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For those who can get regrinds, the Isky 88 is a great cam with more overlap than a 400 Junior (For sound lovers.... as it's LUMPIER than...
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An 18 year old driver of a new 1933 Ford ,with new paint, would have been born in 1915 (or EARLIER if they were older) and I wouldn't worry about...
I was at this arctic-weather station Swap Meet in Puyallup 2 years ago and the wind was 30 mph with occasional freaky higher gusts. I was talking...
Husker Nation: I spoke too quick about adding the 4-71 to your engine because I NOW see too many difficulties with the exhaust ports being ABOVE...
Your Hudson engine is beautiful...but if you want to go with a 4-71 blower the intake and exhaust will need to be replaced to make the blower...
Blowers work great on anything...but especially well on impaired-breathers. (L-heads) Centrifugal blowers usually need blow-thru carbs and Turbos...
Thanks. It's a daily-driver from April to October...but doesn't like snow or rain. (no wipers) It's noisy...but so is my wife. Winter well.
For a slightly different "bible-story"...I had a flathead bare block that wasn't rusted much...but had obscene-terrible calcium/hard water thick...
The SUN "makes" a good /flat paint. For quicker results.... try Sherwin-Williams/Martin-Senour. (Auto paint jobbers...not latex stores) factory...
$2,000 is about correct. Buy a used 4-71 that still spins ($300-400) / buy a used 2-2bbl manifold ($200) Also available new from Speedway @ $219....
A frequent error with flatheads is to think you need special cam lube additives and or synthetic oil...both of which will prevent your cast rings...
8.8 Explorer rear ends are great...already about 53-inch wide...have 5 X4.5 Ford car wheel pattern... ...have disc brakes (1995-later)...have 3.54...
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A low blower intake is fine...but it restricts you to 49-53 water inlet heads. I adapted a 2-two manifold to an aluminum top plate "breadbox"...
I buy a lot of parts from Rock Auto mainly for price. I used to buy from NAPA's main Genuine Parts warehouse at about $400-$600 per month. (No...
"Cheaper by the Gallon" If those words are your paint supplier's favorite saying...find a different vendor. If you are painting a small car that...
I Like GoodGuys...and Naughty Women.
Just a well engineered car...and it improves on the flathead like Darwin envisioned happening.
Lacquer is an archaic-nightmare to work with. Lacquer dries by solvent evaporation and only OEM (General Motors) factory Thermo-Set Acrylic /21%...
Nice to see NO small block "yawner" motors.
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