Haha yea been down that road before, wasting my time trying to mod a 4.6. Everything ive got now is designed to work later on with the blower. Except for my intake setup obviously and ill have to upgrade my fuel system. In hindsight the only thing i wish i wouldnt have gotten for this motor was the coils and wires and just switched to the cop setup. Which i may still do anyway.

Thanks jbrew, and thanks for all the help you've given along the way.

 

Ok anybody have pictures of their idler pulley on 5.4 with an 8 rib belt?
Im having a heck of a time finding an 8 rib pulley to fit the 5.4 cover.

 

Yea, I'm looking for them lol. In the mean time, I found a better pick of that throttle body heater hose and sensor from the intake lol -

 

There's 3 in this pic lol -



2 of them came from Rock Auto -

http://www.rockauto.com/index.php?a=ford-trucks

 

Haha thanks jbrew. Man you've got pictures that apply to everything. Haha i answered my own question tho. Found this on lightning rodder

http://www.lightningrodder.com/forum...t=idler+pulley.

Turns out there is a different front cover casting that the lightning use for the 8 rib pulley. The F85E casting. Itd be good info to add to your archives brew. haha

Now that gives me another reason to get rid of the my front cover. It doesnt line up and the pedestal is too short. Dang i wish i wouldve known this a week ago.

 

Yea, now you spent all that time cleaning it up for nothing

Oh-well, maybe you can sell it..

Yea, I will add that about the timing covers. Good Find!!

 

did you just paint your timing cover or what? Im thinking about polishing mine

 

Yep just some self etching primer and high temp engine enamel. I thought about polishing it, but it would take forever. I wouldnt think youd be able to see your timing cover well enough to worry about polishing it. Its all covered up by your idler bracket and the supercharger drive. But if you do polish it dont forget the zoop seal!!!

 

Built, i'm too lazy to find your thread. What's the status of your "project"?

 

x2 on the zoop sealer


you can see the timing cover behind the tensioner bridge on a eaton setup, that with a black bridge and polished pulleys...

 

uhhmm... zoop sealer?

 

It's a name of a polished aluminum sealer!

I had mine powder-coated. A lot easier to keep looking good.

Phil

 

Very cool thread! I'll keep checking back

 

Just a little update.

Finally got my canton oil pan in, and now the motor is all sealed up and ill start putting it all back together this week!!!

 

Wow!!! Thats pretty

You should buy my extra intake assembly before you put that in.

Phil