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Old 06-06-2010, 08:00 PM
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are you using a mechanical gauge?
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Old 06-06-2010, 08:02 PM
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sounds like your oil is breaking down as the engine warms up.. what brand and weight?
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Originally Posted by john-dickjr
have you changed the oil lately? maybe try a heavier oil
oil has 15 miles on it i'm using 10w40
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are you using a mechanical gauge?

yes auto meter gauge
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oil pressure problem fixed ...DONT USE A FRAM FILTER.. my oil psi is 52 driving down the highway and 30psi at idle now
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Old 06-07-2010, 09:32 PM
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what filter did you go with?
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what filter did you go with?
i used a AC / Delco oil filter
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Old 06-10-2010, 11:13 AM
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cars going to the dyno tomorrow.. any guess's ? ..combo's in sig
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didnt make it to the dyno had a few problems ... but i did put a 926cfm carb on my car today .. big difference from the 750 .. car pulls much harder now
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I'm gathering info for a turbo 5.3 into a 90 fox. I have the aje k and lsx mounts... do I just use the stock lsx motor mounts? seems to me the stock claim shell mount wont bolt up... I bought a caged roller and I'm thinking I either didnt get a piece for the mounts, or I'm just not seeing how this bolts up.

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The car looks great, but I may see one problem. That pan looks like it will scrape the street when you go over the smallest of bumps. Have you already checked the distance between the pan and the floor by any chance when the car is at full weight?
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Originally Posted by 00fastta
The car looks great, but I may see one problem. That pan looks like it will scrape the street when you go over the smallest of bumps. Have you already checked the distance between the pan and the floor by any chance when the car is at full weight?

huh???? ..i've got 6"-7" under the car before it will hit
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Made it to the dyno today 412 RWHP @ 7300 RPM , thru an auto transmision = about 540 FWHP .. NOT BAD FOR A 70K STOCK SHORTBLOCK....LOL
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Originally Posted by needaz28
I'm gathering info for a turbo 5.3 into a 90 fox. I have the aje k and lsx mounts... do I just use the stock lsx motor mounts? seems to me the stock claim shell mount wont bolt up... I bought a caged roller and I'm thinking I either didnt get a piece for the mounts, or I'm just not seeing how this bolts up.

thx.
YOUR missing the ls motor mounts should have come with the K-member
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thx.. did some searching and the part I need is the cast iron piece.. both of my f-bodies came with bmr k-members when I bought them..
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Take it or leave it. I was just trying to make sure it would work right because it looked low to me. No need to be some hardass dick.
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nice power! what was the tq?
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Originally Posted by danbap
nice power! what was the tq?
we couldnt get a peak TQ number it was blowing thru the converter on the dyno , dyno picked up 4800-7300rpm .. TQ was 337 ft in that range ..if it had picked up say 3000-4800 i'd bet TQ would be around 400-425ft
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Originally Posted by 00fastta
Take it or leave it. I was just trying to make sure it would work right because it looked low to me. No need to be some hardass dick.
wasnt try'in to be an *** , i was just pointing out there is plenty of clearence
it's got a CTS-V oil pan which is the shallowiest pan you can fit in a foxbody swap .... if you look at the pic's again it would almost hit the rack before the pan would hit anything .
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Old 07-03-2010, 06:59 PM
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blew my transmission , trans wont go into 3rd gear in WOT ,a $2000.00 transmission lasted 150 miles ..not bad huh ? ..my season is over
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