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Re: ‘40 2 door sedan I can't believe anyone would want to put a 700 lb Olds in a Ford. If a OHV engine,I would opt of a 292 Yblock (about the same weight as a 85 hp) or a rear sump 302, with a closed drive T5 trans.

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Re: Camber wrong on ‘35 That's a straight slope and not a radii crown, right? 2° would be 5" in a 12 ft wide road bed.

I did a little looking around I found 9.00 20's they are hard to find and expensive, about $330 - 425 each. 8.25 are a little cheaper, I found them @ $277, delivered to my zip 97502...

Re: Camber wrong on ‘35 As a point of interest and the reason that they were built with positive camber is, that the old highways had a fairly large crown, to keep water from standing and promote draining of the roadway. You'll still find these high crowned roads in old towns Medford, OR is...

The thing about a Holley and the vacuum secondary's, is that the secondary's will not open, until there is enough air flow through the primary's to warrant it. It is much like progressive linkage on 2 x 2 manifold and carbs but, it works on demand, instead of forced throttle position. The 390...

My best friend was 3 years older than me. He got married young (16) and in '59, when I was 15, we made a deal for his '48 Merc, coupe, tuck & roll seats, 3/16 bored, stock engine. The price was my folks, new looking couch & chair (with their permission) BUT, I wasn't to drive it, until I got my...

Re: Various thread pitch’s needed I guess I should add to my above post, that I'm a machinist and the specs I give are from the original Ford drawings.

Re: Various thread pitch’s needed Regarding the stud holes for the head, they are tapped to .0025 under the nominal pitch diameter and the drilled hole is to be between .349 and .353. The proper tap will be 7/16x14 H-5, where a std tap is 7/16x14 H 3. The last number is the nominal size +/-...

Yes, .040 is a "standard" but, you can get away with as little as .035. Since you bolted the head down, you can't tell what the clearance is so, I'll suggest tw ways. 1. Put the head gasket on and some wadded tinfoil, about 1/8 thick, on top of the piston, turn the engine over, then measure...

Here is what you have to work with on a 21 stud, using Fords engineering drawings: 1. The distance from the center of the bore, to the center of the bottom stud, is 1.937. 2. With a 3.188 bore, the distance from the center of the bore, to the edge of the bore is, 1.594. 3. 1.937 - 1.594 = .343...

I'm on the reckless, endangering mine and others life side but, I've had a lot of experience with NOS tires, w/o any failures. BUT, I'm not encouraging anyone doing as I do!!! 98% of tire failure come from under inflation and defectively made tires. I'm a machinist and have worked in rubber...

Yes, use 40 grit, 220 will clog, really fast. As a mechanic, in the 60's, I also did a lot of brake jobs and the shoe arcing machines had a wheel that was way courser that 40 grit. It looked like small chunks of carbide soldered to a drum.

These are the heads that I know of. 1 domed and 2 flat.