Crossflow do's and dont's.

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

yes thats what im saying its out of a carby 86xf they must be the same except for the plug

[broken-wheel 659]

12 minutes ago, CHESTNUTXE said:

i also found a ef crank for this 86 da block,will put it aside for the next crossy project,(blower shop aussie speed combo)

be careful with EF cranks, out of 5-6 only was was ok for me, i have a few in the garage that are fucked, check crank end float before you take it out of the motor or buy it as the first EF's had major issues with the thrust bearings eating cranks and ford were changing cranks on daily basis

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

funny you say that i was talking to my mate who owns a tranny shop ,he used to work in the geelong plant in that era and said the same thing that 4.0L were eating bearings.

[broken-wheel 659]

yeah it was the late EF's early EL's, the fixed it in the later ones, I'll try and get a part number on the right cranks but you can just use a big screwdriver to test the float, trust me it's not easy to find a non fucked one

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

how much end float should it have ?

[broken-wheel 659]

I'd go for 15thou max but good luck finding one that's not flogged out to 3mm, some at the wreckers have 5mm

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

i see so just a tiny bit of play with a big screwey

[broken-wheel 659]

yeah less than .5mm 

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

vark

[broken-wheel 659]

yup but you can listen to others and go through belts and flywheels like crazy, on a manual i'd aim for 10thou

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

nah the next wild crossy will be a c4

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

i like the 192 or 250 blowershop supercharger ,would look insane sticking halfway out the bonnett.