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Choochoochoo wrote:Intercooler will help immensely.

Sweet! you got me looking forward to it!

I'm going to keep it at least another 9 months, I like working on this car and it's getting better all the time... my other cars seem too nice to do anything other than upkeep on.

Wow it's been over 2 years since my last post in this thread! I changed out the V belts for a serpentine setup and cleaned up the wiring some more, getting ready for the rotated intake, turned out pretty nice and it solved a weird problem I was having... the car wouldn't turn off when it was cold! o...

Just sharing, I'm a XR guy but saw these, seems like a good deal.

https://dayton.craigslist.org/pts/d/for ... 92357.html

I made these tools for replacing valve springs while head is on the car, they worked out fine, would be real easy for removing just the followers.
1" bar stock from Lowes. old sparkplug, air fitting and pipe for the air injector to hold the valves up.

Nice, that helps motivate me to get mine plumbed, thanks.

Ok I'll give that a try.

If that's even possible? for my '86 it's a twist lock.

A few things yet this summer:

Convert to run E85, already upgraded to 80lb injectors.
Change to the Ranger alt/pwr steering pump setup, not sure if 1 or 2 belts, whichever comes easiest I guess.
Clean some more of the underhood wiring up.
Get the intercooler plumbed.

Decided to keep the car for awhile longer, starting on next line of mods

I'm selling my XR set up for autocross, it's been fun and a nice learning experience. 86,537 miles on body 1500 miles on rebuilt engine - rod, crank and cam bearings, rings, timing belt, lifters, some springs, valve job and seals. The following parts NEW 1500 miles ago: Fidanza aluminum flywheel Cen...

Very nice, do those have to be fully welded the entire distance?

Found on Craigslist, too radical for my ride.

https://limaohio.craigslist.org/pts/6078433019.html

Ok thank you, I have one off a Thunderbird it must be a E6 it looks different... or maybe time to get a 40BOB 8) Unless you have a very high level of power modification, the E6 (late) manifold works very well, and has been shown to both flow well and resist cracking. They can also be ported out-- t...

Hmmm, that looks like it would work, but I've had a few people say they like seeing it there.

Ok thank you, I have one off a Thunderbird it must be a E6 it looks different... or maybe time to get a 40BOB