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Scary stuff happening........

Reply #105 –
Great news! Good job,Vinny.

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Reply #106 –
That is great news man! How's the oil pressure?

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

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Reply #107 –
Have a nice ride to work, were getting snow so i think I'm done for the year..
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]:ford:87 Turbo Coupe through the floor sub frame connectors, 5.8 swap Ford racing heads Harland sharp 1.6 rockers BBK shorty swap headers 2 1/2 BBk X pipe magnaflow ler's. Megasquirt 2 with 36lbs injectors on hurricane intake with 4150 throttle body.Tremec TKO 600 Quicktime blowsheild spec stage 3 clutch. 3.73 gears and still not done

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Reply #108 –
Glad to see you got her up and running again. It is funny how dirty a car gets just sitting in the garage.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
86 T-Bird V6 C5
91 F-150 5.0L 5spd
93 Mustang LX 351C C4
2013 Honda CRV AWD

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Reply #109 –
Quote from: Fordracer08;402169
Glad to see you got her up and running again. It is funny how dirty a car gets just sitting in the garage.

I washed, clay barred, buffed, polished, and waxed mine two weeks ago. It's covered in a layer of dust that dulls the look of the paint. Garages without car covers are the worst for cleanliness.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

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Reply #110 –
I only have the stock oil pressure gauge. I need an after market one, but never installed one because I haven't found a gauge that matches the interior and keeps the interior looking as it should. The factory gauge has the needle above the halfway mark. Probably 75% up on the gauge. I'm going to start changing a lot of things this spring, and a few added gauges are on the list. The car seems to be running good, a little chatter. I need to get back in there and check the rockers.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #111 –
Vinnie,

I went a bought a cheapo mechanical gauge that I connect where the oil pressure sending unit goes on the extension that is screwed into the block on the driver side.  I only use this when priming and engine before starting it and during the first few minutes of the motor's life to ensure I have good pressure.  From there I connect my electric Auto Meter back up and monitor it that way.

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

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Reply #112 –
vinniebird,
            We haven't heard from you in a while, I guess you and your car are doing well. I'm glad for you!! Enjoy!!

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Reply #113 –
Yeah, I'm here. I have been working the past few days. 12 hour shifts keep me away. The Sport is doing alright. making a little noise. I'm going to check the rockers and exhaust. Haven't had time to stop and really look at it. The oil is beautiful. No smoke. Working 5-12 hour shifts this week, so, no time for much. I am off tomorrow, but we'll see how the weather holds out to decide whether or not I'm going to do anything.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #114 –
Vinnie,
      I was wondering, don't you have hydraulic lifters?

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Reply #115 –
Yep. Roller lifters. I haven't had any time to really listen for the issue. I'm thinking it's in the lifters or rockers....maybe a small exhaust leak. I haven't checked much due to my work hours, and for the past 5 weeks, I haven't had a single day to just sit down and let everything go, so, I'm trying to do that this weekend. I may cave in and get out there for a while tomorrow. We;'ll see what happens.

The car is driving fine. I'd like to get  a new distributor. Mine is 25 years old. i also plan on replacing the TPS and IAC with some NOS pieces as well.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

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Reply #116 –
Napa sells some really good rebuilt dizzys but keep your FoMoCo electronics and put them on there.  I think RockAuto also sells them.

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

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Reply #117 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;402312
Yep. Roller lifters. I haven't had any time to really listen for the issue. I'm thinking it's in the lifters or rockers....maybe a small exhaust leak.

I have an extremely noisy (imo) valvetrain and after spending well over a thousand dollars trying to quiet it down, I just gave up. It was quieter when I used GT40 heads on a different (bad) block. My P's with the same rocker arms (Cobra/Crane units) are just noisy. I tried going from Comp Cams to Ford lifters, no difference. I tried setting a little more preload with longer pushrods and shimming, no difference. Different oil, nothing. I had a performance shop tear it down, noise didn't change. I just live with it. I assume the rocker arms are the culprit - that and using the stock Mustang aluminum valve covers. It isn't an exhaust leak in my case.

The performance shop thought it sounded normal. To me it sounds like improperly adjusted valve train. For all I know, the lifter bores have excessive wear/clearance on this block, causing weird geometry issues up top in the valvetrain. The noise is the main reason I dislike pushrod setups. Stock longblock with 200+k miles, it was quiet though.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

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Reply #118 –
Hopefully I'll figure it out (the noise), or at least enough to calm it down a little. I have factory Ford Cobra valve covers on the garage wall (two sets). I may try a set of those after I check the rockers. They are resin filled and double walled  and made to tone down the rockers that Cobra engines had.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #119 –
It has always had some chatter to it since day one. In the back of my head, I'm thinking maybe it isn't louder, but after driving the wife's car for over two weeks, maybe I just go used to uber quiet.....or maybe I'm right and it is. LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..