Recent content by Silbult14

Ford dosen't use aluminum connecting rods [ forged or cast ] in any of their engines. In so far as I know neither does any other auto manufacturer. Some really high end exotics do use titanium rods. Some drag racing engines do use forged aluminum rods, but they have a relatively short life span...

The copper backed Clevite tri-metal bearings are generally preferred for performance use, but they may not last as long as the standard aluminum backed bearings. If you're getting this far into the engine I would replace the stock Gen 1 powered metal rods with good conventionally forged rods...

I have no idea if the BMR "K" will fix any bump steer problems or not. I do know that bump steer occurs as the wheels move vertically so since alignment is set at a static height you can have good toe on the alignment rack so long as the ride height is static, but it's possible to have bump...

If you really want to do this right you will first need really good quality accurate tools. Measure the outside diameter of each rod and main bearing journal on the crankshaft at 90 degree intervals for roundness and check the edges of each journal at the same 90 degree intervals for taper. They...

If we disregard tire compounds and construction for the purpose of this discussion then a taller than stock size will generally be better for acceleration [ bigger longitudinal footprint ] and a wider than stock size will be better for lateral traction [ wider footprint ]. As for wheels after...

Any reason not to drive it more? I bought my '14 GT new just before the S550's came out and I have just under 62,000 miles on it and it's not my primary driver. Right now my primary driver is a '01 SN95 6 cyl with over 400,000 miles on it. Over 200,000 miles on the present engine and...

Rods and pistons will be different. Pistons have bigger valve reliefs to accommodate the bigger valves in GenII heads and the rods are basically Boss 302 rods ie. beefier & stronger. Still powered metal ie. pressed sh%*. Crank will be balanced differently too since the rods and pistons are...

Hate to say it, but I think a rod bearing is a likely answer. I suggest cutting the oil filter open [ use an oil filter cutter NOT a hack saw ] and look for bearing material. This is one of the cheapest and easiest tests to do and if bearing material is present it's definitive.

A leak down test can be quite useful, but the test equipment is more expensive than a simple compression tester. A leak down test also requires a source of compressed air which not everyone has. Since you can do a compression test I would start with that. Make sure you have all the plugs out and...

Don't be too quick to decide #8 is shot. A bad coil pack on that cylinder will cause a misfire and oil and carbon on the plug. Try moving a coil from one of the other cylinders to #8 and putting the #8 coil to wherever you got the coil from and see if the misfire code changes cylinders. If it's...

A cheap socket set [ 1/4 & 3/8 drive SAE & metric ], screw drivers [ philips & straight blade ], a small assortment of metric combination wrenches and a 4 way lug wrench. My GT is a base model so I have a spare tire. Also carry a flash light and my cell phone. Haven't needed any of them so far.

Torque does feel good, especially at relatively low rpm, but it's not the god of performance or racing. If torque was truly king we would all be racing diesels. The only reason Audi won in prototype racing was because the rules were written to favor diesels at that time. So long as the bottom...

Thanks for the the link and the additional info. Now we need to find out if the input shaft diameter and spline count is the same as on the '11-'17 Mt 82's and if the new twin disc clutch will fit on the single mass flywheels or if we need to change flywheels too.

I have a couple of questions or concerns. Do we know for sure that the '18 Mustang is using the MT82 transmission and not the Tremec used in the GT 350? I ask because in the video mentioned he states that the transmission in the "18 has both a different 1 st. gear ratio [ 3.09 vs 3.66 in the V8...

I have some experience in building engines, but none with the Ford Mod motors. The Boss rotating assembly is better than the stock Gen 1 stuff, but it still uses powdered metal rods which I would never use in a built from scratch engine. They aren't rebuildable and they aren't nearly as good as...