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Private Classifieds / Comp 835-16 Dumbell Solid Lifters
« on: January 13, 2024, 11:56:27 PM »
$160 shipped to the lower 48 in a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box.; Pretty sure I have another set around here somewhere

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ford Adjustable Rockers
« on: January 11, 2024, 10:08:53 AM »
The Isky rockers are quite a bit beefier, and have a hardened tip insert

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fabricated Aluminum Valve Covers
« on: January 11, 2024, 10:06:26 AM »
I have a set that came with some other stuff, I can see how they fit on a head

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ford Adjustable Rockers
« on: January 10, 2024, 05:49:22 PM »
I ran a 296/.660 Delong solid with Isky 8005-A springs many moons ago

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FE Technical Forum / Re: FE oil air bleeded valve
« on: January 02, 2024, 10:53:57 PM »
You asked this on FB earlier, expecting a different answer?

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Calliope Engine Project
« on: January 01, 2024, 02:15:17 PM »
The Calliope was pretty much a "clean sheet" deal, lots of lessons learned from older designs. If only...

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Calliope Engine Project
« on: December 21, 2023, 10:24:54 PM »
Somewhere upstairs I still have the magazine with the coverage (Car & Driver IIRC) of the Calliope, the G7-A and the Honker II (named after John Holman). Really great old articles with color cutaways and breakdowns of the engine and the cars like they used to do. The Can-Am Series was going big on engines then, like the 494, and they toyed with the Calliope

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Preferrred shipping company for Alum heads?
« on: December 14, 2023, 02:27:25 PM »
UPS- and the local counter guy showed me a trick- wrapped two Edelbrock boxes together making it a single item, saved about $25

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Composite Rockers
« on: December 14, 2023, 02:25:34 PM »
The Isky rockers are also pretty much indestructable, and have a hardened tip

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Vendor Classifieds / Re: Intercomp 1000lb Valve Spring Tester $250
« on: November 27, 2023, 07:34:23 PM »
I'll take it- get you some money tomorrow

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Lost a great one today
« on: November 13, 2023, 08:06:20 PM »
Mark Artis has passed away

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FE Technical Forum / Re: top speed estimate
« on: November 01, 2023, 06:19:06 PM »
I didn't think to mention that when I had the 69 Mach1 up over 140, it had 428 springs with a coil cut off, a-arms lowered 1", and had the '69 "long" front spoiler, and the rear wing with the window slats. Stayed pretty stable, just that headliner on my head thing  :'(

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FE Technical Forum / Re: top speed estimate
« on: October 29, 2023, 10:11:32 PM »
Around 1975, I was running around in my 69 Mach1 with a roller cam and headers etc on the 351 with 4.86 gears, aggravating the Camaro boys as much as possible. I pulled the 3rd member, as Cantrell had found me a set of 31 spline axles and was getting that together, so I put the stock 3.00 pumpkin back in. There's a long, straight stretch on Silverado Trail a few miles north of town, so one night with no cars around I let it eat- tached to 5700, a little over 140, and the top of the driver's window popped out, then the vacuum pulled the headliner down and snapped a couple bows, so the headliner came down on my head. Scared the dogshit out of me lol...

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Distributor timing recurves.
« on: October 22, 2023, 12:50:35 PM »
Send it to Faron Roades, the best with Ford distributors

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FE Technical Forum / Re: REMOVE HEAD WITHOUT REMOVING INTAKE
« on: October 11, 2023, 01:11:30 PM »
I have done it several times myself on stock setups and FT's- IIRC it's in the factory Shop Manuals. Helped a friend do one on a '66 Comet 390, took the two of us about an hour to put it back together in the shock tower car. His dad was a mechanic for a local trucking company that had a fleet of C800's with 391's and had done it many times

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