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i think i might have a problem?

VP_07SRT8

VP_07SRT8

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i got me some internals how about a run now roush. got dyno'd this weekend 447 hp and 413 tq
 
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wickedstangs

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fang 99 As long as it not on the electrode you are fine. Here is an example please read it carefully I seen people tune / fix cars just by looking at the spark plugs...

Reading the condition of the old spark plugs can reveal a lot about what may have caused a plug to foul out as well as other problems that may be going on inside the engine, things like lean fuel mixture, rich fuel mixture, oil burning, overheating, overadvanced ignition timing, detonation/preignition and more. Replacing the spark plugs will not solve any of these problems, and the new spark plugs will likely suffer the same kind of fouling, wear or damage unless the underlying problem is diagnosed and repaired.

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Windveil Blues

Windveil Blues

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When I was a kid living in Michigan, we ran nothing but NGK's in our racing snowmobiles and never had a problem. I just put a set of platinums in that POS Celica I was working on and so far, no problems.

Jim
blackstallion06 said:
Jim you are right bout the Zeros I am outting them in mine this wek to run a bigger shot of NOS.
As for the plugs I used motercraft, bosh and any other plug out there trying to get my fox to run right. Seemed every two weeks I was fouling them out. I was told by my buddy (owns mustang shop) run NGK. I put them in and never had another problem out of the fox. I highly recomend them..... best plug I ever ran. They where first made for wo stroke moter cycles, and off road vehicles do to them mixing gas ect so they are made well
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fangs99

fangs99

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well the spark plugs are fine. it was the oil still wet around the threads and on the tip of the coil that woried me.
 
Windveil Blues

Windveil Blues

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Valve cover gasket, maybe? Threads screwed up? How's your oil pressure? Have you done a compression/leak-down test? Just a few ideas...

Jim
 
fangs99

fangs99

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the oil pressure is fine, thats what i was thinking...that the valve cover might be leaking.
 
Windveil Blues

Windveil Blues

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Just the typical stuff we mentioned earlier... leaks and such. The other guys probably know more about the earlier engines, I think... I went from a cast iron 302 in '78 to a 4.6 modular 3 valve (as far as Mustangs are concerned) with nothing but a V6 Ranger and an Escort GT in between.

Jim
 
fangs99

fangs99

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well with this thing being all aluminum i'm really carfull on how tight i tight'n any thing.i'm no small guy and sometimes don't know my own stregnth.thats why i haven't beat on it yet. and with all my outher cars and trucks even my 88 f-250 4x4 with a 460 didn't last but 2yrs.
 
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