A friend (jho on here) and his dad just picked up a '63-1/2 Galaxie with a 390 and a Ford tri-power setup. We drove it back to Omaha yesterday and ended up wiping out a couple cam lobes because of the old ****ty oil that was in it. They tore it down this morning and the engine looks really good inside. They were told it was rebuilt about 5,000 miles ago, and it sure appears to be true. It's bored .030 over and the pistons are flat-top with valve reliefs. I'd guess it to be around 9.0:1 compression, without doing any research or measuring. The heads appear to be stock C4 castings and it also has the Ford shorty cast iron headers with full dual exhaust. The rearend gears are supposed to be 3.00:1, and that also seemed correct by how it drove down the road. Cruise-o-Matic auto trans. Can anyone out there reccommend a good cam for this combination of parts? They certainly want to end up with a good lope at idle and good low end torque. I had good luck with this one in the 390 that was in my Galaxie: Comp Cams PN: 33-234-4 Grind #: XE256H-10 Gross Valve Lift: INT-.487 EXH-.493 Duration @ .006: INT- 256 EXH- 268 Duration @ .050: INT- 212 EXH- 219 Also, the tri-power linkage isn't quite right. Does anyone have any photos of the correct linkage? This car was a 352, 2-barrel car, so what's in it now was all pieced together. Here's what they are working with: Here are the parts that don't all seem quite right Thanks for any help and advice that you may have! Malcolm
Yeah, the one side and the anodized braket are correct. Although it looks like something was brazzed onto one ond of the bellcrank imcorrectly. You can buy the entire linkage in new aftermarket parts so it should not be hard to change out. Here is a link to a supplier of the linkage. http://store.cobranda.com/390tthtw3x2l.html
Since the linkage appears to be right on the p***enger side (BTW the throttle arms on the carb bases are correct for the Gal), is the issue with the bellcrank that bolts to the rear of the intake, or the rod between the Z-bar on the firewall and the bellcrank at the front of the intake? I'm more familiar with the auto trans setup on T-birds than on Galaxies, but from seeing the picture with the plate that relocates the kick-down bracket I suspect that the original from the 2v intake was modified to work by moving it outboard - I had to do that with a factory 4v '60 HiPo aluminum intake I used on my '63 'Bird as the two mounting holes/bosses were too far inboard for my kick-down bracket. You might want to try contacting Joe Bunetic in St. Louis, MO - he's a FE factory tripower/dual quad spe******t that also sells, reconditions and makes a bunch of parts to restore them. I don't have contact info handy but a Google search should turn something up.
Nick Look up Ford Tri power Technical Information on the web and go to that link. He knows his stuff Fuzzy
Thanks for all the extra info, guys! We ARE thinking the 352 linkage was modified and it isn't working correctly. At one point (thank God the car wasn't running), when we were trying to get the car running, the carbs stuck open because the linkage allowed them to go 'over-center'. I'll check out the other sites and resources --Thank you!
Does it have adjustable rockers? If so the factory 500-324 427 cam works well. The linkage looks close to correct. The bellcrank is for the trans. Any linkage will go over center if not adjusted properly. A C6 will probably be a good improvment and you wont need the bellcrank. Have fun.
The linkage on the right side of the engine and the cross over linkage on the front carb are correct. When it is adjusted right the slider linkage should make contact with the front and rear carbs at the same time and at full throtle all carbs should be 100% open. I'm sure about the trans kick down linkage in the picture. It looks almost like the kick down on my 57 T-Bird. I used it with the first FE I swapped in it. It worked great. If yours works, use it.
Not sure if this is still a relavent thread, but for anyone looking for a cam for their FE Ford, Howard's Cams makes some nice ones, including a couple of repop "muscle" cams. Check it out. 6narow
I have an Elgin 966P cam in my healthy 352 FE. It has similar specs to the Comp Cam you listed above. Great low end torque and a nice lope with a good off-idle bark. http://catalog.elginind.com/app/engine_tech.asp?category=Camshaft+Spec%27s+by+Part+No.
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