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BUILD 1984 Ford LTD Wagon 4.8L 78/75 Turbo 4L80E Build
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Like 1/8" or so? They're these:
www.michiganmotorsports.com
7-Layer 5.3L 4.8L Small Bore MLS Head Gasket Pair for Boosted Nitrous Turbo Supercharged 4.8 5.3 LS
Michigan Motorsports specializes in LS1 performance Parts, LS3 Rocker Arm Trunions, Electrial harnesses and adapters, and Diesel Parts
www.michiganmotorsports.com
The ones that just came out weren't 7 layer MLS (can't remember what I bought). So I'm not sure what it would be compared to "stock". I don't think it's going to be super low compression, just lower than it just was. Probably mostly due to the larger CC on thr 799s
Like a factory gm gasket. Just looked and ls9 7 layer is the same thickness.
we’re talking a 61.15 cc head to a 64.45 cc head
Put it on the road and it's street manners are..undesirable. So we are making a slight change. Something I wanted to do anyways. Going from a 4.10 down to a 3.31, which will make the turbo happy.
3.31 gears all in and ready to go.
Car had a slight mishap when driving it around in traffic. Alternator stopped charging and car wouldnt drive. Got it back to the shop with a jump box. Seemed like the alternator may have gotten overheated because of its proximity to the exhaust manifold and crossover pipe. So he made a little heat shield and wrapped the pipe.
It seems to have cured the issue. It idled with the hood closed for a good hour or so and seemed to have no problems. Hopefully it'll do the same when driving around.
Car had a slight mishap when driving it around in traffic. Alternator stopped charging and car wouldnt drive. Got it back to the shop with a jump box. Seemed like the alternator may have gotten overheated because of its proximity to the exhaust manifold and crossover pipe. So he made a little heat shield and wrapped the pipe.
It seems to have cured the issue. It idled with the hood closed for a good hour or so and seemed to have no problems. Hopefully it'll do the same when driving around.
If anyone is curious how much of a difference the heat shield makes.
Hot Side facing exhaust:
Cool side with Alternator:
60F difference. As opposed to thr wrap which didn't seem to do anything at all.
Hot Side facing exhaust:
Cool side with Alternator:
60F difference. As opposed to thr wrap which didn't seem to do anything at all.
I mean from the surface that it was facing, not directly onto the pipe, then onto the pipe with wrap.
All ready to go. Just needs a tune and then you guys can watch me blow it up at the track day