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FE Technical Forum / Re: FERR - Brunson Performance Recap
« on: April 30, 2025, 08:51:57 PM »
I haven't seen much posted about the FE Race & Reunion on here. We wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by and chatted with us this weekend! It was certainly nerve racking to show up with brand new FE products that hadn't been outside of our shop yet and bring them straight into a gathering of FE enthusiasts. We left there even more motivated. The FE community is exceptional.

One of my favorite stories of the event.... We had made a "wanted" sign, looking for an air cleaner lid for our '60 Starliner project. Within about an hour of getting set up, Jack O'Brian came over and said "hey, I think that lid you're looking for is over here". Turns out the guy in the swap meet spot RIGHT NEXT TO US had one on his trailer. We were so focused on setting up that we hadn't noticed it. I have been searching for that lid for close to 5 years and it was right there.

Now that we have head castings finalized and being produced I will be working on updating our website with new info and detailed photos. Heads will be available soon. We have a 496" short block sitting in the shop waiting for a set of our medium riser heads, so that dyno test will be right around the corner. We also have a 505" Genesis block that's fully prepped, but not as far along. The current plan is to put our tunnelport heads on that block and run it on the dyno.

Here are some photos I took at the event:











it was great meeting you guys… we have a few ideas
for the heads … my dad and i had the  SS/D fairlane

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Kurt Neighbor Thunderbolt Clone Video
« on: September 18, 2022, 03:17:44 PM »
They are not dove heads, those heads didn’t go with the car when Paul sold it. Had a talk with Kurt the Monday after Indy

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Kurt Neighbor Thunderbolt Clone Video
« on: September 11, 2022, 01:56:36 PM »
Not to be a negative or anything, but I'm the type of guy that reads NHRA rules at night instead of reading what normal people read :o. I kind of question the air cleaner base he's running....what do you guys think? If you watch the video on Ray Paquet's car, he also runs a piece of aluminum sheetmetal, but it looks to be the same size/shape of a factory oval base? I'm not sure how much the tech inspectors let slide, I'm sure the non-FE guys get away with way more anyways ;D

Here's the rules:


It’s just a heat shield , not an air cleaner

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Kurt Neighbor Thunderbolt Clone Video
« on: September 11, 2022, 01:54:24 PM »
I know Kurt has Paul's 64 now but Paul made that car what it is! It was a direct competitor for Ray! Since Kurt got it, it's not the killer it was.

I don't think that's a truly accurate statement the way it's written.  I think Kurt has done really well. 
But the challenge from Paul kinda motivated Ray to really step up his game and its been "lights out" since then.

Perhaps the best part of this is that we have two extremely cool guys competing in and winning "top of the food chain" Super Stock classes in two awesome Thunderbolts.

Great posts and very dead on, Paul raised the class up to where it is, and then ray raised his program and then Paul sold out. Kurt does really really good with his program!  Let’s not forget Dallas Kelly, he has a strong runner in B

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FE Technical Forum / FE's flying at Pomona
« on: February 20, 2022, 08:57:37 PM »
Awesome job to Robert Pond and his tbolt qualifying #3 and 1.15 under the index (9.54)
Richie Pauley  #4 in his real cobra jet 1.13 under the index (10.26)

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ray Paquet
« on: February 06, 2022, 08:37:40 PM »
Hemi has its own ciass they are allowed  to do cyl  work the the rest cant you cam one big the valves hit one another So they get to move them a true stock hemi they are not.

cams raised up etc etc....they do get more things then a typical SS....but maybe they should....they are in there own class....

The Fe heads look more stock than the hemi guys lol

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ray Paquet
« on: January 29, 2022, 08:14:44 PM »
One more bit, Darrin's step father was Ford racer ,Kip Martin, who should be a legend, and in my opinion is, running a 352 Fe and kicking butt.  If You put Ray and Darrin's fertile minds together, for a month , no telling what they would accomplish. Maybe a 7 second high riser?

not in superstock

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So Joe when he mills them .030 after clean up  how much do you gain in compression. Like what does it take to gain a full point. And checking piston to valve clearance

.006 for 1 point in compression

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Pankl, Carrillo, Callies, Oliver, etc.   There are quite a few that I would reach for.   I prefer Oliver in my real high end stuff. 

As mentioned, almost any rod would be sufficient for your build though.  I use a lot of K1 or Molnar rods in my FE stuff (+/- 7500 rpm) and to be honest, a Scat I-beam would probably handle almost anything that a Tunnel Port would throw at it.

The biggest concern is what rod journal you have.   If it's an FE rod journal, you're gonna have a limited selection and I would choose Molnar.   For a BBC rod journal, the options really open up, but I don't see the need in paying $1500-2000 for a set of overkill rods.

that last paragraph is spot on.....

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Genesis Block Failure
« on: September 26, 2021, 03:53:18 PM »
Billet caps crack to

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ray Paquet
« on: September 09, 2021, 08:44:08 PM »
About the only hemi car that gave ray a run was the honkin hemi, and that car was sold and has an auto in it... I doubt you will see another hemi run A or B ... The next car to give ray some competition could be Brandon Wilkinson... He has been 8.60s .. Ray is the man in the Fe  world and A class.. There is a nice video interview by Evan smith on YouTube

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ray Paquet
« on: September 05, 2021, 02:52:32 PM »
How does a 428 Mustang fit into A/S  ?

years ago nhra  made a rule that you can move up and down a class.. Most of them in the A class run alum head

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Ray Paquet
« on: September 05, 2021, 02:51:01 PM »
What tranny is Ray useing these days ?

Jericho hybrid

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