the 352 runs!
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the 352 runs!
well i finally got the 352 to run. it was a long hard effort with little cash. i did the entire thing for 240.00. i ended up using a set of C8 heads i had in the attic. it pulls a nice steady 20 in of vacuum and has 75 psi oil pressure at start up with 5w30. i have not driven it yet because i still need to install the rear driveshaft and the trans cooler. i had some unique noises on start up sounded like a rod about to blow it turn out it was pinging. so i went and got some 89 octane and the noise is gone. i set the timing to 12 BTDC where it seems to run best.
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so far it took 1.5 gallons during the cam break in. might have single digit mileage LOL. now i have all the little things to do before i can drive it hood, core support,a/c,shifter,driveshaft and soem misc interior stuff.
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Yup, my neighbors love me.....Even through the magnaflow mufflers, they all know when I'm warming up the project. One has offered to help install fuel injection so I don't have to go through the startup ritual :-)
Glad to hear another FE is running.
Glad to hear another FE is running.
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''One has offered to help install fuel injection so I don't have to go through the startup ritual ''
1 set fast idle
2 pump 3 times
3 crank
4 rev and try to keep it going
5 it dies
6 repeat 4 and 5
1 set fast idle
2 pump 3 times
3 crank
4 rev and try to keep it going
5 it dies
6 repeat 4 and 5
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
''One has offered to help install fuel injection so I don't have to go through the startup ritual ''
1 set fast idle
2 pump 3 times
3 crank
4 rev and try to keep it going
5 it dies
6 repeat 4 and 5
1 set fast idle
2 pump 3 times
3 crank
4 rev and try to keep it going
5 it dies
6 repeat 4 and 5
Otherwise, that process sounds really familar :-)
Pump 3 or more times
hit the starter
stab the throttle and try to nail the sweet spot where it runs
hold until neighbors are screaming
now I can usualy drive it, but it's nowhere near warm :-)
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i can give you a list of vendors i used if you like. i bought my bearings and rings off ebay and the gaskets from bruce at www.partsdinosaur.com .
the rings for a 352 are 50.00 this was what hurt. normal 390 rings are 23.00 but due to the odd middle ring the 352's cost more. its hastings part 577 . i had to get them direct from hastings. I used king engine bearings 56.00 for R+M and 60.00 for the freeze plugs and gasket kit. 129.00 for parts 26.00 for used valve spring compressor , 20.00 for piston ring compressor , then just the MISC nuts bolts and gaskets.
the rings for a 352 are 50.00 this was what hurt. normal 390 rings are 23.00 but due to the odd middle ring the 352's cost more. its hastings part 577 . i had to get them direct from hastings. I used king engine bearings 56.00 for R+M and 60.00 for the freeze plugs and gasket kit. 129.00 for parts 26.00 for used valve spring compressor , 20.00 for piston ring compressor , then just the MISC nuts bolts and gaskets.
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Good work, Mike.
How many builds/rebuilds is this for you now? 20?
Not bad for a kid still in school. Shoot, by the time I was 18, I barely had done a valve job on the old Windsor in the Torino, let alone a complete rebuild.
Let me know when you get "Mikes garage & FE rebuilding" opened. I'm still looking for a mechanic that knows more about old Fords than I do (which aint much)
gw
How many builds/rebuilds is this for you now? 20?
Not bad for a kid still in school. Shoot, by the time I was 18, I barely had done a valve job on the old Windsor in the Torino, let alone a complete rebuild.
Let me know when you get "Mikes garage & FE rebuilding" opened. I'm still looking for a mechanic that knows more about old Fords than I do (which aint much)
gw
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Well after last weeks meet up with a COP who ran my tag and found I was 2 + yrs over on reg for my Dodge , $1582 DMV, $244 Mercury Ins, $241 G&W towing... Hell i couldve put a new motor in LOL.. But it's done and Ilearned procratsination doesn't pay.. so toys come second..LMAO!!
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