March for Cory thread
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Minnesota state parks move to reservation-only camping
Figures now that we have our camping all reserved for the year! Maybe I can switch spots.
Figures now that we have our camping all reserved for the year! Maybe I can switch spots.
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1980 Ford Ranger Full size F-150
Laziness at its finest. I want to sell my truck but don't want to go outside to take a pic.
Laziness at its finest. I want to sell my truck but don't want to go outside to take a pic.
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Your engine was designed and built to handle that range of boost...
Ford is famous for design / implementation flaws with things like cylinder sealing.
Headgaskets / headbolts spec'd insufficiently was a HUGE flaw in the Windsor 302 as well as the 6.0 / 6.4 diesels.
One thing about that engine that blew Cory - if the crank journal for that cylinder is blue or black, odds are that it spun a bearing which then caused the piston to fracture if/when the bearing shells "stacked" and allowed the piston to hit the head or crank throws.. Pistons often get a bad rap because they are more fragile than the rods and pins..
Ford is famous for design / implementation flaws with things like cylinder sealing.
Headgaskets / headbolts spec'd insufficiently was a HUGE flaw in the Windsor 302 as well as the 6.0 / 6.4 diesels.
One thing about that engine that blew Cory - if the crank journal for that cylinder is blue or black, odds are that it spun a bearing which then caused the piston to fracture if/when the bearing shells "stacked" and allowed the piston to hit the head or crank throws.. Pistons often get a bad rap because they are more fragile than the rods and pins..
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Very true Randy, I wasn't being serious. I remember not too long ago that 15 PSI was a LOT of boost for a gas engine.
