Right off the bat we could feel
that this was a whole different
animal. It was smoother at idle and
pulled harder away from a stop. We
decided to put some miles on it to
make sure everything was settled
in before heading back to the dyno.
After a few hundred miles and a
little fine-tuning, we were back
at GTR High Performance to strap
the Effie back on the dyno and
see where we ended up, hopefully
without any more catastrophes.
As the guys were strapping
the old Ford to the dyno, we were
talking about the differences and
what we hoped to see when the
runs were made. The one thing
that was probably going to hold us
back was a still relatively low 9:1
compression ratio. This was due to
the dished pistons and the fact that
we wanted to keep this low buck
weekend upgrade to be an easy
affair without pulling apart the
bottom end. Now that I think about
it, this would be a perfect candidate
for a turbo or centrifugal blower;
maybe a future story in the making.
The other thing we talked about
was how the motor ran nice and
cool with the new U.S. Radiator
and Flowkooler water pump. I had
installed a 195-degree thermostat
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