Fuel's Winter Project: Build It Before It Blows

[BruceH]

Where can I order individual rockers?

From any Ford or FRPP dealer.

 

[05stroker]

Where can I order individual rockers?

Your local dealer will have them. They are not very expensive.

 

[JoshK]

Thanks guys, I believe I am going to pick a couple up and warm the car up for another compression test.

 

[Dark_horse]

Thanks guys, I believe I am going to pick a couple up and warm the car up for another compression test.

Nice!!!.. do an oil change and send a telescoping magnet through the fill hole... might be able to get lucky and get them all... worth a quick shot before you do all the work to drop the pan... Also when I swapped mine out I just loosend the cam caps a bit and was able to get the followers swapped out with no spring compressor...

 

[JoshK]

Good info thanks bobby

 

[JoshK]

Who wants to sponsor me to find out the actual limits of the stock crank

 

[Dark_horse]

What's the update?

 

[JoshK]

Still waiting on a couple of followers. Then it will be a warm up and a new compression check. The turbo willing likely sell on eBay this week. Then it will either be a new custom single kit with a much larger turbo or I will bust out my welder and come up with something. Still in the air on the rest. My mind hasn't done this much overtime on the car in years

 

[jodadejss06gt]

You and me both brother ^^^^

 

[JoshK]

Well its not smoking out the exhaust anymore

 

[skwerl]

^ Good deal. Still hoping it was just an isolated issue with the rockers.

 

[JoshK]

I also did another compression test with the engine warm.

COLD WARM
165 150
215 200
200 190
215 200
175 175
175 155
10 200
175 155

Apart from still having some significant differences in the numbers I would have to say that the engine is still healthy and a new set of followers fixed it right up. I would venture to say that the differences in the compression numbers isn't significant enough to warrant a tear down?

Looks like I am just going to have to keep running this engine as is. Not joining the 1000+hp club after all

 

[Dark_horse]

Haha... hell yeah man... go give her shit

 

[JeremyH]

That's good news on the motor, looks like you do have some variance in blowby but overall I would agree motor seems healthy.

Is that 10 a typo on number 7?

 

[jodadejss06gt]

as a comparison my motor measured:
1. 194
2. 193
3. 197
4. 190
5. 188
6. 195
7. 209
8. 197

No clue if this is warm or not, but the leak on #5 was 25%.

 

[JoshK]

Yes Jeremy that is a 10 on number 7. That test was done before I realized both intake valve rockers were broke on #7

 

[JoshK]

Your numbers look good Jason, not sure on the leakdown though. I did my compression test with a $20 eBay special style tester so not sure how much weight I can put in my numbers. I am going to just keep running the engine as is. It uses a small amount of oil, but it is just a cruiser/garage queen so oh well

 

[jodadejss06gt]

Yea i saw mine on the dyno yesterday and it was smoking out the exhaust a little with no oil cap or breather on pass side with only breather on driver side. I could visually see it puffing out the oil cap though.

Glad you got it squared away. Just need to put some miles and track time on it ;-)

 

[JoshK]

I do still get quiet a bit of smoking out the breathers even idling. The worst is on the ds since I cut out the pcv valve. I think I need to go to a catch can setup

 

[jodadejss06gt]

do you have a oil fill breather? I ordered one tuesday and it should be here today. I'm thinking with that much blow by though, I'm going to have to get the AN fitting oil cap and run that to a can.