Quest for power
#1
Quest for power
I pulled my motor(393 EFI) to check it out before I put a supercharger on it.It started blowing smoke out the right side and I thought it had a blown header gasket on the left side.Turned out that one of the rocker studs had backed out and the stud girdle kept it in place enough that it started making some noise but didn`t damage anything.As far as the smoke I found oil on the inside walls of the intake manifold.Maybe it was sucking oil through the PCV valve.I`m going to have the heads checked out at the machine shop for worn valve guides and seals.I hope it didn`t break a piston ring.I want to swap out the Edelbrock Performer 5.8 for a Victor EFI or a Trick Flow R box top intake manifold and a Holley 80mm throttle body.So the things I can`t figure out is what size fuel injectors ? 42`s ? Will the Ford MAF conversion kit computer work? Does it have a built in rev limiter? Is there a supercharger kit out there that is good quality that puts out more than 5-6 lbs.boost? What would be needed to get the throttle cable/AOD trans cable to work with the different intake? Thanks
#2
I pulled my motor(393 EFI) to check it out before I put a supercharger on it.It started blowing smoke out the right side and I thought it had a blown header gasket on the left side.Turned out that one of the rocker studs had backed out and the stud girdle kept it in place enough that it started making some noise but didn`t damage anything.As far as the smoke I found oil on the inside walls of the intake manifold.Maybe it was sucking oil through the PCV valve.I`m going to have the heads checked out at the machine shop for worn valve guides and seals.I hope it didn`t break a piston ring.I want to swap out the Edelbrock Performer 5.8 for a Victor EFI or a Trick Flow R box top intake manifold and a Holley 80mm throttle body.So the things I can`t figure out is what size fuel injectors ? 42`s ? Will the Ford MAF conversion kit computer work? Does it have a built in rev limiter? Is there a supercharger kit out there that is good quality that puts out more than 5-6 lbs.boost? What would be needed to get the throttle cable/AOD trans cable to work with the different intake? Thanks
#3
Thanks for the reply man.It has 9.36 to 1 compression now w/the ported Trick Flows.I already tore it down so I cant do any tests on it.I`m going to send it to the shop to have it freshened up and bigger valve springs installed so I can use the 1.7 roller rockers w/the roller cam thats in it.The stock TF springs are good to .600 lift,and the 1.7`s will take it past that.The Eagle rods are only good for 500 hp so I want to upgrade them for added insurance.But you are right, I need to call Vortech and talk to them.
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