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I had to cut a small pie shaped piece out of the frame like you mentioned to fit the CalTracs.
I was looking at doing the same thing in my 57 Custom. The limiting factor is going to be the inner wheel well, at least on mine. I can gain about...
I know that there not very forgiving. I had to remove my ignition switch for some reason and accidentally touch the centre power stud to the metal...
What’s in the race car Mustang?
So if you use a 65-67 Mustang box do you cut off the column shaft and adopt a rag joint or universal joint? Far as I remember the steering column...
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Some of the cars in the FAST series are running deep 9’s on factory rubber. So it can be done, but it won’t be cheap.
Primer grey….lovely.
Roller or flat tappet cam? If the engine was brand new was the cam broken in before hand or is this the first time for running the motor?
They can make good wheel standers. About the only good thing I can think of.
A few drops of engine oil for head bolts. The engines I mostly work on have blind head bolts.
Over the 50 years of street driven or racing Fords I’ve accumulated a lot of spare parts. Plus you know generally what works and fits and what...
I looked into that a few years back. It was cheaper to go with a 4.15 Scat 9000 series brand new crank. There’re supposedly good for 800+ hp.
How quick does it run?
Explain please…
With my exhaust system off the car and 18” header extensions my AFR readings at idle are off the map, the gauge will not register anywhere close....
Must be close to 29” tall? Largest I could squeeze in 57 in my avatar are MT radial Pros 275 60 15’s, about 28”tall on 8.5” wheel.The remote oil...
Those rear tires really fill up the wheel well, looks nice. What size?
Hard to tell. It does have 429 painted on the fender.
Looks like it’s from one of the Super classes. Either 10.90 or 9.90 index.
Barbara Eden?
Snake pit.. [ATTACH]
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The Tasca Mustang was built as a street racer and used a 494 cid Can-Am Boss engine in it. It went 10’s through the mufflers on street tires....
Wouldn’t a Ranchero front end be identical to a Fairlane?
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