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Ronnie, thank you for verifying that Scat have fixed their crank to allow it to fit into the block. I was banging my head against a brick wall trying to get them to acknowledge they'd made [my] one wrong...

Are they genuine Ford points or aftermarket? As Kurt said, unequal wear on the rubbing blocks could cause this. You can reverse those points, if you reverse them, what happens to your numbers? I know with the later points style, it is damn hard to find good quality that enables correct dwell to...

Basically, if you want to retro fit a 255 crank into the 21 stud block, you'll need to perform the following operations; shorten the snout and reduce the diameter to suit those of a 21 stud crankshaft. Reduce the main bearing journals to 2.399 to suit the 21 stud block, BUT, you'll also need to...

If all else fails, weld the plate back on!

Look up the definition of Scat, and there you have it!!

Yeah, I'm running a Scat 4"stroke crank in a 37 block with 3 3/16 pistons; 255 cu in. The Scat crank as supplied, did not fit the block, I had to widen the front and centre main bearing journals. And not all the rod journals were centred to the cylinder bores. Numerous emails back and forth to...

job well done Ryan, thank you!

very soon at the rate you're working at....

easier method; pull sparkplugs, get the wife to hit the starter whilst you look down spark plug holes and see if the valves are moving

I dunno, I've always considered my car to be worth more as parts if I was to sell, than as a fully complied, road legal auto. Such a shame.....

Actually RobWi, with respect, the rear mains are different 8BA to 59A

The bolts aren't bottoming out are they?

I believe main bearing studs are torqued to 80 ft lb, with bolts they're torqued to 100 ft lb

There is a member on here Krylon32, who gives a 10% discount on the retail price of Boling Bros repo Lincoln Bendix brakes to fordbarn members. These are the finest bolt on brakes you can fit to an early Ford V8, they duplicate the Bendix brakes as fitted to Lincolns of that era. They are self...

How do they perform? In my application, they are all right. However, my application is a 255 cu in 21 stud...when I had Eddie Meyer heads on it, it had too much compression; detonated to hell! I fitted these to overcome that on account of their lower compression. I am unable to advise how they...

the reason I'm running them is because when I was looking for cast iron heads, every left hand factory head I located was cracked!! RH heads were all crack free...dunno why. I located set of NORS heads in Australia, so am running them.

They are aftermarket, the name of the manufacturer eludes me for now. They also used the same configuration for dome top pistons; simply domed tthe heads. That is why the combustion chamber is shaped like that; to lead into the dome...same castings. I run these same [flattop] heads on my current...

8BA style pump

The guy that got my 39 coupe off of me simply drilled a hole through both arms whilst in the up position and installs a pin!

See? Straight away you've found better, much better candidates to rebuild than the 59A boat anchor!!! and they'll still cost a packet to rebuild, but considerably cheaper and more reliable than your other lump of iron...