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The backwards head gasket on one side is a common mistake, as they look different on each side, and folks over-think it- there is no top & bottom,...
Those old low rpm buggars are pretty happy with not too much. My 1950 Ford 8N, based on the car engine, has about 5lbs at idle hot and quickly...
I would check it with another reliable guage to verify, and probably go the next step up on oil viscosity and see if it makes a difference....
Nice thing with old springs is they were usually just sourced from outside, using what was available. The governor spring broke on my 1947 Clark...
It is a high-dollar Holbrook engine, and loud like a strong FE
In a '61 that would be a 390-401hp 3x2 solid lifter engine, 406 came out in mid-62, as did the 500XL trim package. Mine is a twofer, 500XL,...
Probably 75% of "no charge" problems with old generators can be fixed with a few taps with a ballpein in the area of the brushes. Probably the...
I have a friend who has a 440 ci version, single 4V on gas making 1065 hp
Second the ACE Hardware, my locals have a big selection of old springs. A lot of later AMCs had a lot of Ford electrical stuff, could that be a...
Another absolutely beautiful car with that style body was the LeMans- oriented Jaguar Type D, gorgeous car with monocoque frame, disc brakes etc....
That "high nickle" thing is a myth that dies hard about FE blocks, from the I think I heard I read crowd- thankfully there are still some folks...
If you have different size front n rears, you can pull the fronts off and reverse them on the rims to even out the wear when they wear more on one...
If you have some fronts that start to show uneven wear or cupping, swapping front to back should straighten them right out. If they truly have...
The 3+1 gets called "weak" as it is not as strong as the "regular" toploaders- so probably similar to a Munchie. They were used in pickups and...
I would run the factory fan and space it closer to the radiator, and also try another guage for comparison. 289's don't tend to run hot, even if...
Oh man, you are living on the edge lol- and Merry Christmas!
Oh, no worries, I knew it was you lol- you don't like me, and I can't change that. If the pics of Beaver Cleaver, a Christmas present to my kid...
Sorry if Beaver Cleaver is a sore spot- I was jazzed about getting the 1956 plates for my hot rod 1956 Bird. I chose not to post pics of the...
OK, thanks for the reply. Please inform me which rule I violated by posting about 1956 plates for a 1956 hotrod Thunderbird as a Christmas present...
Last night I was pretty jazzed, and posted about getting my kid a stuffed beaver for his bar, and in return, he gave me a set of cherry 1956 CA...
Take a look at the flange that the distributor shaft goes down thru to check for breakage. A 390 is a very easy engine to repair/ rebuild, and...
My last 66 Bird did that, was the switch. When I replaced the switch, I wired it through a relay so the new switch was lightly loaded, worked...
No, they are oriented correctly for that application. The stock progressive linkage also works very well
An old buddy of mine who passed away a few years ago was a pretty famous motorcycle engineer, and owned Nitralloy Co. and built sleeved aluminum...
Probably the last early style cam was the '62 406 piece, C2AZ-6250-A, which was basically the same as the 352 and 390 solid hipo units except for...
The C8AE-H and D2TE heads are basically identical except for the hardened exhausts on the D2TEs. They are NOT "truck" heads, they are pickup...
And the pickup 390's used the 410 pistons for the same reason, and the cheap replacement .030 pistons makes the 416 a very economical option
I got bitten really hard in '67 when a gentleman named Ed Lowther let me sit in his 427 Cobra at the Glen 500 road race, with it running- the race...
Virtually nobody rebuilds one back to 360 these days as it is so easy to go bigger with a 390 or 410, as they all use the 4.05 bore block. As I...
The RPM intake is the best part of that "kit", the cam is nothing special, and there are much better heads than the Edelbrocks these days, but the...
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