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on: 06-13-2003
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My car, after a 1" drop on Ford "C" springs, the addition of a rear swaybar, and true dual exhaust ending in downturns. |
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| #21 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:11:13 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#20, As money allows, it will start to sound better and better. ;-)
I'm not expecting miracles, and I know the V8s will go further. Still, the 3.8L has potential--the heads flow very well on intake but rather poorly on exhaust. Deal with that issue (lots of porting, larger exhaust valves, etc.) and you're halfway there--comparable flow to some aftermarket 5.0 heads if it's done right. Then, it simply becomes an issue of getting the valvetrain to keep up--better valvesprings and a higher-lift cam with longer duration (especially on exhaust, which would remain the weak point), and it would be pretty interesting. :-)
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| #22 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:12:46 AM |
| Posted By : fordtacomaz |
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#21, you looking for some headers too? how about an intake? *prepares to be repressed*
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| #23 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:13:37 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#21, My real problem right now is affording this crap. I think I may have to save my money for a little while.
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| #25 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:17:03 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#22, Intake, as in "cold air", or intake as in "manifold"? As for the first, I'm not too keen on them, and I don't think it would be too difficult to rig up something comparable for half the price. As far as the manifolds go, those would also need porting, too..
Headers, maybe later--the factory manifolds are crap, but I haven't decided whether I want shorties, or if I want to wait and do longtubes and an emissions delete.
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| #26 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:18:08 AM |
| Posted By : fordtacomaz |
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#25, hold on a sec....i gotta poor man's intake for you to look at. its done on an F-150 but its still a ford...
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| #27 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:19:43 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#26, The 4.2L F150 actually has the same engine I do, by the way. The block, heads, and lower intake manifolds are all the same or at least very similar; the differences are mostly in the rotating assembly and pistons (also the upper intake).
[Edited by Lemming on 6-14-2003 @ 12:20:33 AM]
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| #29 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:21:22 AM |
| Posted By : fordtacomaz |
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anyways...back to the headers...i think i would go for the longtubes. i think bassani makes a good set of longtubes
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| #30 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:23:02 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#28, Yeah, it's possible to do something very similar to the car. The only downside is that, with the position of that filter, he's going to need a heat shield or it's going to do him more harm than good.
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| #31 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:24:41 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#29, Actually, as far as I am aware, the only vendor I know of that makes LTs of any note would be MAC. JBA makes some nice shorties for the car, if it was to be kept emissions-legal (longtubes are long enough that I'd have to kiss all of the cats good-bye).
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| #32 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:24:57 AM |
| Posted By : fordtacomaz |
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#30, yeah i can see what you mean. your intake comes out the...passanger side of the car right? towards the front?
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| #34 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:28:18 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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But it's one thing at a time. I'm still trying to decide whether I should locate a set of used heads and try to find a local machine shop to do the work I want, or if I would be better off just saving up a lot of money and having one of the major V6 groups ( www.rpm-mustangs.com www.moranav6racing.com or www.supersixmotorsports.com ) do a set for me.
I'm also contemplating gears, and I may be able to get a good deal on a set of 3.45s and a traction-lok diff. (My car has 2.73s, open.)
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| #35 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:29:14 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#32, Yep. Goes down into the fenderwell next to the pass. side headlight.
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| #36 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:32:16 AM |
| Posted By : fordtacomaz |
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#34, exactly. my friend got a set of used heads for his Suburban. they worked well...until he fried all the wires near it...
#35, thought so.
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| #37 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:32:38 AM |
| Posted By : ambientFLIER |
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i dont like the way the exhaust sounds...a bit too whiney for me
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| #38 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:33:22 AM |
| Posted By : ambientFLIER |
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i have a 15-dollar defender muffler on my truck and that thing is DEEP, especially in the cabin...its not that loud, but sounds great
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| #39 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:34:39 AM |
| Posted By : ambientFLIER |
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lemming, how about making that hood scoop functional and putting the air filter there? that shouldnt be expensive at all
[Edited by ambientFLIER on 6-14-2003 @ 12:34:53 AM]
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| #40 |
6-14-2003 @ 12:35:26 AM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#37, It's not bad; the recording introduced a lot of distortion, and I am too cheap to buy a decent tape recorder for the sake of making a recording every two months.
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