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The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 1:41 am
by Bratfink
When I worked at Ford my manager would always make comments on my lack of brand loyalty because I’d drive a big smelly diesel Ram to work. He suggested I buy a ford product. So I asked for a Mondeo wagon, but apparently we aren’t allowed them in the US. So I asked for a stick shift truck, it too turns out we can’t have them in the US.
There was an impasse.
Then I found this:
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 1:42 am
by Bratfink
For some unknown reason my manager wasn’t pleased with my choice
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 1:47 am
by Bratfink
Then, naturally, I took the engine out of it and didn’t work on it for 2 years..... grrr.
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 1:53 am
by Bratfink
Old one. Picture doesn’t really do it justice. It leaked so bad I was adding a quart a week almost. And it fouled no8 plug about every 300 miles.
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 1:56 am
by Bratfink
New one. Mmmm shiny. Mustang GT specs, only I didn’t want to mess with firing order for the HO. So I have a custom grind cam for the 1-5 firing order. Should be roughly 300hp, give or take.
Oddly enough I’m keeping it 50 state legal.
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 2:22 pm
by Trigger_Andy
Cool project James!
Interesting you're able to change the firing order.
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 20 5:58 pm
by Bratfink
Trigger_Andy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 20 2:22 pm
Interesting you're able to change the firing order.
It’s not that I changed it. Ford did it themselves. There were 2 firing orders on the Windsor engine. In this period the HO engines ran on 1-3 and the truck and full sized car engines ran on 1-5.
In this case I was bolting HO bits into a full sized car. But I wanted no part in re wiring a 30 year old loom to put the injectors in the right place etc. so whilst I was buying a cam I just asked them to grind it on the non-HO order. Didn’t actually cost much more money.
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 20 10:34 am
by MattH
That workshop is something else, if it makes that car look small inside there!
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 20 3:04 pm
by Trigger_Andy
Bratfink wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 20 5:58 pm
Trigger_Andy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 20 2:22 pm
Interesting you're able to change the firing order.
It’s not that I changed it. Ford did it themselves. There were 2 firing orders on the Windsor engine. In this period the HO engines ran on 1-3 and the truck and full sized car engines ran on 1-5.
In this case I was bolting HO bits into a full sized car. But I wanted no part in re wiring a 30 year old loom to put the injectors in the right place etc. so whilst I was buying a cam I just asked them to grind it on the non-HO order. Didn’t actually cost much more money.
What was the reasoning behind the two different firing orders?
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 20 3:56 pm
by Bratfink
Trigger_Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 20 3:04 pm
What was the reasoning behind the two different firing orders?
1 & 5 are on the same journal. I asked some old timers when I was at Ford about that. Apparently it was an attempt to spread the input forces between the journals on consecutive firings.
I guess we’re about to find out if it was needed or not
Re: The Daily.... that I took apart.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 20 3:59 pm
by Bratfink
MattH wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 20 10:34 am
That workshop is something else, if it makes that car look small inside there!
I didn’t want to say anything, but that isn’t the workshop. That’s my regular garage
it fits 6 cars. Has heating and insulation, but some other larger structural issues I need to correct when I get the workshop done.