The Jalopy Journal
Hi John, Nice Comet, running well. My old motor was a 347, little over 10:1, with AFR 185 heads. The cam was a comp cams "street roller", they...
Wow, look what I did, resized picture file.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Al, we did use 1-7/8 headers on the dyno. Over 600 HP you can start to look at 2" headers. I will keep the site informed.
Thanks for the support guys. Forgot to add that, we made 1-7/8 headers. I tried to send pictures but they must be too big they won't load to the...
Hi Roy, hope you are doing well. It is a 363 cu in, Windsor dart SHP block, 12:1 compression, Brodex 17 degree heads, Comp .691/.692 solid roller...
First sign of spring, motors ready. Dyno day, 644 HP @ 7200 rpm.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
First sign of spring, new motor ready, dyno day Thursday.
Hi Roy, The short version is I put a new crank in over the winter, on the first run in April number 8 rod broke, this was obviously an installer...
Al, Thanks for asking about that carb thing, the Dominator I borrowed was an older 9375, I don't remember how to describe it but it doesn't have...
Ken, Are you going to be at Beaver Springs Saturday? I will be racing my brand X car, Comet is broken, waiting for a heart transplant.
Havent been on the site for a while, making entries seems to give me difficulty. Probably mostly the computer operator. Im not a carb expert...
Hello to everyone on this thread, I was fortunate to go to the Epping,NH New England Hot Rod Reunion, only a 7 hour drive from PA, the event went...
WOW! Great pix, you have been busey. Keep up the good work. Merritt
Thanks et164 Merritt
Anyone been going to the all Ford Super Swap Meet November 24 & 25 at Columbus, OH? Is it a good swap meet? Merritt
Ken, where4 do you come up with these obscure pictures?
<ST1:p</ST1:pRoy, sorry to hear you had issues at the CHRR, its tough to travel that far only to have problems. <O:p</O:p Had our last race at...
Clearspot, those are awsome pictiures of Daves awsome garage. WOW!
Ken, Sorry to kear you haven't been able to get out racing, are you going to be able to get out? I know you had some goals for the Comet. By the...
Roy, the last I heard Irwindale was closed, what happened? Its great to hear its open.
The Cyanide Comet ran at Vargo in 1965, it's the car that made me fall in love with the 65 Comet.
Last fall when all the talk was about cutting weight I decided to cut a little weight by putting Wilwood Brakes on the Comet, then added the Total...
Eddie, How did you make out with the new hedders?
The Mayo Motors BFX car is the car that made me fall in love with the 65 Comet, I live near the now defunct Mayo Motors, was a Lincoln/Mercury...
I've not done well on thepro tree, especially when some of the SS circuit guys run that regularly, tough to go against them.
Just about the right amount of wheelie to suite me, looks good, couple more outimgs you'll have it diled. Medrritt
Brian, In addition to the problems of fabricating the control arms with the Opentracker kits I found my upper control arms were not in good...
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