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FE Power Forums => Member Projects => Topic started by: 427rouser on December 29, 2020, 01:52:30 PM
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Hello friends thought I would share my 56 Tbird project. Power will be a 427 SOHC backed by a TKX Tremec, 9" with 3.89 gears and traction by Detroit.
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Very cool! Looks like you already had an FE in it to begin with? I'm kind of surprised that a cammer will fit in a first gen T-bird.
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Very cool! Looks like you already had an FE in it to begin with? I'm kind of surprised that a cammer will fit in a first gen T-bird.
Yeah, based upon my neighbor's 57 Bird, I'm also surprised a SOHC will fit w/o a ton of hacking.
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They "kinda" fit I have pics of 3 or so with cammers in them retaining stock suspension. Our first fit will be with original suspension and if we can't get the manifold height we want I am going to a straight axle style either transverse or parallel to be determined.
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http://www.2040-cars.com/ford/thunderbird/1957-ford-thunderbird-427-sohc-cammer-56189/
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Looks like your starting with a nice looking car already. How long have you had it. Is the Rebel rouser finished or are you just starting something else
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Rebel has been done for quite awhile have had a blast taking it to nostalgia events etc. The Bird is a California car zero rust and has a 390 with Edelbrock heads etc already in it, but was still sporting the little rear end and old auto transmission. I originally was building the SOHC for the Rebel, but wanted to be able to use and drive it more than the sitting around it would do in the coupe. I feel like it's going to make a great combo with the bird.
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Hate to show this because of bad memories but I can't help myself
A somewhat famous little bird Cammer car
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Hate to show this because of bad memories but I can't help myself
A somewhat famous little bird Cammer car
The story goes that the cammer was "liberated" from the scrap dumpster at Ford's Engine Manufacturing Development Operations (EMDO). I remember that dumpster well. Lots of perfectly good stuff would get tossed in there after mock-ups or tests.
I may have accidentally found a set of 30 lb injectors for a friend's boosted 5.0 project in that dumpster one time ;) Those were the days when 30 lb injectors were actually big!!
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Hate to show this because of bad memories but I can't help myself
A somewhat famous little bird Cammer car
The story goes that the cammer was "liberated" from the scrap dumpster at Ford's Engine Manufacturing Development Operations (EMDO). I remember that dumpster well. Lots of perfectly good stuff would get tossed in there after mock-ups or tests.
Bill Coon had that cammer BEFORE some of the FACTORY racers got theirs!!!!!!!!! When management found that out Bill was in the hot seat. If it weren't for the good exposure the car got , he might have lost his job.
I may have accidentally found a set of 30 lb injectors for a friend's boosted 5.0 project in that dumpster one time ;) Those were the days when 30 lb injectors were actually big!!
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Bill Coon a dumpster diver??? Seems in character to me LOL
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Update getting closer on the SOHC being completed, looking forward to dropping it in the bird and get some headers made.
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Nice keep up the good work
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Nice project! :)
I have a '55 T-Bird which I have decided to hot-rod; my goal is to install the Ford GAA V8 engine I have, though I have worked out much of the requirements, this would definitely turn into a project! :o
Scott.
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Nice project! :)
I have a '55 T-Bird which I have decided to hot-rod; my goal is to install the Ford GAA V8 engine I have, though I have worked out much of the requirements, this would definitely turn into a project! :o
Scott.
Holy crap! That's a giant engine. Apparently somebody got one to (somewhat) fit into a Mustang:
(https://bangshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/GAA-Mustang.jpg)
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All ya-gatta-do is just take one V8 out, and bolt the other in! Ain't nothin' to it, particularly if ya got one of those a-dap-tor-kits, with everything you need! ::)
Scott.
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Dig the straight axle ! Look into WAC Custom axles if you’re on Facebook, he makes the best strongest axles money can buy
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Update getting closer on the SOHC being completed, looking forward to dropping it in the bird and get some headers made.
Now that's a cool project!
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Getting there headers soon.
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The coolest Ford Combo in my book 8) 8) 8)
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Love the 5 slots, I had chrome 5 slots in the early eighties. I miss them.
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Looking good. That's one bird that should have no problem flying!