Posts by zray

  • HiPo Water pump

    Quote from htpratt

    Thanks for the reply. I don't plan to run the kar hard therefore I guess one the "looks" correct would be fine. You stated a Carter Fuel pump in your reply, did you mean water pump since that is the item in question.


    that will teach me to post while asleep.


    Z.

  • Harmonic Balancer ID

    Quote from s2ms

    I've never seen a C5 with the step down in the outer ring but that doesn't mean it never happened.


    Is this a balancer you sent to the Damper Doctor for rebuild or did you buy it this way? If the later I would guess they used an OE C5 inner ring and service replacement C8 outer in the rebuilding process.


    I sent it in to them, but they might have just gave me one that they had on hand in exchange. I was also guessing that the parts were mix-matched, it seems more likely that it happened at the Dr. Damper's than at Ford I've had the balancer for so long that I can't remember exactly how it looked when I first bought it..


    Z. Ray

  • HiPo Water pump

    Quote from htpratt

    I have tried to locate an original HiPo water pump for my Kar with no luck. What is the next best option. This is all that is left in the engine rebuilt.


    Suggestions please.

    do you want a pump that looks like the Hi-Po pump, or one that pumps like the Hi-Po pump ? There are many "button top" pumps that are indistinguishable once installed from the real Hi-Po pump. Or you can buy a Carter fuel pump, They make two or three pumps for the small block Ford that will out perform the stock Hi-Po pump.


    Z. Ray

  • Harmonic Balancer ID

    I have (an extra) Hi-Po Balancer with the casting number C50E A . The outer ring has the step down area. I was under the impression that all of the "step down" balancers had casting number beginning with C8ZE ???


    This balancer was restored by the Damper Doctor several years ago, then stored.


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    Z. Ray

  • need to ID timing gears

    Quote from CharlesTurner

    C30Z-6306-A crank gear

    Hi-po application, 21 teeth


    C30Z-6256-C cam gear

    Not a hi-po application, 45 teeth, std. 289, the hi-po one is C3OZ-6256-A, 42 teeth and different thickness


    thanks a million Charles. I'm listing some odds 'n ends for ebay auction and am trying to get the descriptions right.


    Z. Ray

  • need to ID timing gears

    have some NOS crank & cam timing gears, need to ID. I think the crank gear is for a Hi-Po 289, not sure about cam gear. Both gears are iron (not nylon jacket type)


    C30Z-6306-A crank gear


    C30Z-6256-C cam gear


    thanks,


    Z. Ray

  • oil pressure too high ?

    At high rpm the numbers don't seem that off base:


    5000 rpm ............ 85 psi

    6000 rpm ............ 85 psi

    6500 rpm ............ 85 psi

    7000 rpm ............ 85 psi


    anyone have first hand experience or know of data that supports the theory of high oil pressure equals washed out / eroded bearings ?


    I'm wondering if the numbers will change when summer really hits and the air temperature is over 100 degrees ?


    Z. Ray

  • oil pressure too high ?

    Quote from dunc289

    Your " old " pump may have a stuck relief valve, not allowing the oil to bypass as the pressure builds. Afresh pump would change that. I have a NASCAR pump, unused, if you need one....:D:D


    what makes a NASCAR pump different than the high volume pumps ?


    Z. Ray

  • oil pressure too high ?

    Quote from dunc289

    Your " old " pump may have a stuck relief valve, not allowing the oil to bypass as the pressure builds. Afresh pump would change that. I have a NASCAR pump, unused, if you need one....:D:D


    my post is in error. Should have read "oil pump", not "old pump" It was "new" 24,000 miles ago.


    I guess the consensus is the pressure is too high.


    Z. Ray

  • oil pressure too high ?

    are the following oil pressures too high ?


    @ 75 degrees F. with a 180 degree thermostat


    cold engine:


    pressure @ idle: 82 psi


    hot engine:


    idle (800 rpm) .... 35 psi

    1500 rpm ..............70 psi

    2000 rpm ..............72 psi

    2500 rpm ..............75 psi

    3000 rpm ............. 80 psi

    3500 rpm ............. 82 psi

    4000 rpm ............ 85 psi


    Basically a stock 289 Hi-Po engine w/ vintage Paxton, 10: 1 compression, 0.020 over pistons, a high volume oil pump was installed 24,000 miles ago during a complete engine overhaul.


    Aside from the break-in period, I've been using Mobil 1 15w-50 for the entire 7 year/ 24,000 miles.


    Z. Ray

  • Wanted 1967 k code engine

    Quote from Darell

    Wanted I'm in need of a K code engine for my 1967 k code coupe, don't need heads or manifold but need the long block with balancer. please let me know what you have along with a price. thanks

    Darell

    gdbrewer@aol.com


    if you find one you've got to be the luckiest so-and-so I can think of, congratulations, by the way could you please forward me next weeks lotto numbers.


    I do wish you luck, stranger things have happened.


    Z. Ray

  • Chassis Dyno results

    Quote from 66gtk

    some vids of my fastback at the Chassis Dyno.. Warning: This isn't a K code.


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    what are the details on your engine, and what were the high readings ( couldn't read the display) ?