Recent content by PB GT/CS

Mustanglvr, I tried today to accept the "friend" notice. I hope I did it correctly. Let me know if it does not work. Brian

Tony, Paul, my kids and my brother in law have done over time, 6 cars. A 74 VW, 68 Firebirds 400 convert, Cobra Replica, 68 GT/CS, then another Cobra. Each time, we vote for "Best tool for the build". Here where I come down. This assumes that you have the needed wrenches and sockets, which...

I am back, sorry for being gone so long. I will relate a short story to you all about Paul and Zach's set up and the awards program at the show. I was over at the Cobra display with my cobra gear on so I would occasionally walk over to evesdrop on some conversations around the car. For those...

Ok folks, my first ride was the hand-me-down 65 Ford Custom, four door, 352 4v, auto, plasitic seats from my parents. The first car I bought for myself was a 64 Plymouth Valiant, four door, 225 slant 6, push button auto converted to a 4 spd (freshman year in college). It had been side swiped...

Steve, Sorry for implying that one could punch out a 390 to get a 427 or 428. I just meant the blocks themselves were basically the same and that Ford Engineers Bored (Cast) different blocks and used different combinations of parts to make these great engines. I also wanted to give a plug to...

I dont know who even knows what FE stands for. I have seen this debate many times. However, you all are correct on the sizes (if memory serves me correctly). The FE engines were first built to be used as Industrial Grade engines. First applications were in Trucks and industrial Equipment...

Jeff, I can tell you that we replaced the brake booster, i think 3 times before we found one that would work!! The are not always good out of the box. We bought ours from O'Reilly Auto Parts right accross the counter. It was $119.99 with the core exchange and has a "lifetime" warrenty. Two...

First of all, I too wish to thank everyone on this site for their help/support while we did our resto and for their kind words afterward. Especially a thanks to our friend BB. He really has a cool car and a nice one too. His generosity of time and a few parts made this a special project...

Don, the strategy the engine builder used here was two fold. He used some bolts that had the heads cut off as studs to hold the gaskets in place. then he used some silicone to really hold them down. One has to be careful to not make the studs too long as the Manifold will not go down on the...

Oh Shaun, I forgot to say, Good Morning. I hope your Saturday is going well so far. Brian

Shaun, any question you have, please let me know. Frankly, when we get down to the last few HP (the 5 we discovered by temp) these engines are nearly living things, all are different. However, there are some things that are common and will give us good ideas how to get those first "easy" HP...

Shaun and Don, you may also be aware of this, but here is another fact we found made a big difference; "Port Matching". What that means is to match the intake ports on the heads with the openings of the runners on the intake manifold. As well, match the exhaust ports with the header pipes...

Shaun, the engine build strategy was to match all of the items. At the time of my build, we went to the Edlebrock site and looked at the different packages to figure out what made sense for my application. At that time, they had torque and HP curves to look at for the various combinations...

Shaun, As I remeber, Octane ratings are not measured the same in all countries. Gas we burn in our cars is not pure Octane. It is a mixture of many things and I am not certain those octane measurements are the same here as in Aust. As I remember it, Octane ratings and the need for Octane is...

Folks, I was doing some catch up on the site today. I noticed on the "Member of the Month" section a discussion on Intake Manifolds for a 428CJ started by Don and GT asked the questions about performance issues. I am a long way from being an engine builder expert but I went through this...