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    5.4 or 4.6 for my new drag car?

    330CID sounds nice but that 5.4L stroke is l-o-n-g. I guess that if you have a seriously sticky seup out back, you might benefit from the extra stroke on launch, but in general I don't see the advantage of the 5.4L on the dragstrip. I don't completely agree with that old adage about there...
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    '01 GT: Valvetrain Whine?

    vidmaster - my car (A 5-speed) makes that noise in 1st and 2nd (especially below 2500 RPM), and in my experience such a noise is pretty typical of stickshifts, at least those in relatively inexpensive cars. But I don't know if the automatic transmission should make that noise. After I made...
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    '01 GT: Valvetrain Whine?

    I run Motorcraft 5W20 as recommended. I just changed the oil a couple of days before I heard the whine. The oil level is within the correct range on the dipstick, there are no air bubbles in the oil, and the pressure reading is normal at the gauge cluster. I think that the whining could be...
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    '01 GT: Valvetrain Whine?

    Recently I noticed that my car seems to make more of a high-pitched whine at 3,000+ RPM than before. She's a 2001 GT with a stick-shift. The noise is not deafening, just loud enough so that I notice. At first I hoped it was a pulley tensioner or idler pulley burning up. But now I am starting...
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    I know... it's almost like Chevy ran out of money and couldn't finish the car. I am thinking about things like skip-shift, the "hump" in the footwell, etc. Maybe I don't respect the 4.6L like I do the LS1, but the Ford wins the overall comparison between the two cars IMHO.
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    OK, that did sound a little like Kerry. What I did was a little different from what you did. I made a ratio with different units on the top and bottom of the fraction, and then compared the ratios for two cars. That's an acceptable practice... think about "tons per cubic foot" as a way of...
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    Aluminum DOHC into 2000GT?

    You can't discount the piston flange issue. Everyone knows that iron block has thrombolitic piston flanges which tend to become brittle and distended with age. My buddy has a '77 Nova with an electric supercharger, slapper bars, and a Pontiac 301 and he says it would run low sixes in the...
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    DBMSTANG: I get it. You interpret "bias toward torque" to mean that the FT/LB number is higher than the HP number. I can see where that interpretation would make me look dumb. But it's a stupid interpretation of the term "bias toward torque." It's an interpretation based on a comparison of two...
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    Aluminum DOHC into 2000GT?

    I don't know the answer about weight difference. Doesn't the Cobra crank have a different bolt pattern? I hope someone can explain what issues that poses. I guess you'd need a new flywheel. I have always wondered about using the 4V heads on a regular GT motor. To me, that seems like the...
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    Ticking noise

    Are you sure it's coming from the rear? I have heard that a ticking noise coming from the driver's side of the engine is typically valvetrain noise (e.g. normal OHC noise or a worn valvestem guide). There might be some kind of sound reflection going on... my suggestion is to listen down by the...
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    Centrifugal vs. Roots

    To me, this question equates to the question of torque-vs.-power. And I would always build for power, not for torque. You will find people who say things like "torque actually moves the car, not power" but I am not sure what that means. So I suppose I favor the centrifugal blower. The twin-screw...
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    When did I ever deny that?
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    DBMSTNG: I didn't understand why you would respond to a post that was mostly technical, and did not claim to have all the answers anyway, with such an ad hominem attack. Then I saw your second post about my Lightning thread. Dude, that was months - if not years - ago. Let it go. I don't like...
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    I really hate sweet pickles.
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    Bad Stang day

    I know it is somewhat off-topic, but I am a Software Developer and have seem the exact same thing. I have often said that a decent programmer will spot all the reasons something won't work, but a better programmer will mentally simplify the problem right away. I work with a guy who is not bad...
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    2V Power Curve / Tradeoffs

    I was comparing power / torque peaks for some cars, and it occured to me that in many ways the 260HP GT is a real oddball. For example, it makes a much bigger torque number than its power number (302 vs. 260), but at the same time its power curve is at fairly high RPM. I really do not consider...
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    Bad Stang day

    I think there are rear-end shops that can fix your car pretty cheaply. I know there is one here in Gulfport where the back yard is just littered with complete rear-axle assemblies, and really all they do are straight rear axles. You need to find a shop like that. Get some shorter gears while...
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    Help Me Decide on Next Mod Please

    If you are concerned about ET, do something with your suspension and tires. If you are looking for power for its own sake, I'd get a timing adjuster and underdrive pulleys. The intake tract is really not a bottleneck... look at Ford's experience with the Bullitt.
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    AmSoil 0w-30?

    Where'd you get that magnet? Did you just improvise something?
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    AmSoil 0w-30?

    :lol: Riiiiiiight... I can thing of many counterexamples: 1) Strippers 2) 20" wheels 3) The Hummer 4) The new BMW 5-series 5) Marriage 6) A Mercedes Roadster 7) 5-star hotels (try getting them to turn on the A/C before July) You get the picture. More to the point, I think the best...
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