Sean Hyland, "Ford Engines" excerpts

[sailsmen]

"block certainly should be adequate for moderate power levels of up to 600 hp"

"cast crank again shoul be adequate for applications up to 500 hp"

"another weak link in the 4.6 is the factory trigger wheel"

"my recommendation is to limit use of stock rods in engines of 450 hp or less"

"any detonation results in the piston self-destructing immediately"

"stock piston, when combined with a low-boost supercharger system ,10 psi or less, preferably intercooled, can provide long, trouble-free service"


"because one casting has traditionally been used for both banks, the water flow in the left head has been compromised slightly"

"Replacing the turbine pump with a Walbro gerotor pump is not a clever plan"

"The solution is the '03 Cobra twin fuel pump system"

"We have seen many stock pumps shatter the original powdered metal ( oil pump ) gears"

"Make certain the car has at least 1/2 tank of fuel in it if you are running at full power ( on an S/C engine)"

I put notes in ( ) to make sense of the excerpts. A well written and easy to follow book.

He builds 200+ 4.6 per year.

[1 BAD 03 MM]

A well written and esy to follow book.

He builds 200+ 4.6 per year.

I agree, a must if you do any of your own engine work. :up:

[merc406]

About those rods, seem to be holdin out pretty good from what I've seen. Is he talkin RWHP or at the fly?

[sailsmen]

He never states which HP figure he is referring to in the book. At times I think it maybe at the fly and other times at the wheels.

Keep in mind sometimes he is referring to racing which can see WOT for extended times. On the street WOT is rarely more than 20 seconds because any longer and you are likely dead.

[TAF]

What does he say about the depletion of the strength of the aluminum block after '98 with the reduced nickel content? From what I hear...it is a major shortfall to our motors for high horsepower.

[sailsmen]

'96-'98 Cobra/ '93-'98 Mark 8 for 1,500 HP, built by Teksid. 2001 went to a liter wt alloy called the WAP (Windsor Al Plant) block.

We appear to have the NVH (noise, vibration,harshness) block a derivative of the WAP.

[Agent M79]

What does he say about the depletion of the strength of the aluminum block after '98 with the reduced nickel content? From what I hear...it is a major shortfall to our motors for high horsepower.
I would just like to add that the inverse concordinate matrix of the newer castings are affected in their spatial micro-alignment structures by the influence of the gradient shift of the planets magnetic envelope via-a-vis, the Klien Effect.

[Krytin]

Yes - Klien Bottle, very good! LOL

[sailsmen]

I would just like to add that the inverse concordinate matrix of the newer castings are affected in their spatial micro-alignment structures by the influence of the gradient shift of the planets magnetic envelope via-a-vis, the Klien Effect.

Me thinks you have been listening to too much Frank Zapa and you are eating yellow snow! :nono:

[Petrograde]

I've got this book too. Lots of good info in it! :up:

[tmac1337]

Just ordered the book today from Amazon.com. A little more knowledge can't hurt.

[jspradii]

Just ordered the book today from Amazon.com. A little more knowledge can't hurt.
Glad I started all this! Education is a wonderful thing.:beer:

[Ross]

I would just like to add that the inverse concordinate matrix of the newer castings are affected in their spatial micro-alignment structures by the influence of the gradient shift of the planets magnetic envelope via-a-vis, the Klien Effect.

That's what I've been saying all along, but no one will listen!

[2003 MIB]

I would just like to add that the inverse concordinate matrix of the newer castings are affected in their spatial micro-alignment structures by the influence of the gradient shift of the planets magnetic envelope via-a-vis, the Klien Effect.

hahahahahahahaha- I think we all know you meant to say Klein Effect not Klien Effect....

[Agent M79]

hahahahahahahaha- I think we all know you meant to say Klein Effect not Klien Effect....

Oh.... did I? :coolman:

[darebren]

all that college, lot of good it done did for me

[DEW34]

i would recomend any one who is going to be doing any performace work to their mm get one of these books its really good reading it answers alott of questions on the ford modular one thing that caught my eye that might explain the sudden crank failures is that ford runs the bearing clearances alittle on the tight side do to the aluminum blocks expansion, they set them up alittle on the tight side in order to achieve the correct hot running bearing clearance running it hard before the motor comes up to temp probably is not a good idea this is the kind of info thats in this book i am a diesel engine machinist and read the book cover to cover 3 times its very informative
mike