A bolt-on solution for upgraded 2.9/4.0OHV head hardware has been found!
The ARP Head stud kit that's specified for a 2000cc lima/pinto 4cyl is a direct, no-mod fit. Kit #151-4201.
It comes with 10 studs, washers, and nuts. Two sets need to be ordered to fulfill all 16 studs that are needed in...
That was before I did any modification to the truck. I should have contextualized it, my bad. At the time all it had was a cone filter intake. On that same truck, again before I modified it, I drove it like I stole it for a year (30,000 miles) with no noticable affect on the engine's health. No...
My truck made faster passes in the 1/8th mile revving it to 6 as opposed to 5500. Still not fast compared to walking, but definitely faster. Either way there's 2,000rpm of power on the table for OP
Absolutely positive. Stock bore, Ford stamp on pistons, Ford stamp on head bolts, Ford stamp on all the bearings, early model heads, Ford stamp on head gaskets, cork valve cover gaskets, the whole 9 yards. Carfax on the bII it came out of reported 90k miles.
You're missing out on a lot of power by not revving it out to 6000ish. 2.9s don't make torque, that's what 4.0s are for. In order to make torque you gotta add boost, that's what I did.
Catalogs' listings for various brands of main bearings use two thrust bearings, meanwhile the engine I just tore down only has one shell in the thrust main that actually has thrust bearing surfaces. What gives? Is it an automatic trans thing? either way it's getting a pair, its going into a...
Leave the factory truck intake on, it matches the cam. The 'easy' trick is to get a scorpio Upper plenum and a scorpio cam. They work well and the powerband is widened upwards significantly. and the scorpio uses mechanical lifters. Morana's intake doesnt flow as good as the scorpio's up top, but...
Has anyone found an ARP stud kit that fits a 2.9/4.0 that isn't the $400 kit from morana? I'm thinking about ordering some 12.9 hardware from mcmaster-carr to replace the TTY stuff they come with. My turbo truck keeps stretching head bolts and blowing head gaskets.
I'm assuming you're using EDIS6, hence the lack of need for a cam sensor. I actually used stinger performance's cam trigger. Pops onto the factory distributor and works well with my microsquirt. Reason I used it is because Im too lazy to fabricate an entire serpentine belt setup just to use the...
I mean tighten them in a sequence from inside to outside, in steps. The bolts are regular metric stuff, you can reuse them. Don't just ram them in with an impact in a random order, cuz it can shift a lot.
This is exactly what my truck did when it blew it's head gaskets. I have a special case with my turbo truck, but they blew from corrosion through the coolant passages, not boost. So it should still apply. Small, consistent bubbles in the radiator, dirtied the coolant, smelled of...
Would the Radius arms fit a D28? What are the differences in terms of mounting between the two axles? (Reading tech article on them as I type this. Don't yell at me pls)
How much would you want just for the radius arms and their frame brackets?
Ive had all 3 of the most common 4x4 transmissions. 145, 146, and currently have an m5od. The Mitsubishi transmissions are lighter, shift better (IMO) and are no weaker than the Mazda. Plus I have an '87, which has a different floor, causing me to have to chop it up to get the m5od to fit. Not...
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