perf-list-digest Sunday, May 2 1999 Volume 02 : Number 103



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In this issue:

Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
FTE Perf - re: hyd lifter adj.
Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload
FTE Perf - EGR(emissions)
FTE Perf - EGR(emissions)
FTE Perf - glasspack muffler vendors?

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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 08:00:57 -0700
From: George Miller
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

I'll have to find the cam spec sheet. It's probably in that file where I
can't locate the 'lifetime' warranties. If an intake valve is slightly
open, then I'm not going to get accurate/identical preload on all
lifters. Right?

George Miller

Bogginf350 AOL.COM wrote:
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> ok for you intake valve to open how much duration do you have with the .050
> timing?
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Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 12:27:48 EDT
From: Bogginf350 AOL.COM
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

can you please send me your seat to seat timing and the duration at .050
again.. i deleted it... damn aol junk mail...
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 12:58:38 -0700
From: George Miller
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

You deleted my response of not being able to find the spec sheet. I'll
go to their website and get back to you.

Thanks,

George Miller

Bogginf350 AOL.COM wrote:
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> can you please send me your seat to seat timing and the duration at .050
> again.. i deleted it... damn aol junk mail...
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 01:52:13 -0700
From: Margit Walden
Subject: FTE Perf - re: hyd lifter adj.

i have been adjusting hyd. lifters for years at our shop on all kinds of
vehicles that i dont have specs. for in the following manner. with a
remote starter switch i bump each valve through it's lift with my
finger on the rocker arm. as the valve closes you can feel that the cam
is on the base circle. that is when i preload the lifter. i work in a
busy shop and work on a lot of different vehicles and i haven't had any
comebacks for noisey lifters. it is a lot more easy with the intake
off, as you can watch the lifters drop in their bore. bronco
buster.

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 17:08:55 EDT
From: Bogginf350 AOL.COM
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

no prob george. i should be able to help you. i currently build and race
460`s in 4x4 mud trucks.. ive got everything from solid rollers... soild flat
tappets.. and hydraulic... should be able to figure out somethinng
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:04:03 -0500
From: Buck Shoff
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

Try rotating the crankshaft one complete revolution. I think that you
are on TDC between exhaust stroke and intake stroke,(exhaust valve just
closed and intake starting to open), by turning the crank one revolution
you will be on TDC between compression stroke and power stroke. Both
valves will be fully closed. That is where you want to be. Good Luck.
Buck Shoff

George Miller wrote:
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> I'm still hooked on this and beg the list's indulgence of my
> ignorance. Standard procedure for adjusting preload is to put the
> cylinder you're adjusting at TDC. The aftermarket cam in my 460 means
> that cylinder's intake valve has already started to open at TDC and here
> I am adjusting something that should have both valves fully seated.
> Can somebody tell me the best method to determine when both valves
> are closed on individual cylinders?
>
> TIA
>
> George Miller
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:15:37 -0700
From: George Miller
Subject: Re: FTE Perf - Lifter Preload

Thanks Buck. This is a great list.

GeorgeMiller

Buck Shoff wrote:
>
> Try rotating the crankshaft one complete revolution. I think that you
> are on TDC between exhaust stroke and intake stroke,(exhaust valve just
> closed and intake starting to open), by turning the crank one revolution
> you will be on TDC between compression stroke and power stroke. Both
> valves will be fully closed. That is where you want to be. Good Luck.
> Buck Shoff
>
> George Miller wrote:
> >
> > I'm still hooked on this and beg the list's indulgence of my
> > ignorance. Standard procedure for adjusting preload is to put the
> > cylinder you're adjusting at TDC. The aftermarket cam in my 460 means
> > that cylinder's intake valve has already started to open at TDC and here
> > I am adjusting something that should have both valves fully seated.
> > Can somebody tell me the best method to determine when both valves
> > are closed on individual cylinders?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > George Miller
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Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:39:59 -0500
From: "Joel Thomas"
Subject: FTE Perf - EGR(emissions)

can someone please explain to me the steps i should go through in taking
off all my EGR stuff,it doesn't work anyway(the smog pump is frozen so I
through it away) and I am wanting to go to a aftermarket Edelbrock intake
and Holley carb, really i just want to clean all the vacuum hoses up.
what I though i should do was trace my heater vacuum and mark it and then
trace my charcoal canister vacuum and mark it and take everything else of
is this right???
it is a
1984
F-150
351W
2-barrel
stock intake and carb
took smog pump and air conditioning off
by the way it is an off-road use only truck
and we don't have emission checks in arkansas anyway.

thanks
mailto:treefort prodigy.net




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Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:40:49 -0500
From: "Joel Thomas"
Subject: FTE Perf - EGR(emissions)

can someone please explain to me the steps i should go through in taking
off all my EGR stuff,it doesn't work anyway(the smog pump is frozen so I
through it away) and I am wanting to go to a aftermarket Edelbrock intake
and Holley carb, really i just want to clean all the vacuum hoses up.
what I though i should do was trace my heater vacuum and mark it and then
trace my charcoal canister vacuum and mark it and take everything else of
is this right???
it is a
1984
F-150
351W
2-barrel
stock intake and carb
took smog pump and air conditioning off
by the way it is an off-road use only truck
and we don't have emission checks in arkansas anyway.

thanks
mailto:treefort prodigy.net




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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:57:35 PDT
From: "Joe Mitchell"
Subject: FTE Perf - glasspack muffler vendors?

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew of an online vendor that sold
glasspack mufflers with dual outlets (to have two pipes exiting instead of
one..). I've checked Summit Racing but to no avail. Any ideas appreciated...
Joe
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