1967 fastback 485

[sixty9cobra]

No progress yet, May is a bad month every weekend is booked. I will pull it soon and decide where I am going with it. I know the crank is toast hopefully the head and block are ok. With the bearing laying in the pan I am sure the piston was hitting the head. The thing that bothers me the most is when I turned the motor to get at the # 7 rod  I saw a couple of drops of coolant run down the the #6 cylinder wall. Hopefully its a head gasket.

[Stangman]

Well let's keep our fingers crossed, wouldn't be to bad if ya had to go for a sleeve but a block might hurt a little or be a blessing in disguise.

[Stangman]

Harry what ever happened to the engine what about the antifreeze that you saw. Keep us informed.
Going to an 1/8 mile track on the 24th will update then

[sixty9cobra]

So far I need a crank and 2 rods. Machine shops is slacking but I'm low on funds after my sons wedding. I went last week and gave him 3 grand to order a Scat forged stroker crank and 2 rods. We talked about a roller cam and a Victor manifold.

[Stangman]

Congrats to the kid, keep us informed on your car, I hope the block is fine

[Stangman]

So I went to the track yesterday just to see if the gear change from 4.11 to 3.70s
and my quick fuel carbs are all working together. All went fairly well went 11.32 @ 118.70.
My previous was 11.42 @ 116.70. My 60 foot time was also better 1.56 to 1.51. So going to
pink all out live on Friday and Saturday hopefully it will be fun.

[Drew Pojedinec]

For comparison, what was your 1/8?

[Stangman]

Hey Drew my 1/8 mile was a 7.18 which isn’t my best. My best was 7.13 at 95.60.
Mile per our on the 7.18 at 95.10. Made 5 passes all between 11.32 and 11.45. I think I have some tuning to do on these carbs also, I have a problem with a primary bowl leaking out of the banjo bolt do to a imperfection on the mating surface so I haven’t been taking them apart because I have it in a spot that’s not leaking but if you remember the problem I was happening when I changed jets prematurely I want to up the jets in front from 72 to 74s and while I have them apart I would like to try going up 2 in the back just to try. What do you think looking at time and miles per hour

[Barry_R]

So you went down 10% on gear and still went 2 mph faster and a tenth quicker.  Not a bad result.  Replacement bowl was ordered a while ago now - - need to find out where it is....

[Drew Pojedinec]

What do I think?  It’s dang respectable for anything that runs on the street

[Stangman]

Thanks Drew I still think I might have a tenth or so left with alittle tuning. After this upcoming weekend I will probably send you my
600s so I have them to try and for backups. No particular rush and I dont know your work schedule.
Regardless I will send them 

[Stangman]

So you went down 10% on gear and still went 2 mph faster and a tenth quicker.  Not a bad result.  Replacement bowl was ordered a while ago now - - need to find out where it is....

Thanks Barry yeah the gear change was really made for the motors sake. I have a small tire (only 26 inches tall)
I dont like taking it on parkway and rev it that high. I know it might not be alot but I dont rev it past around 2700
and thats like 50 miles per hour. But otherwise she has about 1500 miles on her and she doesnt burn any oil so Im happy.
And yes I was happy with the tenth and the mile per hour. Thanks for checking on bowl.

[Stangman]

Ialso have some video but dont know how to post them. I used to have the kids post them but
I am out of that location and im with guys that are worse than me. If thats even possible

[6667fan]

Nice results there. Do you know your trap rpms from any of those recent low 11 passes? Where is the peak hp on your 485?
Thanks, JB

[Stangman]

I’m not sure we’re I have the shift light on tach I believe it’s 6400. With the 4.11s the light was coming on like 50 feet before the quarter ended, and I’m not really making any power after that.
With the 3.70s the light isn’t coming on and the car is still pulling. It wasn’t pulling at the end with the 4.11s I was sort of just extending the run. After the FE reunion I was like no more quarter mile passes till a gear change. Never dynoed the engine but an educated assometer would be 5800-6000.