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    Carcraft builds a Cleveland

    So carcraft did a buildup of a 570hp cleveland. Thing is after reading the article I see no point in investing in trick flow heads. The stock heads were open chamber 2v heads and the engine produced about 500hp with them. They had less CR and the cam was sized for the twisted wedge heads. When...
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    460 Build

    So of the two 460 blocks I have, it turns out that the one I thought was junk is the better of them. Its a D0VE-A with boss bulkheads. I'm totally going to four bolt main it.
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    So you want some horsepower...427 SOHC

    I thought the tunnel port small block was a 302. Ford scrapped it the tunnel port heads after 1 race season and used the Cleveland heads which was still under development for the pantera. Ironically the Boss heads flow better than the tunnel ports did despite the fact that the ports look smaller.
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    460 Build

    I asked about porting because of the poor flow of the exhaust ports. TommyK's link was what I needed. The reason I haven't set a hard goal is because it's dependent on the parts available to me. I will say once I have the heads pick out I will have a clearer vision of where this build is going...
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    Most cost efficient way to get horsepower

    What kind of carburetor is on this thing? If it's a 2 barrel I'd swap the intake and carb to 4 barrel. You can find 302 intakes at junkyards on trucks pretty easily and just the fact that the primaries on a 4 barrel are smaller than the venturies on a 2 barrel will add a little low end. Plus it...
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    460 Build

    Yeah, I looked it up and I wrote the ratio wrong. The rule of thumb is a ratio of 75% if the ports flow at the same rate. Low compression calls for an increase in exhaust valve size, high compression and you can shrink it. The books I have didn't say it but in the case of the 460 heads I might...
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    460 Build

    What CFM do you want the exhaust to flow compared to the intake ports. I ask because you generally want intake valves larger than exhaust valves. I think there is a 20% between the valves, I'll have to look it up, but the ports might need a different ratio when it comes to flow.
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    460 Build

    Both blocks have flat top pistons, but the blocks also need to be bored so they're irrelevant. So, the heads will determine whether the pistons are dished or not. If given a choice the heads would be based off what RPM I want to run the engine at but I'm broke and this limits my options so this...
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    460 Build

    Thanks this is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for. The problem with looking at recipes is that its not conducive to what I'm trying to accomplish. This will be my third engine build but first modded motor. Basically I'm testing my own understanding of how to sync all the components of an...
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    460 Build

    I've stumbled into some 460 blocks and am deciding how I want to build them, at least one. There are some C8 heads for sale near me and he said he also has a pair of C9 heads. The C8's have been rebuilt. One question I have is how much meat do these heads have for porting? I read in an article...
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    Mustangs they never built

    The milano looks a helluva lot like a falcon xb coup. http://www.aussiecoupes.com/images/xb_falcon1.jpg
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    50's f150

    Since I moved up to Oregon a year ago I've been working as a satellite tech while I've been unsuccessfully trying to get my electrician license here. One of the benefits is the fact that I drive all over the state and see where all the old cars are. On Tuesday I ran across a 1950's truck. After...
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    Besides your Mustang(s), what sre your other fascinations?

    You bet it is. This one is amazing though. http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=oKmYqUSDch8
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    Besides your Mustang(s), what sre your other fascinations?

    One of my interests are finding failed invention like this one In the 70's there was an amazing amount of things invented that work and had promise, but were dropped for various reasons
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    Any "C" codes out there?

    It was more than just the ram air option. Parts rotating assembly in the super cobra jet, the j code, were stronger than the c code.
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    1971 fastback project on CL

    Wish I had $900 that car is within 2 hours of me.
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    Transmission Extension Housing Bushing

    Post when you figure it out I'm doing the same thing right now.
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    Transmission Extension Housing Bushing

    I just tried to look it up in the Ford manual and it doesn't say anything about orientation.
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    71 mach 1 $10K

    That thing shows an L code for the engine on the vin. Doesn't that mean it should be the inline?
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    Anyone ever used a chassis dyno to tune their car???

    I'm just goin to leave this here. It's sketchy as hell but an interesting read http://www.viragotech.com/fixit/Home-dynomometer%20using%20a%20Colortune,%20article%20by%20David%20Vizard.htm
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