Run it to whatever RPM your engine pulls to. If its stock, around 5000, if its pulls to 6500, stop at 6500. There's no reason to tune the engine...
Stock heads on that one are your serious limitation. Some of the worst castings Ford ever produced on the small block. Big combustion chambers,...
Just adding, if you have a 28oz and need a 50oz flexplate, you don't wonder if its wrong. It will rattle your teeth out in seconds at idle. I...
Didn't think about the pressed in studs.
I don't know if I'd mill the heads. The block deck is higher. I plan on either building my 77 block or milling my 74 to keep everything lined up...
Thanks for adding to the list. Never have worked on any of those three.
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Ford kept putting some huge limitation on the engines, some bottleneck that limits the rest of the engine....
There is an adjustment for the control valve. We rebuilt the one in my first 74 and it worked beautifully, my current, never did get it right....
The biggest difference between the Non HO and HO was the camshaft, heads and dual exhaust. Roller cam with a performance oriented profile, decent...
The biggest difference in the HP is the ratings. Pre-72 it was SAE Gross, so a 68 302 was 210hp, in 72 it was like 140. SAE gross is no...
Old Mustangs, Mavericks, Comets, Falcons, Fairlanes, I think the Torinos, all used the same basic front end design with the same style power...
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