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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: October 27, 2026, 04:02:53 PM »
i've just paid for the most expensive pair of rocker covers i've ever bought! but.... they're M/T finned ally ones for a ford fe big block so the odds were against me of finding a bargain. i could've got 2 pairs of new cheapy chrome ones for the same money but i din't want chrome ones, i gave our ashley the chrome edelbrock ones i had so.... basically like most of us i want what i want and often have to take a deep breath and just pay up.
also i decided to upgrade the brakes on my speedway straight tube front axle. so i ordered a pair of new subaru imprezza wrx sti 4 pot brake calipers, which along with larger discs will make a big improvement.
neil.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: pro maxx head options
« on: September 24, 2026, 04:27:08 PM »
thanks all and kind of what i expected to be honest so i'll stick to plan b with the 170cc maxx heads. ''plan b'' you say, yes i asked here about the speedmaster heads but was directed to the pro maxx for not a lot more money which is fine with me.
thanks again, neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: September 24, 2026, 04:19:17 PM »
so the 360 engine will go over the road until i can afford a rebuild/stroker kit/ally heads. it wouldn't 'tune' to run better so a compression test was next up......... oh dear. they varied from 55psi to 80psi so that's no good then. the run stand is now stripped apart and the engine will be off the build stand tomorrow so we can make room to get on with the wolseley.
neil.

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FE Technical Forum / pro maxx head options
« on: September 24, 2026, 07:00:24 AM »
i've been looking on the pro maxx website at heads for my planned 390 build. it'll be a mostly street driven deal in a light weight 58 rambler gasser, exploder rear with 3.73 gears and a 5 speed manual trans. i have a summit hydraulic roller cam, hyperutectic 360 flat top pistons, a jay brown intake adapter and a weiand 351c tunnel ram with 2 390 holley carbs.
so my question is do i opt for the maxx 170 head https://promaxxperformance.com/product/maxx-170-ford-fe/ or is it worth spending the extra 1k ish for the shocker 200 head https://promaxxperformance.com/product/shocker-200-ford-fe/ ?
it is possible i'll build a 2nd 390/445 so the parts listed (except pistons and 390 holleys) would be swapped onto that.
any thoughts?
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: September 23, 2026, 05:58:31 PM »
bits are trickling in for my 390 engine build.
the pistons, rings, big ends and gasket set arrived today. i need to get both crankshafts (352 and 390) to the machinist and a block to a mate for the rebore.
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: September 19, 2026, 09:03:13 AM »
here's the video
https://youtube.com/shorts/QqvO71lkHQw?feature=share

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: September 18, 2026, 09:47:55 AM »
the plug leads arrived today so they're now cut to length with the ends crimped in place. with a bit of tweaking of the timing (we only rough set it) it fired into life. of course it's loud and it sounds a bit rough, but considering it had sat for god knows how long and was 'stuck' when it first got here it's not too bad. the battery is on charge as it was getting a bit slow so that's it for now. terri took a video on her phone so i'll add it once she's sent it to me.   :)
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: September 17, 2026, 07:34:04 PM »
further to the 390 build for my nash, i just ordered a set of standard size hyperutectic 360 pistons and rings, a full felpro gasket set and 10 under rod bearings. i'll have one of my 352 blocks bored to 360/390 bore size and the crankshaft ground to suit the 10 under bearings (i already have 10 under mains here). if the crank won't clean up at 10 under i also have 20 under rod and main bearings so we're covered.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Fuse size
« on: July 30, 2026, 08:59:54 AM »
are the ones you bought too long? if so as a temporary fix to get you going i've carefully 'crunched' the glass tube with cutters and pushed the ends together to fit the holder. it'll give you back the safe/fused use of the truck until you source the correct ones.
neil.

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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Metal head gasket coating. Which do you use?
« on: July 26, 2026, 10:45:33 AM »
not sure if it's available in the states but here in the uk i use wellseal. it smells like crap but is an excellent sealer.  ;D
neil.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Street Dominator or Blue Thunder dual plane for this 462 ?
« on: July 09, 2026, 04:42:21 PM »
Quote from: GerryP on July 09, 2026, 02:49:58 PM
Why are you not considering a Victor?  Are you going for a nostalgia look?
i guess because he has the 2 he's choosing between, hence the which is best for my 462 question  ;D
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: June 10, 2026, 04:03:27 PM »
also today i ordered the steel we'll need to push the left side of my garage out to almost the house (replacing what we call the 'side shed'). it'll give us about an extra 7 feet in width from the front to a foot or so past the left ramp post. we'll get my mate the steel fabricator to fold the box gutter in his big (10 foot long) folder from galvanised sheet so there'll be no overflow issues there. the gutter will probably be at the 'join' between the edge of the current garage roof and the new extension roof. we need somewhere for another bench that we can mount the shrinker/stretcher, english wheel and bead roller to amongst other things plus it'll give more room to work that side of the shop.
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: June 10, 2026, 03:34:15 PM »
well this is a turn up for the books, our 15 year old grandson (who lives with us) wanted to do his 'work experience' in my garage working on old/custom cars  :o  ;D. he learned how to fit nutserts today.... and how to run out halfway through the job  :-[ amazon will have them here tomorrow so until then he may have to learn/observe how to weld  :)
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: May 27, 2026, 07:02:13 PM »
thanks for that.
in the mean while i've ordered a 110gph, 7psi electric pump to feed the two 390 holleys i'll be using for a start.
neil.

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Member Projects / Re: fe powered 58 rambler american gasser
« on: May 27, 2026, 09:47:31 AM »
i've done more digging and i won't be going with a fitech efi setup. the holley systems seem to have much better reviews and for the little extra it costs i'm favouring the terminator x version. any thoughts on those?
neil.

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