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All the research that Ive done you cant use a chevy mounting kit with a ford. You might want to hit up guys like Braap, Johnc, Grumpyvette. Ive seen those guys one here for 10+ yrs and they have far more knowledge than I do and prob know the answers better than me. My advise, unless you have a good amount of disposable income building the perfect engine and perfect zcar wont happen. I thought that was what I was going to do. Arizona z car...

my buddys 350 had the same issues you are having..it was a bent #5 exhaust valve..but you already checked yours?

Just rotate the crank one revolution. Then the marks will be correct. Just joking. It doesn't matter whether the cam dot is at the top or bottom. The line may not be needed, but the nipple on the carb needs to be capped. Track down the line and see what it goes to. Does the keyway in the damper hub line up with the mark on the damper? jt

I found this on a pontiac website: Coolant temp sensor can cause a problem if its not telling the PCM the engine is cold. As indicated in the post above, the PCM richens the A/F mixture for cold starts, the same way a "choke" richens the mixture on a carbed setup. If it only starts hard in cold weather, check the coolant temp sensor. If it always starts hard - cold weather or hot - it might still be related to the coolant...

Well I looked at the wiring today and totally forgot to look at which terminal it goes to on the alternator. Anyway, the thick white wire goes to the "s" terminal I believe (should be your main charge wire) and the small blue wire goes to one of the terminals that have a connector that go in the top (this gives you the correct effect on your gauge with the light, ie if the alternator isn't charging your voltmeter will...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tempered the turbo's look like eyeballs and the radiator seal is it's mustache! hahahah I suppose it does. I am anxious to finally start it over the holidays.

Quote: Originally Posted by 280znoob is it possible to nix the part that has the 'y'(2 into 1) and just run 2 exhuast pipes from the header to the rear bumper? thanks! good find btw any truly dedicated/ and persistent hot rodder with a goal will find a way to build darn near anything he sets his mind to, and if youve got a decent wilder and average skill thats a huge plus heres some tools to help...

Quote: Originally Posted by cockerstar I didn't remember which engine (or even engine family) you were running Darius, so I didn't realize you should have been making so much more power. Definitely not a cam choice issue! The lifter problems definitely sound like a a possibility. How long ago was the engine built? like 8-9 years ago, It did sit for quite a while before it was running.

Throwing this out in case you hadn't thought of it yet. How about finding a running donor vehicle for the initial conversion, which ever brand you would prefer in the long term, Chevy or Ford, as a test bed poewrtain to get the bugs ironed out of the V-8 of the conversion itself, ( Ford-Mustang, Thunderbird/Cougar, or Chevy-Caprice, pickup, etc ), while that is up and running and you are getting comfortable with and enjoying the mild V-8...

UREKA i think i may have found the problem upon taking the timing cover off, after setting top dead centre with number 1 piston at the top using a wire through the plug hole, i removed the harmonic balancer and the key way was facing the one oclock position which is correct, once i removed the cover saw that the crankshaft 0 mark facing straight up which was also correct, but the camshaft mark was also facing straight up meaning that the...