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I received the wrong piston rings from Speedway. In all the years that I have been doing business with them, this has never happened before....
This was a wild idea on modifying the steering while I had the engine out. Thinking more about it I realised that it wouldn't work anyway ....
As I said earlier, I have tried to find a manual to replace this power rack but I haven't been able to find one that mounts the same.
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Thank you. That is a good idea. I don't have a radio in the car but I have noticed that I can sometimes mess up someone else's radio when I...
Thank you. We didn't know that.
My son has an advance timing light that he uses to tune his 68 Firebird for racing. It doesn't work on my flathead because I have solid wire core...
This is an electronic distributor made specifically for the 49-53 flathead. The directions show initial timing set at 5 degrees advance and a...
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind about the timing. I played around a lot with setting the timing and changing the limit springs in the...
That is a 65 Mustang rear axle with a quick change rear cover adapted to it. [ATTACH]
1 - I'm a little confused about the reasoning on some of the responses that have been posted here. It seams like most of you think I should keep...
You're right, I don't think I mentioned that. It's a Chevy 350 automatic.
Thank you.
With the external parts removed from the first engine, I've started fitting them to the second engine. ... This is my homemade transmission...
If I had not already had the other stock engine sitting in my garage, I would have been willing to try some of the suggestions that have been...
Thank you for this. .. Would you mind figuring out what the compression would be on a stock, 239 cubic engine with 51 CC heads ?
Gotcha .. my misunderstanding. ... I was answering replies from others that were trying to figure out how to make this engine work. My intention...
Wouldn't it be easier to do as I planed and just switch engines to the stock block that already has lower compression to start with ?
My knowledge of flathead engines is very limited. In 1963, when I was 17, I bought this 1950 Ford with a V-8 in it. [ATTACH] I fixed it up to...
Here is a better photo to clarify that. The top of the pistons are .192 above the surface of the block. [ATTACH]
The engine came out this afternoon. [ATTACH] The engine was lifted out with my portable A-frame hoist and rolled out into the open area beside...
No. I can't afford the price of that fuel for running on the street anyway. I don't know anything about racing either and have never driven on...
You are right, I just didn't think about. So .. the last time the engine was worked on was sometime between 1963 and the late 1970's when I got...
My son thinks the the compression was around 140 - 150 PSI. His memory is much better than mine so that is more likely what it was.
Obviously. You can't measure the bore diameter and put in new rings or CC the heads without pulling them off.
Yes we CC'ed the heads. We had to in order to figure the cubic inch displacement of the engine. The heads are marked 9.7 to 1 compression. As...
It's been a great summer cruising around in my 1925 Ford model-T. This photo was taken on 5/12/24. Someone that works with my son was traveling...
I want to thank all of you for the comments you've made on this project. ........ The body fill has been sanded down and the areas primed....
The back edge of the hood has holes punched into it for pocket welds. [ATTACH] This is the underside of the extension for the back of the...
I've posted this video before but I'll show it again for those that haven't seen it. This was at Edgewater, Ohio in 2014. He hasn't run the car...
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