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The space between the cylinders bores is 1/2 inch.

And the last two pictures

I think I have pictures of what you want to see. The cylinder ridge is minimal. My finger nail barely grabs it. The head pictured is the left side. I don't have the measuring tool this weekend so I can't get accurate measurements that were asked.

I forgot to include the picture after I scraped the carbon off. There is still a little ridge of carbon but most is removed.

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The engine is a C5 not a C6. It is hard to read the casting number in the picture. I measured the cylinders tonight also.

The valve springs are painted yellow wherever I wiped them when I removed them from the heads

I don't think the rockers are adjustable. I will look at them Wednesday night. I am a auto body repairer not a mechanic. I thought this might be a fun project to do because I have never rebuilt an engine before. I am not a good photographer either.

I will get better pictures Wednesday night. Thanks for all of the information.

The 390 was in a 1966 Thunderbird. I don't know if it was original to the car or not. The numbers on the block mean nothing to me as this is the first engine I am rebuilding

Because it has the Fomoco stamp I know it is a factory camshaft. What I would like to know is the info regarding the other stampings.

Why would the camshaft that I removed from my 390 be stamped like it is?

The distributor in my 390 was seized in the block. The distributor is broken where the cap goes on so I was able to be a tad rough on it to remove it. I soaked it for the past week with SeaFoam Deep Creep. Then I used a big pipe wrench and a ball peen hammer to persuade it to loosen. Took a few...

We use ash for all of our wood replacement in the vehicles we restore at RM Auto Restoration

We use SEM Trim Black paint for painting all radiator cores whether they be for a Ferrari or Duesenberg at RM Auto Restorations and have never had a overheating problem or colour fade. We use single stage paint on the radiator tanks

Trinity Street Rods in Flippin, Arkansas could fix it.

Best of luck

I wonder if the previous owner was, or had, a machinist carve Ford into the T-handle. Cool looking though.