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Engine Tech / Re: Cracked Radiator Fan Blades
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Engine Tech / Re: no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating,
Have you at least checked the codes?
Ford's EEC-III Trouble Codes - Tomco Inc.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: LATCH System retrofit.
Is the kit just for the lower attach points or for the tether anchor?
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Engine Tech / Re: Dyno'd the 331
Lots of tuners delete the O2 input...
Deleting the rear O2s is common (in applications that have them), as they don't affect performance/drivability - they just let the user know when the cats dead.
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Nobody even knows their O2's are out of range unless they test 'em....or a new(er) vehicle throws a light or code...
As long as the trim is +/- 25% of nominal, the O2s can get the AFR back to stoichiometric for good fuel economy without bucking.
Going Open Loop 100% of the time is generally a strategy used when properly tuning the vehicle is too hard or time consuming. Instead of really nailing down the MAF table or SD tables, you can specify OL 100% of the time, richen the mixure a bit over stoichiometric and just take the mpg and emissionshiznit.
Aerocoupe might have some insight as to why his tuner went full OL tune, but I've never seen a good reason (for me) to go that route.
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Engine Tech / Re: Dyno'd the 331
He made two more pulls and came back inside and said he deleted the O2's from the EEC so I can now unplug them and plug the holes in the X-pipe. Said the signal on them is usually and he can tune without them and the signal on mine was .
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Archive & Library (Read Only) / Re: Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.
Imbalance is with the engine flywheel, not the transmission torque converter.
C5 is shorter than the AOD. You'll need a shorter D/S.
You may have to cut the tack welds on your crossmember to move the mount back.
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Events & Shows / Re: Owensboro, KY. May 18, 2019
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Misc Tech / Re: R134 with HR980 Compressor
Freeze 12 is 80% R134a and 20% R142b. The R142b is to make it miscable with the mineral oil. (R134a isn't miscable with mineral oil [it's like oil and water, compressor would oil starve]) You can use Freeze 12 as a substitute for R12 without changing the oil. However, head pressure will be similar to R134a - not a good idea for the HR980.
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Misc Tech / Re: R134 with HR980 Compressor
I'd get the HR980 and run R12 - not Freeze 12.
Is also get a new condenser to replace you current one if it's still tube/fin. That'll lower head pressure and improve performance. Not sure you can handle the visual difference though.
When you replace the compressor, replace the lines as well and have blow out the evaporator and condenser if you don't replace it. Since you have a leak, you've also leaked oil (and there is no way to know how much) so removing all the old stuff and starting from scratch is the correct way to do it.
That'll get you another 10-20 years out of it.
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Misc Tech / Re: R134 with HR980 Compressor
Also, you can still get R12, so just use that until the compressor grenades.
Edit: Looks like R12 is ~$50/lb on ebay.
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Events & Shows / Re: Owensboro, KY. May 18, 2019
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / Re: Odd T-bird on Craigslist
Pics show 3.8L
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Events & Shows / Re: Owensboro, KY. May 18, 2019
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