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I dragged a 1CM home last month because despite it being in a 50 Mercury for years with missing spark plugs it has a rebuilt tag rivited on the block so I took a chance for $100 and because there is a crack free 8BA on my stand it is now on the floor. In my junk garage there are 2 more cores, an...

Since I have a Canadian 1950 Mercury and not a Monarch (yet) 1949 and 50 Canadian Mercury in both the Mercury and Monarch flavors had heads with C8CM with Made In Canuckastan casted directly below. In 1951 our heads had C1CM and the same casted comment below made in Canuck American 1949-50 had...

Well here is some information so far on the 8CM VS EAB or EAC and Ol Ron mentioned he never ran an EAC but liked the EAB I don't have an EAC but just have an EAB and the only other cam I have is in a 1CM and 8BA block I got laying around. My definition of gains is my car went 85 and now with a...

Jack you could not have said it any better!!!!! Yes we are the last generation who cares and for those with all of their "secrets" how many of you see the flatheads being ripped out, discarded, and replaced with a SBC or a crate engine?? I do not want a 200 HP engine because now we are seriously...

Thanks guys for the info! At least the 885 has larger bores than the 94's and now that I know the bore of a 2GC is I got an 885 core sitting on my shelf so I will measure the bores to satisfy my curiosity. Are the bores on the 885 larger than the 1.300? I didn't think that 2GC was that large...

But then again is 120+ really that unrealistic especially with a 7:1 or 7.5:1 CR? My 50 Merc with 6.8:1 or possibly even less will get my Mercury going down the highway between 85-90 MPH but meanwhile I used to have a 73 Torino with a 302 and it maxed out at around 85+ as well. My 50 also has a...

I have been told by the fellow who posted specs on the cylinder heads and he mentioned he has a flatty that he is running EFI and can be hidden within a carburetor for the stealth appearance lol and to get the boost he has made a manifold to accept turbos for the boost. With the turbo boost, the...

I have seen or smelled enough cars with mothballs and the smell of mothballs combined with the smell of mouse piss and smells like barf! Mousetraps and peanut butter are cheap! I circle my cars with traps and never have a problem! When the mouse is caught, dump in trash and its gone. Cats are...

Oh and another thing we are overlooking is we are dealing with Ford so again decent horsepower should be possible LMAO ;-)

The last flatheads including 1954 (and yes in Canada we enjoyed them for an additional year so change your title to 1954 ;-) were rated 120-125 with a single OEM carb. 7.5 CR and of course weren't stroked and bored to 302 cubes so why should 160 be so difficult??? Ol Ron chime in here about...

Living in the Snow Mexican Republic of Canuckastan has taught me to always tell who I purchase from to clearly mark on all paperwork that all the parts are made with pride in US or Canada and Mexico. All 3 belong to NAFTA and as a result if I'm taxed its only PST and GST. I'm using ePay less and...

Yes those are what I remember in the Soix seat grinder set! The pilot that the younger bunch look at with a puzzled expression :confused:not knowing what the heck they are and for the flathead;) For my Neway with my limited assortment of pilots I have found some Soix pilots have the same...

I use Neway and seems to me they are made in Australia. They also work great on Stellite seats as well and what I like about them is you don't spray all of your open cylinders and valve/lifter valley with stone grit, and metal filings as well! When it gets down to setting valve clearance they...

As others have mentioned the nuts in this case should be lubricated with a good heavy motor oil and if you don't have a diagram showing the torque pattern, years ago one instructor told us that torquing a head gasket is like spreading out a piece of paper! He told us that if you don't have a...

fred93 your Model A looks great and as a matter of fact it looks like the same color as my 50 Mercury!