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| RE:-P- code brake line |
| By McQ - 06/24/2004 6:41:25 PM; IP 63.191.225.172 |
Thanks for the heads up regarding the -P- codes having the rerouted r-front lines.
After I posted that last response I remembered that I have a '60 Police Car brochure along with the '61. The '60 pic of the -P- code 352 does not show the HP shorties but the '61 does. However, I do believe the '60 352 -P- code may have received the HP manifolds during the year.....pure speculation.
And then I did crawl under my '60 which has the original HP ex. manifolds, that now has 2 1/2" pipes, just to see how close the cross over brake line is to the manifolds/pipes. There's at least two inches of space between the cross over line and the manifold/head pipe. It's the left front brake line that runs from the brass junction over the left frame rail to the L-front brake hose that's very close to the manifold/head pipe - approximately one inch!
All in all, I do believe your information is credible. As I said, what I know about the development of the '60 and on high performance packages is that they were constantly changing - Total Performance! Ford was doing the right thing in constantly testing and improving from their on track experiences.
Makes you wonder what Ford is learning from the 351W, top loader style trans, nine inch rear end all wrapped in a plastic fantastic two door Taurus body running on (Yawn) NASCAR now?
Wouldn't it have been cool back in the sixties to have seen an all plastic shell running with a fully built flat head!! And a '39 Ford box stuffed with Zepfer gears. A quick change rear end.....I hope you can readily see my sarcasm here. I loved all the old Flatty stuff - in its day and it still has a place.
Currently NASCAR is a huge marketing strategy. I would be interested if Ford was running a current real car with a current power plant. In other words - a Total Performance concept! |
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