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forgott thank you Phil 1934
Hi, Dennis what is the lift/ numbers on that camshaft. // Johan
Hi Dennis It want be a problem for me because I learned the lesson by the years building turbocharged engines for 20 years. I just reacted, I...
Hi again Dennis The shape of the gasket is really the same as Ford 460. I am not worried i´am confused about the design. In your case...
I dont think you understand me right. I mean the surface between the block and the head. Why dont the headgasket go along the block side. /...
Hi again I got my headgasket and I just wonder how did you seal the outer side of the lifter gallery. Why don´t the gasket go all the way on the...
Hi again from Sweden. Have anyone changed the timing chain and sprockets? I suppose the model is some kind of Ford smallblock, but is it really...
Thank you Dennis for help and wishes, I talked to a local mercruiser dealer that I found, and he will order the original head gasket for me. I...
Hi again from Sweden, I havent been working so much on the engine because my wife has been really sick for a long time. Like always I have a...
Ray-jay // I used electric pumps before but when i saw "Race pumps" new design (progressive) I wanted to trie it (and no cabels at all).Not really...
iadr // I know how it works, thats why I want to know the lobe/stroke of the camshaft to calculate if I can use a ford smallblock pump like I...
Hi again from Sweden. I mailed "Race pumps"and asked in what stroke they messured their flow. quote "The pump flows at .340" stroke the...
Hi again from Sweden. It have been a long time since I wrote here. My work on the car proceds but quite slow. I started to wondering and make...
Hi Dick. I think I buy one of this that someone recomended in the thread...
Hi everybody. My fabrications for the engine still going on, the intake manifold soon ready (some brackets for the fuelrail are missing). The...
Dick I going to use a Edelbrock rpm head and Scat rods, mutch later in time if the engine will work I think I will buy a Kase P-51 head. / Johan
Dick Sorry I tought you where going to use the marine exhaust, but I still go for the header if I where you just think of the gain, and lost of...
Dick It´s really possible to get 10% more gain if you make the header to the specification of the engine, but I can promise you that the gain...
Dick thank you for your quick reply, I think I buy one of this starters, then I can cross out one thing at the list of "buy or to do". Well...
Dick I have a question about the starter you use. I tried for a while to find the modell, can you read the modellnumber and brand (ordernumber)...
Dick It's nice to talk to you, we sems to be in the same boat more or less. If I where you I would leave the jobb to the experts and cut them out...
Dick I'm also a slow typest, and I don't sit by the computer every day at all. I should look into the problem with the starter it sounds like an...
Dick Sorry, I didn't understand you right. Don't be shy I think your projekt looks very nice in all terms, we just have diffrent goals in the end,...
Thanks Dick / What type of flywheel do you use? chevy or ford, I going to use a powerglide, and wondering about the small starter you used. It...
Dick /I also have had my eyes on that type on engine, but I wanted a inline 4 cyl. because of the the car inspektion here in Sweden. Anyway I...
Hi again from Sweden, the reason why I'm building a new engine is, because I have a 1965 Volvo Amazon 121 that I had a turbocharged 153,5 CID...
It's fun to find out that there is more people who build on this type of engines, because where I live in Sweden they think I'm crazy ( but I will...
Hi I just throwing in some facts of my new engine project. Turbocharged mercrusier 227 3.7 l engine with scat rods, edelbrock rpm cyl. head,...
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