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Messages - rbohm

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Lounge / Re: Trying to force check engine light
i went one further than tbird232. i picked up an ob2 adapter that plugs into my laptop through a USB port, and downloaded the free version of forscan(fords diagnostic software) as well as obdwiz. i can save any scan i do on my 05 grand marquis for later. i havent yet explored the dashboard yet, nor other functions, but it is quite informative. this is the adapter i purchased from amazon;

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081VQVD3F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Lounge / Re: SHhhhh....it happens.
divorce is rarely good, but the best thing to do is make sure you get your just due. try to get to not have to pay any child support to alimony since she cheated on you. the shared custody of teh kids is up to you, and as long as she has been a decent mother to them, it works.

however be aware of her trying to turn the kids against you, it happens in divorce cases, and be ready to deal with that issue.
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Engine Tech / Fuel pump questions???
Quote from: flylear45;424879
Quickshift nailed it. You need a regulator with a return at the regulator to use the in-tank pump. You must get the pressure down before it gets to the carb. Sorry I am not familiar with the filter you mentioned. My setup returns straight to the tank from the regulator.

a regulator isnt going to cut it with the fuel injection pump, the pressures are just too high. i tried that years ago with my old 83 grand marquis that had CFI. and i used a good holley pressure regulator with a return line, and the pump still blew fuel past the regulator and flooded the carb. i had to swap to a low pressure pump in the tank.
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Engine Tech / Fuel pump questions???
since you have no rail mounted fuel pump, your in tank pump is pushing far too much pressure, so if you are using a carb, it does need to be replaced with a low pressure pump. a pressure regulator isnt going to help the issue at all.
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Engine Tech / School me on 302 & 351
and a 351w sounds nice to have, i even seriously considered building one, still might for something one day, but unless you are going drag racing and need the cubes, the 302 will do very nicely when properly built.
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Engine Tech / New Coil Pack Ignition works
Quote from: andrew beedle;424526
Maybe at the end of the semester I could put something together. In my senior year of Mechanical Engineering so I don't have to much free time during the semester.

i can understand that.
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Suspension/Steering / Use of Hydroboost
Quote from: Haystack;424154
I can't think of any other reason to do away with a vacuum booster that is already there and works

Quote from: TOM Renzo;424180
Simple because when you build performance engines you normally do not have enough Vacuum for good brake performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yep, i can think of a few reasons to switch to hydroboost assist, vacuum being only one of them, what happens with the vacuum booster breaks for instance. or if you loose a vacuum line? not to mention that hydroboost is much more consistent regarding pedal pressure.

Quote from: TOM Renzo;424191
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone that has driven or for that matter moved a car with a bad booster or the engine off or no vacuum to a booster will tell you it is almost impossible to stop it. Frankly i do not believe anyone on this planet could drive a car with no vacuum going to a booster for 4 seconds not to mention you said you drove it for 4 years ??????????

rubbish, my old 84 F250 with the diesel engine had a vacuum pump take a dump, which meant i lost the power assist brakes, along with the vacuum accessories, and it never bothered me driving that truck across country, or around town for four years that way. the only thing i noticed was an increase in pedal pressure required to use the brakes, but i got used to that, heck the clutch pedal required more effort than the brakes did even without the booster working.
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Engine Tech / New Coil Pack Ignition works
Quote from: andrew beedle;424516
Never been supercharged but it used to be a v6 automatic and then I put a 5.0 5 speed set up out of a 1991 mustang about 2004. I put the twin turbo set up on it about 2006. I was using the Anderson Ford Motorsport PMS for tuning but it was garbage. I installed the AEM in 2008 and It was much better for tuning but it never worked well with the py Ford TFI module so in fall 2010 I parked it and took out all the factory 5.0 engine wiring and started from scratch building my own wiring harness for the AEM and incorporating coil packs and a crank and cam sensor which never came as a factory option. Best thing I have ever done for the car! The AEM works perfect with a cam sensor and a 12 tooth crank trigger wheel and coil packs. The coil packs are just standard GM Coil packs and are inexpensive good coil packs that still use the factory style plug wires.

i smell the makings of a tech article here, complete with wiring diagrams., and pictures. what say andrew?