anyone know anything about mustangs?
08-11-2006, 12:05 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by random-strike
sbc is the most used, most popular, and most successfull engine platform ever made.
08-11-2006, 12:44 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Yeah, but they aren't worth much until, as I said, you redo every machining tolerance in the entire engine. Just look at water pump mounting surfaces... lol.
dumb dumb dumb
08-11-2006, 12:52 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Show me a single stock SBC (or LT1) that makes over 400 whp without shitting #7 and #8 pistons due to incorrect factory tolerances.
08-11-2006, 12:59 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Yeah, but they aren't worth much until, as I said, you redo every machining tolerance in the entire engine. Just look at water pump mounting surfaces... lol.
The design is old and the process to cast the blocks is ancient. I have heard of core shift causing more reliability problems than the factory machining itself.
Regardless the platform itself is unarguably sucessful. I guess the same could be said about the windsor engines as well though.
08-11-2006, 01:05 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by snm95ls
Uh what about the water pump mounting surfaces?
The design is old and the process to cast the blocks is ancient. I have heard of core shift causing more reliability problems than the factory machining itself.
Regardless the platform itself is unarguably sucessful. I guess the same could be said about the windsor engines as well though.
The design is old and the process to cast the blocks is ancient. I have heard of core shift causing more reliability problems than the factory machining itself.
Regardless the platform itself is unarguably sucessful. I guess the same could be said about the windsor engines as well though.
08-11-2006, 01:37 PM
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Re: anyone know anything about mustangs?
Originally Posted by random-strike
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Go gargle some whale *****.
