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Quote from: crossboss on April 18, 2024, 12:49:50 AM

Quote from: deathsled on April 17, 2024, 10:13:13 PMThat's a bad ass car.  What kind of induction system did you have?  Your namesake may be an indication.  If so, how was that exotic setup?  I was suggesting the cross-boss for a friend but he seems to want to keep the stock carb on it.  The cross-boss aesthetically is very pleasing to the eye.

Yep, I ran the Cross-Boss and the 875cfm Inline. Check out my avatar...a 1425cfm 'B' Inline on my current Boss 429 (Can-Am 494) engine.

Back when Scott owned the car it ran really strong. He had done a really good job setting the car up. He let me drive it once going down to the Ford Power Parts Show. He drove a Calypso Coral BOSS 302 for me and I got to drive his. It was a rocket.

Hov has a CROSS BOSS and 875 CFM carb on his BOSS and with a good bit of tuning and some minor work it Idles around 900 RPM and has fairly nice manners. I got stuck in Seattle traffic when I drove Hov's car and it behaved itself and was no worse than a stock BOSS 302 to drive that day.

If your friend gets one encourage him to get it running correctly.


John

Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on April 15, 2024, 09:39:18 PM

Quote from: pbf777 on April 15, 2024, 08:33:54 PMFor further study see:

    https://www.theshermantank.com/wp-content/uploads/Ford-GAA-V8-Data-Sheet-beta13.pdf

Interesting cam drive. I wonder had they used that instead of chain if the SOHC would have run NCSCAR.

Well the France family outlawed it so, No. But would it have been a better engine.... maybe, the bevel gear drive of the Rolls-Royce/Packard Merlin would have been even better.


John

Quote from: Hov on April 11, 2024, 12:12:35 PMAll of the "carryovers" for 1966 were 4 speeds except one.

From one of the lowest all time post count SAAC members. 

Hey, I have 2.1667 times more posts than you, however I know 1,200 times less than you know. Post counts will get you Status and Admiration. That and 8 bucks will get you a donut and coffee at McDonald's in California.


Bob Johnson, Darn glad to meet you.

Quote from: CSX4781 on March 30, 2024, 09:45:35 AM
Dave,
   Cool concept for a monthly meeting. Only problem I'd have is I'd be trying to buy everything.....haha. Thanks for sharing this.

Dave

For the Connecting Rod meeting I brought a set of Rolls Royce Merlin and Allison V12 rods.

I can't wait for the engine block meeting!

Quote from: Mike_Senar on March 19, 2024, 10:42:39 AM
Hello everyone,
"Millard.k" just asked me this morning to. Contact his friend if I was still looking fir "the part".
B E W A R E !!

Mike,

I too received the same message.

Didn't know either of them so didn't respond.


John

Quote from: crossboss on March 13, 2024, 09:46:55 PM

Quote from: SFM5S000 on March 13, 2024, 09:36:57 PM
Times like this is when I really miss Randy Gillis RIP aka gt350hr. He would have known.

~Earl J

That is where I got the info on the 385 series and the 400 'turds' (Randy's exact words!) experiments. According to Randy, there were de-stroked 400s and some form of the 429 wedge versions also. Eventually, the 351 Cleveland was used.

Scott is absolutely correct Randy was not impressed with the other "experiments.

For real FoMoCo racing the NASCAR engine of choice for the Superspeedways was the BOSS 429. The short track engine remained the Tunnel port 427. Roy is correct there may have been a low buck privateer that ran the 429 SCJ, however my guess is that the Holman Moody SK intake was in the pipeline in case the France family outlawed the BOSS 429.


John

That would indeed be a nice package to combine.

I'm searching for a pair of unmodified, not corroded, Primary Throttle Plates for a D0ZF-9510-Z, List 4653 Holley carburetor for a 1970 BOSS 302. They are Holley number 9R-224 and will have the 224 stamped right above the 0.103" diameter hole in the throttle plate.

What have you got?


John

Okay really, last one. Even though the loss of the post count could possibly have an effect on my overvalued self worth.

Quote from: S7MS427 on February 08, 2024, 11:50:35 AM

Quote from: Road Reptile on February 07, 2024, 06:50:31 PM
Hi,
Just a quick history lesson on the Merlin. By largest count they were assembled by Packard so even with the RR connection they
are still somewhat domestic. Also way above the Generous Mistake Allison for power-reliability-and most say the Merlin is the best
QUALITY 12 EVER. Packard was the supplier of engines for tanks as well as marine vessels of WW2. They never get the credit they
deserve, and so much of what we use in today's cars can be traced back to them. Sorry for the rant, it is not meant to upset anyone
just to keep history accurate.
R.R.

Thanks, R.R. I was about to make that point that the Merlins in Mustangs were produced by Packard. You beat me to it and were more informative in any case. Good job!

Single stage Merlin engines also powered some Hurricanes, some Spitfires and a bunch of Lancaster bombers. Two stage Packard Merlin engines powered some Spitfires.

Quote from: Road Reptile on February 07, 2024, 06:50:31 PM
Hi,
Just a quick history lesson on the Merlin. By largest count they were assembeled by Packard so even with the RR connection they
are still somewhat domestic. Also way above the Generous Mistake Allison for power-reliability-and most say the Merlin is the best
QUALITY 12 EVER. Packard was the supplier of engines for tanks as well as marine vessels of WW2. They never get the credit they
deserve, and so much of what we use in todays cars can be traced back to them. Sorry for the rant, it is not meant to upset anyone
just to keep history accurate.
R.R.

To be historically accurate Packard made hundreds of changes to the Rolls Royce Merlin. Packard ditched the problematic and unreliable clutch system that Rolls designed for the supercharger and replaced that system with a roller clutch system adapted from Curtiss Wright's design. While that may not sound like much in fact it was huge. In addition Packard ultimately designed the end to end oiling system for the crankshaft. There were multitudes of other better features that Packard designed into the Merlin engine.

Packard was so far ahead in producing parts for the Merlin that they had hundreds of engines worth when the big switch shut them down at the war's end. The reason that later model U.S. V12s went back to Allison engines was the royalty that Packard had to pay to Rolls Royce was $1,000.00 per engine. Across the 55,000 plus engines that Packard built is $55,000,000.00 in royalties.

As a young man I was taught that a Merlin in a box was faster than an Allison in an airplane.

Now I've been historically accurate.


John

Quote from: pbf777 on February 07, 2024, 10:50:01 AM
Well, the ol' '70 Shelby's moment of fame in SAAC, being on the cover jacket! 

Wait..............is that a non original O.E.M., as it left the factory hood scoop (like these didn't have enough scoops & vents to start with! )?  And man, those rear tires sure do hang outside of those fender wells a bunch! 

Well, I guess we would of course probably have to acknowledge the value of having the P51 in the back-drop! 

Scott.

Scott,
A P-51 in the background is always a good thing.


John

Quote from: TA Coupe on January 16, 2024, 05:36:22 PM
Pictures or it didn't happen😃

     Roy

Aye, we need pictures.



John