Paul LeDuc Wrote: (06-11-2024, 02:46 AM) -- belltownbikes Wrote: (06-11-2024, 01:09 AM) -- OK All - the car has been finished a year now and it's pretty great.  My son drives it almost daily.  He's ...

Hi, One of the bolt holes in the head for my exhaust manifold has stripped. How deep of a helicoil do I need?  I have a bob's log if that matters for how deep the insert needs to be. Thanks ...

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Radwood finally came to Atlanta last weekend. And .... I had a kid with the flu. I was really looking forward to it. The pictures show a lot of cool cars. Oh well, maybe next year.

Hi, Rockauto etc. list two accelerator cables, one 23 1/4" and one 30.775" long. No indication if different for cruise or not.      Any information about which is correct? 84 Capri RS Turbo, has...

Played with the car a lot today, some frustration and learned a lot. Started getting the TDC sorted out using a wheel. Not different than when I did it with the tape on the balancer. Then I sta...

Well that was typical for this car. Good thing I don't need to drive this anytime soon. Got a Moroso 11" degree wheel and the comp cams 4798 crankshaft socket (both recommended in other threads on ...

Thanks Howard, I was definitely over thinking this. With your method do I even need a dial gauge? Or just 'eyeball' that the lobe is straight down on the roller rocker? Now to get a degree wheel. A...

Thanks Ray. I have a cam card from bo to make sure I set it up correctly and includes instructions on how to check the lash. I know Matt Culpepper is going to put out a video on how to actuall...

Thanks for the information so far. I'm going to remove the springs and try to reseat them before ordering replacements. While I have the springs removed I want to check as much as I can, I see how ...

Howard Wrote: (08-08-2021, 10:23 PM) -- I have to say having 5 of 8 springs NOT in the spring pocket IS a concern! Simply pushing them back onto the machined surface is not enough, Chris. You need to...

So where to start ... Pulled the valve cover off, I did need to remove the FMIC piping on the Stinger kit. First view of the cam Does that wear look okay? I can't feel any ridge with my nail ...

Finally back working on the car. Took a ride for 100+ miles then checked that the cam timing hadn't moved. Had 17" of vacuum at idle too. The marks all line up, so next step is to pull the cam cover ...

Today I lined up everything at TDC and uses a round, straight wood dowel to check the timing points. It looks fine, so I did a full reset and may have found something. I pulled the bolt off the adj...

Planning for the weekend, with the spring possibly not installed correctly, would I able to do a leak down or compression test to see if that is an issue? That picture was taken 8 years ago so without...

Thanks for the feedback. Any thoughts on what these springs are? This is the only picture I can find of the springs. I'm assuming I'd have to remove the springs to test them right? https://live.st...

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Howard Wrote: (06-16-2021, 06:26 PM) -- From what I have gleaned on the site, the "stock upper" would be more suited for lower end torque than HP, and a possible bottleneck/mismatch for the rest of y...

Hi, I'm not yet ready to give up, but getting frustrated with this car. From all the 'what hp for what mods' threads and FAQs I should be around 325-350 RWHP, but I'm nowhere near that. How do I kn...

Looking for the plastic throttle linkage between the throttle blade and the TPS shaft. On the non-Rangers they are a metal rod that ends up having a lot of slop over the years. This is a plastic piece...