should be. Anyway, I was exhausting from work today, didnt feel like I work on my nova project. I recently done with X cross pipes (custom made), leave unweld dual FlowMaster mufflers till I doublecheck on rear suspension to make sure everything is ok
yeah, lot of money. I already hail a narrowed Moser 9 housing w/ 31 spline axle shafts along with Wilwood disc brakes and Heidt's 4 link suspension.
oops, It's 700R. I must be mistake press 4 button instead of R. I should drop a complete 5.3L motor w/ auto tranny and PCM in a Nova. But I took a 78 Vette block from my backyard to rebuilt last 2 years ago. Yeah, I notice more
Mine is just 4.7L ..16 plugs in 5.7 Hemi? I better check with Alldata tmw. Seems new to me. My last time on icy road was in early 80's, my Alfa Romero climbed up the mountain on late midnight, I noticed Alfa Romero's engine flared up without warning,feel to know there was something wrong with a clutch plate then braked. I was stucked, feel something funny with my car, realized that my car was sliding on icy road as the car began to sliding then I quick restart my car, keep the car on stably,found wet spot on the road and dived on the wet spot, drove it to the nearby Inn. I learned that my car was spinning on the icy road not clutch plate as I thought. Good experincedNo thanks
I didn't want 5.7 Hemi cuz of 16 sparkplugs to replace (seriously! believe me!!). Cost $$$ It make no difference if it's 4.7 and 5.7 cuz I'm not pulling anything..
Plus I don't have 4X4 either. It's 2X2. Didn't need 4X4 cuz my truck is long and heavy. I can get around snow covered and icy road with no problem. As long as you have good snow tire and good driving practice.
Catty
good experience. Kansas and Missouri is well known for harsh weather, roads always get icy at night if temp is at 30 degree or below. Sometime one day it's nice and warm in January then it'll drop 60 degree to freezing overnight with sleet or snow. There are "black ice" that you can't see on the road but it's a good common sense when driving during freezing weather 30 degree or below. Slow down on curve and also drive 35mph maximum on highway when it's ice or snow covered. Too many accident cause by people who are inexperience with Kansas harsh weather (many people moved from another state or another country which are common). I grew up here in KS and had never had accidents on icy or snowy road cuz I knew it too well. :roll:
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I didn't want 5.7 Hemi cuz of 16 sparkplugs to replace (seriously! believe me!!). Cost $$$ It make no difference if it's 4.7 and 5.7 cuz I'm not pulling anything..
Plus I don't have 4X4 either. It's 2X2. Didn't need 4X4 cuz my truck is long and heavy. I can get around snow covered and icy road with no problem. As long as you have good snow tire and good driving practice.
Catty
You are right about 16 plugs in a Hemi. I cant believe it however I had been see 12 plugs in a Mercedes Benz V6. I was shocked that the Alldata for a 5.7 Hemi have 16 plugs. I understand that a 5.7 Hemi use dual-firing coils as wasted spark. The each coil fires 2 spark plugs at same time on each of the cylinder banks. Example #1 coil fires #1 cylinder on the compression stroke, other cable from #1 coil rout to the #6 cylinder, fires #6 cylinder on the exhaust stroke. The reason for wasted spark is cuz the coil stores the most of the available voltage to send to the compression stroke, and less voltage from the same coil, fires the plug on the exhaust stroke. Sounds like they act electricly flow from positive side to negative side and flow back to positive side. GM use wasted spark systems. I forget abt the wasted spark till you mention about a Hemi. I love Hemi motors.:topic:
I drove car with stick shift and it revs up the engine when tire slipped on icy road. I just simply foot off the gas and let the tire "catch" the road then go easy on gas or shift gear to go easy on ice. Just common sense tho.
Wish you luck learning the truth about Hemi
I avoided Hemi when i was shopping for Durango
Catty
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I didn't want 5.7 Hemi cuz of 16 sparkplugs to replace (seriously! believe me!!). Cost $$$ It make no difference if it's 4.7 and 5.7 cuz I'm not pulling anything..
Plus I don't have 4X4 either. It's 2X2. Didn't need 4X4 cuz my truck is long and heavy. I can get around snow covered and icy road with no problem. As long as you have good snow tire and good driving practice.
Catty
You are right abt the OHV V6 or V8 and SOHC or DOHC V6 or V8. I prefer a
). I think the cylinder block use either sohc or dohc head cuz I saw the ALLDATA repair information. Yes, torque bolts then loose 1 turn, retorque bolts. This retorque method is to crush bimetal gaskets to sealing the head and block. Hey, my SnapOn torque wrench(click type) is out of calibration cuz I torque the lug nuts abt 80 to 140 ft lbs frquently. I should buy another one for engine work only. Expensive torque wrench. DangI've had DOHC and SOHC on one car, 1990 Mazda Protege. At first It was DOHC and it wasn't running right and had problem with blown gaskets and weak accelerator. So I swapped out head and timing components (idler, pulley, water pump cover, and main bearing cover) to covert it to SOHC. It ran better. I used Ford cylinder head on Mazda engine (Ford and Mazda uses same engine. Mazda have Ford emblem stamped on valve cover!!
MY friend told me that I was using wrong kind of torque wrench (one that have long arrow with dial on handle). He said that I should have use Click type torque wrench for more accurate tightening. That's why I had problem with Protege cylinder head. Since it's an aluminuim head and Iron block. I should have loosen and re-tightened it between 500 to 1K miles for good seal.
That was interesting about OHV and SOHC and DOHC. Yes I agree that OHV put out lot torque on low rpm.
Catty