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    How much rwhp.. ?

    test it on a chassy dyno, estimated horse power is a bunch of bull
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    1968 289 H2O

    Just trying to get ahead get it, get ahead, lol, anyway with this type of mess you have to have a sense of humor, so here are some pics of the heads the way they looked when they were removed off the engine - what's to like? on a positive note, the head gasket came right off nicely off of...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Well that Explains the H2O in the Title! Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor turn nor motion; As idle as a painted block Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, what the hell did I think; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.
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    1968 289 H2O

    The Old Headers This is what the headers looked like when I removed them. They looked good, they felt good, then I tapped them on the garage floor, and well you can see for yourself what lurked inside, and the gaping holes in each one. I want to thank the previous owner, aka P.O. for being a...
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    Best Harbor Freight Value/Not Their Intention

    good to know, did you use the 20% off coupon from the car magazines, I use it all the time, sometimes I feel like they should give me money, lol, makes their cheap tools worth it
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    1968 289 H2O

    Nothing Like Doing Step 1... Third!!! OK, with the valve covers off, the 289 heads confirmed, and the intake off, it was finally time to remove the spark plugs. Like I said I should have done this first, but no worries, how bad could it be? Removing the plugs revealed that 5 are one kind...
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    1968 289 H2O

    That's what I wanted to hear, thanks. Good tip bro, I was looking for that type of information, so brake cleaner will do the trick. Will do, I plan on using the roll them on a glass coffee table trick. Me too, can I use brake cleaner in there, how should I clean them? Me too, lol, stay tunned...
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    1967 Shelby GT500

    Time Line Question Rusty / Brian Not that I doubt your work, but are your post updates fairly in line with the progress time wise. Your first post is March 21st and the next day you had it stripped to bare metal and epoxy primed? I am just wondering if that's how the pros do it, because...
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    1967 Shelby GT500

    Shameless Coffee's advertisement? Oh wait you mean the shinny car in front! lol
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    1968 289 H2O

    The Valley Pan Removing the intake manifold revealed a pretty clean valley pan in my opinion aside from the white powdery crud that fell out of the intake manifold as I was removing it. Nothing a shop vac can't suck up. Now we can see the surface rust on the push rods (the pencil looking...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Old Carb and Intake Manifold Not the cap, carb or the intake manifold will find their way back on to the car. The manifold is a SMOG EGR valve port equipped wonder of the 70's, (note the aluminum block off plate where the EGR valve would mount up to) it could work but I don't like the EGR port...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Amen to that bro, but I get the feeling the three of us are in the minority, a lot of people seem to think you have to cherry pick every engine out, have it hot tanked $, magnafluxed $$, bored $$$, decked $$$$, honed $$$$$, drilled $$$$$$, tapped $$$$$$$, squared $$$$$$$$, re surfaced $$$$$$$$$...
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    1968 289 H2O

    What I should have done first. What I should have done first, and what anyone buying a car or who has just bought a car should do first, is check the spark plugs. It is simple and easy. But I did not, instead I decided to eventually (pronounced: months later) check what heads I had on my...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Let's get up to speed So let me catch you up a bit. I removed some parts out of the engine bay. Not all of these had to come out to troubleshoot this situation, but I had my reasons. I removed the radiator, because it was not bolted in, it was just sitting there, and more importantly it...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Keep talking! Did you happen to see my website on the topic: Small Block Ford 302 V8
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    1968 289 H2O

    I'm sure you all heard of the Hi Po engine of the 60's and the HO of the 80's well this is a story of neither of them, this is my H2O. That's right come along for a ride with me as I try to bring this tired stallion back to life. I'm just an average guy trying to turn a wrench one Saturday...
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    Is this fender worth saving?

    depends, how's the rest of the car, it probably has rust too, so you won't mind having body filler on this when it is patched properly with new metal first, cause there will be body filler on other parts as well, if this was the only piece like that then you may wanna replace it and tell people...
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    Car Paint Types Flow Chart Diagram

    If you ever considered painting your own car then you may have read enough stuff to have your head spin, I know I did. Recently I saw a diagram in the May 2011 issue of Car Craft Magazine that I found helpful so I would like to borrow it and share it with you:
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    Need help with finding correct headers

    I would suggest an independent muffler shop, not a chain, since they can pretty much adapt or modify anything to make it fit or work, call a couple local shops and see what they say, the mom and pop shops have leeway and probably the experience to do it, a guy I used for a prior 4x4 vehicle I...
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    starting issues

    aha second what 2+2GT has said, also double check your firing order, ie spark plug wires
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