Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?
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You keep that **** Scott ! KWAP !!
This Meteor kit is purdy nice ! 46mm closed port !!
Jimmy in NC
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I was thinking they were the closed port top ends. I may get one for this other 55 I've got.
Won't work on a 5000 , no place to screw the top cover down. Dang it !
Jerry, did you ever play around with any of the big ford engines?
Note, I am a bit long winded here, I put a condensed version down at the bottom...
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
Short version! Any recomendations on reading to do to learn engine design and building?
Note, I am a bit long winded here, I put a condensed version down at the bottom...
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
Short version! Any recomendations on reading to do to learn engine design and building?
Jerry, did you ever play around with any of the big ford engines?
Note, I am a bit long winded here, I put a condensed version down at the bottom...
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
Short version! Any recomendations on reading to do to learn engine design and building?
Note, I am a bit long winded here, I put a condensed version down at the bottom...
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
Short version! Any recomendations on reading to do to learn engine design and building?
Jimmy in NC
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Dang that looks good enough to run!
Found 2 - 025 & one 023 jugs that may clean up , bottom plate is the same on a 021 too. Just not sure the crank is ?
Jimmy in NC
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Crank isn't.. the 023/25 crank has a bit more stroke to it.
Jimmy in NC
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I need to open these little farts up and see what is wrong. I get the feeling at least one was straight gassed.... I'm not sure though. If I can just clean these jugs up I'll just do that.
They might make good insulation , keep yer butt warm while out plowing ,..til you wet them.....LOL
Jimmy in NC
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I know I'm surrounded by old farts... talking about wearing depends just so you don't have to get up and piss so often....
The sad part is I keep reading it.... I have nothing to do.
The sad part is I keep reading it.... I have nothing to do.
I got some 021 jugs too. Let me know ?
Note, I am a bit long winded here, I put a condensed version down at the bottom...
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
The Fords were not my forte,..they were my competition. I did build many of them back when the SCJ and Boss engines were considered strong engines. My engines were GM based big blocks but my small blocks were screamers also. Just that the quarter milers were dominated by big blocks. I was building hot small blocks in highschool and was constantly told that there was little to no gains to be made to big blocks. It was possible,..but it cost a lot of money and about all that was left of the original engine was the block, even that was modified. We were working mostly with high compression engines back then, no so today. A computer managed mild build engine of today could eat one of the best engines of that time. I was very happy to make 600 hp on pump gas back in the day, today with the engine management software available that engine would make 850+ hp on street pump gas. Couple that with the modern replacement cylinder heads, intake manifolds, injection and management system, stroked cranks, rods and pistons and it might put out a thousand horses. The last engine I built was a well thought out oldschool dual carbed and blown stroked g
GM bigblock. For a modern engine today I would not know the specifics of what to use, performance has passed me well by, Roush and then Banks has made huge improvements in modern engines.[/quote]
There are two engine builds I want to do someday. One is the 520ci BOSS nine stroker, the other is a 428 cobrajet. (find a set of heads, and build it up from a stroke and bored 390 truck block.)
Just wondering if you knew much about the big old fords, or if you know of any good books on engine building?
It will be a few years before I can really get started, but I figure it couldnt hurt to start learning now!
I know how to do the work (I can take apart and put back together an engine and still have it run)
But I dont know how to select cams or compression ratios or carb and exhaust sizes.
Seems as always I managed to drag it way out.....
The Fords were not my forte,..they were my competition. I did build many of them back when the SCJ and Boss engines were considered strong engines. My engines were GM based big blocks but my small blocks were screamers also. Just that the quarter milers were dominated by big blocks. I was building hot small blocks in highschool and was constantly told that there was little to no gains to be made to big blocks. It was possible,..but it cost a lot of money and about all that was left of the original engine was the block, even that was modified. We were working mostly with high compression engines back then, no so today. A computer managed mild build engine of today could eat one of the best engines of that time. I was very happy to make 600 hp on pump gas back in the day, today with the engine management software available that engine would make 850+ hp on street pump gas. Couple that with the modern replacement cylinder heads, intake manifolds, injection and management system, stroked cranks, rods and pistons and it might put out a thousand horses. The last engine I built was a well thought out oldschool dual carbed and blown stroked g
GM bigblock. For a modern engine today I would not know the specifics of what to use, performance has passed me well by, Roush and then Banks has made huge improvements in modern engines.[/quote]
The site is running like a Husquee again, chopping short quotes and even incorporating portions of completely other posts in and along with the newly submitted posts....LOL
Yep , its effed up again !
Gonna feed muh face then got glue this 55 together. Had to take a back break after all that digging ! LOL 2 boxes of used jugs up on a shelf I had o get down. And didn't find the one I thought I had ? Maybe I didn't have it ? Too much **** round here ! LOL
Gonna feed muh face then got glue this 55 together. Had to take a back break after all that digging ! LOL 2 boxes of used jugs up on a shelf I had o get down. And didn't find the one I thought I had ? Maybe I didn't have it ? Too much **** round here ! LOL
