When you say top end - tope end of the engine hardware or top end power?

What Ross said.

The 3604V is a new one, and is there something slightly different under the pin boss area? Casting flash or something?

Anyway, been a while  (10-15 years?) since i messed with this but IRRC 360 piston ARE 390 car pistons, 360's used a slightly longer rod but they were still way down in the hole which is how they got the dismal 8.2:1 ish compression ratio. Truck guys have used the 360 rods and pistons with a 390 crank to get higher compression. Incidentally 390 TRUCK pistons are 410 pistons. again way down in the hole to get low compression.

Somewhere i have picture of some of the various speed pro/sealed power offerings with the pins interlocked and it's pretty obvious.

Any one have a Ford Document that gives a minimum thickness for a clutch pack? I'm finding videos than mention minimums in the workshop manual, but don't find anything in Alldata or TSBs.

It is a 2001 Ranger 8.8 Track Lock, Door Code R7 Axle Model S333W (at least I think thats what the tag says, someone undercoated it for all the good it did the housing...)

TIA

I don’t think we ever saw anymore on that build…

I haven't done it in a Faiirlane but i'm with Ross. Ive done it in a truck and I would take the motor out if i had to do it again. 

Works now, no idea on the noise unfortunately. exhaust is pretty prominent.

We heard a while back that a lot of these were going away and a lot of flat tappets for various engines went out of stock with no ETAs.

I happened to notice one of the big vendors has Howards "CJ" cams in stock after showing NLA...

Did we get a new core manufacturer and if so are they any good?

(This is purely academic, I'm not buying one.)

Agree with clean dan.

Also have to keep in mind with very few exceptions (like Brent and Powell) the tube of you is  entertainment...

Isn't UT the one that outed the car at Kiwis after he promised not to and got Kiwi in lukewarm water with his customer? Or at least that was the story.