Awesome Mirage video, looks like so much fun. The ticking at the beginning though....sounds like my ticking....Mine only ticks like that during the summer though. I cant hear it right now but it sounds just like yours.
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11-29-10, 03:41 PM #11Senior Member
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11-29-10, 05:28 PM #12Senior Member
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My numbers were obtained through cam timing, extensive port work (blower/plenum/manifold), port matching, a windage tray and a couple other things.
The pulley is a 2.76 upper, with a stock lower. Previously it ran around 450 / 450 with a 2.80 and everything else I had prior to the rebuild.
Sounds very similar to my "Piston Slap". I cooked two pistons, which made them "oval" shaped. They would "tick", especially when cold. I was suprised the motor ran at all, let alone as well as it did once I pulled the heads and saw how ugly the pistons looked.
If you think somehow you're pistons are damaged, I would get a bore scope, pull the plugs and have a look at the piston tops. That or do a compression test on all the cylinders.
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12-01-10, 12:44 PM #14Senior Member
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How long have you owned the car? Any possibility that it was "abused" before? It may be the infamous head "Tick" that some of these cars came out with when new. Can't tell from the vid where it is really coming from, but it may be the head, rather than the bottom end.
Do a search on "Head Tick" and see what vids and threads you find. It may just be that your car never got in for the fix.
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12-01-10, 01:15 PM #15Senior Member
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2+ years. Didnt start until 8 or 9 months through ownership. Never do back to back runs, except 1 day when fam was in town. Its definitely coming from the lower part of the motor. Cant here it by the heads at all. I bought a stethoscope and its loudest on the passenger side header right by the block
But like I said it disappears during the colder months and is very noticeable during the summer. Running 0w30 German Castrol, next time im going back to Motorcraft
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