hello guys. glad to be a new member of your site. i don"t know much about computers and posting and pictures. my son james potter helps me with that. i am working on a 1957 victoria 2 door hard top that i bought from glen henderson a few years ago. powered by a 98 mark 8 dohc engine. i have been looking in on this site for a couple of years, and it is the place to go for info on 57 fords. i have used a lot of the information from you guys on my car. thanks for letting me join. phillip.
Welcome Phillip, we've all probably heard of you. James is proud of your accomplishments. As far as the computer thing goes, you'll get the hang of it and someday wish you hadn't. lol Jim
Welcome, the computer doesn't bother me as much as the cellphone.
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jim nolan and zapato. i am not computer savvy, and i have the simplest basic cellphone they make. i"m a dinosaur in this hi tek age. i do all work on my cars. they are drivers, not show cars. if they get damaged, i fix them. i do like the later model engines and fuel injection, etc. that is why i modified my 57. i hope to get lots of help and ideas from members . thanks.
the computer is a learn as I want devise and my wants are limited, lots of support available from younger ones around me. the cellphone is like a dog leash and an annoyance that unfortunately is necessary these days. think it embarrasses my gran daughter every time I flip open my also very basic cell phone open in public.
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Quote from: Zapato on 2014-10-02 10:42
Welcome, the computer doesn't bother me as much as the cellphone.
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Phillip, Believe me, don't get one of those smartphones. I did and would give anything if I had my little flip phone back. It's a computer that makes all kinds of sounds when you get e-mail, messages, facebook or weather reports. I got one because the guys I go to car shows had one and said I'd like it. I found out they had smartphones just so they could sit and play with them and not have to talk to me. lol PS. they take good pictures though.
Glad you're finally on, Dad..
Welcome Phillip, car looks nice!! :wav:
Welcome Phillip, from another semi computer challenged member, I still don't have a cell phone, gps or any of the other toys and probably never will. Your project 57 looks great.
Welcome Phillip. So tell us how you got that wide 4.6 in there
Phillip
The pictures that James posted of your car look real good. You did a good job on that body. It's real slick.
Keep up the good work and tell James to post more pictures of your car and your progress. We like pictures.
Jay
Quote from: pepfalcon on 2014-10-02 12:12
jim nolan and zapato. i am not computer savvy, and i have the simplest basic cellphone they make. i"m a dinosaur in this hi tek age. i do all work on my cars. they are drivers, not show cars. if they get damaged, i fix them. i do like the later model engines and fuel injection, etc. that is why i modified my 57. i hope to get lots of help and ideas from members . thanks.
Mr. Potter I am with you on all of that! My cell is a trac phone, it sits on the coffee table with a dead battery most of the time, no sat nav, no sat radio, do have Dish and love/like the EFI and I don't tweet, twerk or message!
Welcome aboard.
Welcome Phillip! Love your 57 build.
Welcome Phillip, Your 500 is delicious!
It's the right color too, Jeff...any color as long as it's black.
Welcome Phillip!! Glad you finally joined. As you probably already found out, most of us here are the computer challenged old farts....computer literate guys like James are in the minority! I'm particularly glad you joined as I'm also installing a 4.6 Mark VIII... you've probably seen the threads in the engine swap board. I know from other cars James has told us about this 4.6 install isn't your first, as mine is for me. Are you running the 4R70W as well? What does the '98 have for throttle linkage?
Rich
rich. when i bought my car, i didn"t have a clue as to what engine i would use in it. the 292 that was in it ran real good, but as i worked on it, i leaned toward fuel injection and reliability on long trips. i like to drive my cars as possible. i have a 63 falcon with 2003 mustang mach 1 engine in it, so i thought about a dohc from a mark viii with automatic transmission. i have the accelerator cable off a late model f 150. i have followed your build on this site, and i used some of your ideas. hope you don"t mind. i am using the 4r70w from a 98 also, because it has a lot of upgrades, and still has the gear driven speedometer on the tailshaft that is needed.
I absolutly don't mind anybody using any info I post on their projects. That's the whole reason for this great forum. Feel free to add any info pertaining to the '98 version on that 4.6 install thread...as you have probably gathered, I've usually been telling guys to avoid the '97-98 version because of the additional electronics, so it would be great to hear how you are working out those. I'm refering to things like the PATS system, throttle linkage, etc. If I remember correctly, James has mentioned in the past you did all the harness work on your Falcon, so any input you could add would be greatly appreciated.
rich, i am going to try to use the 97 vlcm and engine fuse box with the 96 computer. a wierd variety, huh. the 96 computer doesn"t have pats, so thats the reason for that. studying my wire diagrams, i think i cac use the 97 vlcm and fuse box. i do this because i am super low buck. lol
If I could, I would have. Since I never wired a car before, read schematics, or even used a multi-meter, I needed the step by step idiot proof harness as Ron Francis sells. The good thing about it is hopefully after I've wired the engine one connector at a time, I'll have a better knowledge of what exactly all that "stuff" is. I've already learned alot of what those gadgets are getting the o2 sensors and egr valve/sensors,fuel lines, etc. installed. I had a friend who was trying to talk me into a harness that was custom made along with a reprogrammed computer, and simply plugged in at a half dozen places. I elected to go the RF route for the self tutorial it is going to give me instead.
The '96 computer you mentioned..a note of caution there...I believe '96 had two versions, so a date of manufacture might be important....also I'm wondering about the coils differences. The '96 still had the coil packs, and the 97-98 had the coil on plugs.
I heard also the '97-98 no longer used the dual intake runners...???
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-10-05 14:40
I heard also the '97-98 no longer used the dual intake runners...???
My 98 LSC had the dual intake runners. One of those that got away....:<(
concerning the two different computers, i wasn"t aware of that. my 96 lincoln mark viii diagram book lists only one set of diagrams. as for the coil packs, i rewired my engine harness for the coil on plugs on the 98'
I'll try and find the reference I had to the two 96 computers.
Found it...
http://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=990.135