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Building an engine for a work truck. Question is where to put the torque curve. Engine will probably run in the 2200-3200 rpm range for most of its life. Where should peak torque be? anybody?? phasers P.S. Engine is '85 460 ford, carb, auto with 3.54 gears.

Anyone used a peristaltic pump for moving slurry? How do they perform? Anything to watch for? Tnx P

Does anyone have a good website or reference book on PV's. I'd like to look into what is required to install them on a house, required equipment etc..... thanks P

Not much activity here....time for a new thread: OK, I was looking at some old notes on octane ratings describing four fuel ratings: Motor Octane Number (MON) Road Octane Number (RON) Supercharge Octane Number (SON) Research Method. At the pumps I usually see a sticker that shows the (R+M)/M...

Because temperature and pressure are related, cooling the intake charge too much will also causer a drop in its pressure. If this happens, you will end up slowing down the turbo and reducing boost. The only way to correct this is to change the turbine housing. Phasers

With automotive diesels it depends on the type of injection. Usually if the engine is of the IDI or indirect injection type, they use a flat top type of piston as the precombustion chamber,(also known as the antechamber, auxillary chamber or turbulance chamber take your pick) is around 30% of...

I've always wanted to get my hands on the guy who came up with the idea of putting steel bolts directly into aluminum. The bolt has annealed and fused itself to the aluminum threads. It's a good fusing too as you mentioned the bolts are flexing from the wrench torque. Japanese engines were...

I know this is late, but did you try looking at the EGR circuit? Malfunctioning EGR's (the pintle gets stuck, bent, choked with carbon etc....) can cause the symptoms you described. phasers

Thanks for the thread on propane. Very informative. I have a Ford DIT diesel and I see some of the owners chatting about it on other sites. I don't see any need to add something like this. The added cost of fuel, the additional components, appears to be more trouble then it would be worth...