View Poll Results: What are your 5.4L swap plans?
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#5971
I am f@#%@$% flustered. Been working on this thing, everything is gnoig well. then I hit the dumbest snags.
The end of the crank where the new pilot bearing needs to go has a race of some kind in it. I am assuming it is a race. Anyhow, I can not get the new pilot bearing in without it begin out. Anyone have any immediate suggestions???
The end of the crank where the new pilot bearing needs to go has a race of some kind in it. I am assuming it is a race. Anyhow, I can not get the new pilot bearing in without it begin out. Anyone have any immediate suggestions???
#5972
no doubt... ok here we go:
My Mechanic: "You spun a rod bearing." Me: "What does that mean?" "It means the whole engine has to come apart. So if you want to change the pistons for a n/a build nows the time... oh and I'm going to pay for a new Rod, new crank, and new head gasket for the one that has to come off because it was our fault." again my jaw hits the floor,... but this time, in a good way.
My Mechanic: "You spun a rod bearing." Me: "What does that mean?" "It means the whole engine has to come apart. So if you want to change the pistons for a n/a build nows the time... oh and I'm going to pay for a new Rod, new crank, and new head gasket for the one that has to come off because it was our fault." again my jaw hits the floor,... but this time, in a good way.
#5973
#5974
Interesting Find
I was checking out the March 2009 issue of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazaine (page #129) today and I saw that LUNATI was advertising a 5.4 "destroker" steel crankshaft for a little less than $1,000 bucks. Anyone know anything about that ??? It gives a destroked 4" stroke with a 2.657 main size.
Another question ... Are all 5.4 engines Windsor or Romeo engines, or are they like the 4.6 where there were some builds one year, then another build other years ... ???
THANKS !!!
Another question ... Are all 5.4 engines Windsor or Romeo engines, or are they like the 4.6 where there were some builds one year, then another build other years ... ???
THANKS !!!
Last edited by TXBLUOVAL; 02-06-2009 at 08:01 PM. Reason: Correct vendor and other information (my apologies).
#5975
I am f@#%@$% flustered. Been working on this thing, everything is gnoig well. then I hit the dumbest snags.
The end of the crank where the new pilot bearing needs to go has a race of some kind in it. I am assuming it is a race. Anyhow, I can not get the new pilot bearing in without it begin out. Anyone have any immediate suggestions???
The end of the crank where the new pilot bearing needs to go has a race of some kind in it. I am assuming it is a race. Anyhow, I can not get the new pilot bearing in without it begin out. Anyone have any immediate suggestions???
#5976
no doubt... ok here we go:
My Mechanic: "You spun a rod bearing." Me: "What does that mean?" "It means the whole engine has to come apart. So if you want to change the pistons for a n/a build nows the time... oh and I'm going to pay for a new Rod, new crank, and new head gasket for the one that has to come off because it was our fault." again my jaw hits the floor,... but this time, in a good way.
My Mechanic: "You spun a rod bearing." Me: "What does that mean?" "It means the whole engine has to come apart. So if you want to change the pistons for a n/a build nows the time... oh and I'm going to pay for a new Rod, new crank, and new head gasket for the one that has to come off because it was our fault." again my jaw hits the floor,... but this time, in a good way.
#5977
I was checking out the March 2009 issue of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazaine (page #129) today and I saw that LUNATI was advertising a 5.4 "destroker" steel crankshaft for a little less than $1,000 bucks. Anyone know anything about that ??? It gives a destroked 4" stroke with a 2.657 main size.
Another question ... Are all 5.4 engines Windsor or Romeo engines, or are they like the 4.6 where there were some builds one year, then another build other years ... ???
THANKS !!!
Another question ... Are all 5.4 engines Windsor or Romeo engines, or are they like the 4.6 where there were some builds one year, then another build other years ... ???
THANKS !!!
#5978
cam timing
has anybody here had experience playing with cam timing. my question is more basic than you might think. I'm learning that 4-V's like a 108 centerline, (+-1) but that you must play with yours to learn exactly what your engine likes best. So how do we do that? Do we adjust timing and pay for a dyno run? or is there a cheaper way to quantify the results of cam tinkering?
#5979
Does using Romeo heads on a Windsor block ever cause problems with the front engine cover and/or how the accessories mount up?
I appreciate the assistance.
(By the way ... you got a video of FRANKENSTANG doing a burnout ... ??? ... that would be cool)
#5980
now is the time for change... but not for that reason. I will be going for over 400rwhp from a n/a setup, when my original design was twins. however, all my rotating assembly is forged steel manley, and the valve train was entirly replaced with beefed up components too.
#5981
so r3d (or anybody else)... i've heard the following is a bad idea, but i dont know why...
buy some premade (like hooker ect.) 98 cobra long tubes and have a shop bend them to fit in my car. (my 98 GT, but of course the 4V heads all share the same exhaust port). Perhaps i can get them not heat coated until after they have been fitted in. I would think thats cheaper than having something completly custom?
buy some premade (like hooker ect.) 98 cobra long tubes and have a shop bend them to fit in my car. (my 98 GT, but of course the 4V heads all share the same exhaust port). Perhaps i can get them not heat coated until after they have been fitted in. I would think thats cheaper than having something completly custom?
#5982
Does using Romeo heads on a Windsor block ever cause problems with the front engine cover and/or how the accessories mount up?
#5983
has anybody here had experience playing with cam timing. my question is more basic than you might think. I'm learning that 4-V's like a 108 centerline, (+-1) but that you must play with yours to learn exactly what your engine likes best. So how do we do that? Do we adjust timing and pay for a dyno run? or is there a cheaper way to quantify the results of cam tinkering?
so r3d (or anybody else)... i've heard the following is a bad idea, but i dont know why...
buy some premade (like hooker ect.) 98 cobra long tubes and have a shop bend them to fit in my car. (my 98 GT, but of course the 4V heads all share the same exhaust port). Perhaps i can get them not heat coated until after they have been fitted in. I would think thats cheaper than having something completly custom?
buy some premade (like hooker ect.) 98 cobra long tubes and have a shop bend them to fit in my car. (my 98 GT, but of course the 4V heads all share the same exhaust port). Perhaps i can get them not heat coated until after they have been fitted in. I would think thats cheaper than having something completly custom?
ditto that... 4.6 cam and crank sensors and trigger wheels here too. Love that modularity of parts.
#5984
THANKS BRO !!!
Thanks Morgan ... I appreciate it.
#5985
has anybody here had experience playing with cam timing. my question is more basic than you might think. I'm learning that 4-V's like a 108 centerline, (+-1) but that you must play with yours to learn exactly what your engine likes best. So how do we do that? Do we adjust timing and pay for a dyno run? or is there a cheaper way to quantify the results of cam tinkering?
#5986
you can figure that retarding the cam 2-4 degrees will push your peak tq RPM higher up the band. Advancing the cam will drop your RPM of peak tq. In general you might benefit from a small retarding of the cams but you have to consider that there are 2 cams on each side of a 4v and timing all 4 can take some significant effort. When you shift your peak tq to a higher rpm you also shift your peak hp to a higher rpm. There is only 1 way to tell but I'll try and do some sims for you if you can get me exact cam specs including the installed intake centerline.
4vs like the intake LCs to be advanced from the stock 114 LC and this has been proven over and over again. Retarding the intake cams will make it's hp curve look like that of a 2 stroke...not what is needed for the street. So, in general you do not want to retard the cams, ever.
#5989
on one there is, on the other there arent. but the links are not matchint the marks on the cam gears on one side like they should, no matter how I turn the cam
#5990
Cam timing
It's pretty much the same on a 5.4 But I seem to remember the passenger side went on first but I could be wrong.
It's pretty much the same on a 5.4 But I seem to remember the passenger side went on first but I could be wrong.
#5992
Cam timing
It's pretty much the same on a 5.4 But I seem to remember the passenger side went on first but I could be wrong.
It's pretty much the same on a 5.4 But I seem to remember the passenger side went on first but I could be wrong.
I have been usung that site, I still can not get the passenger side cam gear to line up with the marks on the chain. I need some help?
Anyone available in the Houston area?
#5993
#5995
I was checking out the March 2009 issue of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazaine (page #129) today and I saw that LUNATI was advertising a 5.4 "destroker" steel crankshaft for a little less than $1,000 bucks. Anyone know anything about that ??? It gives a destroked 4" stroke with a 2.657 main size.
#5999
j/k man....trying to lighten ya up, hopefully its something that will pass when you have time to think it over.