Foxy Green Foxbody Build

Steve439 said:
I suggest reading something like this while waiting:

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As stupid as it might have been I've read 2 books very similar to that one. When I took this engine apart the 2nd time I read them
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Given the circumstances and timing of everything, I'll be loading the car up and taking it to wv next month sometime. I'll also be attempting to bring my tools down with it. When I can get that engine yanked out, if the offer still exists and i bring that engine up to you, I'd love to spend a few hours pulling it apart to learn wtf. If I could put it back together with my bare hands and some guidance, that would be even better.
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Agreed. 1fox needs to wern crick crick
 
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89 Fox 351 said:
I was asking for an answer about the plugs, regardless of the shimmering stripper oil situation. Just another opportunity to learn in the mean time
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OK. You didn't see anything really rich on the AFR when it was running. As others mentioned that just looks like a lot of idling and cold starts. You can't really read the plugs like that, need some good full pulls and clean shut offs. All stuff to fine tune once you figure out and fix once you fix the engine.
 
CompNut said:
OK. You didn't see anything really rich on the AFR when it was running. As others mentioned that just looks like a lot of idling and cold starts. You can't really read the plugs like that, need some good full pulls and clean shut offs. All stuff to fine tune once you figure out and fix once you fix the engine.
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I hear this a lot, full pulls with clean shutoff. Wouldn't that only give you info about your engine at WOT?

I guess what I'm asking is, let's say after 1k miles of everyday driving, could I pull the plugs and get info from them about the general tune?

Just trying to distract myself from the cluster fuck (new)
 
On another note, the pcv system should probably be addressed as well, as the front of the oil pan is also wet below the crank
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I hear this a lot, full pulls with clean shutoff. Wouldn't that only give you info about your engine at WOT?

I guess what I'm asking is, let's say after 1k miles of everyday driving, could I pull the plugs and get info from them about the general tune?

Just trying to distract myself from the cluster fuck (new)
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You are smarter than you think.
Think it through.
Critical thinking will process and make progress.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I hear this a lot, full pulls with clean shutoff. Wouldn't that only give you info about your engine at WOT?

I guess what I'm asking is, let's say after 1k miles of everyday driving, could I pull the plugs and get info from them about the general tune?

Just trying to distract myself from the cluster fuck (new)
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If your overall AFR looks good and it runs fine during every day driving then I wouldn't be too concerned what the plugs look like. It's much more critical at WOT.
 
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I would not even know what a set of street plugs are supposed to look like, but one thing I do know is as long as it idles fine, and the tune gets crisp as hell with one hard load on the throttle, things are fine. Where the AFR needs to be depends on a bunch of things. We survived without being able to read that just fine for a lot of years by making our motors as lean as possible without losing control of water temp.
 
SRGN said:
He has breathers on both valve covers.
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Then what’s the concern for a PCV system?
Obviously the builder did a shit job assembly. Shouldn’t be any oil leaks.

I would seriously throw that short block on that builders face.

I’ve built my own stuff always. Never had an issue because I paid attention to EVERYTHING. The bullet I have now was built by a vary well known race car engine builder and I knew I didn’t have to check stuff.

Dunk Pacdozi. That name speaks volumes amongst the dirt track folks. Dragula should know him. I just don’t think he’s been online in a while.

I really feel bad that Fox has gotten two shitty builders and totally raped him.
 
wickSS said:
Then what’s the concern for a PCV system?
Obviously the builder did a shit job assembly. Shouldn’t be any oil leaks.

I would seriously throw that short block on that builders face.

I’ve built my own stuff always. Never had an issue because I paid attention to EVERYTHING. The bullet I have now was built by a vary well known race car engine builder and I knew I didn’t have to check stuff.

Dunk Pacdozi. That name speaks volumes amongst the dirt track folks. Dragula should know him. I just don’t think he’s been online in a while.

I really feel bad that Fox has gotten two shitty builders and totally raped him.
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Is Dunk still in business? Very cool old guy, and he knows some stuff. Fixed me right up a couple of times. Spent a fair amount of time up at his shop talking to him. He is a wealth of knowledge, and has built dirt motors for a LOT of fast cars!

Pretty sure he has a picture of my old drag truck on the wall up there.
 
Mitch H said:
Is Dunk still in business? Very cool old guy, and he knows some stuff. Fixed me right up a couple of times. Spent a fair amount of time up at his shop talking to him. He is a wealth of knowledge, and has built dirt motors for a LOT of fast cars!

Pretty sure he has a picture of my old drag truck on the wall up there.
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I really don’t know if he is or not. I know he’s up there in years. Dave might know.

That’s awesome man!

For sure! He did Bob wearings car when he went the whole season at Lernerville undefeated. Only driver to ever do that.
 
wickSS said:
I really don’t know if he is or not. I know he’s up there in years. Dave might know.

That’s awesome man!

For sure! He did Bob wearings car when he went the whole season at Lernerville undefeated. Only driver to ever do that.
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Pretty sure that was Dunks car.......Bob Waring was driver. Might be wrong......Thrasher might know.
 
wickSS said:
Then what’s the concern for a PCV system?
Obviously the builder did a shit job assembly. Shouldn’t be any oil leaks.

I would seriously throw that short block on that builders face.

I’ve built my own stuff always. Never had an issue because I paid attention to EVERYTHING. The bullet I have now was built by a vary well known race car engine builder and I knew I didn’t have to check stuff.

Dunk Pacdozi. That name speaks volumes amongst the dirt track folks. Dragula should know him. I just don’t think he’s been online in a while.

I really feel bad that Fox has gotten two shitty builders and totally raped him.
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More internet talk.

Half say oil leaks have disappeared with the installation of pcv system. Other half say breathers only are fine.

I personally think it's strange that with a breather on each side pressure would push oil out of a gasket before it would push out of a breather.. but maybe I'm missing something.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
More internet talk.

Half say oil leaks have disappeared with the installation of pcv system. Other half say breathers only are fine.

I personally think it's strange that with a breather on each side pressure would push oil out of a gasket before it would push out of a breather.. but maybe I'm missing something.
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What oil pump you running ? High volume, high pressure ?
 
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