That's what I said. Either "fit decompression plates under the heads or lower compression ratio pistons"
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Open mouth, insert foot.... :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Costello Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 10:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E15 head on a A series ummm if he was going to go to the effort and expense of fitting forgies, why would he then turn around and take a step backwards by using dodgy old decompression plates just get low compression forgies and be done with it Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: RE: E15 head on a A series > What motor is in the F150? > > Regarding the Ford donk: > To successfully set something like that up, He will be spending a few bucks > on it. > > Taking on something like this is definately not for the feint hearted, he > would need a few thousand bucks to back the whole project up before he even > considered beginning it. If he is talking complete BS nonsense and pulling > your leg, then tell him to get his hand off it. If he is going to take it on > he would end up with a very potent little truck, with power figures of 500hp > being pretty much within easy reach, and potentially a lot more if he does > his research and goes about it sensibly. > > He should really get ahold of a book called Maximum Boost by Corky Bell and > read it several times before he spends a cent on the engine tho. I have read > my copy 8 times now and am still learning! > > If he's serious then his best shot would be to aim for a twin turbo setup, > possibly get hold of a matching pair of T28 turbos or a matching pair of > T3s, fit decompression plates under the heads or lower compression ratio > pistons, preferably forged pistons. Depending on various other factors as > well, he may need to do other work inside the engine to cope with the extra > power. > > He would also have to make up some custom exhaust manifolds to bolt up to > the turbos, plumb in the oil lines to the engine, also the coolant lines to > the turbo, then he would need to figure out a way to keep the thing in tune > & get enough fuel in. Installing fuel injection would be a good move also. > Then you got other considerations such as intercooling and exhaust, etc.. > > Another consideration is that there may be an aftermarket kit produced for > the V8 that is readily available so maybe worth doing some research on it. > Could save a lot of grief & dollars if that is the case. > > On the E engine going into a sprint car, join the E15et yahoo group and > search the archives, there was talk a while back of there being available > some forged motorbike pistons that go straight into the E15 block which will > get the compression ratio up to some enormous figure and produce stupid > amounts of power, without a turbo. A & E engines have some sort of cult > following in the sprint car world & I think you will find what your looking > for in that yahoo group. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tobias walker > Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 4:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: E15 head on a A series > > > well I've met a mad tinkerie out here at mount isa who would like to fit a E > 15 head on a A series fo his minature sprint car ??? any ideas > also his tow car is a f150 he'd like to turbo it ?? any more ideas ??? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=174&referr > al=Hotmail_taglines_plain&URL=http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
