2005 main stud help!
12-03-2010, 12:19 AM
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2005 main stud help!
Wanted to thank everyone on the help and advise so far!
I want to put new arp main bolts... Since I'm putting those in I wanted to do a windage tray as well... But no one seams to have one or ever heard of one for my year... I believe mine is a 2 bolt main.. It's the 4.6 3v... And I've had a lot of trouble I've been told to just use thr 04 cobra kits... Any one have any ideas where to go and if you have a part number? As always thanks again!
Daniel
I want to put new arp main bolts... Since I'm putting those in I wanted to do a windage tray as well... But no one seams to have one or ever heard of one for my year... I believe mine is a 2 bolt main.. It's the 4.6 3v... And I've had a lot of trouble I've been told to just use thr 04 cobra kits... Any one have any ideas where to go and if you have a part number? As always thanks again!
Daniel
12-03-2010, 10:09 AM
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I'm running boost on my mustang, replacing the main bolts just makes it safer/stronger... And windage tray stays in the oil pan to keep the oil from being sucked up in the motor... Basicly keeps the oil where it needs to be...
12-03-2010, 10:10 AM
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Yeah can you give us a bit more information about your setup and why you're doing these things?
Brenspeed sells a windage tray clearanced for a 302 stroker motor that would work fine for a non-stroked 4.6.
Brenspeed sells a windage tray clearanced for a 302 stroker motor that would work fine for a non-stroked 4.6.
12-03-2010, 10:13 AM
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Wanted to thank everyone on the help and advise so far!
I want to put new arp main bolts... Since I'm putting those in I wanted to do a windage tray as well... But no one seams to have one or ever heard of one for my year... I believe mine is a 2 bolt main.. It's the 4.6 3v... And I've had a lot of trouble I've been told to just use thr 04 cobra kits... Any one have any ideas where to go and if you have a part number? As always thanks again!
Daniel
I want to put new arp main bolts... Since I'm putting those in I wanted to do a windage tray as well... But no one seams to have one or ever heard of one for my year... I believe mine is a 2 bolt main.. It's the 4.6 3v... And I've had a lot of trouble I've been told to just use thr 04 cobra kits... Any one have any ideas where to go and if you have a part number? As always thanks again!
Daniel
Call the larger places like JDM, MMR, Blow By Racing, Livernois, ST Motorsports in San Bernardino, RET (Racers Edge Tuning).
These people have all built very high HP S197s and have dealt with oiling issues. Most have replaced the pan with something that has a better windage tray.
The 03/04 Cobra Blocks take the same oil pan. Not sure about the pick up But I imagine it's the same.
12-03-2010, 10:20 AM
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If you are running on the stock block you would be wasting your money on anything else than just the torque to yield bolts that the block comes with. Those are not going to fail at that power level or cause any issue. Most of the aftermarket short blocks come with TTY fasteners. The weak link in the 3 vlaves is the pistons and rods. You would be better off replacing the rotating assembly and then at the same time use ARP fasteners.
12-03-2010, 10:30 AM
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If you are running on the stock block you would be wasting your money on anything else than just the torque to yield bolts that the block comes with. Those are not going to fail at that power level or cause any issue. Most of the aftermarket short blocks come with TTY fasteners. The weak link in the 3 vlaves is the pistons and rods. You would be better off replacing the rotating assembly and then at the same time use ARP fasteners.
+1. If the motor fails, it wont be a result of the main bolts.
12-03-2010, 03:28 PM
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I took it to a performance shop here in town... And I was loosing coolant... What's happening is my bolts are stretching at my max boost and cause boost to leak to my cooling system... Was told this was the best way to fix it... And thanks for all the advise
12-03-2010, 05:52 PM
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Are you talking about head bolts?