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| RE: EDC is correct |
| By Mike McQuesten - 01/31/2002 10:10:07 PM; IP 63.50.108.68 |
Actually you've verified a few things for me. I'm going to printout the results of your research. It is very confusing because the mix of part #s with casting #s.
I do know this much, I have the original 352HP from my '60 Sunliner. When I first bought the car just three years ago from a guy who had purchased it in 1962 I was certain it was an HP. But a lot of the special pieces were strewn from one building to the next on his family saw mill. He had lost an exhaust valve keeper in '68 and never got around to repair. He did a lot of removal. Hence, parts in a variety of places. But all indicators were it was an HP car. It had all the good HP stuff there when he bought it. And eventually I did find the true documentation needed - the build sheet.
But when I got it home and started tearing the engine down I was amazed to see the whimpy little EDC rods. I'd read a lot on these engines over the years. Things like the rods were special, etc. I don't think it's true of the HP352 and early HP390s. They were a work in progress for sure and there were running improvements made.
My thing about the '60 is that it was the first true High Performance FE mill. It was a major revelation of the potential the FE had. The years of '58 & '59 had been such a disappointment.
Anyway thanks Travis for the valuable information.
Well, my FE friends I'm taking off for The Big Easy for a few days. Yes indeed, thanks to my San Antonio son, I get to see my first and likely only Super Bowl. He's flying his old man stuck up here in the frozen snow flyin' N-West to New Orleans. Second string Pat's QB is a Wahington State boy and the Ram's Jeff Robinson is from right here in Spokane. That's kinda fun. I leave in just a few hours. I doubt that I'll even sleep much tonight. Back late next week. |
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