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 |  Need help with pistons. -- Steve, 01/12/2005
Hi, I,m building a 390 and am putting a 428cj crankshaft in it.I know I can use the stock rods but I'm not sure about what pistons to use.Can I use the 390 pistons or do I need different ones because of the longer stroke? Thanks. |
|  | RE: Need help with pistons. -- bruce Thompson, 01/12/2005
390 w/428 crank is a 66-67 Mercury 410 now....pin height must go up 0.100' or 1/10" to take care of the upper swing(stroke) increase.....100 up more&.100 down more is .200 more total stroke...3.78" to 3.98"...410Merc slugs needed |
| |  | RE: Need help with pistons. -- giacamo, 01/12/2005
410 pistons is a must dont forget to use a 428 410 flexplate or flywheel for that counterbalanced crank.my thoughts if i had a good 428 crank i,d use it in a 428 and bild a 390 with the 390 block i,v even gon asfar asto steal the crank out of a 410 to use in a 428 bild and make the old 410 into a 390 |
| | | | RE: Need help with pistons. -- Barry B, 01/12/2005
get some truck 390 pistons, they are 410 pistons used in the 390 pickups, same compression height. |
| | | | | RE: Need help with pistons. -- giacamo, 01/13/2005
close but not the same about .0010 lower in my fed book. |
| | | | | | Thanks everybody. -- Steve, 01/13/2005
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| | | | | |  | 410 Pistons -- John, 08/20/2005
As far as making a 428 with that crank, your 390 block might not handle the piston over-bore well. That's why I went out and got 410 pistons. Got them from FPP. However, if you call them (and actually get through to them), make sure they have them in stock, or you may wait up to a year to get them. They provide a good product, just are poor to deal with. As for CR, try for 9.5 with iron heads and premium gas. Aluminum heads will tolerate 10.5. If you go higher than 9.5 with iron heads, fuel mixture and timing has to be precisely right for your engine, and how do you know what is precisely right on a modified engine? Only through trial and error, which can get costly. LOL....I have a set of those 410 truck pistons from a 390 (or was it a 360) that I think would work fine, but sadly I only have a set of 7. Anyone got a spare for me? |
| | Fe pistons -- GREG F, 08/20/2005
Need set 8 390 030. Forged pistons new or good used 10. 5 to 1 comp also 67 fairlane rear axle housing and 31 spline axles. |
| | | RE: Fe pistons -- gene simmons, 08/20/2005
ross makes a piston on the shelf for the 410 motor that will give 10.5-1 #99602 about $700. for a set/ wanted to run these myself but was short on funds when i built my 410. |
| I hope I won the correct 4 spd -- Jack, 01/11/2005
is this the correct toploader for a 69 390 s code mach with trans code 6? marti report said four speed close ratio manual transmission.
Thanks
Jack |
| | RE: First thing.... -- Gerry Proctor, 01/11/2005
Use the Mustang decoder on this site. But, if you have the Marti report then that is as good as gold. I'm probably wrong on this but I thought the trans code 6 usually was for the C6 automatic. Again, take no faith in that. If the Marti report says your car came with a close ratio toploader, then it did.
As to the "...won the correct 4 spd." well that depends. If the trans tag reads RUG-AD1 and the trans hasn't been corrupted, then that would be the right trans.
If you go to this site: http://www.davidkeetoploaders.com/idchart1.htm you'll see that having a close ratio toploader is no more specific than saying I have a Ford V8 engine. There were big and small shaft, small and bigblock input pilots, close and wide ratio, long and short tailhousing, and various shifter location pads to consider in whether the trans you got will fit your application as the factory intended.
Even having the tag on the trans case doesn't mean much these days. The tag could mean nothing more than what the case's original application was for. Everything else but the case could have been changed to fit another application.
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| | Thanks -- Jack, 01/11/2005
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| FE in a 65 falcon -- Brian, 01/10/2005
hay guys, im looking for an exhaust system for a 390 in a 65 falcon, i know this swap has been done just wonderin if there were headers avaliable or what would fit.. thanks
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| | RE: FE in a 65 falcon -- Steve, 01/10/2005
Crites might have something for you.I was thinking about doing that to my 1964 mercury cyclone. |
 | water pump impeller-to-housing clearance -- ed pascoe, 01/10/2005
I purchased a remanufactured water pump (D7TE-AA) for my 351 clevland. The impeller vanes measure 3.90" in diameter, and the housing cavity measures 4.45" at it's most narrow diameter. The impeller's centrifugal working clearance is thus greater than a quarter inch. It just simply appears to be too great of a clearance for proper development of a hydraulic pumping action - at least during a low RPM idle.
The engine would typically overheat in warm weather, and finally developed a hairline crack across the cylinder #8 valve seats on a new rebuild.
The impeller cycles fluid because it can be seen through the radiator cap opening, but apparently its not sufficient in fluid volume to continue cooling emediately after a hard run (eg: freeway drive).
If anyone has a remnant 70's ford waterpump lying around, could you please measure the clearance between the tip of the impeller vane and the closest inside circle clearance of the waterpump housing cavity edge in response to this posting - or e-mail: edpascoe@msn.com to advise me of the measurement you have found.
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| VIN # locations -- David, 01/09/2005
I have completed restoration on my 68 GT fastback. Was about to load the car on the trailer to go to the OR DMV when I realised my door tag VIN does not match my title. I believe I have my dash VIN that matches my title( not attached). Are there any other locations on the car that Ford put the VIN #? |
| | RE: VIN # locations -- raycfe, 01/09/2005
Top of front shock tower left side, inline with shock near or under the fender edge. If you have the dash plate install it before you go to DMV.. The DMV will need 2 spots, and if they are like the ones here they don't have time to screw around. If it isn't right...get out of line. And when you go back the second time they are worse. Lots of luck Get your ducks(numbers) in a row..as they say. |
| ford identifcation -- Gary Goblirsch, 01/09/2005
Hello
My 1964 galaxie door tag has a no. 75 in its Domestic special orders spot. My book has no such number under its district codes. Couild anyone help me out?
Gary |
| | 75 Phoenix -- raycfe, 01/09/2005
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| | RE: ford identifcation -- larry boss, 05/06/2006
7t02r115456
need all details please |
| fuel pump -- DAVE SUNDEEN, 01/08/2005
replaced timing gears and chain on 352.installed fuel pump (new) but appears that the eccentric does not provide enough travel to operate the pump. what am i overlooking? thanks |
| | RE: fuel pump -- raycfe, 01/08/2005
Wrong pump?? I have even seen someone install the pump with the arm on top of the eccentric instead of below it. Compare the pump with your old one. If the pin is in eccentric and its fasten tight to the spocket it should work. Lots of luck Ray |
| | | RE: fuel pump -- DAVE SUNDEEN, 01/13/2005
only thing that was changed was the cam.original fuel pump reinstalled but did not work.new pump installed still no suction. does this thing have to be primed? again there is no suction while cranking the engine.at this stage in the game we are running on an electric pump (3 to 5 psi) but acts as though the 650 double pumper is starving for fuel when you put your foot in it. thanks dave |
| | | | RE: fuel pump -- raycfe, 01/13/2005
doesn't have to be primed...Could you have had a 2 piece eccentric and someone left off the outer ring? Where is the elecric pump mounted? They do not "pull" well and a hole in the line would make the mechancial and electric suck air. |
| | | | | RE: fuel pump -- DAVE SUNDEEN, 01/13/2005
pump is mounted on the front cross member we are in the process of relocating back by the tank.the eccentric was a one piece and we will check all the lines for holes. also will do a pressure check on pump. is 3-5 psi enough for the 650 ?thanks dave |
| Holley street dominator-428...any good? -- Davy Gurley, 01/07/2005
I'm building a 428 for my 72 F-250 (yes, I know this is a Mustang forum) with forged pistons, 272 cam, balanced, etc. Planning to use Edelbrock alum. heads and I have a Holley Street Dominator intake. Has anyone had any experience with this manifold? Should I spend the bucks and buy an edelbrock manifold? Thanks.
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| | RE: No such thing as a "bad" intake. -- Gerry Proctor, 01/08/2005
As long as it does what you need it to do. The SD is a good street intake and performs well to 5k rpm -as it was intended.
This is going in a 6,000 lb truck, right? So you're looking for low rpm performance. It's never easy to read someone's mind as far as what they want but it seems most of your parts contribute more to the top end of the power band than the bottom.
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| | | RE: No such thing as a "bad" intake. -- Davy Gurley, 01/08/2005
Gerry, with 4.11 gears she's turning 3000 rpm at 65. That's not exactly low rpm. I realize that I didn't give the gear ratio in the initial post so I may have left out an important factor. I was mainly needing to know if anyone had used one on a beefed up FE and what they thought of it. |
| | RE: Holley street dominator-428...any good? -- giacamo, 01/08/2005
the old holley streat dominater is not bad but with all the outher mods in your moter i,d use a edelbrock rpm or the older holley strip dominator or the newer weiand fe hirise #wei7872 intake or any outher intake that will give more rpm and acent the heads and cam your using, my 2 cents......... |
| 66 fairlane 427 -- bob, 01/06/2005
Were 66 fairlane 427's high risers or med risers |
| what cam on my 390? -- gilles, 01/05/2005
mustang 67 5 speeds,3.50 390 30.oversize edelbrock heads+rpm intake manifolds,holley 750 cfm vacum, bought com cam270h kit.... do i make the correct choice? thanks |
| | RE: what cam on my 390? -- giacamo, 01/06/2005
yes the 270 comp in a 67 tang will wake things up i,m glad you bought the kit i,d also use one pice spring retainers if you was using stock heads but with the edelbrock heads you should be set.i,d also use a set of better than stock pushrods, |
| | | RE: bought a bare edelbrock heads.... -- gilles, 01/06/2005
any infos on better pushrods? thanks giacomo |
| | | | RE: bought a bare edelbrock heads.... -- giacamo, 01/06/2005
i.d use a set of chrome moly seamless pushrods any make thay all seam decent.just mach them to your rocker arm tipe.asin adjustabal or non adjustabal |
| | RE: thanks -- gilles, 01/09/2005
thanks for your infos |
| | RE: what cam on my 390? -- Scott Allard, 01/09/2005
Howdy. I sure hope the 270 if good as that's what's being installed in my '66 Lane with a 390 and a 3.50 rear! |
| | | RE: what cam on my 390? -- giacamo, 01/10/2005
i like comp cams thay work as advertized if instaled with maching components.all the fe,s i rebild get a comp cam unles the custermer insists on something else. |
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