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[QUOTE=Romulus22;19736864]Looks exactly like mine which is a Speedmaster. it flows well but the rubber o-rings did not seal well enough for me and I've had hit and miss luck keeping it from leaking. I also had to countersink all the hardware holding the motor on as it's so slimline it wouldn't sit flush too the block. Maybe they've fixed this by now though.
Looks exactly like mine which is a Speedmaster. it flows well but the rubber o-rings did not seal well enough for me and I've had hit and miss luck keeping it from leaking. I also had to countersink all the hardware holding the motor on as it's so slimline it wouldn't sit flush too the block. Maybe they've fixed this by now though.
Mine is terrible. It works fine but leaked like crazy. I had to grind the back of it to make it clear the drivers side head. Also the fittings leaked and I had to goop gasket maker everywhere. It is garbage and I cant believe they cost so much. They should be ashamed for even selling them.
I had to grind the back of it to make it clear the drivers side head. Also the fittings leaked and I had to goop gasket maker everywhere. It is garbage and I cant believe they cost so much. They should be ashamed for even selling them.
I forgot about the grinding. Had to do the same thing although it doesn't much matter now. But you can see where. You can also see the gasket maker seeping out where I've abandoned and sort of gasket. I definitely wouldn't recommend this pump unless you absolutely have no choice due to space issues.
I decided to do everything in steps to see what makes gains and what doesn't.
I bought a set of PRC 5.3 heads to try out. I cc'ed the combustion chambers and they ended up being 63cc. I checked my PTV clearance and I am able to use a .040 headgasket. This combination gets my compression ratio back to are around the stock 9.5, which sucks.
If my head gaskets come in tomorrow I am going to try and get it back together and get some numbers by friday. Im hoping to see 20 or so hp from the heads but who knows?
Also My collectors came in today. Im gonna machine some head flanges this weekend and try to start on my new headers and exhaust next week.
I am then gonna source and new 5.3 block and start building the bottom end.
This is a sick build. I know there is a fab company here in Florida that has tons of parts for the RWD and Ford V8 conversion. Did you do most of the fab on your own or is there an LS focus swap fab place (yes, I am too lazy to look it up right now lol)
This is a sick build. I know there is a fab company here in Florida that has tons of parts for the RWD and Ford V8 conversion. Did you do most of the fab on your own or is there an LS focus swap fab place (yes, I am too lazy to look it up right now lol)
Well i had a pretty interesting day today on the dyno.
I swapped the new heads on and after a little tuning i made 417 whp uncorrected. My previous uncorrected number was 378whp. Pretty awesome gains for just ported heads.
I then decided to swap out the 93 octane for e85. After some tuning I made 425 uncorrected. The e85 picked up a ton of midrange power and a decent amount up top. The tune needs more work but i had to go home early.
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