New Mods Are Done, Pics Inside.

[Venom351R]

Long story short. Picked the car up on weds but had a bad oil leak. I got it fixed by the next day it was caused by the lower intake gasket on the back side, had to use a TON of RVT so that it would seal, there is a big gap in the TFS-R intake to the block. But at least it was not the rear main seal as what we first thought. Here's how it looks now w/ the new hardware but the best thing of all cant be seen which is the FTI Camshaft. Its not tuned yet but it pulls god damn hard!!!!! I cant wait to get some new track times and dyno numbers.

Here is a quick video of a rip through second and third gear. For legal purpose's the video was taken on a closed course driven by a professional driver :hammer:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=AQyAVrlRqSA

 

[Paul]

Neato. Glad you got it fixed. I suspected it was the intake and not the rear main.

You should get that aluminum air inlet pipe coated black, and maybe your accessory brackets too.

Paul.

 

[Black97GT]

Cool! Loving the black on the motor.

 

[Venom351R]

Neato. Glad you got it fixed. I suspected it was the intake and not the rear main.

You should get that aluminum air inlet pipe coated black, and maybe your accessory brackets too.

Paul.

Yeah it was not the rear main it was the lower intake, had to use about a half a tube of RVT to get it to seal. I'll probably leave the pipe b/c I dont want to much black. Next year Im going to powdercoat the accessory brackets and run some aluminum pullyes. Ive dumped to much into it this year to start that project. I still need a fuel pressure guage and some LCA then its done for awhile.

 

[ryclef331]

Nice ride! Keep an eye on that lower intake sealing problem. We had to machine the lower intake on my trickflow to make sure it mated up to the afr heads correctly. If you have the gap at the base of intake, you MAY have some port misalignment from the intake to the heads and you COULD free up some ponies! If you get bored, pull the upper intake and have a gander down the ports and see how they line up.

 

[P.S.I.cho]

ya that intake is a PITA, i have one on my car and i cant keep that lower manifold sealed, and as ryclef said u can machine to to mate it to the block how ever if yours ports already match up and you machine the intake mani, your making the ports shorter, in effect your losing the gains made by the longer ports of that intake...but im half tempted to machine it anyways at 10 PSI crank case pressures take a toll on the RTV, the best RTV i have found so far is, Permatex: Right stuff and ford power stroke spec. diesel grey silicone. that powerstroke stuff is ridiculous its like clay when it hardens.

 

[ryclef331]

ya that intake is a PITA, i have one on my car and i cant keep that lower manifold sealed, and as ryclef said u can machine to to mate it to the block how ever if yours ports already match up and you machine the intake mani, your making the ports shorter, in effect your losing the gains made by the longer ports of that intake...but im half tempted to machine it anyways at 10 PSI crank case pressures take a toll on the RTV, the best RTV i have found so far is, Permatex: Right stuff and ford power stroke spec. diesel grey silicone. that powerstroke stuff is ridiculous its like clay when it hardens.

Its only a like about .090" or less to make it level out. It really is negligible as far as power gained or lost. And if it actually HAD a noticable effect on the power, it wouldn't really make it lose it, just shift where the power band comes on. Shorter runners promote top end power and long runners boost bottom in.

 

[P.S.I.cho]

ya i knew one did top and one was for lower end torque curves i just couldnt remember which way went where, but these TFS intakes seem to need more then .090" off the flange of the intake to sit flat (i could be wrong tho and if thats the case ill try that)

 

[xr8d302]

That's a beautiful car....

I'm in the process of dropping a 358 into my 95 as well, and I very well might be using alot of your brainwork and ideas to get mine to a state of completion.

Please do look forward to alot of random PM's, I'm sure I'll have a few Q's along the way

 

[P.S.I.cho]

ok just an update i did a little research and im still trying to do more, from what i have found machining is an option how ever, it wouldnt be the first option...as i stated before even at just .090" that is more then enough to make a mis-alignment in the ports, i have talked to a machine shop and they make an intake spacer that is dead pinned into your block its 1/4" tall(can be machined smaller), i have yet to find this spacer though

 

[P.S.I.cho]

found one if it will work with the TFS intakes im not sure yet but this is a start
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=EDL-7726&autoview=sku

 

[Venom351R]

That's a beautiful car....

I'm in the process of dropping a 358 into my 95 as well, and I very well might be using alot of your brainwork and ideas to get mine to a state of completion.

Please do look forward to alot of random PM's, I'm sure I'll have a few Q's along the way

no problem, any questions you have just fire away. Off to the track tomorrow to see what this new combo has gained for me