Need for Speed!

What should the fuel pressure be at the engine? I'm showing about 38 - I thought it should be 45 or so.

Been working on a set of Long Tube Headers for the 5.0 in the explorer. Drivers side is mocked up and ready to be welded up for good. Header collectors exit on the outside of the frame rail.

I've always wanted to put a turbo in a vehicle. I absolutely love the jet-engine like scream when you put on the gas and I thought it'd be a fun project. There's not much room for a turbo under the hood, so I've been looking into a rear mounted option. I have some questions about it. How do I find the right size turbo? Where is a good place to get the tubing? What tubing material options do I have? What's the air filter life like for a rear mounted turbo? Can I use the vehicle on dirt roads? Can I use the vehicle in rain? Can I use the vehicle in snow? Can I get an undercarriage wash at the local drive through car wash? Can a 5.0 engine and tranny with 120K survive a turbo? Do headers help at all with a rear mounted turbo (I've read...

I just bought a Bullitt intake manifold and I need to relocate the oil fill location on my 03 4.6 from the passenger side valve cover over to the driver side valve cover. However, I'm getting some mixed input on the mustang forums as to where I should be trying to get them from. I know the 4.6 is a modular engine and is in several different vehicles, also that there are 2 different (recent) versions of the 4.6; Romeo (what I have) and Windsor. I'd really love to find an aluminum pair for really cheap but I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for. I can order a pair from trick flow for like $220, but that's much more than I want to pay (I was thinking like $50). From what I've read, the police interceptor Crown Vic's have...

Hello, Found a xcharger kit in germany for a 05 up mustang, will install it on my 98sohc soon When i checked the parts the alternator spacers are left, so i need the hight maybe a pic to made new one... After all i will dyno it and tune with a sct... Please help! Dont get reply on emails at explorer Express...

In 1996, Ford switched over to thinner metric piston rings 1.50mm x 1.50mm x 4.00mm (for lower friction?) for all 5.0 including F150 & my 1996 Explorer 5.0 which is going in my 64 Falcon. All 302 up to 1995 used the 5/64" x 5/64" x 3/16" piston rings. The only difference that I can find is the compression distance. The metric piston with 1.5mm piston ring has compression distance of 1.595. The standard piston with 5/64" piston ring has Compression Distance of 1.599. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speed-Pro Hypereutectic Piston and Ring Kits (5/64" x 5/64" x 3/16") $170: Speed-Pro Piston and Ring Kits Z8KH273CP30 - SummitRacing.com Speed-Pro Hypereutectic Pistons (1.50mm x 1.50mm x...

Sheri and I would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas!! Let's have fun, I want to see some toys!!

well someone bet me 20 bucks it couldn't... what do you think? good for an exploder?

Hey guys, I'm starting my rear-mount build here in 2 weeks, and I will take pictures as I go, and hopefully if you see how easy it is, there will be more turbo explorers. :D I have a 2000 Limited Edition 5.0 AWD V8. The only other 5.0 explorer I've seen with this is willzilla's. and he obviously is now taking it off. :p Anyways, I'm pretty excited, I've got everything I need, and a appointment in two weeks at the exhaust shop! :D 5.0 Explorer + .57 T3T04E

This isn't for a truck but for my 1994 Cobra. What started this build is when I broke another rocker arm and bent another pushrod. It was the second time that it happened. The first time was about 20,000 miles prior. With 90,000 hard miles I figured the cause was weak valve springs. So I pulled the heads and and while I had them off ported them. I then took them to Pacific Engine and had them machined and a valve job done. While doing so they discovered that AFR had way too much spring pressure and that some of the springs only had .500 lift before going into coil bind. My cam with 1.7 rockers has .530 lift so it's surprising they lasted 90,000 miles. Here's the broken rocker. Here are some of the porting work I did on the...

Does anyone know if the sohc blocks from the explorer (2nd gen) and the blocks from the mustang v6 (~05ish) are interchangeable? Same question w/ the 5.0's from the explorer & the newer 5.0 crate engines. Just trying to see if they are interchangeable & to see if maybe there's any power gains and/or if they're stronger/better.

I am thinking about installing the E303 cam in my 1996 Explorer motor which has GT40 heads. I have read elsewhere that the stock springs are only good for stock cam. Can I reuse the stock springs with this cam? Thanks

I've had my explorer for over 10 years now, back then I planned on having and upgrading to 33-35 inch tires and lifting it as high as I could so I then installed 4.56's gear ratio's at front and rear. I did gears early because when I got the explorer it came with 32's with just the stock 3.27 gears on it. Of course throughout the years my thoughts on the ex have changed and now I'm happy with the look of 31's and 32's on 22" rims and also reduced the lift I had on it and did major engine work to it. It's now just a street driven ex and with 4.56's it revs/raps out so fast and I wanna fix the ratio back to a daily driver but still good performer type. I was thinking of 4.10's but is it enough to tell a difference? A local drivetrain...

(still alive) - Jakee's remote mounted turbo explorer sport It's technically not dead...yet. But I'm giving the turbo explorer to my oldest son. We've turned the boost down to 10lbs and I've done a lot of work to get this thing as street friendly as possible. Anyone with a 19 year old son will understand why I put RIP in the title. LOL EDIT - Son is going another direction, truck is fine.

So, my low compression cylinder that was made a bit better with a head rebuild is giving me issues again. Random cyl #2 misfires, and shaky motor. Im leaving power on the table and lower gas mileage. Im sure the forced induction didn't help my rings any either. I've almost talked myself in to rebuilding the bottom end JD4242 is being very helpful in pushing me to this. Tim in Selkirk has also offered to help me with a ohv motor that I can use to rebuild to reduce down time. So, time to discuss a cam. What works best for mileage and power in a forced induction environment. Here is a quick comparison on cams: Part# adv. Dur .050 dur. Valve lift lobe sep. http://www.camcraft-cams.com 144-0206 202/206 .496/.532...