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Private Classifieds / Re: Wanted Accel dual Point Distributor
« on: February 26, 2025, 10:41:19 PM »
I saw one on FB this morning, just don't remember where 
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FE Technical Forum / Re: odd valve adjusting
« on: February 24, 2025, 10:56:00 AM »
Again, works pretty good with smaller cams. trying to keep a wrench on an adjuster with a high lift cam and higher RPM is a little more difficult
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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: 500” Iron High Riser 742 hp/ 674+ tq
« on: February 24, 2025, 10:52:29 AM »
Starting to get that itch to do something with my PIE heads 
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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: 500” Iron High Riser 742 hp/ 674+ tq
« on: February 23, 2025, 09:21:11 PM »
Velocity and a well-matched combination is a wonderful thing!
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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: 500” Iron High Riser 742 hp/ 674+ tq
« on: February 23, 2025, 11:47:35 AM »
That's pretty stout with that little cam- very nice!
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FE Technical Forum / Re: odd valve adjusting
« on: February 22, 2025, 06:14:10 PM »
It works pretty well on trucks, tractors and cars with very mild cams. I learned doing old REOs and International sixes where you could idle them down to around 300 RPM and they wouldn't toss oil around
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FE Engine Dyno Results / Re: 465 iron CJ 524hp/568 tq
« on: February 19, 2025, 12:50:27 PM »
I've been thru a lot of the factory trays, and at least half have been modified in various ways, assumed to be to let the oil drain thru better
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FE Technical Forum / Re: AUTOLITE INLINE 4V CARB
« on: January 17, 2025, 01:13:50 PM »Man, now I need to dig out my old HotRod with the inline on the cover lol. IIRC a lot of the fuss was that they were made up from existing Autolite carb parts wrapped up in new castings. I got my paws on a couple, Cross-Boss stuff, back when Cantrell was still around in the 70's (might have been part of the truckload of goodies they got at the Holman Moody sale) but that was a long time ago. Was a cool design, but stillborn without much development time out in the world
Yep, that one. Actually I think I have a couple, the one I've had since I was a kid, and one I found at a swap
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FE Technical Forum / Re: AUTOLITE INLINE 4V CARB
« on: January 17, 2025, 10:15:09 AM »
Man, now I need to dig out my old HotRod with the inline on the cover lol. IIRC a lot of the fuss was that they were made up from existing Autolite carb parts wrapped up in new castings. I got my paws on a couple, Cross-Boss stuff, back when Cantrell was still around in the 70's (might have been part of the truckload of goodies they got at the Holman Moody sale) but that was a long time ago. Was a cool design, but stillborn without much development time out in the world
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Front engine mount
« on: January 15, 2025, 11:24:10 AM »Here is a picture of the Holman Moody Boat cover. I have used these many times. Very easy and very strong. Blue thunder makes a copy of this cover and can found
Doug aka pumpbldr
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Aren't they purty? I have one of those, a couple Nicsons and a Glenwood, and they are all designed to be part of the mount system and solidly built. The Nicson and Glenwood designs have the legs extending down for boat use, and can be trimmed to fit a chassis as needed, or cut completely off- they also have a flange for mounting a boat water pump, driven by and concentric to the cam, which can be adapted to drive a mechanical fuel pump. The HM cover that I have was last used on a 505 ci High Riser with Hilborns on a 58mm Weber intake
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Front engine mount
« on: January 14, 2025, 11:59:14 PM »The one with the long legs would move the engine too high. As built the crank center line is about 18 inches off the ground.
"the quite strong boat mounts which usually have heavy section legs that extend down and can be trimmed to fit the chassis"
Don't over-think it
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Front engine mount
« on: January 14, 2025, 07:35:45 PM »
Nicson that still has its legs
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Front engine mount
« on: January 14, 2025, 02:51:37 PM »
The engine the car was built around, by a skillful veteran Top Fuel campaigner, was a blown Keith Black engine pulled from his previous Nostalgia Top Fuel car, which was disclosed and pictured in all For Sale ads. The car is very well built and very stout by an expert builder, and was certified to 8.50. The rear engine plate went with it, so it would be very easy to center and align the new engine to that, using the old plate as a template to center and line up a plate for an FE. The mounting tabs were still on the frame in the front, so it should be pretty easy to do the front using either a plate or a boat mount on a truck or boat front cover, once the engine is lined up by the rear plate. This car was very well set up by a veteran crew, so the less it is changed (IMHO) the better it will be. Hardest part would be the headers, the hard work has been done. I have been in the shop with this bunch while they completed the new car, the Fuel Altered that received the Keith Black engine, and went to Sacramento to watch them shake it down- good veteran Top Fuel crew that has worked together for many years- fun to watch them work
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FE Technical Forum / Re: Front engine mount
« on: January 14, 2025, 01:07:29 PM »Despite being somewhat popularly practiced, just do note that as generally executed, the aluminum timing cover, the few 5/16" bolts engaged, including those bolt mountings relevant in the front of the block, were not engineered to support this intention.
Scott.
Apparently you have little or no experience with the truck or boat setups that were indeed engineered to support this intention. The medium truck FT setup had, as was mentioned, a cast iron cover that is flat to the front to accommodate the mount. There are also the boat setups such as Nicson, Glenwood, Holman Moody etc., which also sport a thickened flat front to accommodate the mounts. These covers easily connect with an engine plate or the quite strong boat mounts which usually have heavy section legs that extend down and can be trimmed to fit the chassis. BTW, the cover is attached by both 5/16" and 3/8" fasteners, both horizontally and vertically, and has proven to be a pretty sound structure for many years
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Private Classifieds / Re: WANTED: Dyno/spring/t-bucket or other headers for dyno use
« on: January 03, 2025, 12:45:12 PM »
You had to be there- there was also a guy running an Offy in the crowd back then. The car with the HR didn't handle as well as the little Chebbies, and would get passed in the corners, but would seriously march on them on the straights. The sound coming off Turn 4 past the grandstands with no mufflers was very difficult on the Chebbie fans 