I will tell you that Clevelands/Windsors/Clevors can make lots and lots and lots of power.   That 777 hp 434ci Clevor is not out of the ordinary. 

But I will also tell you the Clevelands/Windsors/Clevors don't have near the pedigree of a Ford FE.  Nor the nostalgia.  Nor the looks.

Not surprising, given the fact that, setting aside the Hemi, the Cleveland head is probably the best (vintage) OEM head ever designed for a performance engine. And while I think the FE is the best looking Ford engine, a well dressed Cleveland with a tunnel ram would tie for 2nd in my book, alongside a well dressed 2 or 3 carbed flathead. All great looking engines.

Nice stout build, Brent. What RPM was peak torque at? Assuming it was fairly high, he'd probably have better results with a well built 3 spd.

Good on Summit...

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Outstanding. Now if the others would follow this path.

None of this makes sense to me. I've had slip joint headers that showed the black marks from exhaust exiting between the joints....never smelled anything, or heard leaks. IF there was anything to hear, it was only at full throttle, where I couldn't hear it anyway over the carb and/or exhaust note. I most definitely never smelled like exhaust from driving, or smelled it at all for that matter.

Not counting a really REALLY bad leak at the head or collector, the only way I've smelled exhaust in the car (also a Mach 1), was when my exhaust terminated at the rear axle, OR when the exhaust didn't protrude past the rear valance, where it gets trapped under the car and makes its way back into the trunk, or back to the side windows. That is definitely an issue. I just don't believe a small joint leak could produce enough fumes to smell inside, let alone cover the driver. Almost 40 years of driving my Mach, with different engines, different headers, different mufflers...or no exhaust at all, that is my experience.

Sound can be a funny thing. Certain frequencies can trigger really annoying reactions, especially as a person ages and their hearing changes. It may be the case here, where a certain frequency from those particular thin wall headers is just not playing well with your hearing. But in fairness, I've never ran REF headers, so can't say whether or not they are worse, or just different, than others.

I've given up on the swap meet, and I live a little less than 2 hours away. Once upon a time, it was a phenomenal swap meet.

Same here. a 1 1/2 hr drive for me, and still not worth it anymore.

When I started racing my Mach 1 several years ago, it brought to light some issues with my ability to stop at high speeds. The front rotors had some warping that affected braking to a rather large degree. The warping wasn't bad enough to shake the car, but you could feel it. Stock rotors, stock disc brake set-up. I had my stock rotors turned and that made a HUGE impact on stopping ability. Braking was much smoother and stopping distance was cut pretty dramatically. That was about 8 years ago, same rotors and pads, 2 Drag Weeks, a few FE R&R events, several thousand street miles, and everything is still working great. I'd give them a turn.

SOLD
I've been selling vintage parts on the HAMB, but figured I'd offer these here as well. Lots of '64 FE lovers here.

This is an absolutely perfect full set of NOS '64 Galaxie headlight surrounds. These have NOT been drug to swap meets for decades, but have been sitting since new. I literally had to break open the boxes to take pictures. No shelf wear, or any issues of any kind. I gave them a very light hand polish to remove residue from sitting for over 50 years. These would be at home on the nicest of show cars. Only have the 2 boxes, the other 2 had dry rotted badly.

$100 plus shipping SOLD

15 grams for the oil. That's about 15 milliliters so about the volume that would fit in the crank.

I believe they are referring to the crossdrilled steel crank, which holds more oil than any of the other cranks due to it's hollow pins and dual feeds.

Dad said he could fit 55 cases of dynamite in their '58 Ranch Wagon. 

That last sentance...lol