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| RE: 1964 tbird 3x2 |
| By Mike McQuesten - 02/10/2002 1:57:41 PM; IP 63.50.108.236 |
I'm just going to get the ball rolling for you on this one Al. FoMoCo did offer a tri power package factory installed in '63. I think it was factory installed unlike the mid '61 HP 390 package that came in the trunk and was dealer/owner installed that bumped the horsepower rating from 375 to 401. By '62 the tri power was installed on the engines at the factory. To both early '62 390HPs and then to 406-405 horse engines. And of course up to mid '63 on 406s.
The '63 Thunderbirds got a unique tri power intake manifold. The carb bases were flat vs. the full size intakes that were stepped from low in front to a little higher in the middle and a little higher on the last back base. There are a couple of other unique features about the 'bird tri intake too but the main difference is the height of the carb bases.
For a few years I believe a person could order this entire T-bird system over the counter from a Ford dealer. The full size car tri power package was available over the counter into '67 for sure. There are others that know way more than I do about these details.
The mythical car/package to me is the '64 Galaxie that supposedly was engine coded M. I say supposedly because I've never seen one in real life or in any article. An M code '64 is listed in various Ford publications so it may have been built. The myth is that a 390 PI engine was equipped with the tri power and it was rated at 340 horsepower. I've also been told that this 340 horse 390 was nothing more than the '63 T-bird tri power 390 which did have a unique and now very rare came...C2 or C3SE...? warm hydraulic camshaft. And that the Full size '64 ran the stepped tri power intake.
The variation in the intakes was due to the angle/mount system between the full size framed Fords were vs. the unibody system of the 'birds.
One thing is for sure......T-bird tri power intakes are very rare and they seem to bring a correspondingly higher $price than the full size tri power system. |
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