Kind of the opposite. Prefer the 5four over the 4six. Same stuff AFA reliability and longevity.. The 5four is more of truck motor, 4six is best suited for taxi cab (lol), not bad with a truck intake mounted to it though...and that's what Ford did.

Very little fact in that paragraph though.. excluding personal gratification comments.

 

I think the 5.4 is a truck motor but it really all depends on where you like to keep your RPM's on your motor. The 4.6 likes to sing and there's more aftermarket. If the 5.4 2v ever had a good for "Hp" intake manifold the 5.4 with a good porting and cams would be a better motor than even the 4v's. While PD blowers are the rage right now, a torque-y 5.4 with a Procharger to carry the power through the shifts is my dream motor. ..and if we had one of those 6 or 10 speed transmissions. Wooohoo.

Years ago, we put a TT 5.4 4v in a new edge Saleen but everything on that car was fabricated. That car ended up getting sold to an idiot who filled the tank with the Red stuff because he thought it was race gas, lol. 20lbs or boost, and a gas motor with Fuel oil (dirty heating Diesel) Don't mix. No idea where that car is anymore.

 

Guessed 11,000 lbs even, -

 

Hey white, do those beads really work for balancing ?

Can I sub the soup for chicken broth ? That stuff really kicks butt!

 

Yes they do, and yes.... I'll get your broth.

 

Another REALLY bad windstorm today, guaranteed the gusts are around 70 mph..... and two more fence posts have broken. I hope I get some OK weather to get it done, but the forecast looks like that's a nope.

 

LOL..You're a good man. Little scratchy this morning, dumped elderberry syrup on the pancakes as a precaution....gag.

What's with this wind ? Not as bad here today.

 

I don't know... but it's rough outside. I wish it would stop. I guess the jackhammer was a good purchase, LOL.

 

I think your weather is blowing this way. Pretty good here to Friday, 70 on Friday. Saturdays high is 37 lol.

The hammers still good ? What are you demolishing now, concrete around the posts ?

Wind has been bad, lifted 4 shingles from the roof...caught it just right I guess. They said 50mph, I think it more than that at times. It was a consistent 50, but the stronger gusts that whipped up every so often exceeded that I expect. Hardly any rain though, it's usually rainy and cold this time of year.

 

If I remember correctly, the truck tire shop I had install my 35's said, beads work better for Mud tires because they are so internally inconsistent and the balance changes more often than your standard Street or A/T tire. Old beads were trash but the new ones work great. Also he said if you have a set of wheels and tires that don't play well together with traditional balancing, adding beads can dial it in if you have a vibration at only a specific MPH. (so using both types of balancing together)

I told them to do conventional weights first and if it was too out of wack, go with the beads but mine balanced out with minimal weights. (I didn't want stacks of weights)

You can buy beads online and use them yourself without a machine and that really has an appeal. Just measure what you need and pour them in.