Joining the bandwagon, my 4L OHV build

[jd4242]

read my above!

$784 for a bolt? lolol


and also. this was in ScottBs thread: Smith Brothers 54A-A
correct patr #?

let me go look it up.its ball to ball and 7/16 i think

 

[Brandon96]

That thing is lookin' good man! A lot prettier than mine.. :/ who cares, mine will be back in the mud here before long.. lol

 

[Xeek]

yea i figured ball to ball just by looking at my old ones. but yes, make sure! it feels like i got ants in my pants trying to order them! lol

i think he said he wanted tip size and rod size. i know he mentioned either 7/16 or 3/8 for the rod



we're about equal brandon, black lower and colored tops

 

[jd4242]

#NR54A-dd 5.525 OA

 

[jd4242]

5/16X.049 4130 NON-HT NO/OIL
BM3732A---3/16 R MW BALL BOTH ENDS
that everything mine said

 

[jd4242]

That thing is lookin' good man! A lot prettier than mine.. :/ who cares, mine will be back in the mud here before long.. lol

Yea well his will be on the beach and at the campground!!! Maybe unlike someone elses!!cough cough!!:navajo:

 

[Xeek]

ok got them. at the end: him: 16 of the 5.525. Me: 16? i have a 6 lieter. sorry 6 cylinder lol
$7 each, $15 or so shipping, 3 day was to expensive so theyll be here tuesday. so it looks like wednesday for us!

 

[jd4242]

ok got them. at the end: him: 16 of the 5.525. Me: 16? i have a 6 lieter. sorry 6 cylinder lol
$7 each, $15 or so shipping, 3 day was to expensive so theyll be here tuesday. so it looks like wednesday for us!

Did he ship the usps? If so i bet there be here fri.i have ordered them many times and it took 3days.even if not they will be here on monday no matter what! But wed is fine for me too.more time to get last min parts and maybe work more on getting that cat off!!

 

[Xeek]

no, ups, so thats 5 days. theres always a chance it gets sped up from the weekend tho, but thats a 5% chance.

pretty much just minor things left!

 

[Xeek]

i think i just found my new plates.

 

[Xeek]

hey should i add rtv to the headers? i mean due to the weld line there may be even more of a chance of not sealing. it looks like it will from test fits tho.

jd, and just to be sure you said no cork gaskets, meaning solid rubber with metal rings for the valve covers?

 

[jd4242]

You have to use a special high temp copper rtv.i wouldnt use cork!!

 

[Brandon96]

NO CORK GASKETS.

^^Personal experience speaking.. Fel-Pro makes a pretty cheap and AWESOME hard plastic/rubber gasket. You do need to plop some RTV on it where the head meets the lower intake, but they already have a little cup in the gasket for the RTV to go in!

 

[Brandon96]

Also, the supposed "high temp" RTV Black burns and smells like poo when it gets on your headers. Found that out the.. smelly way.

 

[Xeek]

yes, i was saying i ALREADY knew NOT to use cork. i learned that from you . just wanted to make sure what i should use.
n yea, the rtv included in the kit (solid rubber in a bottle) was meant for the intake part

so youre telling me after all the trouble of going back and forth with the solid rtv, running out and getting the big bottle now i need a different kind? lol so difficult jd. and of course now autozones closed

 

[Xeek]

an important update thats good for .5rwhp, jd signed my lower intake gasket. he drew an arrow to put it on right, then wrote JD '11 lol
didnt get a pic tho

 

[jd4242]

You have to use a special copper hight temp rtv.and that tag should be good for atleast 50HP!!hah

 

[Brandon96]

Don't forget to put all the stickers all over your windows like I did. Good for 75hp and 87ft/lbs.

So says your average ricer.

 

[Xeek]

lool. i have an EF sticker good for 100rwhp, kkm, flowmaster(even tho im running no muffler and a glasspack for inspection maybe)

so i want copper rtv then. ill goto ford tomorrow for the bolt, im gonna see if they have flexplate nuts also, as i only had two to start with that are rounded now.

jd, you said might might have the nut to tap an o2 sensor in?




and further review on the plates, i started saying then aloud, and camed v6 sounds very, very wrong. so cammd v6 it is. $85 for registration

 

[Turdle]

Use this brand. Other brands are whimpy

Let it set up real good overnight before fire up.

The drawback is, if you ever have to crack the header away-you need to get it all the way off so the sealer can be cleaned off, and start over.