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Quote from: CSX2259 on March 30, 2022, 08:04:48 PM
From the SAI catalog. Interesting to note that the "Drag Racing" heads do not have welded in banana ports.....

They didn't run long enough to present an overheating problem.

Well now we know why CS went to GM for engines first.

Quote from: Harris Speedster on March 30, 2022, 05:24:06 PM
The Ford museum has a Ferrari, did Enzo give that to Ford, can't remember?

Yes - but no explanation as to why. https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/410281

Looks like it's at the Petersen - https://gaukmotors.co.uk/cars/enzo-ferraris-gift-to-henry-ford-ii-that-inspired-the-thunderbird/

That was a major screw up on Enzo's part if he thought he'd drum up business from Ford. It would always be cheaper/faster to build your own specifically tuned to your manufacturing techniques and supply lines.

Quote from: Coralsnake on March 30, 2022, 01:27:55 PMIf the owners are proceeding as described, they are not doing themselves any favors. It would have been a better idea to show the car unrestored first, similar to what Mr Jackson did with "Little Red". It is much more difficult to authenticate a restored car.

Hopefully it wasn't "discovered" in a Mexican junkyard next to a 68 Highland Green fastback and 1/2 restored with lots of new sheet metal before it surfaced for authentication.

We can't leave the Coyote engine out of this discussion

Quote from: honker on March 30, 2022, 10:55:50 AM
Remember the Maverick "Grabber" we called it Maverick with a wax job 

My wife's parents bought her a Grabber blue Maverick when she was in high school - at least it was an early one with hood scoops and not just the later tape job. They went to the dealer to buy her a Mustang but the crafty salesman pitched them on how much more sense (cents in my in laws case) the Maverick made for their daughters first car. They didn't even get her A/C but she was happy to see her mom's hand me down 64 Galaxie get traded in.
Every time we see a Maverick I threaten to buy her one and she threatens to divorce me.

Quote from: shelbymann1970 on March 30, 2022, 10:40:13 AM

Quote from: tesgt350 on March 30, 2022, 10:30:54 AM
1969 Bunny of the Year........

That car is being restored now.

Another missing car surfaces? Wasn't there a thread on the old board about this car?

Yeah Cobra was a snake but give me a break Rattler doesn't evoke the image of a snake but one of these

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39564452/2023-ford-f-150-rattler-details/

https://silodrome.com/ford-wrist-twist-steering-system/

Quote from: gt350hr on March 29, 2022, 11:24:04 AM"Now" I use 10 additional ft lbs on the upper row of head bolts

I used a healthy dose of Copper Coat and and 5 pounds over the max - standard parts store head gaskets (Fel Pro probably). I did order a set of the thinner Ford head gaskets but by the time they arrived I had gotten impatient and put it together with the aftermarket ones.

Quote from: TOBKOB on March 29, 2022, 11:31:04 AM
One thing I have noticed for the last few years...it takes me twice as long to do half as much as it used to...  

I first noticed that when I got my city job 40 years ago. Today it's even worse as all their diversity training (and their ethinic/sex/trade clubs) has driven all the various groups into their own little guarded cliques rather than being a big homogenized family with a let's get it done attitude.

Quote from: Bill on March 28, 2022, 08:52:06 PMYou will eventually realize that anything posted on the forum, in a publicly accessible area, reflects not only on SAAC, but the SAACforum as a whole.

This is true - no more GM talk or Corvette pics.

Hey guys - please keep a lookout for SCCA programs, photos, records from the late 80s to late 90s. The guy who built my GT1 car ran it a couple years in Cal Club then sold it to someone in Portland. I have not been able to track down an owner in Portland. Of special interest are the 12x16" front wheels which were missing when I bought it in Texas.
It still had the Fox body on it and I'd imagine the new owner would have repainted it.
Thanks

Little Fords don't have the benefit of 5 head bolts per hole like the SBC. With only 4 bolts it can allow the heads to flex a little and under severe conditions the combustion gases may be forced around the gasket and into the water jacket and cause overheating. Mustangs aren't Panteras so you don't need to do any acrobatics to get the engine and radiator full.

You can see how the SBC benefits from more bolts around each cylinder - of course Ford did save a lot of money with 1/2 as many head bolts per engine.

Found a Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyTq5R15i8

https://buddybarcasting.com/

Quote from: 557 on March 26, 2022, 02:16:04 PM
Well,he did have the only truly great Ferrari (well Ferrare) ,Christine.....I personally  found her quite "sporty" back in the day ...

I always figured he got set up by someone in her circle of friends who had a debt to pay to the feds. Drugs were commonplace in her employment/friend circles of fashion and Hwood and not so much in his.