The Jalopy Journal
The thing is it only takes a few minutes to pop another 6.5 PV in there just to cross it off the list.
I’d leave it as is, just for what it is….something not many survived back then.
Gas Ronda’s beautiful 65 427 cammer badly wrecked. In those days I would say he was lucky to survive. Notice the T-bolt on the right that won the...
David Pearson won a few races with this body style…Boss 429 under the hood though. [ATTACH]
Gas Ronda, Les Richey, Dick Brannan, Bill Lawton and more drove 1965 A/FX Mustangs. I would think they should certainly get a pass being a huge...
To be fair the original Jan and Dean version sang “hundred and four” in the top end floored. They also said it would wax a Stingray rather than a...
I was out 25 hp. Nice numbers, I’d be pleased with that! Probably could have picked up a bit more experimenting with carb spacers.
Not going to use a front bumper? 40-50 lbs. off the front anyways.
Be up around the 450-475 hp range?
You have an extra couple quarts of coolant through the extensions so in my opinion that’s a good thing.
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That comes tomorrow.
I’m a Ford guy and should not be doing this but it’s 4/26 day…
Does that intake valve look really bent? Or is the camera angle?
Stuck or bent valve? Broken valve spring?
That all depends on what you want out of the car or intended purpose.
If your on a budget there’s nothing wrong flat tappet cams. Both mine have solid flat tappets. Check the lash once a year and your good to go.
My moneys on a multitude of things.
Look at post #113.
Funny enough my old Fordomatic worked the same. Had to pull it back into low after it shifted into second , then up shift to drive.
Car turned out really nice Jeff….I'd be showing it off to.
There is about 3/4" difference in pushrod lengths between flat tappet and roller pushrods. Could you even get enough adjustment to get the engine...
I suggested 4.30’s and a 2800-3000 stall converter way back. Thing would haul ass!
They should spin. I’ve done the same thing, mark the pushrod with a white marker, then rotate the engine by hand. Some spin very little, 1/16 of a...
There may be shelf pistons available, so that could be worth checking out. But that would also mean rebalancing the assembly.
The oem heads have 58 cc heads, so if you went to 72 cc with a stock replacement piston you could be in the 8.5/1 or lower cr. If you know the all...
Put some 4.30’s in it with a 2800-3000 stall converter. That’ll smarten it up…..or change the camshaft.
It wouldn’t even start with a mis-matched firing order.
Camshaft Manufacturers Description: Rough idle, wide midrange power band. Requires 2,500+ stall, 9.5:1 and higher compression, and gearing....
Even a stock ignition curve can make a modded engine be a little soggy off idle, especially with a performance camshaft. What camshaft is in it,...
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