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These are way past overkill, but I was thinking of designing and prototyping a CNC mandrel bender like this one:...
I'm running a 390 FE with the harmonic damper that has the lower pulley groove cast into the damper. All of the March Performance pulley kits are...
"Ford axles were twisted in a fixture, 10 turns. Then twisted the opposite way. No cracks" Holy moses. That's impressive for 1920's steel tech. I...
Kinda depends on the application IMO. If you want a lighter rotating assembly for high revving, AL is light. AL rods also absorb shock and are...
Flux core MIG will work, but it will be ugly and full of pin holes. Solid core MIG with gas will be cleaner. TIG will be even better if you're...
The DTS and DTM primer/sealers can be top coated with high build poly primer/surfacer as long as its within the recoat window. I've found the...
I have a Ford 3.03 3-speed trans and a Borg T18 4 speed trans. The 3.03 has been OK behind this +0.30 390 FE for a while, but the engine has been...
I have a gas powered wet sand blaster, so I no longer put up with ANY rust. But before I had that built I'd use wire wheel or just a wire brush,...
No Panther front ends on Ebay except for 2000+. That looks like an expensive and wrong option because of the aluminum and the resulting track...
Thanks for the info luckystiff, that's the good stuff. I'm on the North side of Chicago, just outside the city limits. I do want to move the front...
I'm dropping the Twin I-Beam and front drums from my 66 Effie to box the frame and weld in a Jag front end. Is there some expert in the rust belt...
My 66 came with welded steel aftermarkets which were made in Taiwan. Both 15" but ugly as hell. If you do find ETs that match, they'll all need...
I'll give that a shot. That makes sense. What I'm seeing is the RMS voltage of the field feedback square wave. My probe just shows the RMS, not...
I found that with even what I thought was a big compressor, mine couldn't keep up with the HVLP gun. I can maybe do one panel at a time, maybe a...
I have a first gen Delco style alternator that i was hoping to run as a single wire setup, but I don't think it has an internal exciter. So I...
A wire wheel is never as good as a good sand blasting. I don't have any sand blasting services available here anymore thanks to the EPA shutting...
Yeah the new gas formulas with 15% ethanol etc, don't last very long sitting in the bowls. It turns into crystal sludge in the narrow ports and...
Zinc phosphate reduces the chance of any galvanic corrosion between aluminum heads/parts and the high alloy steel bolts, so they're perfect for...
ZOMG look at that dash! If you are going from single to dual exhaust, is that not modified from original? I'd go for some long headers. That...
Exactly. Cast iron doesn't weld very well at all. The iron carbides created by the heat of the weld cause embrittlement of the cast iron. When it...
I'm looking for details beyond 'Don't do this' as to why a soda blasting setup can't use more abrasive or heavier media like aluminum oxide. From...
Ring sets are cheap. That's a kind of 'while you're in there' kind of thing.
"and buy/build something with a bigger garage" I hear that. I want to find a disused airport in the desert littered with old service equipment...
After more searching I found some pics of other FEs http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/65cobrajet428/390_pi_engine007c.jpg mine looks...
I found an 66 F100 with a non-original FE motor. I think it's a 360, but I need to check the casting numbers. (Says 352 on the front, but all of...
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