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If your engine is truly a 57K mileage and never been into, then you should definitely think about changing the camshaft timing gears and chain.  You can still find C6AE-9425-H aluminum intakes and C7AE-F intakes with the thermactor tubing holes and remove about 50# from the engine.  735 cfm Holley and FPA headers, and 2 1/2" exhausts and call it good for the street.  Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Beneficial to put CJ valves in a 390 GT Head?
« on: December 08, 2025, 01:15:36 PM »
Your low lift flow numbers will increase, but above ~.400" it will actually decrease or stay the same with the 30* seat and valve face angle.  A 45* seat and valve angle will increase the higher lift numbers and lose a tad on the bottom if you don't blend and do a bit of bowl work.  BTDT for Stock Eliminator flow testing.  Going from a 2.030" to 2.090" may not give you a seat area enough to get rid of any seat deterioration if the valves have sunk much.  You may want to look at going to 2.125" or larger to get the most from any change. JMO.   Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Retirement finalized.
« on: December 03, 2025, 09:18:22 PM »
Thanks, everyone.  My wife has had two back surgeries and is still healing but she is feeling much better.  I just had a large skin cancer(BCC) removed from my left temple, and the stitches are just about healed over.  We are optimistic that things will be better real soon.  I have a few projects still in the shop of my own, a 289 that I was going to take to 2019 EMC, a real Boss 302, a 468 Shelby FE, and a 302 stroker/354ci that is almost complete.  Just got the pushrods in yesterday for final assembly and off to the dyno.  Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Retirement finalized.
« on: October 13, 2025, 09:51:06 AM »
Thanks, Jay.  I will certainly try to stay abreast of the FE world.  Hopefully your heads and intakes will make a huge difference in future performance gains for folks who appreciate the FE.  Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Retirement finalized.
« on: October 10, 2025, 01:29:38 PM »
I have been getting folks from different sources asking for port work on heads and intakes.  I have come to the point that my age, and my wife's health require more of my time than the work.  I have enjoyed this Forum since Jay began it, and the old FE forum before that.  I hope I have made many friends over the years and helped folks with odd jobs that no one else wanted to tackle.  I have met several of you including Jay.  My home shop became a place to meet many good folks after retiring from a local race shop.  One of the folks I truly admired was Karol Miller who set some records with the Ford Y block back in the '50s and early '60s.  He has been to my place a couple of times, and dubbed it "Joe's Skunk Works".  He sent me T-shirts with his '56 pictured on them from Bonneville, and a nice picture of him standing by my SF-600 flow bench.  He passed at the age of 95 and is missed by those who knew him.  Anyway, my son gave me a nice birthday gift a few years ago after Karol sent me the T-shirts.  Here are a couple of pictures.  Pictured is 1508 Y Block horsepower.  Joe-JDC

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Private Classifieds / Re: WTB 427 chrome valve covers
« on: September 18, 2025, 02:28:15 PM »
Tony Branda Mustang/Shelby has different FE valve covers available.  Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Engine gets too hot at idle
« on: September 12, 2025, 12:49:31 PM »
Are you still running a heater with lines to the heater core?  If so, then turn the heater on and see if the temperature comes down any.  If it does then you need to speed up the fan or increase the fan size or make sure it is positioned correctly to the radiator and in the shroud properly.  If you are bypassing the heater, then pulley size or speed will be suspect IMO.  Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: A tour of Jon Kaase’s operation
« on: September 04, 2025, 01:34:41 PM »
I was privileged to meet Jon at Engine Masters Challenge events, and talked with him about his beginnings into specializing in Ford racing cars and engines.  He is a wealth of knowledge and was easy to talk to about his innovation with any of his entry engines.  He allowed me to take pictures of his heads, intakes, and was eager to talk with anyone who was interested.  I just wish we had been given good gasoline for our entry in 2018 where 5 of 7 Vintage engines detonated themselves to death due to poor fuel.  I finished 2nd due to a blown head gasket due to the poor fuel.  Jon ultimately was able to tweak his entry to outscore us due to his engine having less compression and survived the ordeal.  I truly miss the EMC and meeting folks like Barry, Jon, Royce, Scott Main, and others who were so willing to share their knowledge and expertise.  Joe-JDC

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: SBF valvetrain grief - Help needed please!
« on: August 19, 2025, 08:17:50 PM »
If you drove it 18 miles without an issue, and then after sitting for a bit and starting it up again it developed a problem immediately, I would look at valve guide clearances.  Especially if only exhaust rockers or pushrods.  JMO, but look at that, also.  What is that white substance in the intake ports?  Thread sealer for the studs?  Make sure you remove that before installing the intake next time.   Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fuel distribution in Performer RPM intake
« on: August 06, 2025, 09:19:21 AM »
I have done wet flow testing, sonic testing, and always go back to individual runner testing before finalizing the averages.  IF and I say IF the individual runner is optimized first, then opening up the manifold for all eight runners to flow through the one port, the flow will be nearly identical in flow.  I have tested that on single plane intakes, dual plane intakes, 6V intakes, 8V intakes, and TW, TR, HR 4V, HR 8V, TP intakes, etc., and every time if the one port is properly blended in the plenum, shaped with taper, the individual flow will be the same as all eight open ports.  BTDT too many times to argue any more about it.  I have flow tested Wilson CNC'd $2500.00 intakes that folks were having problems with fuel distribution on, and found as much as 80 cfm difference between end ports and center ports.  I always try to get the end ports on single plane intakes to match the flow of the center ports, and on dual plane intakes I try to get those within 5% of each ports flow.  The RPM mentioned above has a difference of less than 9 cfm between ports in a dual plane manifold that flows 383.27 cfm.  If that is not respectable, than I surrender to anyone who can do better.  Signing off.  Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fuel distribution in Performer RPM intake
« on: August 05, 2025, 08:40:27 PM »
       Just note that although it 'is' generally the intention to create equal air flow within the intake, runner to runner, this in itself, for a number of reasons, doesn't guarantee that the fuel (original inquiry) will be distributed accordingly.   :o
       Scott.
  The whole purpose of my explanation was to show that with 30+ years of flow bench work and equalizing airflow the jetting can be equalized and respond without any one cylinder running rich or lean due to the manifold's design.  I have proven this works many times over on dyno testing and actual racing experience.  I raced Fords since 1969 on the drag strips around the USA while on active duty, and worked with race shops up until 2004 when I sold my Mach I.  I have been to Engine Masters Challenge four times with engines personally, and have helped others for more than 10 years with placements from 6th to 1st, and my own personal 2nd and 4th.  I try to be open and honest about what has worked and never gave bogus air flow cfm rates.  Truth stands on its own merit.  Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fuel distribution in Performer RPM intake
« on: August 05, 2025, 04:56:24 PM »
The one thing a flow bench is helpful for is taking something as cast, and being able to modify the part in small steps to even out the flow.  It does not matter what the actual number is, but the changes made to the part/s.  If you have a head that only flows 265cfm, then bolting a stock RPM on the engine will work fine.  If you have TFS CNC'd heads that flow 320-330 cfm, then the intake needs some work.  I have taken the manifolds and using the highest flowing port brought all the other ports up to that number.  Lots of work, but it keeps the manifold velocity where it is useful and not too big.  I usually try to get the intake to flow 110% of the heads at camshaft lift for street, and upwards of 120-125% for street/strip.  Has worked well for me and many customers for the last 30+ years that I have owned a flow bench.  Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fuel distribution in Performer RPM intake
« on: August 05, 2025, 02:32:23 PM »
This is one of the last Edelbrock RPM FE intakes I did for a local builder.  This is very similar to the last five or six I have ported for customers.

As cast:

1.  285.22
2.  329.79
3.  334.24
4.  294.13
5.  303.05
6.  300.82
7.  307.50
8.  305.28 for average of 307.5cfm

Ported

1.  374.35
2.  374.35
3.  383.27
4.  374.35
5.  383.27
6.  383.27
7.  383.27
8.  383.27 average 379.93cfm  Joe-JDC

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Interesting build, but 4.080" bore?  Joe-JDC

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Question for the Tunnel Wedge intake experts?
« on: August 02, 2025, 08:21:45 PM »
The Ford TW as cast flows ~385-390cfm, and the Dove TW flows nearly 500 cfm as cast.  The Ford TW with a simple cartridge roll will flow 410cfm easily, and porting it to the 1247 gasket size will get 480cfm or more.  The TFS TW flows 500+cfm with the same port work.   A local Ford racer gasket matched his Ford TW and immediately lost 20lb/ft torque and the car slowed down.  He didn't believe me when I told him he slowed down the airflow, but the dyno test later proved it along with the slower et.  I ran two 2" open spacers on my 454 MR TW so that I could position the 660s in conventional direction instead of backwards.  Work well, but I had to go to a deeper gear to keep the et.  The Dove TWs that I have ported, flowed, etc., had a much larger plenum, and I don't personally know anyone who has successfully raced one.  I still have the Ford TW and a TFS TW, so I may be a bit biased.  Joe-JDC

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