sixty-2-tonfalcon":24ioryhh said:
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Thank you!
I was doing some test and tune again yesterday,
If I advance the timing a little more I can get a stronger launch, but get detonation later. The stock distributor still has all the advance weights the way it left the factory, so today I am going to get inside and put some limits on the amount of centrifugal advance so I can add more initial advance.
so after that, this engine would be version what ? 1.2 or 1.3 or 1.4 or so ? I forgot, but it is still basicly a stock engine.
Also I am getting some interesting clunks from the rear suspension, so I am going to crawl under and see what is happening there. Then that's about it. I should be ready to head to the track.
OH yeah, one other mod - - - I removed the passenger side head lights and ran a piece of aluminum clothes dryer duct from the front of the grill (where the headlights were) to straight to the compressor inlet. A guy on turbomustangs ( dave @majestic ) picked up 40 HP by getting rid of the "cone filter" on the turbo inlet and running a piece of this duct to the front og the car (while on a chassis dyno) also, he had twins on it.
All in all, the car feels great, is running well (but LOTS of BLOWBY!) and shifts great. I would have put in new rings while I had it apart but no parts houses in town had std 200 rings in stock. So in went the old ones again.
I am thinking big changes for a winter project (new engine).
I have :
1) Forged pistons
2) These rods:
3) Ported head
4) direct mount 2 bbl
5) FSPP cam, 214*/214* @ .050"
6) also try to make a new exhaust turbo header,
then sell the log manifold and holley 1 bbl with hat.
I ekpt waiting for the current engine to go boom, but it never happened. Broke two pistons, but even that wasn't a huge failure, as it didn't damage anything else.
I am curious to see how much stronger a newer, fresher engine with more mods will be.
I am also thinking I will just go ahead and swap the new engine into the black '82 I have. I can leave this car (silver '84) a runner until that one is ready for the intercooler and other pieces that need to be carried over from this car.