New 7.3L Ford gasser

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Knowing the deck height and bore space, I took two of the pics and threw them into AutoCAD and did some scaling.

ROUGH dimensions:
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Wait, what? Where was I???? ...

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Didn't even know it was on today.

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I made more hoses yesterday. I only have one more to make and the fuel system is plumbed!

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1. Feature creep.

Once upon a time, the fancy doo-dads were on the upscale vehicles. Now even the most mundane car has all sorts of higher...

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The answer is simple.

We just need to move South of the equator.

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Works for me!!

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Worked on the turbo flange today. Basically took a piece of 4" exhaust tubing, split it and the formed it into the flange with a ballpeen hammer...

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You guys kill me.

The most exciting powerplant news to come out of Ford in years and you are hung up on it having 2 alternators. ...

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Overbuilt is good seeing that this is a street truck. I don't want that thing flopping around and cracking my exhaust tubing!

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I added a bracket that goes from the rear bracket and spans 2 exhaust studs. This really solidified the mount. I could probably stand on it now.
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Mine is well on it's way to being a hot rod.


The HD Chevy's are horrible. You look at them trying to see the "face"...

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It's just a pre-engineered location for a supercharger....

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Picked up an AC delete pulley for $8. I installed it and the intake manifold yesterday.

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Everything is collectible to someone.

That thing is begging to be lowered with some 195/50-15's on period correct wheels, with a boomin stereo...

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Valve springs look like they have an installed height of 3". lol

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Pushrods, cross bolted block, forged crank, looks promising. I'll take one for a fox body plz.






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Changed the mount to rotate the turbo up closer to the engine and to also separate the turbo flange from the.mounting brackets. The brackets are going...

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And here it is in steel.

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Started thinking about the mount for the turbo. The cardboard is just a rough idea, but I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do. The flange...