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If that's at the back of the intake, that's where the draft tube would be attached on an FE (or on some later cars, it would be hooked to engine...
Ugh, and you can only hope that the collar to hold it in place is pointed in the right direction. Whoever built the 390 in my T-Bird installed the...
I was at a car show with my dad, looking at a '49 Buick Roadmaster sedan. Dad's helped me remove and install the 263 in my '53 Special, so I was...
Be careful if you buy the Victor Reinz; I have a set in my attic and they are just reboxed Felpros.
A few things you may want to consider: 1. It never hurts to pull out the mixture screws and shoot some carb cleaner in through the idle passages....
My '63 Riviera was stored in a damp situation for a long time. I had to do a lot of cleaning and even soldering to fix bad connections and...
That's too bad, but a floor isn't too big a deal to fix. The back window kind of stinks because you'll have to blend in some paint. Great car...
God, that car is clean. Look at that firewall!
I recently had a pinion seal go out on the 8" in my M-car. I pulled the whole pinion assembly (keep track of the orientation of the pinion so you...
I feel your pain! My '63 T-Bird 390 has almost the same leak as yours. I didn't build the engine, but I did remove the intake a couple weeks ago...
1958 was the first year.
I use that adapter, as well. After a while, you can kind of sense what the AF numbers are going to be based on the car's driveability, and the...
I had a dead miss in my T-Bird's 390 that turned out to be the brake booster; the bellows had ripped, causing a huge vacuum leak on that cylinder....
I'd be worried about what ELSE is wrong with it! You might want to get some pin drills and make sure nobody hogged out any passages for "more...
Yep, these guys have steered you right. My '53 Special is slow, but more like 0-60 in 15 seconds slow.
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