I ran ATI FE dampers on my 427 and 428 FEs for about 35 years, and yes they are about 7-8 degrees off, but all I did was to find true TDC, and ground away the factory steel timing pointer, until I had a new "point" at the correct position. No cost, and took a couple of minutes with the bench grinder.

It Appears That Things Have Worked Themselves Out, And The Event, Along With The VIP Are Back To Where They Were A Week Ago. Good To Purge Things That Have Evidently Been Building Up For A While. This Event, Like The Highlander Are Of The Fact That "There Can Be Only One"  Please Support This Event, Suport The Owner Of The Facility, As Well As Those Who Work Hard Behind The Scenes To Make It All Happen Every Year. They ALL Have The Same Passion For The Event, And Want It To Be The Best It Can Be. Also, It Started In Beaver Springs, It STAYS In Beaver Springs. People Travel From All Over The Planet To Attend It Each Year, And Is Part Of What Makes It Cool And Unique. ANY Attempt or Suggestion To Move Or Relocate It should Be Grounds To Revoke Your FE Card, lol! But, Also, Seriously. Its Not Broke, It Doesn't Need Fixed, But Like Everything Racing And Performance Related, It Can Always Be Improved And Upgraded. Thanks Again To All That Make It Happen, As Well As Those Who Support It!

Could not agree more, Beaver Springs is where the FE Reunion started, and where it belongs "forever". Woodstock was Woodstock, Indy is Indy, Daytona is Daytona is Daytona, and I feel Beaver Springs is where the FERR needs to be. It absolutely is a long haul for many of us, which to me at least, makes it more of destination, than "just another race". It`s funny how things go, some places are just destined to be home for certain events, to me, Beaver Springs IS the FERR. Funny, I live in Nova Scotia Canada, and we have a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever dog, and 3 years ago, a local Toller fan, started "Tollermania" on his rural property, and invited the world. We had participants from Germany, Sweden, Australia, Great Britain, and from many far away US States as California, Arizona, Washington, Texas, Florida, and the West Coast of Canada, all for the affection of a little red dog. It is the people , both attending such events, and especially those behind the scenes, that make these type of events so memorable, and keep us coming back for more.

I am still mainly a solid, flat tappet guy, but my 347 SB Ford has Morel "Hi Rev" hydraulic roller lifters, and I drop the clutch at 6600, shift it as 7000 RPM, and hit 7200 at the finish line. So the right hydraulic lifters, and the correct valve train and oil will let them hit the higher RPM range. My Morel lifters came with instructions specifying what oil grades to be using, so I have been running 5-30 in my 347.They were quite addemant about not using thicker oils with these lifters.

Maybe it just seems that way to me, as the FE is my main engine of choice, but there have been numerous companies that offered some great products for FEs, only to have them disappear, or discontinue them. Obvious examples are Genesis, SideOiler Garage, for FE blocks, it certainly looked like BBM was going to finally be a reliable source for new FE blocks,heads, and intakes, based on their great looking photos of a huge, modern facility, but like others, seems almost all their FE parts have been on back order for far too long. I bought a set of the new Erson FE roller rockers when they first came out over 20 years ago, but they too disappeared some time ago. Dove is gone, Edelbrock, which used to be about the most reliable source of parts for a wide variety of engines, has been very spotty the past few years, Lakewood stopped making FE bellhousings almost as soon as they bought out QuickTime, and raised the prices on QT drastically, it appears that Blue Thunder has almost disappeared from the market, and much of the stuff from various suppliers (for all makes), has gone from high quality, reliable, American made products, to garbage farmed out offshore, to the highest bidder. I am sure the Covid deal was a large part of al this, but many long time businesses getting gobbled up by "investment groups" certainly isn`t helping, especially when it comes to engines like FEs, which are more of a small niche market, compared to big and small block Chevys, LS`s, SB Fords & 460s, etc. I hope things improve soon, but I certainly am not holding my breath.

Brent, are the L19 bolts the ones than can be damaged from the oils of your hands? Seems kinda scary considering the bolts have engine oil spraying all over them.

Never did that swap, but I have to think that everything should bolt in, providing you can source all the factory parts from a 73-76 F100-F350 FE truck with a manual transmission. I would think these trucks should still be somewhat easy to find in wrecking yards, or individuals parting them out. I would think the frame pivot for the Z bar should be the same regardless of engine, based on several different old Fords that have converted from automatic to manual in the past.  I would think the Z bar may be different from the 6 to the FE, but you never know until you compare. When I swapped my 59 2 door sedan from a 332 FE and automatic, to the 428 CJ and 4 speed, I discovered that the Z bar carried a different part number for the FE than the 223 6 in my donor parts car that I grabbed  the clutch pedal assembly and frame bracket from. But, when I sourced a correct FE clutch Z bar, and compared them, they were identical in every way, except the pin for the clutch fork rod on the lower lever, had the pin pointed in the opposite direction, which would have been easy to turn around.

That`s great, Kevin, Thanks.