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Voting closed: August 14, 2018, 12:23:19 PM
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Quote from: FElony on August 14, 2018, 01:49:48 PMQuote from: My427stang on August 14, 2018, 09:15:17 AMWhat if you decided to do an all iron motor, with factory ford parts, maybe a 70s era aftermarket intake, and use modern pistons, cam, and maybe some fancy valve and port work? Sounds grassroots to me Leave a set of blue valve covers on it if it's not grassroots enough....Close. Want a challenge? Take a dead stock '67 GT390 engine (C7 heads have the worst rep, so use those) including the iron S intake, blueprint it with cast pistons and a factory copy solid FLAT lifter cam, DIY porting, factory dual-screen GT air cleaner, points dizzy, and CJ exhaust manifolds. Put it into a middle weight intermediate stick car and fine tune the entire combination for the straight line. Let's see what that poor maligned 390 can do. Put the stock factory '18 GT's in your crosshairs.Edit: Oh and don't forget to use umbrellas seals on the heads for PROPER oil to the valve stems. Don't want to flatten those lobes, do we?Do it man, if that makes you feel groovy. I'd love to see it. You probably have all those parts laying around, just need to find a new home for the black widows
Quote from: My427stang on August 14, 2018, 09:15:17 AMWhat if you decided to do an all iron motor, with factory ford parts, maybe a 70s era aftermarket intake, and use modern pistons, cam, and maybe some fancy valve and port work? Sounds grassroots to me Leave a set of blue valve covers on it if it's not grassroots enough....Close. Want a challenge? Take a dead stock '67 GT390 engine (C7 heads have the worst rep, so use those) including the iron S intake, blueprint it with cast pistons and a factory copy solid FLAT lifter cam, DIY porting, factory dual-screen GT air cleaner, points dizzy, and CJ exhaust manifolds. Put it into a middle weight intermediate stick car and fine tune the entire combination for the straight line. Let's see what that poor maligned 390 can do. Put the stock factory '18 GT's in your crosshairs.Edit: Oh and don't forget to use umbrellas seals on the heads for PROPER oil to the valve stems. Don't want to flatten those lobes, do we?
What if you decided to do an all iron motor, with factory ford parts, maybe a 70s era aftermarket intake, and use modern pistons, cam, and maybe some fancy valve and port work? Sounds grassroots to me Leave a set of blue valve covers on it if it's not grassroots enough....
I had actually changed my mind.I originally started this project as a hydraulic roller, that's why I had the cam. Started second guessing myself and started thinking about a solid roller, but knew that a hydraulic roller would produce more usable data. So I started the poll.
Right turn Clyde....
We all knew Brent was going to do the hydraulic roller from the get-go. It's his time, money, and parts, so he doesn't have to justify it to us. Plus, it makes more business sense since that is the direction things are going. And it will be breaking more new ground. Makes sense all the way around.Even though I voted flat tappet, I will be very curious and grateful to see the results.JMO,paulie
I had actually changed my mind.
Quote from: plovett on August 14, 2018, 06:19:42 PMWe all knew Brent was going to do the hydraulic roller from the get-go. It's his time, money, and parts, so he doesn't have to justify it to us. Plus, it makes more business sense since that is the direction things are going. And it will be breaking more new ground. Makes sense all the way around.Even though I voted flat tappet, I will be very curious and grateful to see the results.JMO,paulieGosh, paulie, what a heart-warming left-wing sentiment from you! Here I was all set to tie Brent to the same bumper we just hitched Al Gore to, and you get all warm 'n' fuzzy. Guess I'll just kick you in the ovaries.Camshaft diversity will be happiness for all!
Quote from: FElony on August 14, 2018, 07:11:01 PMQuote from: plovett on August 14, 2018, 06:19:42 PMWe all knew Brent was going to do the hydraulic roller from the get-go. It's his time, money, and parts, so he doesn't have to justify it to us. Plus, it makes more business sense since that is the direction things are going. And it will be breaking more new ground. Makes sense all the way around.Even though I voted flat tappet, I will be very curious and grateful to see the results.JMO,paulieGosh, paulie, what a heart-warming left-wing sentiment from you! Here I was all set to tie Brent to the same bumper we just hitched Al Gore to, and you get all warm 'n' fuzzy. Guess I'll just kick you in the ovaries.Camshaft diversity will be happiness for all!I was going to say that I guess I swing both ways, but that is pretty out of date. I guess I'd have to say that I swing 63 ways now?
Okay, you got me. I am laughing and crying.I guess I better not say there are 4 types? Hydraulic flat, hydraulic roller, solid flat, and solid roller? What about the OHC guys that <gasp> don't even HAVE tappets? Or the Desmodromic guys lacking <yikes> HALF their valvesprings? It is indeed a minefield, with the mines constantly moving.
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