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    1968 289 H2O

    Thank you I appreciate having someone explain this stuff to me, I love learning about engines and cars in general.
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    How would you build your Mustang?

    i would not basterdize a fastback, one reason being devalueing it, if you want an EFI classic buy a coupe, they are a dime a dozen and go to town on that, disc brakes get a thumbs up, make it stock and beatiful, hey you asked for our opinion, LOL, that's why I bought a coupe instead so the...
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    1968 289 H2O

    5-8 Driver Side Cylinder Head Autopsy And here's a look at the other side, the driver cylinder head, this one looks to be in a better shape but still nothing to write home about When looking at these keep in mind they go from 8 to 5 from left to right. Chamber 8 - clean, could work...
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    1968 289 H2O

    1-4 Passenger Side Cylinder Head Autopsy Well here is the look at the passenger side cylinder head, ie combustion chambers 1 through 4, postmortem. Chamber 1 - gorgeous Chamber 2 - exhaust seat pitted, cylinder rim area pitted, maybe could be milled but that would increase compression...
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    1968 289 H2O

    There's always one [again]... All but one valve came out fairly smoothly. However number 3 exhaust had a bit of separation anxiety. I swear I was gently tapping it out when all of a sudden it shattered the valve guide plastic cap. I guess all the banging flattened the end a little bit...
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    289 cam info

    That's what I thought, but see his initial post says "any suggestions for a cam without any other head mods?" not sure how you can go lumpier and not do the springs, that's all
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    1968 289 H2O

    Another Look At The Valves Here's another perspective of the 5-8 valves. A birds eye view and then a close up, grouping them first by Exhaust and then by Intake. This way we are comparing the Exhaust valves to the exhaust valves, and Intake valves to the intake valves, apples to apples type...
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    289 cam info

    keeping the stock springs, or should the valve springs be replaced too?
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    1968 289 H2O

    Dancing With the Valves well now is the time to meet our couples Couple Number 5 - Miss. Exhaust cleaned up really nicely, but Mr. Intake is in bad shape Couple Number 6 - Miss. Exhaust looks reusable that green really brings out her eyes, but Mr. Intake looks twice his age, (get it...
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    289 cam info

    forgive me I'm a newb, but from what I have heard, most manufacturers sell kits, so since you already have Edelbrock carb and intake why not continue down that road, at least it will ensure all is compatible, so how about their Performer Plus off-idle to 5500 rpm Part # 2122 or the Performer...
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    1968 289 H2O

    LOL, you've heard of the 3 angle valve job, well this is the 9 angle valve job! :lol:
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    1968 289 H2O

    Valve Cleaning Station - VCS after valves 5 through 8 were out I wanted to take a little break from all the compression and decided to clean them up a little bit, the aluminum and highly versetile vice found it's way back to my work station (old hard top kitchen table cut in half the long ways...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Ah jumping ahead Coupe we are... Say hello to my Big 25 Inch... breaker bar that is, I bought her and a set of 1/2" SAE impact wrench sockets in order to give the crank pulley bolt a spin, and going left loosened up the bolt, and going right tightened it to the point that if I went any...
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    1968 289 H2O

    bag 'em 'n tag 'em then they was bagged and tagged I know special super duper engine rebuild racks exist, and I thought about building my own custom one out of wood, but then I went into the kitchen to ****** (I said s n a t c h) another brewski, and ended up with a wad of ZipLoc bags, heavy...
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    1968 289 H2O

    but not without a fight some were more stubborn than others, but they were no match for the tips and advice of this forum, and nothing WD40, PB Blaster, and a rubber mallet couldn't persuade
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    1968 289 H2O

    One by one the valves came out... old heads had some old valves and those valves had to leave with an intake valve here, and an exhaust valve there here a valve there a valve everywhere an old valve old valves had to come out Introducing the starting lineup from left to...
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    1968 289 H2O

    LOL - Or someone could try and explain the bumpy stick to me.
  18. G

    1968 289 H2O

    LOL, man I knew I should have used toilet paper!
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    1968 289 H2O

    How does a valve work? What is a valve? How does it work? Well a valve is a switch really, it's an off and on switch in a way. Or it opens and closes something. The switch in your wall is electrical, and it turns electricity on and off, or you could think of it as a valve that opens and...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Anatomy Of A Valve Mechanism So lets take a look at the guts of the valve mechanism, what do we have there. Well the valve is held in via five things. That's it, very basic, very simple. We have the spring. We have a thick top hat washer looking thing. We have a thin bottom washer. And we have...
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