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Private Classifieds / Re: In need of aftermarket 427 block
« on: September 06, 2023, 04:05:14 PM »
Talk to Chris at Robert Pond motorsports. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Howards cam belt drive
« on: August 27, 2023, 07:15:44 PM »
Definitely some work to be done with some fitment issues.  I had heard a few times that there were fitment issues but no one was ever specific about what the problems are so I'll share what I found.
Over all the cover fits good, the cam drive fits good as well although I did have a slight issue with the bullet camshaft. The pin holes were slightly oversized,  standard FE cam pins would drop right in and slip around so I ended up useing sb ford pins that are slightly larger and were a good press fit into the cam. This ment I had to enlarge the holes in the cam drive ofcourse because it's drilled for standard FE pins. Wasn't an issue since I have a decent set of machinist bits and was able to get exstreemly close then sneak up on it with a jeweler's roll and get a good snug press fit on both pins. One more thing about the cam drive that's really much to do about nothing but could be a bit of a headache if not addressed is that the advance/retard Mark's are labeled for them to be down at the bottom of the cam gear which would make it really hard to read/adjust because it would be down behind the water pump if you're using a block mounted pump. It's an easy fix though even if you're just useing 1 pin because the cam drive is drilled for 2 and you can just rotate the drive180* to the top. Ofcourse the markings will be upside down but atleast you can see them. Truth of the matter is once you get it dialed in and set it's not something you're gonna be messing with much anyhow. 
Anyway on to the issue's.
The issue is with the crank gear. It sticks out .280 farther than the cam gear which is alot. Looking at the crank gear you would first think there's easy enough on the back side to turn it down and remove the .280 but that's not the real issue.  The issue is the crank gear seal lip falls right between the crank shoulder and the back side of the crank gear so even cutting the gear back the seal is still gonna be in the same place. In my opinion the best way to "really" fix it is to cut the crank shoulder back the .280 so the gear slips thru the seal and back to where it needs to be.
I supose other options would be to make a spacer for the camshaft drive and push it out .280 to line up with the crank gear, do the same with the tensioner and then make a spacer for the cover to push it out enough for the seal to contact the crank gear sleeve properly, then modify the front pan bolt holes and yeah, sounds like alot of work for a hack job to me.
I do think there is one way to make it work as is just by cutting the gear sleeve back the .280 . I think a forward lip seal would do it, the lip seal at the front instead of at the rear like the standard seal. I'm sure there's gotta be something like that out there, it's just in this day and age I have little faith in any parts counter person being able to understand and then cross and find the right seal..  I believe this would give me about .125 of the gear shoulder protruding through the seal..
Any seal gurus here ????? 
The standard seal is a  LYO 57054

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Howards cam belt drive
« on: August 26, 2023, 10:41:09 PM »
Looks identical to Mike's at (Australian muscle parts) . Got one from him like 4 years ago and useing it on my 503 build. I see it says distributed by Howard's,  hummm.... ???

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Member Projects / Re: Project 503 aluminum FE
« on: August 25, 2023, 12:48:20 PM »
Nice write up Keith!  I always give the garage a deep clean and put everything where it belongs before I start a project.  Although, my garage isn't as cool as yours.

Thank you sir, I hope to get back on this project soon, maybe this weekend or the Labor day weekend for sure. Been working 60 hrs a week and still doing emergency calls on weekends along with building a chassis for a 65 Rancho so my stuff always gets kicked to the back burner.  Been waiting on a few small parts as well, I know you guys can feel my pain on that one. I do plan on driving up to Pa for the reunion just for 1 day (friday).

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Rough 1 piece rear main seal ?
« on: August 21, 2023, 09:27:50 PM »
Milodon #40450 oil pan gasket. A little pricey but hard to beat. 

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Member Projects / Re: 1964 Comet Blown injected Cammer
« on: August 20, 2023, 05:13:51 PM »
How about some overall picts of your completed project ?

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Fe Reunion
« on: August 02, 2023, 05:23:34 PM »
Plenty of 40's 50's and 60's that love, have, and race FE's. I love the FE reunion but from what I seen the past couple years (and I was there to) car count was just a little down, lot less people in the stands and even the swap meet and car show looked scaled down. 16, 17, and 18, the joint was packed and there was great merch and a wide variety of it, pits and swap meet were off the chain, beer and brats was a huge gathering.  No better place to be. Hopefully it makes a strong come back this year.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Fe Reunion
« on: July 31, 2023, 09:17:42 PM »
September 7th, 8th, and 9th with the 10th as a rain date..

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Fe Reunion
« on: July 31, 2023, 11:09:55 AM »
Merch has been slim the past few years. Hopefully this year's turnout will be better than last. Seemed like attendance was down. 

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Member Projects / Re: Project 503 aluminum FE
« on: July 25, 2023, 10:06:26 PM »
I ended up taking Thursday and Friday off last week, got some time to do a couple things for my mom then a thing or two for myself. Spent all day Friday working on my own junk. Pre fit the custom Bullet camshaft (thanks Brent) to check for fit, everything felt good and spun nice and smoothly.  Only problem I had with the cam is the standard 0.309" FE cam pins were to loose in the cam, luckily I had some leftover 0.312" SBF cam pins that fit much better with a snug press fit so I went with those instead.  Problem was the cam gear hub was set up to fit the FE cam pins so I had to carefully open up those registers for the larger pins to fit. Affixed the cam retention plate and cam hear hub, everything fit nicely and spins smoothly so I'm happy with that. Took it all back out, cleaned everything up once again then moved on to fitting the crank. Had some clearance issues with #2 counter weight just behind the #2 main. Had to do some clearanceing in that area,  not a huge deal but ofcourse that ment yet another bath. Got it all cleaned up then installed the crank once again. Got her all torqued down, she spun pretty good but I only had about .002" of end play max and i definitely wasn't happy with that so back out the crank came. Made some adjustments on the minor thrust side of the thrust bearings, cleaned them up and back in they went. Installed the crank, torqued it all down again. She spun nice and smooth and i ended up right at .0055" to .006" end play and I'm much happier with that.
Bagged it back up and called it quits. Maybe this weekend I can get the slugs in..

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Member Projects / Re: Project 503 aluminum FE
« on: July 25, 2023, 10:05:19 PM »
Looks to be a pretty stout piece. I'm curious what the deal is with the valley vents, why they have an inner tube? At first I thought they looked like 44 Magnum bullets..lol

Nice shop and shop cat, by the way. I've got 3 identical white ones.

The tubes are in a effort for obtaining a dry vent scenario. The valley can and will fill with oil quite quickly in a hight rpm situation. With the support ribs in the valley it makes 4 separate sections that oil can collect.  I chose to not drill holes through the ribs because I had no plans in leaving the two rear valley drain holes fully open so I added 4  3/32" holes in each of the outer sections for drainage . Hot thin oil moves fast so the inner tubes protrude down below the drain holes in an effort to Keep the oil streams from fanning (spraying) across  into each other, possibly cutting  off or restricting the vents .

Shop cat is Blizzard, I pulled her from the snow and ice during  a bad snow storm a couple years ago, she was just a Kitten around 8 to 10 weeks old. Shes a sweet girl.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Shipping to England
« on: July 25, 2023, 07:29:15 AM »
You could ship it through a transport company that fills containers with cars and parts pretty reasonably but it could take 4 to 6 weeks (or more) to arrive. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Screw in welch plugs
« on: July 22, 2023, 10:59:18 PM »
The plugs are from DSC Motorsport and a new tap is on the way. According to a post Brent made back in '05 on clubcobra, 1 1/2" pipe tap is correct for the plugs.  I recall reading the same information someplace else in the not too distant past.
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Dennis with DSC Motorsport said I needed to use a 1-1/2, 11.5 NPT tap.

Yep, the pipe tap works just fine with the DSC plugs. Last 3 or 4 sets of plugs I got came from DSC. Had been getting them from Granger but the thin plugs from them got real expensive.  I also use a good Butterfield tap and go as far as I can go with it then switch over to a old Harbor freight tap that I cut about 3/4" off of and use it as a bottoming tap of sorts. 

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Screw in welch plugs
« on: July 20, 2023, 09:36:15 PM »
Sounds like a plan (and alot of work) if you just enjoy spending the time doing the machining work and making up jigs.
I have threaded around 20 or so blocks for screw in core plugs simply by hand with a good quality tap and a long handled wrench with no issues. Always making sure the block was turned so the cores are level and straight, stick a bulls eye level on the butt of the tap and have at it...

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Towing the Loon e Bin
« on: July 11, 2023, 05:56:14 AM »
Love the Fairlane in the parking lot.  Mine looked just like it, same color and all, even the same wheels.

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