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  1. rbohm

    Gots me a 351 Cleveland

    the open chamber head is on the left in the picture;
  2. rbohm

    Gots me a 351 Cleveland

    ok my advice on building the 351c is: 1: first dump the stock heads, even inf they are 4v heads, as there are much better heads on the market now. this big issue i have with the stock heads are the big open chambers, unless you have an early set of 4v heads that are closed chamber, if that is...
  3. rbohm

    Can anyone ID these old Ford disc brakes?

    being single piston they are 68 and later. they seem to be a smaller caliper, so possibly mustang ll or pinto?
  4. rbohm

    Offbeat project: 1966 Coupe

    nice effort. i presume that is the 3.7 motor? if so, change the water pump if ti has over one hundred thousand miles on the clock to avoid bottom end issues.
  5. rbohm

    Does she have a nice rear end or what?

    yep
  6. rbohm

    Does she have a nice rear end or what?

    if you can get a socket on two of the lower pumpkin bolts, its not a 9". as to whether or not its a limited slip diff, jack up one wheel, and with the trans in neutral try to turn it. if it turns easily then you have an open diff.
  7. rbohm

    302Ci Horsepower

    a guy on another forum cc'ed his 87 heads and got 60.5 cc. the range seems to be 60-63cc
  8. rbohm

    302Ci Horsepower

    the problem with accepting what is written about ford combustion chamber size is that often times they are wrong. so until you actually measure the chambers, you have no real idea what you have. heck it has been found that chamber volume varies not only from head to head, but cylinder to...
  9. rbohm

    302Ci Horsepower

    i dont know of any stock 289 heads that have 49cc chambers, most have between 53-56cc. measure yours to be sure. smaller chambers are better because you get a better compression ratio. as for porting, yes you can pick up some power by opening up the ports. you want to match the port opening...
  10. rbohm

    Upgrading 289

    what else you upgrade depends a lot on your driving style. at the very least though i would upgrade the brakes to front disc with an option of big rear drums, either the 10x2.5" or 11x2.25" set up. i prefer the latter as it has more swept area. i do recommend suspension upgrades s well...
  11. rbohm

    302Ci Horsepower

    the stock heads are limiting factor here. you can get only so much flow out of the stockers. you can pick up between 20-50 hp by porting the stock heads though.
  12. rbohm

    302Ci Horsepower

    without the cam specs, its hard to say what kind of power your engine is going to make. however an educated guess would be something like 175 with the average aftermarket cam and intake. but that is about it.
  13. rbohm

    Toploaders

    any nine bolt top loader four speed will work fine to replace a nine bolt top cover three speed. as to the bolt pattern for the trans to bell housing mount, some top loaders came with dual patterns so they could be used in cars that had the tall narrow bolt pattern, or the later tall wide bolt...
  14. rbohm

    Progress Thread '67 Mustang 351C > C4 trans > Clueless 21 year old

    ok the first thing you need to do is decide what exactly you want from this car. the next thing is to honestly assess your mechanical skills. regardless of the level you are at now, you can improve them, so dont be concerned, just be completely honest with yourself. for instance when i was your...
  15. rbohm

    1979 pinto bubble window 4 speed in a 67 coupe?

    the four cylinder T5 does fine in low power applications behind a V8. but the pinto four speed definitely wont survive behind the V8. besides the bolt patterns are different and you will be spending more money to adapt the trans to the V8 bell, than you would finding and rebuilding a V8 T5.
  16. rbohm

    1967 Mustang Coupe 5-speed swap

    it will last a short period of time. it wasnt designed to handle a lot of torque, not to mention the very low first gear will hamper the issue. you should be able to find a V8 T5 from a 93 or earlier stang and use that instead. it is stronger than what you have now, and they are fairly cheap. i...
  17. rbohm

    Daily driver debate: 65-68 coupe or 62-63 Comet

    first, PARAGRAPHS, your post is hard to read. i have a 64 falcon to go along with my 66 mustang, both are neat cars o drive. i also love the comets as well, in fact i almost bought one to restore years ago before i got my falcon. as to swapping a V8 into an early one, there is about the same...
  18. rbohm

    In need of wisdom/knowledge

    a 69 mach 1 is pretty much always worth restoring. even if the rust is so bad that bird droppings are holding it together. as to restoring the car, and perhaps upgrading systems along the way. that will depend on your personal thoughts regarding originality, and what you plan on doing with...
  19. rbohm

    Questions about putting a 4.6 into a 1966

    first thing is you are going to have to cut out the shock towers and replace the front suspension, especially if you are building a 65-66 car. the 67-ups can squeeze the single came 4.6 in the engine bay, its tight like putting in a 390 or 460, but doable. if you want the dual cam 4.6 then you...
  20. rbohm

    69 front fenders/grill on a 73?

    i am not saying that it would only take a little surgery to make them work, far from it. but given the things i have sen people do with body panels from wildly different ars and make them work, i am only saying it can be done. not something i would recommend doing though.
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