yeah, a few years back I experimented with a power brake vacuum pump from a desiel school bus that I plumbed into the road draft tube on my 67. made about a tenth and 2-3 mph improvement if I remember. however the pump seized after a few passes and then I sold that car and did not pursue the idea anymore, until now...

The trouble with the leaf blower approach is that it requires such a long extension cord!

KS

Got any 'R'-style muffler bearings?

KS

If you want to get real itchy, get a Speedway Hot Rod catalog and look at the go-fast stuff for flatheads. (My first hot rod was a '53 Merc. I put three Stromberg 97s on it, on an Offy manifold. I scrounged all three carbs. Speedway now sells new ones for about $300 each.)

KS

From the mid-'40s, as a little kid living in Suburban Seattle (Renton)---

"I've traveled all over this country
And I'll tell you that man's never found
A place that's more rainy and foggy
Than the city on old Puget Sound..."

My mother said she didn't let me go out all summer without wearing a sweater.

KS

Dr, You raise an interesting point.

When my '67 XR7GT Cougar was a few months old, I acquired a '63 427 engine, in a basket, and set about putting it together to go in the 'Cat'. I won't go through all the parts, but I put in such things as a new 'AA' cam and a set of shell lifters, did a valve job, and topped it all off with an 'XE' Sidewinder. I cut the flanges off a set of Hooker (I think) headers and substituted a set of up-'n'-down-only '27 pieces, etc.

When it came time to put the engine in the car, I noticed the mis-match at the mounts and got all excited for a few minutes. But even the two on the block and 3 on the '67 mounts lined-up OK somehow and the engine dropped right down where it was supposed to go.

I don't remember all the details, but somehow it DID fit together without any problems. I've noticed other comments such as yours, but I know what I did!  ??

KS

After thirty seconds of WTF it's just fine!!!

KS

...and a tip of the hat for Li'l John!!

KS

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New-in-box---Commander 950 progressive linkage Electronic Fuel Injection carburetor replacement. This package contains everything to convert your four barrel carb'd V-8 engine to EFI, except for the fuel lines. The fuel pump, all the electrics, the instructions and software and everything else, is in the box. I got this to replace the Holley EFI that I put on my truck close to 15 years ago, but never got around to installing it and it has just been setting on a shelf in my garage. After you get it running you'll need a laptop to tune with. All the hook-up stuff is supplied.

Holley told me that this sold for "about $1800.00" when it was superceded about two years ago. The replacement kit costs "well over $2000.00" so when you get this from me you will have paid less than half. Give me $950.00 and pay shipping for about 15 pounds from Metro Detroit to you and get into the 21st Century!

Ken Sheffer
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