My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[gadget73]

magnetic base on the dial indicator, or did you use a bolt? I got tired of knocking my mag base out of position, so I re-purposed one of the intake bolts for a while and then just used the clamps off the mag base to set up the indicator. That came after I knocked the base off the motor and the damn dial indicator went into the catch pan that had a nice mix of coolant and oil in it. That ended up being like a 2 hour detour to rebuild the damn dial indicator and get it bent back straight so it worked correctly again. Luckily its not a really good one, so I'm not overly upset.

[mitymerc]

I see both you and your dad think you're Freiburger, working on the car in sandals.

Steve Collison used to power shift @ the strip in flipflops

[mitymerc]

Cool vid, and more good music.

[DerekTheGreat]

No tire smoke and you call that a burnout??? You guys have low standards :P

Hopefully I can remember to watch the camshaft install at home so I can learn something. Stuff that technical gives me the heebie jeebies, my luck would probably have me with a dead camshaft and tons of sparkly bits in the oil.

[DerekTheGreat]

Now that's a burnout

[gadget73]

Cams are pretty simple to install really. If you and your GF haven't figured out the physical aspect of your relationship, perhaps its not for you though. The only remotely hitchy part about it is checking the endplay on the cam. That isn't even that difficult, but its the only thing about the process that is technical to any real degree. The rest of it is a matter of applying lube to the shaft and sticking it in the hole.

[87gtVIC]

magnetic base on the dial indicator, or did you use a bolt? I got tired of knocking my mag base out of position, so I re-purposed one of the intake bolts for a while and then just used the clamps off the mag base to set up the indicator. That came after I knocked the base off the motor and the damn dial indicator went into the catch pan that had a nice mix of coolant and oil in it. That ended up being like a 2 hour detour to rebuild the damn dial indicator and get it bent back straight so it worked correctly again. Luckily its not a really good one, so I'm not overly upset.

Magnetic base. No issues with it ejecting.

No tire smoke and you call that a burnout??? You guys have low standards :P

Hopefully I can remember to watch the camshaft install at home so I can learn something. Stuff that technical gives me the heebie jeebies, my luck would probably have me with a dead camshaft and tons of sparkly bits in the oil.

Also one from YEARS back...http://s715.photobucket.com/user/87g...ml?sort=3&o=17

At SF I had big 255 50 17 tires on my lx sport wheels. The lopo said hell no!


The video has great pictures of my back as I remove the existing camshaft and install the new one. Not informative at all.

[gadget73]

Magnetic base. No issues with it ejecting.

Probably somewhat less awkward with it on a stand vs in the car. Everything seems to be at the wrong angle when you're stuck under the hood.

[DerekTheGreat]

Cams are pretty simple to install really. If you and your GF haven't figured out the physical aspect of your relationship, perhaps its not for you though. The only remotely hitchy part about it is checking the endplay on the cam. That isn't even that difficult, but its the only thing about the process that is technical to any real degree. The rest of it is a matter of applying lube to the shaft and sticking it in the hole.

I'd try a cam swap on say the Fury as that's a hobby car and would be the first swap I did so if it didn't work out right, F it. All of that shit up front has to come off and be re sealed and then that might leak again. For me that's a lot of work. Would take at least a weekend and I don't have garage space. I had no idea that you had to degree a cam or any of that. I'm not opposed to it it's just I never done it before or even watched someone do it so you can imagine my hesitation on the matter. It's always easier when you're working with someone else who has been there before.

[DerekTheGreat]

Magnetic base. No issues with it ejecting.

Also one from YEARS back...http://s715.photobucket.com/user/87g...ml?sort=3&o=17

At SF I had big 255 50 17 tires on my lx sport wheels. The lopo said hell no!


The video has great pictures of my back as I remove the existing camshaft and install the new one. Not informative at all.

2nd burnout wasn't shabby at all! 2nd video was pretty funny, your neighbors obviously aren't car people. If I had a youtube account or whatever I could upload the full video of the bird doing doughnuts, I pretty much killed off those tires in the process.

[87gtVIC]

POpped the heads on today.

Some trick flow heads:





The gasket set and head bolts:



Head gaskets!





The high temp sealer for the smaller head bolts that pass through the water jacket. Larger bolts were just coated in oil.



One side all torqued in. 30, 40, 50 then 70.

[Grand Marquis GT]

She should run pretty good

going to reach for the third pedal?

[Brown_Muscle]

Love my trickflows, I think you'll like them.


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[gadget73]

You got the gaskets on right way round, yeah? They fit both ways, but if its on backwards it will block a coolant passage and cause you heat problems. That looks right, with the coolant holes in the back, but it will say on the gasket which end goes to the front of the motor.

[Bobcat]

Still waiting on the burnouts. You'll notice a large increase of steam, when you row the boat.