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  1. SoCalCruising

    Overhaulin at SEMA

    The Overhauling crew just wrapped their next season of programs before going off off to SEMA. I've seen three of the last cars. One has quite a few body mods and looked pretty sweet. They're not customs, though. I mean c'mon, how much can you do in a week?! Nice bunch of guys, BTW, including Foose.
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    Australian made cylinder heads, any good ?

    I don't know jack about World Srs.
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    building my 351w

    The rod ratio on that style 393 is about 1.55, pretty poor for pump gas car. You should really use a fairly high compression ratio with a rod ratio like that. But, to each his own. Personally, I like strokers (see sig), but a built 357 in a 65-66 is already a whole bunch of power. And you can't...
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    Australian made cylinder heads, any good ?

    They take FRPP rockers - one has provision for an offset pushrod cup - per above. These are 10 degree heads. The local race shop (Dugan's in Riverside, CA) says that they use them occasionally for spec motors and they make about 10-15hp more than the Chevy spec head. They do need some work and...
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    building my 351w

    try adperformance.com for good kits. Brian is easy to work with and their prices are decent.
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    Weiand Stealth vs. Air-gap on a 347?

    Those intakes are a toss-up, unless you want to port one. The RPM has several runners with equal cross sectional area, and are not amenable to porting. They can be Extrude Hone ported, since that will open up the entire runner. The Stealth has good taper on all runners, allowing you to open up...
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    building my 351w

    The main thing you need in order to reach your goal is good flowing heads. You can have the stock heads ported, if you have access to this at low/no cost. If not, then buy aftermarket heads rather than pay retail for the porting. A Stealth or RPM intake is fine and the 1 5/8" primary tubes will...
  8. SoCalCruising

    supercharging a carbed car

    There are two ways: 1) blow thru the carb (just about any SC can be adapted to do this) 2) "carb-in-a-box", done by Paxton/Vortec (a la the Shelby SC of the day) Either will work, but some say (I have no dog in this fight - just what I've read) that the blow-thru is more difficult to dial in...
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    '66FBGT 289 Engine Rebuild Estimate

    Yes, AFR's are spec'd t have 3/4" decks. But I've never measured them. ;-)>
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    Too Much Carb???????

    That's about perfect after you stroke it to 331 or 347. It's a little big for a 302 - they can only pump so much air, especially with that small cam. Sealed circle track motors (in area of 350ci) making over 400 hp use 650cfm carbs. Most mistakes on street driven cars is too much carb. That...
  11. SoCalCruising

    I have 2 questions:

    Let's assume that Ford mounted the the damper correctly. So, find TDC (take out #1 plug, and rotate motor by hand until piston is at TDC (use screwdriver in spark plug hole to feel when you get to TDC) and see where TDC on the damper points. This will tell you where the pointed needs to be...
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    '66FBGT 289 Engine Rebuild Estimate

    On an old block, the roller cam requires link-bar lifters or reduced base circle roller cam in order to go roller cam. This increases your expense, and probably too much for the benefit. You're not likely to miss it. Plus, you want avoid reduced base circle cams. The RPM intake will be all done...
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    Piston selection for about 10:1 compr.

    I didn't see a spec. Maybe there's one one their website. I tighten by feel. I get it snug and with enough torque to seal the header - and, yes, I use high temp/copper sealer. Edelbrock heads are the only aluminum heads I know of that come with helicoils in place. Oh well, AFRs make more power...
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    Piston selection for about 10:1 compr.

    Since you will be decking the block, you will be changing the mounting position of the intake - the intake will sit higher on the heads than with the original deck height. So, when you have the heads on during mock-up, mount the intake with a gasket and torque to about 15 ft/lbs. Check the...
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    rear wheel aligment

    It sounds like most of the suspension work was in the front, and you only replaced bushings (shackle bushings and front bushing?) on the rear. Correct? Also, the rear of the car is lower on the driver's side. Correct? If so, this is not an alignment issue. Poor rear alignment can be best seen...
  16. SoCalCruising

    351w rebuild or stroker?..

    Yes, on the low-buck 393, the stock rods are re-used.
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    '66FBGT 289 Engine Rebuild Estimate

    That's okay. Vizard says that there is little difference between roller and flat tappet cams in short-medium duration grinds. The difference really comes out with longer duration, apparently.
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    '66FBGT 289 Engine Rebuild Estimate

    347 and RPM intake will limit power up top. Not a bad choice, mind you, but match it with a cam that isn't too big. If it's a roller cam, an XE274HR would be about right. If you go with a Victor Jr., you could go a little bigger on the cam. My 331 has a cam with 230/236 duration an .050" and it...
  19. SoCalCruising

    need help picking out C4 tranny

    Either one should be fine. Picking between the two would be splitting hairs, IMO. Are you happy with the Vic. Jr. intake, regarding low speed power?
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    Trying to set my timing

    Yeah, not all lights will work with a multispark box. On the other hand, they stop multisparking when you add some throttle, then it will read correct. I use an old analog light from Performance Distributor, although my digital light works ok with a little RPM. 65fastbackresto: will you please...
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