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  1. retro50

    So what is your 302 based shortblock combo??

    It all depends on what your going to do with it. If your staying N/A. TRW,Probe,Dss are all good choices. The TRW's though require notching if you go to 2.02" intake valves with aftermarket heads. Even the K.B. Hyperutectic pistons are really good for N/A. setups. If you plan on any power adder...
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    Quoted 2,500 for a full engine rebuild!

    If the guy is doing the pulling of the engine,and then rebuilding it, and then doing the install I think it is pretty cheap. You guys have to figure the price of a new crate engine,and then the price of the install.What would that cost you? What is the average price of a crate engine? I know up...
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    ACS Racing in Hanover, MA

    Sorry to hear about it Steve. There really are alot of crooked people out there.But there are some really honest people also. Years ago I got screwed on my dyno time by Cape Cod Dyno. I rented the machine for a couple of hours along with one of my buddies. We dyno'ed his first and then mine. I...
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    South Side Machine Lift Bar Install...*Need Help Quick!!

    To adjust the pinion angle,The suspension must be loaded just like it is sitting on the ground. Meaning it has to be up in the air on jack stands INCLUDING the front also. Put the jack stands on the rear axle housing tubes,then jack up the front untill the car is sitting level. Put some cement...
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    People using 351W heads, tell me your setup

    I have a set of C90E heads on my car. They have been worked pretty good.They have Hard seats,Solid bronze guides,Manley raceflo 1.94 - 1.60 Stainless valves, studs- guideplates,Dual springs. And a complete port job and the chambers have been CC,ed. There on a 306 c.i.d. bottom end with K.B. .200...
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    miss while under hard accelleration

    Try moving the #5-6 spark plug wires away from each other. From the cap down to the plugs. You may have ignition crossfire. The symptoms you describe sound just like my car. Seperating these wires cured mine.
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    351w heads on a 5.0?

    I have a set of C9OE heads on my car but I did them myself as I work in a machine shop. I put in 1.94-1.60 stainless steel Manley raceflo valves ,hardened ex seat inserts,solid bronze valve guides,dual springs,studs and guideplates. Plus I ported and polished and C.C.'ed them. I spent 14 hours...
  8. retro50

    !!!!!!!HELP!!!!!! Pilot Bearing STUCK in engine, Help me get it out!

    The grease trick works really well. I know I use it all the time. I fill the hole with grease and then I put a craftsman 3/8 drive socket backwards that fits the hole snug and I put a 6"-3/8" extension in the socket to plug up the socket hole and I pound on the socket extension with a ball peen...
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    351w heads on a 5.0?

    These heads work but you must use the early years from 1969-1970. C90E-DOOE Castings. They have bigger intake runners and 1.84-1.54 valves. they also have 60 c.c. chambers. But they have lousy exhaust ports. To get anything out of them you must grind out the thermactor hump in the ex ports. If...
  10. retro50

    cam bearingz

    We usually get $45.00 for installing cam bearings + the cost of the bearings.The block must be stripped bare to install them.
  11. retro50

    how many times can you reuse stock head bolts?

    90 blue5.0 has the correct answer. Ford used torque to yield head bolts on 93 and up 5.0L engines and they have flanges under the heads of the bolts. You can replace them with the earlier head bolt design and use the early torque spec.
  12. retro50

    Solid Flat Tappet?

    I agree with dirt racer. I personally have solid lifter flat tappet cam. I only adjust my valves twice a year and they don't change much at all.As far as the lash is concerned. My car see's mostly street duty through out the year. It is not uncommon to see small blocks with milder solid cams...
  13. retro50

    Thumper heads vs Powerheads? Input requested

    I know the guy in R.I. He didn't sell his car with the Thumper heads because he was disappointed. He sold it because he is in college and he needed a truck for work. The car went pretty good I know he went 103 in the quarter and ran 13.7's. With better driving it could of went low 13's with that...
  14. retro50

    Side Molding NOT STICKING

    Your best bet is peeling them off of the car and laying them flat on a work bench upside down. Then take a heat gun or a propane torch and Heat up the two sided tape on it and peel off the tape with a small pair of visegrips attached to the metal strip.The metal strip is part of the tape.Just be...
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    Compression test results for 140k mile motor

    The compression test is not useless. It just tells you that you have good compression all across the board. Meaning a healthy engine and the valves are sealing well.But the leak down test is a more accurate way to determine if the rings are leaking by into the crankcase. To do a leakdown you...
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    Compression test results for 140k mile motor

    The dry compression test looks good. Now do a leak down test. This determines how much leakage you have going down the rings and into the crankcase.If the leakdown rate is acceptable then put on the blower.If the leakdown rate #'s are good and they are within 10% of each other you are good to...
  17. retro50

    non-ho cam in ho roller motor?????

    The camshaft dictates the firing order. I you buy this motor you will have to rewire the injector harness to get the injector's to fire in sequence with the ignition firing order the 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8. Non H.O. Firing order. Other then that it should run fine.
  18. retro50

    Is any one running low 13s with this combo??

    I have almost the same combo. Except I have a Vortec shootout intake manifold and ported E-5 cylinder heads with Chevy valves. I went 13.40-104 m.p.h. On completely stock suspension with B.F. Goodrich radial T/A's. My 60' was a 2.1. With Southsides and ET Streets I know it will go high 12's.
  19. retro50

    engine miss

    You might want to test the cylinder pressure in the #2 cylinder. That is if you check out the injector first and it is ok. You need fuel,spark,air + compression to fire the cylinder. If everything checks out fine and you still have a miss. Just take a compression test. You could have low or no...
  20. retro50

    Folks with Edelbrock heads.... Dyno results hp/tq 1/4 miles times & MPH

    I built a motor for my uncle using the performer R.P.M. Heads with the 2.02-1.60 valves. It is in a 65 Mustang fastback with a T-5 and 3.80 gears. The engine is 306 cubic inches and has D.S.S. Forged flattop pistons. A Comp Cams extreme energy 274 hydraulic roller with .555-.565 lift. Edelbrock...
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