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Solid project car from what I can see. Go for it!

When using an "aftermarket" oil pan, not a Ford Motor Company original pan, you may run into some minor fitment issues. These are...

A radiator which has some sedimentary obstruction in the tubes can often give the same symptoms as not enough airflow. It can get warmer...

Come aboard! Greetings from Boise , Idaho! You know......Spudsville, Tater Town.....

I think maybe there was another issue involved with your wiped out cam lobes. The reason I say this, is because on the FE big blocks...

It looks good to me. Your car is pretty sanitary underneath. I did notice, in the second photo, that you have a grey vinyl cap on your...

Just a detail, since you used the word. I took a small block Cobra "Powered By Ford' emblem , Dremeled down the honeycomb in the correct...

While I know I'm not ready yet to assemble the heads, and finish the long block, I thought I'd show you the valve covers. Nothing really...

The entire rotating assembly, including the flexplate and Cobra Jet harmonic balancer were balanced, and installed. Stock oil pan...

So here's a good look at the dish shape DSS Pistons have, to go with the Aussie 302 chamber shape. negative 18CC dish with deck and head...

Clevite mains and rod insert bearings are being utilized at .010/.010, clearance set to the high side of tolerance. I originally thought...

A source of oil pressure loss can be attributed to oil bleed around the lifters. A huge oil galley intersect thru the lifter bores is...

Some degree of oil control is done by tapping the large oil hole in the #1 main saddle and installing a plug set below bearing level...

As it turns out, I DID take some photos as I was moving along. Shown is the block, baked, peen-abraided, and hot tanked. She's a clean...

Yes, it's a 351 c . I am using a stock oil pan, and don't really know, or am concerned, at what amount of oil would be in the heads...