WhitsEnd Transformation

[DuckRyder]

While I don’t know how much it will help the ride, it might be worth call to Eaton Detroit Spring. They may be able to de-arch the stock springs, or build a new set to lower it a bit.

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Thanks for the suggestion. Reshaping these springs would impact overall travel, and I'd prefer not to do that.

New springs are a possibility, but I'll see where I end up first.

I looked to see if Calvert has a set of mono leafs for an F100, and he does not. That wouldn't be the most plush ride anyway.

I'm at the all Ford show at Carlisle with the Cyclone for the weekend, so no more updates for a few days.

[DuckRyder]

I’m at the all Ford show at Carlisle with the Cyclone for the weekend, so no more updates for a few days.

Oh, that should be good for some cool pictures...

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I’m at the all Ford show at Carlisle with the Cyclone for the weekend, so no more updates for a few days.

Oh, that should be good for some cool pictures...

Well, I wasn't impressed with the show at Carlisle. If you're into late model mustangs, that's the show for you. Not as much of the older iron as I would have liked to see.

The only shot I took was of my Cyclone loaded up in front of the house before I left...

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Back to the Bump...

After all the work I did to get the factory Ford transmission kickdown to work with the carb, Holley leaves no option but to covert to a cheesy cable.

I welded up and painted a bracket, then installed and adjusted the kickdown. Works OK, I just think it looks like crap.

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The new CD box arrived from Pertronix. This time, I wired it correctly.
After wiring and installing it, I got busy programming it and then firing up the motor.

No issues, other than some slight pinging under high load. I think that has more to do with the extremely hot and humid air we have currently. I'll need to drop my max timing.

Here you see the box mounted on the firewall and all the wiring completed, except for the blue wire that is the trigger for the A/C compressor. Even though the connections are weather-tight, I may add a cover or flap to protect it from any water dripping from the above hood seem.



This photo also shows the old valve cover breather. This will change soon, as I have plans for a PCV setup...

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The large manifold vacuum port at the rear of the throttle body is being used for the brake booster. Luckily, there is an extra port at the front. This will be the vacuum source for the PCV setup.

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The plan is to pull from a PCV mounted in the rear of the intake and use regular breathers in each valve cover to pull clean air.

However, I don't want to feed oil into the combustion, so I'll be using this Moroso oil separator. I like it because it can be manually emptied and doesn't just empty into the exhaust. If I was thinking ahead of time, I would have added a feedthrough to the oil pan so I could just empty it into the pan at each oil change (or whenever it's full). The bottom half can be unscrewed so the rate of fill can be checked, but a visual indicator would be better. It will be mounted on the firewall.

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The rear of most FE intake manifolds has a place for a PCV, carried over from very early designs that had a road draft tube and later a PCV. Many later FE intakes just came with a cover over this as the PCV was moved elsewhere.
I bought this kit online that comes with a "basket" filled with stainless wire mess that sits down into the intake. The mesh is key because it keeps the PCV from sucking pure oil.

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Here you can see the plate with the stainless PCV in it, plumbed to the oil separator. I mounted the sep up on the firewall with square aluminum tube I had laying around.

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The other side of the separator is plumbed to the front of the throttle body with some clean looking fitings.

The idea is no oil gets into the combustion stream and I just drain the canister at some yet to be determined interval. If it turns out I can make it between oil changes, I may put a nipple in the valve cover and just let it drain into the motor before each oil change.




Worth mentioning is new twist on breathers replaced the old breather and PCV that were previously in the valve covers. You can barely see one in the lower right of the picture above.

[DuckRyder]

Looking forward to hearing how that works. Do you have a valley tray in place?

I now remember why I did not like the Pentroof Valvecovers - no baffles...

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Looking forward to hearing how that works. Do you have a valley tray in place?

I now remember why I did not like the Pentroof Valvecovers - no baffles...

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This build is not using a valley pan. Someone else had already removed it long ago, but not sure it would have worked with my roller lifters.

I don't understand the Pentroof baffle comment. My experience is factory valve covers have baffles. For example, this set of Mercury Pents on the 428 in my Cyclone have large baffles...

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I received the 3/8" Teflon tubing I had ordered for my fuel return line inside the tank, so I installed that today.
For those playing at home, you may remember I had plumbed the return into the neck, but I didn't have a line connected.
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Regular fuel line will turn to jelly in submersed condiitions. The line that came with the EFI kit assumed a normal tank between the frame rails, so it was way too short. Attached with a 90 fitting at the neck and clipped tapers at the other end so it can flow even if against the bottom of the tank.
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This is the setup before installing it, showing the length of the hose that will be inside the tank. No more constant trickle sound.
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[DuckRyder]

Looking forward to hearing how that works. Do you have a valley tray in place?

I now remember why I did not like the Pentroof Valvecovers - no baffles...

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This build is not using a valley pan. Someone else had already removed it long ago, but not sure it would have worked with my roller lifters.

I don't understand the Pentroof baffle comment. My experience is factory valve covers have baffles. For example, this set of Mercury Pents on the 428 in my Cyclone have large baffles...

Cool, yes mine is without valley tray as well due to roller lifters...

Standard Power By Ford valve covers won’t clear the Erson roller rockers.

The repop pentroofs I have don’t have baffles and even using baffled grommets some oil makes it out. (I think they are Tony Branda

Anyway...

Nice looking set up in the Cyclone, those Mercury covers are very cool.