Forum: Reference Forum

The purpose of cams or head porting, etc., is to increase power and torque of the motor via an improvement in the intrinsic volumetric efficiency of the engine, VEe. An increased volumetric efficiency means the engine will ingest more air (and proportionate amount of fuel), and hence make more...

I was going nuts trying to figure out how to get wires into the passenger compartment without butchering the OEM grommets or resorting to drilling additional holes through the firewall. I pulled the drivers side wheel well liner (took all of 5 minutes) and found a great solution...you can pass...

Part of my winter mod plan was doing some preventative maintenance. I'm replacing the inner belt & inner idler bearings while I have ample time to do it versus rushing to do it some summer day so I can make a GTG or something. If anyone was interested in what the motor looks like behind all of...

There was mistake on two of the diagrams ( "Battery in the trunk" and "Battery in the trunk with master cut-off switch" ). A 125A fuse with 4 gauge cable should be used instead of 50A and 8 gauge. Thanks to Vonore TN for pointing that out. This question gets asked from time to time. I rarely...

As many of you know, Jay Tucker and I never seen eye to eye in the past for various reasons. Despite that fact it didn't stop me from evaluating his product. I hope you will find the following product evaluation interesting and get some information out of this product that you might not have...

I have been seeing a lot of threads lately discussing alternators failures and asking which alternator pulley to use with which lower pulley, so I put together the following chart so everyone can make an informed decision. The presumption is that Ford knew what they were doing when specifying...

I finally decided to get some real gauges... ones that actually tell me what's going on! The 2 most important functuions I want to monitor are... 1... oil pressure... and 2...Engine coolant temp. I chose Autometer Lunar electrics for a couple of reasons... 1... I don't feel like dealing with...

I'm swapping the springs and cams on my new heads, before I install them on the motor. Do I need to position the cams, using the keyways for indexing, any particular way before removing the springs? I wasn't sure if there was a certain position that took the bulk of the tension off of the springs,...

First off I would like to thank xtremejc for the great deal he gave me on the Metco 2lb. kit :beer: Kit was complete and in great condition!!! After reading many posts about how tight the stock lower is installed from the factory I still thought I was fully prepared for the removal.....I got...

This has probably been beaten to death but in light of some recent failures I will post some pics in an effort to try and get all the info into one spot for future reference. There has been a lot of talk about the cooling system on these cars, which is better an HE or a radiator etc etc etc....

i added some goodies this weekend CF DF clutch fidanza flywheel coolant mod GNK halfshafts mj's brace input shaft NITTOS

Ok, so my alternator just went south. I am at 37K , so Ford told my to stick it. Lower pulley has been on with stock alt. pulley for about 6K. Upon my search for a good replacement alternator, I found many people asking how to remove the alternator. So here it is... BTW, I'm replacing with a...

...my stock heat exchanger has gotten pretty beat up over the past 8 months or so that I've owned the car. I knew there were a few places to buy a guard, but it seemed like something that would be easy to make, so I started doing some research. Here is what I found. Home Depot sells some...

I have already posted this on a few other forums, but since I am on a how-to kick, I figured I'd post this too... Install of Alan's (Speed of Sound) custom pillar pod with Autometer Lunar Fuel Pressure and Boost Guages... Parts needed beyond what is supplied for the guages: -Soldering Iron...

Ok, here is a complete step-by-step how to with pics/ explanations and parts necessary to help lower the amperage draw on the stock pumps to reduce pump duty cycle...a potential alternative to the BAP for those who are on the ragged edge of the stock system. Credit on this goes to MJ, and...

this is just a link to a site that discusses the history of Ford's Modular V8 engine...it's beginnings, and also plenty of technical data as well... of course, it could also serve as a historical perspective on the development of the 3-valve Modular used in the '05 GT... ...

I just came into some money, so to support my addiction I decided that suspension is the way to go. My car is a 2004 Convertible cobra, daily driven. I go to the drag strip 5-10 times a year although I really like to go around corners fast. Here are what my plans are. I would appreciate any...

How do you determine what to set your Boosr a Pump at?

EDIT: If the pics don't come up, the server may be down. It is an important web server at a university, so it should not be down long. OK. Where to start. I installed maximum motorsports IRS bushings, steeda differential bushings, 14mm front IRS bolts and a borla stinger catback exhaust ...

Here is it, in plain english when possible. Think this about everything, minus the tranny and converter. I will add as I remember. This will acheive a stock looking automatic cobra: 1R3Z-7210-AA - Shifter assembly: $174.42 XR3Z-7E395-AA - Trans shift cable assy: $48.24 F6SZ-7007-A - Lower...

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My main reason for doing the live axle swap was wheelhop. It is bad in the verts, apparently a lot more than the coupes. I contacted 3 local Mustang shops and all of them quoted me $5000 or more for the swap. They were about $2000 higher than it cost me to do the mod. I have had the axle in for...