05-11-2003, 03:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Central Texas,
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I've had extremely good luck with building road race Fe's for customers over the last twenty five years with very little trouble. There are some things you've really got to watch for though to stop problems before they happen.
Assuming you're running a good road race pan, always run an adequate amount of oil in it. This may take up to two quarts over the old "full" mark on the dipstick.
That oil pump needs at least a 5/8" oil pickup tube on it. The stock 1/2" job doesn't cut it.
Ford was not consistent in the oil holes in the crankshaft rod journals for adequate sizing. This has to be checked and drilled out to 1/4" if necessary. There's a bunch of cranks out there that have undersized oil holes in them.
The individual oil feed holes from the main gallery that intersect with the grooves behind the cam bearings are notorious for being undersized in the non CJ blocks. Easily fixed again with a long 1/4" drill bit.
These suggestions are in addition to the normal oil gallery modifications that are prerequisite when building up an Fe.
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Ted Eaton.
Fe's are fast but "Y-Blocks" are fun when they run in the 9.60's at 135 mph.
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