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Most of the time when you hear about a "failure", it's due to not following the directions, wrong wires or coil etc.
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In the 54, turn the Y-block mounts around and bolt the FE in
Back when we were running the "Super Stock" roundy rounder at Petaluma, tube frame, 360 max, alcohol carb, all these guys were running all this...
Yep, when we were young and dumb (70's) and read too many magazines, we thought cool (many times "boat") thermostats, 50 wt oil in our warmed up...
My old Cobra buddy Cantrell's dad had a '54 that he worked over pretty well, he used one of those NOS 427 blocks that Walt got from the Holman &...
At 5- with my gramps, looking for REO OA 331 engines for his lime spreaders. He used to buy the REOs new, and would drive a couple guys to Lansing...
I'd look through my shelves of cams, but I know the only new small-block ones are a 291/541 DeLong solid, and a NOS LeMans- I always wanted to try...
Poster board, and also use it for lining my thinner tool box drawers that hold lighter tools, lasts for years and much thinner than regular drawer...
I happen to have a clean cast iron unit that has not been run since a fresh hot rod curve, IIRC codes to a 1965 Corvette, 327 auto
That MTF-5 cam sounds very close to the original 1969 351W cam- maybe a copy. The original cam was a sweet runner, and very torquey
But then you have to avoid the embarrassment of opening the hood to reveal a cheapo bellybutton engine :D
I have that exact same Craftsman box in my clean room- haven't looked in that drawer for a long time, now I wonder what's in there. Dammit, now I...
Actually no, it stands for Ford-Edsel, and MEL is Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln
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