Foxy Green Foxbody Build

89 Fox 427 said:
Now you guys got me thinking about other shit.

Fill the radiator. Turn water pump on. Refill to the top. Cap it.

Isn't that enough to burp the system?
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Your rad cap is higher than your intake no worries.
 
Mark D. said:
Your rad cap is higher than your intake no worries.
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That reminds me, I have no coolant in my inake, cleveland vs windsor, not sure if that would effect anything but figured I should clarify that to fox. The crossover is in my block rather than the intake is all.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
But...
My upper radiator hose is higher than the cap...
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That should not be. Put a filler neck in the hose.
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89 Fox 427 said:
I think all foxbody upper hoses are higher than the cap
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They are, as are many/most cars. I have a large matco funnel system that hooks to rad fill cap ports for this very reason, to get fluid level above everything to bleed. They also sell vacuum bleed systems now.

All else fails jack the front end way in the air, jamb a funnel in the rad hole that fits good, fill it up and burp it while massaging that big black hose...
 
Mr. Breeze said:
They are, as are many/most cars. I have a large matco funnel system that hooks to rad fill cap ports for this very reason, to get fluid level above everything to bleed. They also sell vacuum bleed systems now.

All else fails jack the front end way in the air, jamb a funnel in the rad hole that fits good, fill it up and burp it while massaging that big black hose...
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Couple wheel stands and he'll be fine 😆🤣
 
Mr. Breeze said:
They are, as are many/most cars. I have a large matco funnel system that hooks to rad fill cap ports for this very reason, to get fluid level above everything to bleed. They also sell vacuum bleed systems now.

All else fails jack the front end way in the air, jamb a funnel in the rad hole that fits good, fill it up and burp it while massaging that big black hose...
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Careful how you talk about that big black hose around here nay nay or d az zl er might get ideas
 
89 Fox 427 said:
That dream is toast. I wanted 650hp out of this and I bet it's barely 500hp
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That's why they made horsepower in a bottle, nothing wrong with doing a little giggle gas occasionally. But if you're gonna use drugs, use drugs responsibly...


But seriously, 500 horse in a 3k pound fox ain't nothing to stick your nose up at. That's a lot of fun, especially in a stick car!
 
Mr. Breeze said:
That's why they made horsepower in a bottle, nothing wrong with doing a little giggle gas occasionally. But if you're gonna use drugs, use drugs responsibly...


But seriously, 500 horse in a 3k pound fox ain't nothing to stick your nose up at. That's a lot of fun, especially in a stick car!
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I dont even respond to this screwball when he cries about lack of horsepower, when he gets it running and about half dialed in , the first time he slams the throttle and shits himself we won’t have to listen to his low power nonsense for about a year , I just hope he doesn’t do the typical fox body leaving the car show stunt first rattle out of the sack and smash it all to hell
 
Low & slow said:
I dont even respond to this screwball when he cries about lack of horsepower, when he gets it running and about half dialed in , the first time he slams the throttle and shits himself we won’t have to listen to his low power nonsense for about a year , I just hope he doesn’t do the typical fox body leaving the car show stunt first rattle out of the sack and smash it all to hell
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Well I understand it wasn't running right, but the thing wouldn't break the tires loose. Maybe it's running on a few cylinders
 
89 Fox 427 said:
Well I understand it wasn't running right, but the thing wouldn't break the tires loose. Maybe it's running on a few cylinders
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The key words in my post were,
“Half dialed in”

That hasn’t happened yet .
 
Or maybe timing was way the fark off.

Get it running right for fuck sake. Car should be on ice skates.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
But...
My upper radiator hose is higher than the cap...
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you could loosen hose clamps and squeeze the hoses to push out the air. the camaro i ran yrs ago rad was low and i had a #12 fitting on the back of the intake to top off with water and purge.

alot of highway trucks have petcocks or small plug fittings in hard lines to purge the coolant systems from diesels.
 
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