I would bet a couple dollars that the 64 Gal in the magazine article was the same one that was sold to Gordo Cooper for $1 for publicity, and he drove it for an extended period on the street

Except it's done 



Think it'll hook?

I'm thinking if one had a set of heads that were cut for T&D's, and had a set of Dove HD's with the end supports, and also had a Bridgeport, one could whittle out a steel plate that was the thickness of the cut for the T&D's, make whatever clearance cuts necessary for head studs etc., connect the Doves to the steel plate, maybe even add some stock underneath if possible before tapping the holes so one could use longer studs, and as the HD rockers seem to be a stout piece, have a pretty strong setup with the loads spread across the steel plate, and added thread engagement on the studs. If one didn't have the Dove's already, then new T&D's would be the obvious choice- but if one (like me) had this combination of parts in hand (X2 by the way), and the Bridgeport, with a little out of the box thinking, could build it. And not have to convert to pushrod oiling. Pretty sure no one has tried this, but there are some out there with enough cross- experience with the parts to comment- please LOL....

They might not be trimmed down, they made lightweights in CJ size too. Pip, I have a set, IIRC, of C8's that are pretty fresh that I don't need that could go pretty cheap. I do have an extra set of Ebocks but not sure if I want to give them up yet- if I sell a couple other things I'll probably hang on to them

My thoughts when I grabbed my magnesium Kinsler 351C sprint car injectors was that the airflow of a 410 Cleveland at 9K+ might be close to the airflow of an FE at around 7K- IIRC the Kinslers are 2-5/8 bore. If you never heard a good dirt Cleveland, you missed out- really stood out in the sea of Chebbies. A friend of mine bought a couple Jack Roush engines for his dirt car in the late 80's, couple serious screechers- and the Chebbie guys cried like whipped puppies. When a guy runs a full second faster on a 3/8 mile dirt track, you could call that a significant margin lol...

Pussies??  Some of us just got back from beating our junk at Drag Week and you think we're pussies??  Tell you what, Felony, you get Ford to send me a 700HP Shelby Mustang engine and trans at no charge, and I'll drop it in my friend BradFORD's Pinto and we'll film some tire shredding action.  We'll make that Charger look like a Prius.

Meanwhile, FElony, don't YOU be a pussy - Get a car ready for Drag Weekend!  After all, its right in your back yard, and I want to read your day by day account...

Everybody knows that rat bastard FElony is actually HMSV in drag- so a quasi-pussy at best   As I rank up there pretty good on the neat schidt sitting around not running scale myself, I have to stand up for my fellow rat bastard a bit- but not that much LOL...

Let's start a contest, non-running schidt growing cobwebs- maybe a motivator...
1969 Mach1- first car, bought it from my dad- 10 yrs since started
1969 Fairlane Cobra- haven't had an engine in it yet
1969 Ranchero GT, 390 A/C- probably going up for sale soon (see "1957 Ranchero" below- which one would you rather keep?)
1962 406 Galaxie 500XL w/427- drove it into storage at Mare Island 2 weeks ago, uncorked and slicks- drew a bit of a crowd hehehe...
1962 Galaxie 500XL Sunliner- runs but 2nd gear band shot- going on the rack next week (yeah, sure...)
1956 Mercury Medalist, 312-4V- a flipper, probably going to Sacramento swap this weekend
1957 Courier Sedan Delivery, runs good, needs brake job to drive, in Mare Island storage. Got it from the original owners about a year ago
1957 Ranchero, 390 by PO on stand, discs and tilt column done, very solid- a tarp-on (just thought that up lol..)
1966 Q-code 428 Thunderbird Town Landau, runs great, sitting in Mare Island as it needs a new vinyl top
1932 1-1/2 ton dump truck- ran when parked, 3 yrs since started- keep thinking about making a duallie out of it
1979 Porsche 928, cherry, needs fuel pump relay to run
1972 Pontiac Grand Prix, 400, runs great and new paint/interior, for sale soon
Let's not start on piles of FE parts, Farmalls etc...

I never use it, and won't- just smooth up with the cartridge roll and several cleanings with carb cleaner then soapy water blast. Saw a 351W once with smoked bearings and the pump screen full of Glyptal- back when it was all the rage. Never thought much of the fad of Scotchbrite treatment on bearings either- better to leave the coating on the bearings