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I bought these  years ago and never used them. They're still in the original packaging. The box shows some wear as these were packed in another box with some other items at one point. $450 shipped or best offer. For some reason I am unable to upload pictures but I will add them as soon as possible or email them to anyone interested.



Edited for price change to $350

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FE Technical Forum / Re: So we did a little testing last night.....
« on: September 19, 2018, 09:10:49 PM »
Here's a video of the car.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Co3nZbyFtA


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FE Technical Forum / Re: Guess the horsepower game....
« on: September 14, 2018, 11:03:31 PM »
I was 30hp off but it still looks like a fun motor for the street. Great build. What is it going in?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Guess the horsepower game....
« on: September 06, 2018, 10:13:40 AM »
493 more if you let your daughter tune it.lol

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Holley 3 Barrels - Opinions wanted
« on: July 14, 2018, 10:36:20 AM »
They're not as rare as you may think they are. They are on eBay often but the prices vary and sometimes expensive. I don't know how much research you've done but I think they only made two versions, 950cfm and the 1050cfm (pictured). I considered using one after accuiring a partial 1050 assembly in a trade but I found that most of the guys that praised the performance of the three barrel carbs over modern day carbs we're simply just having trouble letting go of the"glory days". I still have the three barrel parts and they are a cool conversation piece but that's all they will ever be for me. If you're not going for a period correct type build you will be much happier with correctly matched modern four barrel carburetor. The only upside I see in using a three carburetor is when you are telling someone the details of your car and the look on their face when you say three barrel.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Auto parts stores
« on: July 10, 2018, 04:11:54 PM »
I thought about making a post on this topic and I'm glad someone did. I recently picked up an early 80's Mustang project that will be my son's first car. I want him to learn as much about his car as possible so I'm making him do all of the work including going in the store and getting whatever part is needed. I have watched him ask for very simple items and the guy or girl at the counter has no clue even if he asks for a certain part number, like mentioned above. Which doesn't help when you have someone that's willing and trying to learn. I used to work at an Autozone part time and I quickly learned that once you see it from the other side you realize the big chain stores are retail stores before they are auto part stores. Notice all of the fluff that has made it's way into these businesses. During my run at Autozone we sold electric skateboards! Only a few of my coworkers worked on their own vehicles. Of that few, most did not know what they were doing. 2 or 3 of had us a decent automotive background so we were the go to guys. The scary ones are the ones that think they know what they're doing and steer customers into buying parts they don't need. I live about 30 minutes from one of Summit's retail(there's that word again) locations and it's no different there than any other chain store. I recently was told a Holley carburetor didn't need an accelerator pump because it wasn't in the master rebuild kit because it said it had everything needed to rebuild the carburetor. I even showed him on their website a picture that showed all of the parts that were supposed to be in the kit. After pulling a second kit from the shelf the counter guy realized the pump was simply missing from the first kit that was pulled. Most of the people in these positions are there because they needed a job not because they have a passion any thing automotive. You wouldn't expect to learn how to cook a good steak from the guy at the local fast food restaurant would you? Most of the stores here used to have at least few guys that knew what they were doing but now almost all of the mom and pop stores are gone and the only choice is the big chain stores that may have one person that you want to do business with and he/she only works on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00. I know, a bit of an exaggeration but not too from the way it feels when you walk through the door of one these places.     

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Caught a Bug Last Night Sort of
« on: June 25, 2018, 12:20:35 PM »
As others have said, gears will definitely help. Depending your experience with nitrous, you may want to look at getting a window switch. It will allow your nitrous to only come on in a certain RPM "window". (ex: 3,000-7,000) I'm assuming you have a WOT switch(usually comes with the kit) but once you use the 100hp set up you're going to want more and the window switch will add a little insurance.

Here's an example:
https://www.msdperformance.com/products/rpm_and_timing_controls/rpm_controls/parts/8956

There are several others out there including digital ones which do not require RPM chips.

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Private Classifieds / Re: Pro-gram FE Main Caps
« on: June 22, 2018, 10:55:53 AM »
SOLD

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Private Classifieds / Re: Pro-gram FE Main Caps
« on: June 22, 2018, 09:19:09 AM »
center three only.

PM reply sent.

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Private Classifieds / Pro-gram FE Main Caps
« on: June 21, 2018, 08:49:52 PM »
The caps are new and come with the supplied cross bolt hardware. I will post pictures later when I have a chance. $425 shipped to the continental United States. PayPal accepted.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Price Very Low, Why ?
« on: May 19, 2018, 06:02:22 PM »
It's all about supply and demand. I used to work in parts store and saw this all the time.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Will FPA Tri-Y headers support 700hp?
« on: May 18, 2018, 02:48:33 AM »
What about Mad Dog headers? They list bare steel header with 2" into 3-1/2" for early 60's Galaxies at $450. It's a long tube header so ground clearance could an issue and they do not have a picture on their site but it could be worth a call to get some more details. Part# 9201

http://maddogheaders.net/products/ford


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FE Technical Forum / Re: New Trick Flow FE cylinder heads & Intake
« on: April 30, 2018, 08:37:38 AM »
I spoke to a Trick Flow rep this weekend at a local show and found out you can get these heads without the CNC porting but they have to be special ordered and will be bare with smaller ports of course.They consider it as a porters head(similar to pro ports). If anyone is interested I will be happy to share the rep's contact information. He said they didn't plan to offer these without porting but he could get it pushed through.   

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Ultrasonic thickness gauge help
« on: April 20, 2018, 05:47:44 AM »
Thank you for the replies. The link shows exactly what I needed.

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