The Jalopy Journal
The 64 sedan looks great.
Before you start buying parts for it you need to find out what 460 you have in there…that is if it’s 460 in the first place. Could be a 429, they...
Which cylinder heads are on it? What year is the engine?
VR-1 20w-50 on a fairly aggressive solid flat tappet. I did remove the inner spring for break-in. All went well, that was 2 years ago. Cam is a...
I have the same spacers as yours. I could have used tall Ford Racing or other raised covers but I wanted to keep the steel stamped “Power by Ford”...
I think I’m 4-5 times re-using the rubber ones on my bbf. No scraping off the old crap or finding bits of rtv in the valley or worse. They also...
Are .040 pistons easy to come by? Most of the 429-460 stuff I'm familiar with is either .030. 060 or .080.
Makes you wonder why Felpro even includes the end gaskets in the kit when they’re not needed.
They have their intakes on and off more than the average driver no? I’d rather have something more permanent.
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I use the rubber gaskets supplied in the Felpro kit. One thing I like about the rubber gaskets is they have a lip that fits snugly over edges of...
Need to pay attention on how you want the assembly balanced also. Going from external to internal or cast to steel can vary by quite a bit....
V8? Love those 64-65 Rancheros.
I would agree with that. If there were problems from the start it could have been returned then. My Scat 4.15 stroke bbf 9000 series cast crank...
I always use Scat cranks, rods. Although there made in China the finish machining is done in Redondo beach Calif. Can’t speak for Eagle.
How many of all of the other old US old motors can be made to rev to 8000 rpm without braking the bank Breaking the bank and the crank go hand...
Yes it’s awfully complicated, there are two, one for y-block / Fe that bolt-on the side of the block and then the thread on style for everything else.
I f that’s the case then it would be female thread for the long hollow bolt which is SAE thread and would never work. I have that style on my Boss...
Need one of these…...
The original ones are insanely expensive to replace for the very reason you gave. The take away here is never throw anything away, 50+ years down...
When the machine shop hot tanked my 460 they greased up the cam bearings and slid in an old cam. He told me they were going to do this as the cam...
The Boss and CJ cars actually came with a dual vacuum advance distributor. I believe the inner port was designed to retard timing at idle for...
Is it mostly a drag car with limited street use or the other way around?
The Henry J pickup was alright I thought.
That’s not a bad price. I have e-Brock’s on mine. First thing I did was replace the valve springs, they were woefully inadequate for the cam I was...
Last summer at the B-17 Sentimental Journey exhibit. [ATTACH]
The early 460's are a good pulling engine but 10.5 c/r its a 93+ octane engine. I did a compression test on my 1970 429 SCJ once and it had...
1972 went from gross hp to SAE hp rating. The 71 460 went from 365 to 212 hp in 1972. SAE was never measured at the wheels but was measured with...
1968-71 Lincoln 460’s were rated at 500 ft lbs. torque. Take it for what it’s worth for factory ratings.
I’d be tempted to try some nitromethane in my push mower. What’s the worst thing that could happen? [ATTACH]
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