Trickflow Top End Kit.....

May 27th, 2007, 06:10 PM	#1
Kingcater Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 190	Trickflow Top End Kit..... Can you just throw everything on the block....I'm trying to budget this project so that I have everything ready to install all at once...thanks guys I couldn't find anything using the search feature...but I'll look again __________________ 2000 A4 Z-28 Free Mods No Appearance or Performance mods Yea, it's slow..... http://www.fquick.com/Kingc8r

May 27th, 2007, 07:46 PM	#2
dr.gonzo Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kc mo Posts: 803	you can I supose. assuming you check everything before fiering it up. Every engine is different __________________ FREE LUNCH, FINAL WISDOM, TOTAL COVERAGE... WHY NOT?

May 27th, 2007, 08:06 PM	#3
cali 5.0 Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: grand prairie tx Posts: 385	how is every engine diff. when they all hav the same specs.. unless its a aftermarket block or whtevr. anything other than stock... __________________ 89 gt 3.73 gears, full exhaust, holley system max2 intake manifold, 70mm throttle body, jet chip

May 27th, 2007, 08:20 PM	#4
95wip Regular Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DownRiver Michigan Posts: 300	well some engines have been abused and/or neglected...you might find something else needing to be replaced once you get it appart...thats all i can think of how engines are different. __________________ 95' GT is being reconstructed!

May 27th, 2007, 08:27 PM	#5
cali 5.0 Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: grand prairie tx Posts: 385	well of course tht but he made it seem like it wouldnt jus work or somethin, and its alwayz best to do a compression check b4 upgrading heads. __________________ 89 gt 3.73 gears, full exhaust, holley system max2 intake manifold, 70mm throttle body, jet chip

May 28th, 2007, 01:39 AM	#6
dr.gonzo Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kc mo Posts: 803	you can take 2 hand guns made by the same company with the same specs and each one will strike the bulliet in a diff spot. granted it will prob not affect what he is doing. but sometimes that thousands of an inch matters. __________________ FREE LUNCH, FINAL WISDOM, TOTAL COVERAGE... WHY NOT?

May 28th, 2007, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dr.gonzo

you can take 2 hand guns made by the same company with the same specs and each one will strike the bulliet in a diff spot. granted it will prob not affect what he is doing. but sometimes that thousands of an inch matters.

Thats why you can squeeze a little more hp out of a car with a chip or a tweecer and things like that. The factory builds the cars within certain tolerances and sets a standard tune to accomodate all of them. Its basically like how they allow a certain amt of fly wings per gallon of ice cream. Not every car that comes out of the factory makes the exact same power. Granted, we are talking about very small differences here though.

And otherwise this is a completly usless post that has nothing to do with the original question........ and we are all now dumber because of it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

May 28th, 2007, 05:23 AM	#8
dr.gonzo Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kc mo Posts: 803	your right I did just hear a lot of if someone who owned the car before him rebuilt the engine and milled the block shit could hit the fan quick. your right that post was pointless slap it on there and fire it up. __________________ FREE LUNCH, FINAL WISDOM, TOTAL COVERAGE... WHY NOT?

May 28th, 2007, 11:26 AM	#9
fogged306 Hardcore Enthusiast 89 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Did you get that thing I sent you? Posts: 1,265	Maybe I was a little fuzzy on my post dr.gonzo, I was saying that I agree with you. And I was talking about my post as being the usless post that has nothing to do with the original question.....as does this one. Basically what I was getting at is that the tolerance difference that the factory leaves can actually make one mustang outperform or outlast another exact same mustang. Thats why the "tune" from the factory can be improved upon because they set it on the safe side to make sure the ones made on the low side of the tolerance will live longer.

May 28th, 2007, 04:20 PM

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Re: Trickflow Top End Kit.....

Originally Posted by 1Fast92FiveOh

Can you just throw everything on the block....I'm trying to budget this project so that I have everything ready to install all at once...thanks guys

I couldn't find anything using the search feature...but I'll look again

I would say anytime you are going to go this far into the engine, you might as well pull it. It isn't that much work and it is a lot easier to work on the engine while it is on a stand that in the car. you can install the kit with the engine out and put the whole assembly back in.

Things to think about, you are already going to have the accessories off, radiator drained, water pump gone (for the cam), exhaust and intake off. If you are doing the clutch (which you should) you'll have the tranny off. At that point it is almost easy to pluck the block and at lease give it a once over with some new bearings, rings, seals and gaskets. you'll be glad you did.

May 28th, 2007, 07:09 PM	#11
Kingcater Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 190	Ok thanks, that sounds like a good route to go...maybe even stroke it while I'm at it? __________________ 2000 A4 Z-28 Free Mods No Appearance or Performance mods Yea, it's slow..... http://www.fquick.com/Kingc8r

May 28th, 2007, 07:11 PM	#12
dr.gonzo Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kc mo Posts: 803	some pepople are not happy with 347 and by the time you do all the machine work you could have a 351 but the 347 is lighter __________________ FREE LUNCH, FINAL WISDOM, TOTAL COVERAGE... WHY NOT?

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