F-2 Speedy

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It sounds to me like fhe firing order might still be wrong, or you have a plug thats not firing, anything off idle would act like this, is this a C swap firing order cam, or standard, I know you said dont ask but !!!!!! I have to about the wires

Randy Nielsen

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I said don't ask because it's still a little tough to admit stupidity in a room full of gearheads. Lol. That being said the engine was delivered with plug wires installed as it just came off of the dyno, my buddy who I am putting the boat together for decided to paint the block. He pulled the wires, masked, & painted the block. After installation & hanging parts on it I made the mistake of looking at the intake & installing the wires accordingly thinking #1 was front starboard instead of port. I stand shamed but honest about it. Anyway after realizing MY mistake I reset the wires & the engine would start & run. I got the cam & valve train components from Bob at Marine Kinetics & the cam is nothing special as this is a mild build more for torque to move a heavy boat and called to ask if it was set up as a 4-7 swap, he said no. The flywheel is correct & pinned so it will only go on 1 way. Plugs were changed thinking it had fouled one. I think everything was done shy of having a witch doctor remove evil spirits. That is why it came out. It was not knocking & oil pressure was good so I was confident nothing broke but at this point I just wanted to be absolutely sure because I don't want to own every little thing down the line, I know too late. Any other info or pics I will do my best to provide. I NEED this to get done so I can get back to my Eliminator & Scarab projects!!!

TooLateVTEC

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Does it shake in gear, neutral, or both?

F-2 Speedy

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No shame here Randy, we all make mistakes but ur the bigger man to admit it, You must of been thinking of that 427 Cammer in your Ford Mustang when wiring LOL, Im still a bit puzzled, was anything added to the rotating assembly after it came off the dyno ?? how is there an hour of run time on it if its had a bad vibration.

Randy Nielsen

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I am or was a certified Ford tech, maybe that's it. Lol. The run time was just doing the checks normally associated with a new install. Making sure There Are No Leaks, Shifts OK and such. Most of this was at idle.

mike tkach

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randy,normally the dyno shop uses there own flywheel for dyno pulls,id make sure you have the correct wheel for the application.

mike tkach

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i must disagree,#1 is the farthest away from the oil pump but i have seen any and all go bad.

F-2 Speedy

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Haul that thing to KC we'll get her fixed up,

Randy Nielsen

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Mike, the builder takes pics of his builds to verify what goes out the door & being that I have another 502 block to build I began to think the flywheels were switched when I was hanging parts on this one. He told me I have the correct one & that it is the one used during dyno testing. I was not wanting to but I think I am going to tear it down completely & start over for the 4th time. Between Jasper Racing & two local shops and a large sum of money between all 3 I have a large pile of crap I can't use so if I do it myself from scratch & check everything myself I can't do much worse. If you guys don't mind answering some stupid questions maybe I can get this done.

SB

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A vibration is different than a misfire.

Then again, I had a Ford Exploder have a harmonic damper come apart that I couldn't figure out the misfire. LOL. You would've thought it would have made noise (2 halves totally seperated) and felt like an out of balance vibration. Nope, still swear it felt like misfires. LOL. Dammit !