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Title: 63 427 top oiler solid lifter to hydraulic lifter conversion
Post by: 66QBIRD on December 22, 2024, 04:58:46 PM

Hello everyone. Jim Johnson from WV is doing this build for me on yellowbullet. 
Specs 482 ,10.9 to 1, TFS heads and TW intake, cam is from Brent Lykins.
Here is the link.
https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads/converting-63-fe-427-solid-lifter-block-to-hyd-cam-block.2655694/page-3?nested_view=1&sortby=oldest#replies

Title: Re: 63 427 top oiler solid lifter to hydraulic lifter conversion
Post by: GerryP on December 22, 2024, 06:22:33 PM

Very nice.

Title: Re: 63 427 top oiler solid lifter to hydraulic lifter conversion
Post by: 66QBIRD on December 23, 2024, 09:08:53 PM

Jim is also going to dyno it with his factory 715 carbs on it.

Title: Re: 63 427 top oiler solid lifter to hydraulic lifter conversion
Post by: 66QBIRD on December 26, 2024, 04:56:06 PM

I wish Jay Brown would do a second shootout/comparison  book on FE MR cylinder heads. TFS vs new casting BBM vs Brunson vs 200cc Chinese heads, and the like if available.