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Chris, Not sure if you have gotten one yet but best invest in the wiring manuals put out by www.helminc.com for both your truck and the Explorer. You might also consider changing back to a Mustang wiring and ignition system. Summit and Jegs both sell wiring installation kits that can greatly simplif...

Chris, No experence with either the cone or disc type RE. I put in a PowerTrax system in mine last Summer, same thing as Blk97 is thinking about in post above. Easy to do, no special tools required. Just replace the spider gears with the square toothed , spring loaded parts in the kit. I've been dri...

Jay, Did you ever find out about that spring and check valve ball? I'm the one who sent you the shot from the Ford manual. If you dad has a 514 CI motor in a Ranger, this site would really, really like to see some pictures of it. The subject comes up every so often. Just about everyone here uses a s...

Chris, What you are going to get on all the internal parts depends mostly on the miles and condition of the motor. My feeling is that most people would just rather get them on their own rather than E-Bay. The best part of an Explorer motor from a yard is that it has the Cobra intake with the 90 deg ...

Chris,
Going to send you a couple of pages I scaned in from an article from Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords on dyno tests of just what you are looking at. It really doesnt take all that much to do what you are looking at to reach 350 lb-ft of torque with a stock block motor.
Dave

Malcolm, Sounds like Buddy is going to (or should be) going thru the same time consuming job of fight all the rust-out areas he is going to find. If his lower radiator supports are that shot, he is going to find more. I think Mike NH found the same thing in his truck. May be you two ought to really ...

Have a stock Explorer cam and rockers, just used in Ford's hot test of the motor. Lists as a good low torque cam, lift of .432. B-303 cam, never used. HP above 4000 rpm, lift of .488. Crane cam (non-roller), model HT-284-2-NC with lifters. Lift .459 intake/.478 exhaust. Again, never used, still in b...

Malcolm, Looks great, finially can get on. You have done good. Like to see where we are all from and the addition of the for sale/swap is nice. What Mike said about all the "Children" coming to vist is probably going to be a real problem. That's the one good thing about your site, even peo...