falcon_master
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Hey everyone I just had a pretty basic question today, I want to know how to identify if my 64 falcon engine is hydraulic or solid lifter because according to the ford shop manual for both 64 and 63 model years ALL ford sixes were hydraulic lifters but according to the falcon handbook and various other people ALL 144s were solid lifters so I wanna know how to check which I actually have to solve it once and for all, also this is because I’m noticing some lifter noise after it first starts up and goes away after a couple seconds I know this is normal on hydraulic tappets as they need a second to build pressure but if it’s solid I want to know if I need to adjust them, and I can’t tell from just looking at my rockers because ford did so,ermines put adjustable rockers on hydraulic lifters because it’s what they had left over, so any advice on how to figure that one out would be great. Another thing I’m concerned about is engine temps. Currently I have a 165 thermos in there and I know that’s no to good because you want the engine to get hot enough to burn off deposit and water out of oil but my worry is that here in az it is very common to have 100-110 degrees outside and I want to make sure that in slow traffic I’m not going to overheat hence the 165 thermostat so does anyone know how these guys handle 100+ degrees outside especially if I ever put AC on it like I plan that’ll put a heavy load on the engine although can a 144 even support ac I’m worried that with the ac in it won’t even have the power to pull away from a stop anymore lol as the engine is only making “90” horsepower new spin reality it’s making 50 and add AC onto that and I’ve got like only 30 HP to work with!!