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 |  Shelby -- Patrick, 07/11/2005
I know this has nothing to do with engines, but I figured that this might be a good place to ask. Does anybody know of a way to protect a glovebox door that has Carroll Shelby's autograph on it. I have a feeling that Armor-All might mess up the ink. If anybody has gotten his autograph and know of how to best preserve it, I would appreciate any info. Thanks. |
|  | I would talk to some one -- Lou, 07/11/2005
at an art supply shop or a museum. |
| |  | Glove box door -- raycfe, 07/12/2005
I have a spare door for everyday. Keep it out of the sun. Maybe we could clear them with something. |
| | | | RE: Glove box door -- patrick, 07/15/2005
I was thinking of applying a clear coat lacquer or paint. |
| | | | | RE: Glove box door -- Barry B, 07/15/2005
I don't know the answer but seems like motorcycles with autographed gas tanks and guitars with autographed bodies would be similar, what do they do?
Museum supplies? |
| | | | | | Museum Supplies -- Lou, 07/16/2005
Museums use a "fix" on printed documents. |
| | | | | |  | RE: Museum Supplies -- Barry B, 07/18/2005
Lou, I wasn't questioning your reply. I meant it as a possible lead 'cause they spray something on to preserve but didn't know what it was. |
| | | | | Just be careful -- raycfe, 07/15/2005
People have cleared altenators that had stamp markings, just to have the ink melt away. So I would not just go ahead and clear it. I would talk to some "art" people. |
|  | Lou's right - ask an art supply store for 'Spray Fixative'. [n/m] -- Mr F, 07/18/2005
n/m |
| | RE: Shelby -- gurney, 10/18/2005
I just watched a motorcycle program where they made a N.Y. Yankee tribute bike with all the players signing the bikes tank. The painter then clear coated it numerous times..lightly, letting it dry between coats and it didn't run. It would also depend on what the autograph was signed with. Its probably on reruns from OC Choppers. |
| | RE: Shelby -- JL, 10/28/2005
Best way to take care of that stain is some 409 or any good strong cleaner. |
| missing dipstick -- Albert, 07/11/2005
I am looking for a new/used dipstick for the oilpan of my 1968 Mustang with a 428 Super Cobra Jet engine. |
| 1965 Mustang engine -- Keith K, 07/10/2005
I have a '65 Mustang with an inline 6. I would like to put a 289 V-8 in it. Is this a possibility? Do I need a new transmission and rear end? |
| | RE: 1965 Mustang engine -- kyle english, 07/11/2005
i am not quite sure of the involvment in swaping the engine, but, my car that i baught is a 65 fastback, and it had a streight 6 in it origonaly, its a C4 3 speed autmatic transmission in it, i dont know what the 6 has on it, but that is usualy the typical trany that gets stuck on there, and my axels were changed out also, but i dont think that was due to the engine change. that shouldent make a differance |
| Sanderson Headers -- Terry, 07/09/2005
Has anyone used sanderson in a 64 galaxie with a 427,or heard anything about them I am taking off my hookers. |
| | RE: Sanderson Headers -- raycfe, 07/10/2005
www.fordfe.com
These guys talk about them all the time |
| | RE: Sanderson Headers -- sidewinder, 07/30/2005
Try the FPA big tube tri-y's MAX ground clearance. www.fordpowertrain.com |
| | RE: Sanderson Headers -- stan johnson/ Ford Powertrain App., 03/26/2006
Just a side note.
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| Adjustable rocker set up q's 390 -- greg, 07/07/2005
390 is on the stand. How do i give the factory adjustable rockers the propper adjustment before and after i run the engine. |
| | RE: Adjustable rocker set up q's 390 -- giacamo, 07/07/2005
on the stand i adjust them at tdc for each cilinder i do the same after it,s instaled per cam spects.....after breakin...... |
| Gt 390 build up q"s -- greg, 07/07/2005
I am building a gt 390. It has the edelbrock rpm package intake,cam, i think it is 573 - 573 lift ,adjustable valve train, edelbrock 750, mallory 9000 distributor. The cylinders have stock compression going on a c-6. I have called edelbrock tech lines and they said that this package will work without any modifacation to tranny or engine. This is my first real build for a 65 street rod f-100 that i want to be turn key reliable. Has anyone done a similiar build or has info that may have been over looked so i don't have to pull it out and start over again. |
| | That is a terrible cam for your application. -- Royce Peterson, 07/12/2005
The Edelbrock Performer RPM camshaft is ground on 108 degree lobe centers. It will have almost no vacuum at idle. It will not work with a stock torque converter. It will not work with power brakes. It needs at least 10:1 compression, you will likely have less than that.
You should get a cam ground on at least 110 degree lobe centers and plan on using at least a 2500 RPM stall speed torque converter and a transmission cooler.
Royce |
| | RE: Gt 390 build up q"s -- Royce Peterson, 07/12/2005
Greg,
Send me an email at roycegte(at)earthlink(dot)net |
| intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- greg, 07/07/2005
I seen a fe engine with a oil fill neck in the intake next to the thermostat housing that was a 4 bbl at a salvage yard. Is this a rare intake or dime a dozen boat anchor?. |
| | RE: intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- Barry B, 07/07/2005
If it's cast iron then it's nothing special. If it's aluminum I would go back and check it out. |
| | RE: intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- giacamo, 07/07/2005
i like thouse old intakes but you nead to use the heads that mach the ports. with the older intakes and heads with the biger ports i can normily squise 500 to 1000 more rpm.s out of a bilt 390.and still look like a stocker under the hood but the alum intakes do surpass them for preform usage. |
| | | RE: intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- Barry B, 07/08/2005
ok, to be honest I actually like the old C5AE-C intake, the last of the big port boat anchors. :) |
| | | | RE: intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- glennz, 07/08/2005
i am woking on a 64 galaxie that has that style intake with oil fill tube on intake, customer switching to edelbrock rpm....
i know it needs differnt valve covers which we have. for reference in above post, will there be a miss match in ports or will this intake fit on the 64 heads.... |
| | | | | RE: intake manifold identifacation 390 front oil fill -- Barry B, 07/09/2005
the intake will have a slight mismatch but it's no big deal, Edelbrock says it will work on both medium and lowriser heads which are what your '64 heads are:
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/manifolds/ford_bb_perf-rpm.shtml
personally I don't like the rpm because they moved the carburetor back an inch from the stock location, the nerve!
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| need help with a 67 390 mustang -- glenn, 07/05/2005
engine rebuilt 2 yrs ago, last week starting smoking antifreeze out exhaust, only do it if sits for a while after running and shutting off
what i have done so far was remove intake and check gaskets OK
remove heads and check head gaskets OK
trued all surfaces, all seemed to be OK
radiator pressure tester on while running, never goes above 11 lbs of radiator pressure. , so with that low pressur ei would rule out cracked block
rebuild onsisted of comp extereme 284 cam and edelbrock heads
has anyone had problems with the edelbrock heads seeping water, if i keep radiator pressure at 7 lbs it does not smoke when restarting, over 13 it will smoke,
this is only on restart, it does not smoke once radiator pressure drops
there is a 13 lbs cap and 160 stat, is 13 lbs to much
do not know where to go from here
please help
glenn z |
| | Antifreeze leaking into the intake maybe -- Royce, 07/06/2005
You need to rig it up so you can put 13 PSI on the radiator with the engine not running. Remove the spark plugs and eventually one cylinder will fill with anti freeze. Could be a bad intake, block, head or gasket.
Royce |
| | | use an inner tube, fill to 13lb with compressor, n -- dennie, 07/06/2005
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| | | RE: Antifreeze leaking into the intake maybe -- glenn, 07/06/2005
2 yer old edelbrock heads, 2 year old edelbrock rpm intake,
smoke just started, with radiator cap on run car, wait 1/2 hr, restartt car, smokes antifeeze, leave cap off does not smoke.
put pressure tester on while running, never goes over 11 lbs, if head gasket or cylinder crack, should exceed 20 lbs or more radiator pressure
just tore motor apart, milled all surfaces to make sure flat, replace all gaskets with good felpro's, start car, all is fine, let sit for 1/2 hr, smokes anti-freeze,
check for exhaust in radiator non present...
originally posted to see if anyone has had problems with edelbrock intake or edelbrock heads internally cracking
glenn z |
| | | | RE: Antifreeze leaking into the intake maybe -- walt, 07/06/2005
cracks or them aluminum heads warped |
| | | | Probably the Fel Pro intake gaskets leaking -- Royce, 07/07/2005
Over and over people have had terrible problems with Fel Pro Print - O - Seal gaskets leaking when used on their FE's. These gaskets should never be used. Edelbrock is recommending them in the instruction sheet. They seem to dissolve when in contact with oil. They are crap.
Use any other brand of intake gaskets and you will not have this problem. I use Victor Reinz because they are available at the nearby NAPA auto part store.
Royce |
| | | | | RE: Probably the Fel Pro intake gaskets leaking -- giacamo, 07/07/2005
dam i use fel pro in many bilds? fe,s and brand x moters never on a alum fe head setup.with good luck? |
| | | | | | RE: Probably the Fel Pro intake gaskets leaking -- glennz, 07/08/2005
well iwould agree withg the gaskets, accept these ones are brand spanking new...was smoking before new gaskets and after...heads not warped just had all surfaces milled to flat even the intake, all within .005 so not much to get clean
here again is what is going on, car started smoking after sitting a while after running. dissassmbled upper half of motor, inspected intake gaskets and head gaskets, all looked great, milled all mating surface, reassmble motor, and run, still smokes after running a while and sitting, NEVER smokes while running ( after initial start )
i am leaning more twords crack in aluminum head or intake intake is edelbrock rpm, and heads are edelbrock aluminums, car has been running for over 2 years with no problems, then all of a sudden smoking ANTIFREEZE
possibly small pinhole in cylinder, but radiator pressures never exceeded 13 lbs, usually a crack or leack in cylinder will give you increased pressure and or overheating, neither of which this has..
the initail post was to see if anyone has had problems with the FE aluminum heads and intake, have used their products on many other cars but not an FE, is there a history of problems with htese heads and intakes
glenn |
| | | | | | | No history of problems -- Royce Peterson, 07/12/2005
Edelbrock has sold thousands of sets of these FE aluminum heads. I bought mine ten years ago and they have been outstanding.
Like I said before, get a pressure tester so you can pressurize the cooling system with the engine off. Remove the spark plugs and see where the anti freeze comes out. Follow the evidence.
Brand new Fel Pro Print - O - seal intake haskets have failed on countless people causing the problem you describe. Fel Pro is aware of the problem and states that these are "race - only" intake gaskets, whatever that is supposed to mean.
Royce |
| | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- greg f, 01/05/2006
Glenn ck for a sand hole in number 5 cylinder i would press test with all 8 plug out overnight greg f |
| | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- kirk, 01/07/2006
if it is smoking antifreeze, here is what I would do. assuming you live in a warm climate,I would change out to straight water in cooling system, and drive car short distances. The water should be regular tap water. After a few short drives, pull the plugs and see if one has more brown color showing on porcelan. If so this is the cylinder that is leaking. you might even try using a larger radiator cap, like a 15 or 16lb. if the engine gets antifreeze into the oil, it will hurt the bearings. I haven't had this problem with my edelbrocks, but I have had porosity holes in front of FE manifolds, whch let antifreeze into oil pan. its possible a valve seat wasn't installed correctly or might be something amiss by a valve guide. I know my edelbrock heads showed obvious core shift when they were cast. Hope this gives you some ideas. |
| | | | Old wives tale. -- Royce P, 01/07/2006
Plain water in the oil will destroy the bearings faster than anti freeze. Neither one is a great lubricant. If you have coolant leaking in the oil it is a very unusual circumstance likely caused by poor mechanic skills or use of Fel Pro Print - O - Seal gaskets.
Royce |
| | | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- walt, 01/08/2006
i had the same prob with factory steel shims,no probs with composite gaskets,covered the flaw in the block or heads ,another prob i found was the oil supply hole to the heads inthe the block casting was thin and caused problems by cracking |
| | | | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- walt, 01/08/2006
and i forgot to say i had the same prob with the embossed gaskets,never a had a prob eith felpro blues or victor rientz gaskets |
| | | | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- HiRev 352, 01/08/2006
Glenn, After reading your post one thing came to mind . If your not seeing a major pressure build up in the the radiator when running the engine, and you only get the anti freeze smoke if the car sits awhile wilth 10 or so psi in the cooling sytem, It is possible you may have a pin hole or small crack in one of the exhaust or intake ports of the cylinder heads. This would explain why the cooling system pressure remains normal as only a leak in the combustion chamber will cause radiator pressure to buildup and go high. I'd consider maybe pulling the heads and having them pressure tested by a machine shop. But first see if you can find which cylinder is having the problem, pull the plugs after driving the car for a while, let it sit, then hold some white printer paper up to all the spark plug holes, have some one crank the motor over 10 revs and see what blows out. Good luck, Paul Stibbe |
| | | | | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- glennz, 01/09/2006
wow i thought this thread was dead, i started back in july,
so i guess an update is in order, i ended up switching heads from side to side to confirm which cylinder, and it stayed on the same side ( passenger side bank, dual exhaust no H pipe ) smokes only out passenger side exhaust, no water in oil at all,
so i would have assumed a purosity hole in right bank of cylinders, pressure tested engine cold and no water up thru spark plug holes,
run car and redo pressure test, smoke out exhaust while running, relieve pressure no smoke, again possibly purosity but only when hot,
called my machinist and he sent me a product to try before pulling motor ( as all know a 390 in a 67 stang is a pain ) put product in, and directions say to run for 3 hrs with cap on, cool, flush and reinstall antifreeze,
it has been fine now for over 4 months, it is some type of product used on heavy machinery when steel head gaskets used to stop leaks, it is black in color but the name escapes me right now, it basicly the same thing as a product you would use to fix leaks on boilers,
glenn z
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| | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- davis, 01/10/2006
royce, are you saying that the fel pro #1020's are junk?
didnt find print O seal listing in summit cat. if that some other #.
i'm about to replace my heads.
thanks |
| | | Did he say Print O Seals? I think he meant..... -- Hawkrod, 01/10/2006
Print O Leaks, they are famous for being a problem on FE's. Hawkrod |
| | | RE: need help with a 67 390 mustang -- edmund, 03/04/2006
i have a mustang 390. my engine heats a lot after driving it for a few kilometers. i pulled the thermostat off because of the hot climate here in the philippines. i overhauled the engine last year. is there a problem with my radiator? i already flushed it several times. also, i want to build my own coolant recovery tank. can anybody help me with the design? thank you. |
| | | | Pulling the thermostat can make it hotter -- Hawkrod, 03/04/2006
The thermostat acts as both a regulator and a restrictor so water does not travel too fast through the radiator. removing it can easily cause overheating. I live in the desert and I think it is very likely as hot here as there as it where you are and it will range up to almost 120 in the summer and I always run a 195 thermostat with no problems. Hawkrod |
| How to tell if it's a 352 or a 390? -- Jason, 07/01/2005
Hey, I pickep up a motor today for my 69 Mustang, and it was billed as a 390. It has C7AE heads, and a "352" cast into the valley underneath the intake? Does that mean thats its a 352 motor? The exhaust manifolds have C7 cast numbers too, as well as the dipstick which is C7. I can look at more casting #'s when I clean it up tommorow, where should I look? Thanks everyone, I'm new to big blocks but not old cars. |
| | RE: How to Tell -- Kevin66, 07/02/2005
Jason, a huge percentage of Ford FE engine blocks say '352' on them somewhere...on the right front of the block, in the valley, etc. It literally means almost nothing.
The only 'for sure' way to tell if you have a 390 is to measure the bore and stroke. The bore is important because anything between 4.00" and 4.05" means it started out as a 332/352. But even with a 4.05" or larger bore, it could still be a 360 truck engine, with the 3.50" stroke. So it's the 3.78" stroke that will confirm it's a 390.
You can verify this without dismantling the engine. Remove the spark plugs from the #1 and #6 cylinders, and bring the motor around until the timing pointer lines up with TDC.
Take about a 12" piece of straight coat hanger wire, and insert it straight down into the #1 cylinder until it contacts the piston top. Mark the wire by laying a felt pen across the flat on the top of the #1 exhaust port, with the tip touching the wire. Rotate the wire with your fingers, so the pen scribes a line around the wire.
Next, repeat this same procedure on the #6 cylinder. Then measure the distance between the two marks. If it's around 3.5", you've got a 352 or 360. If it's around 3.75", you've most likely got a 390.
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| | RE: How to tell if it's a 352 or a 390? -- Jason, 07/02/2005
Thanks for that info, I'll try it. Also, where would I find date codes or casting numbers? Is the car's VIN stamped into the back like on my 69 351W? Thanks again. |
| | | Casting and Date codes -- Kevin66, 07/02/2005
If you look (from the bottom of the block) at the bottom of the pad where the oil filter adapter mounts, you will see the raised, cast-in production date code.
The format is '#A##' (like 6K23), where the first # is the Year ('6' indicating 1966), 'K' is the month (October), and the two-digit '##' is the Day of the month.
At the top front corner of the block is a casting used to locate the block in the factory jigs. This may have a date code stamped into it, indicating the actual date of machining (as opposed to casting). It would be something like A10, for January 10th. Obviously, this would always be a later date than the casting date.
The raised casting number, something like C7AE-A, would be on the passenger side of the block, about halfway up near the front. Except for a few instances, this number is practically meaningless, as many engines of different displacements shared the same casting number.
There's a flat pad at the top rear of the block, beneath the driver's side cylinder head. Any VIN number (usually a partial number only) would be stamped there. However, Ford used these pretty infrequently prior to the very late 60's. |
| | | | RE: Casting and Date codes -- jason, 06/07/2006
Looking for help with codes found on a 1968 Mercury Cyclone engine. W9e7 located on drivers side front of engine and 35D1F or 3f01F. The heads on the vehicle have 57 on the front of the head and underneath this number is 352. The vehicle is also equiped with a intake with "hL" and the number 1. This intake has a oil breather cap on the passenger side front. It appears there is a place for a distributer on the back of the intake but it is cover by a plate. |
| | RE: How to tell if it's a 352 or a 390? -- McQ, 06/08/2006
Here's something I "think" is a way to tell whether or not you have a 352 or 390. You have to be able to see the base pad of the crank so either the engines out or the transmssion is out and the flexplate/flywheel are removed. On the base of the crank, where the f'plate-f'wheel bolt on to look for a "half-moon" cut out about the size of a 50 cent piece. If it's there - it's a 352 or 360. If not, just a little small notch on the end, you've got a 390 or something maybe better. Has this been disucssed or brought up before? |
| MSD Ignition gone bad? -- gurney, 07/01/2005
I have a 67 Mustang w/a 428 in it, running a MSD 6A ignition, MSD Distributor and Coil. I took it to a show this last weekend , drove it home and two days later it won't fire. I've checked the plug wires, coil wire, the battery is fully charged, all the connections are solid. It has been getting harder to start lately, but once it starts and runs for a couple minutes it always starts right back up. Has anybody else had their MSD box go bad? |
| | RE: MSD Ignition gone bad? -- John, 07/01/2005
sounds like a bad connection...could be your wiring, but if it is the unit, probably only a bad solder joint on the board. If the unit comes apart, look at the solder side of the board (the side with no components) under a magnifying glass and you may see cracks around some of the component leads. Other problems with poor soldering arn't so obvious for the untrained eye, so just go around re-melting all the joints and you should catch it. |
| | | RE: MSD Ignition gone bad? -- giacamo, 07/02/2005
chech the coil my msd box will smoke a coil if it,s not mounted vertically as msd recomends. |
| | | | Don't try to repair the MSD box. -- Royce, 07/06/2005
MSD will repair your box free if you send it to them. Likely you have a bad connection somewhere that is causing the problem.
Royce |
| | RE: MSD Ignition gone bad? -- Jeffry Howie, 07/07/2005
I had the same type of problems with my MSD system in my Fairlane. One day start right up, the next day nothing. It drove me nuts for a while. It turned out to be the magnetic pick-up in the pro billet distributer. I think it was around $19.00 at a Ramchargers shop here in Michigan. Had 'em in stock. |
| | | RE: MSD Ignition gone bad? -- gurney, 07/16/2005
Turned out the coil was going out. Replaced it and it starts right away now. Thanks for the responses |
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