GalaxieRange
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It did with highway gears in the rear. Took forever to reach it though.Beautiful car, but no it didn't.
It did with highway gears in the rear. Took forever to reach it though.Beautiful car, but no it didn't.
Its a .20 over low milage block. It was clean when it was opened up no sludge, barely any carbon on pistons. I sold the stock pistons lol. It was nearly within spec to run with stock pistons and rings. Bearing journals are within spec: rods (C7AE) on high end of spec and mains well within.
I have C3AE-C heads from the 300 horse 390, ported and shaved to 66CC chambers. 10.5:1 compression. Cam is flat tappet Lunati 62002 0.548 lift on exhaust 228 duration or so, billet rocker arm stands with end stands, custom length pushrods, Edelbrock RPM intake 750 CFM Summit carb(copy of the old Holley 4010) annular booster venturis like the old Autolite carbs(Holley bought the rights to this design from Ford). Hooker headers with 2 inch primaries . Oh MSD 6AL ignition box triggered by a Duraspark distributor that has been rebuilt and recurved.
I have a 2500 RPM stall converter. A company has made some adapters for the FE to allow the use of Cleveland and other Ford intakes.Sounds like a nice balanced build for the street.
FWIW if you haven't picked a torque converter Coan will make one for you to fit your car's weight, planned build and end-use. Not much more than an off-the-shelf unit. Real happy with mine. No slop or excessive heat on the highway, and the launch is just about perfect.
I went a little conservative and I already plan on changing the intake to an RPM Air Gap (they don't make an RPM for the Cleveland), and bumping from a 670 cfm to a 750 cfm carb. I wasn't sure it would fit under the hood but I ran into a guy at Carlisle running one in the same car and he didn't have any issues.
Any vintage ford model a lovers here?Been thinking more and more about a model A for in the future.Stock of course.Maybe even the 1 1/2 truck.[/QUOTE
They are all cool. I have a'36 Tudor to go with the Torino.
Good luck. Buy the best car you can afford. A's aren't too bad.
Some of you might remember the Capri which was a German Ford sold by Mercury dealers. Mine was a 1973 2600cc 4 speed and it was one of the first if not the first V-6 powered cars sold in the US.
It was my first good handling car and I recall having to replace the clutch within the first year. Too many tire chirps.
Tut, tut, my good man -- have you forgotten the 1962 Buick Fireball 198?Some of you might remember the Capri which was a German Ford sold by Mercury dealers. Mine was a 1973 2600cc 4 speed and it was one of the first if not the first V-6 powered cars sold in the US.
1961 BUICK HAD THE V6 .Drove a 428scj cougar ,lets just say wow.Tut, tut, my good man -- have you forgotten the 1962 Buick Fireball 198?
My recollection is that it did in fact come out in 1961, but as a '62 model. I could be wrong.1961 BUICK HAD THE V6 .Drove a 428scj cougar ,lets just say wow.