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Or do the opposite in a FG with a ba diff , which is what id do with a fg ute lol

Interesting info http://www.fordmods.com/gearbox-suspension-brake-driveline-f4/ba-m86-same-as-fg-m86-no-t113675.html

Are you sure, you have opened one of these up yourself? I have some more photos from Chaise 'ILIED' , of his LSD center, it looks like the one above

So i won this off of ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-5-4-V8-SOHC-220kw-BA-BF-dead-petrol-engine-suit-reco-or-rebuild-cheap-/381268813135?&autorefresh=true not even sure where to start with it . Ill prolly leave it in my shipping container untill the aussie dollar gets a bit stronger Has anyone here toyed around with one of these or any 5.4 into an earlier car?

Dont do that . you wont like what you find 99% of the time haha

Have it as low as possible in the engine bay , ideally lower than the overflow tank for the radiator, that way it will always be bled . if you have it above , sometimes your converter can get an air pocket and then freeze

So lost the bidding for another 5.4 motor, got fkd with the first one i bought, as there were no cam gears lol ill be saving up 1000-2000ish to buy a good running lowish km boss 260 motor.. and go from there new cam gear kit from ford racing ~1000$ so i am not going to bother with this SOHC 5.4..

Did any x falcon wagons/utes (leaf springs) come out with watts linkages installed? The time has come to maybe think about updating the standard shitty rear end that the xb has. at the moment it has just leafs I wouldnt mind trying to install a watts linkage

I was thinking of maybe making a set of watts links that are a solid bar and have a thread so i can wind them in and out to get them right .. they pretty much have to go vertical.. and i want them to mount to the chassis rail.. this might make for an easy work around , rather than welding stuff onto the car, figuring out its in the wrong spot ect

gotta have that 320kw when your hauling a fully loaded tradie trailer and 20 bags of cement on the tray ?? maybe ? lol

i should clarify going to be converting an eb xr6 diff to leaf and then also have a turbo ute diff lined up unsure on if they xr6 turbo diffs have watts linkages ect.. i havnt gone to look at it yet

Does it go hard ?

Im going the other way and just putting leaf pads onto a coil sprung 3.45 LSD diff , so ill already have the watts link on the diff I have a 3.45 xr6 turbo ute diff lined up. ill be using that

Lets just say i have bought a 20ft container to store engine stuff in lol

Yeah dunno about the crossflow comparison LOL . nearly everyone on this forum must sleep with a 250 crossflow on the other side of the bed at night Although that is true they are a long stroked motor. but i dont think it couldnt mean they could do 7000+ reliably with a good bottom end ect. 408 clevos do it It will be a while off , gotta wait for that damn us dollar to drop before i even think about ordering parts lol .

What did these rev out to in factory form? a good balance and aftermarket rods and pistons should see them revving fairly high? the OHC-type rocker and valve train setup should be good for a few revs? they are basically jesel-style shaft mount rockers from the factory

yeah ill have to get the measuring tape out to see what the go is with the dimensions (always easier to tell in real life , rather than a set of drawings) Howcome people keep telling me these have better low end torque than a DOHC? shouldnt it be the other way around ? Got the engine today and took the rocker covers off no fucking cam gears or phasers ?! ?!

thats pretty good man! what do they push out in standard form? i will get it tuned and ill have to make extractors for it to fit into the engine bay anyways i have not priced cams yet.. needs to be rebuilt so ill measure piston to valve clearances when i do and go from there

Ahh yeah i saw that . more interested in the motor side of things .. i want to get it spinning a little quicker than factory

the BBM would be better i suppose someone else is going to say it eventually.. why not run the whole EL motor?

Does anyone know of any good places to get some 17" interceptors offset changed and widened in Melb? Somewhere that powdercoats as well would be handy

Or if you wanted to run LPG , without any duel fuel setup. Actually i am not sure how the taxis work come to think of it ? i am pretty sure they are not vapor injection in the early ba models?

Well the speedway guys have to use carbs i think?? the thread is how to get a carb working

Couldnt you just run the standard ECU with it flash tuned so that there are no injectors. and then run the aussiespeed manifold/carby for fuel?