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| Almost finished with Torino! |
| By bprewit - 11/24/2003 1:47:51 AM; IP 209.240.162.162 |
| Well as usual I blow things out of proportion on my projects. A simple rebuilt 390 to fit in my '69 torino went a bit out of control. So now the engine has full ARP hardware, including main studs, head studs, wavelock rod bolts, rocker arm studs, forged pistons, early model '64 390 heads ported and polished, cut for biggest valves that would fit, edelbrock cam (not sure about the performer rpm but will find out) Harland Sharp roller rockers, rocker shafts, stands and solid spacers, ford racing windage tray, mildon pan and valve covers, and a old edelbrock streetmaster intake with intake ports cut to match heads, 1" spacer, and brodrix turtle in plenum. factory distributor with petronix ignition, msd coil, talor wires, and last but not least a good rebuilt 750 holley vacuum secondary. I rebuilt the tranny with TCI kit, added a TCI streetfighter convertor, and dynomax bullet race mufflers with H-pipe and 3" exhaust all the way through exiting in front of rear tires. New carpet and a few other things in interior to make it nice, fit tach into clock opening in dash, and good gauges. I also completly rebuilt the front end, adding front disks off a '71 torino and even new springs to handle the bigger engine. I still need tires, 3.89 gears in the rear, and FPA's tri-y headers. I have no clue as to how the engine will run, I know comp ratio calculates to be about 10.5:1 but hoping it will be a decent hot rod. I am going to have to sell a kidney to pay off credit cards after all this but hopefully will have a fun car to drive with a fairly strong engine. I wonder what hp I will be looking at? Any ideas or suggestions? |
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