pick it up today and they put this months on the shelves last night Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #1 – September 17, 2009, 05:43:28 PM I have it at home, I can e-mail it to you tomorrow. Whats your e-mail? Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #2 – September 17, 2009, 08:05:56 PM can you send me the article too? sounds like good info. RealityRebuttal@gmail.com Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #4 – September 18, 2009, 07:32:58 AM It does sound like a good article, would it be to much trouble to send it to me as well?BPowersman5000@msn.com Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #5 – September 18, 2009, 09:22:59 AM I don't see the article online but I do have the mag. Basically they took a boneyard EFI 5.0 from a T-Bird and installed the following:750 Holley double pumperParker Single plane funnel web intakePro Comp 210 Heads (milled to 60cc chambers from 64cc)TFS Track Max Cam (.499/.510 split lift, 221/225 split duration, 112 degree lobe separation)Pro Comp roller rockersElgin hardened pushrodsDuraspark distributorThis combination made 399hp and 363 ft/lbs. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #6 – September 18, 2009, 09:37:53 AM i'm thinking about going with the same setup, only with an EFI setup. i'm not much on carbs. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #7 – September 18, 2009, 09:39:21 AM o yah, no need to email it to me, 04Ford's post told me everything i was hopeing to find. thanks for the offer though. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #8 – September 18, 2009, 12:21:57 PM Quote from: 04FordHarleyF250;291623 Basically they took a boneyard EFI 5.0 from a T-Bird and installed the following:750 Holley double pumperParker Single plane funnel web intakePro Comp 210 Heads (milled to 60cc chambers from 64cc)TFS Track Max Cam (.499/.510 split lift, 221/225 split duration, 112 degree lobe separation)Pro Comp roller rockersElgin hardened pushrodsDuraspark distributorThis combination made 399hp and 363 ft/lbs.WOW those are some shiznitty parts. I wonder how long it will actually hold together..... Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #9 – September 18, 2009, 12:25:10 PM Major suckage on doing the carb thing...but hey..if cheap power gets ya off....:flip:The numbers on the cam look decent...I agree, don't think it'd last too long. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #10 – September 18, 2009, 12:28:20 PM Those Pro Comp heads are . Do a search at http://www.sbftech.com and fine out why. You'd be amazed at how bad they are.....From Jay Allen on sbftech:QuoteSeriously, been discussed more time than Carter has liver pills.They are cheap chinese junk.The seats fall out.The seats are not concentric with the guides.The valves cost 0.75 each.This list is long.You buy them, you are a fool. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #11 – September 18, 2009, 03:09:49 PM I think the whole point of the article was to twist out 400 hp on the cheap. No one stated how long it would hold up or how streetable it would be. They even reused the timing chain, oil pump, roller lifters, and the short block was untouched to keep the cost down. I was dissapointed in that they used a carb with a single plane intake and not EFI. Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #12 – September 18, 2009, 05:08:48 PM i'll be running either Patriot or Edelbrock E-Streets. i was mostly interested in their cam selection. i know the Patriots are also junk, but not as bad as the Pro Comps. they probably do not flow as good, but i will clean them up as good as i can and gasket match everything as well as probably run a bigger cam. i'll be starting with an explorer bottom end so i will have to buy pistons, so that combined with the added cost of the more pricey heads will put my total at or around $2000 Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #13 – September 18, 2009, 07:01:43 PM This sounds like a case of not enough money and time to do it right the first time. My experience with this type of scenerio is: it costs a lot more of both fix it when it turns out to be junk.I've learned over the years not to take much stock in magazine article engine builds. But hey, we all have our own learning curves and have to make our own mistakes. Hope you have good luck with your build! Quote Selected
MM&FF article Reply #14 – September 18, 2009, 10:08:40 PM I'll be going carb on mine and quite honestly don't care who thinks I'm an idiot. Quote Selected
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