From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: 302 rev. limiter
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 02:35:47 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
To: hotrod@dixie.com
Reply-To: hotrod@dixie.com
Posted-Date: Wednesday, Jan 06 21:35:44
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In article <0jxrx9-@dixie.com>, you write...
> 
>-> I've got to admit, this is the most intersting group I've read in a
>-> long while (we can't subscribe to alt.sex here, can't imagine why
>-> :)).
> 
> Hmm... given a choice between sex and cars... uh... er...  <ponder>

Yeah, tough choice, but then, you said you were married...
> 
> 
>-> Solid lifter cam:  I'm going with solid lifters for my 351C.  The cam
>-> profile is 306 degrees (260 @ 0.050) with 0.629 lift, both intake and
>-> exhaust.
> 
> Holy smoke!  That thing'll idle like a Harley!  What are you doing with
>the motor?  Long track work?  That's a relatively low lift for a
>Cleveland with that much duration.

Thought about a 3/4 inch cam, but that would end up costing roughly $400
more, being a roller cam.  Do Harley's idle??? :)
That's the biggest reason for electronic port injection.  It probably *won't*
idle with a normal old carb.
> 
> 
>-> Oh, yeah, the solid lifters.  I had a '74 Capri V6, and only adjusted
>-> the lifters when I replaced the valve stem seals.
> 
> I've had several of the V6s and several of the fours, all solid lifter.
>I checked a couple of the sixes, but I can't recall *ever* having to set
>the valves.  The valvetrain on the V6 was one of the things Ford did
>right - enormous lifter base diameter to allow radical profiles with low
>pressure, tiny pushrods shorter than an MTV attention span, and rockers
>mounted on a steel shaft, just the way God intended.  No screw in studs,
>guide plates, winky rocker balls, or stud gridles necessary, thank you.
>Check out the gear drive cam too, eh?  Too bad the ports sucked road

Actually, had to replace the cam gear at about 110,000 miles.  The aluminum
fatigued around the three stress relief holes - ended up with a small 
triangle stuck to the cam and a big ring gear not stuck to anything.
>kill.  And to add insult to injury, the 5-port siamese head flowed
>better than the 6-port head.

Never did anything with making it go faster.  Wanted to, but was in school
at the time.  Ended up replacing the Capri with an '85 GT - same mileage,
better handling/looks (the Capri was rusting out, the GT was new) and more
power than I knew what to do with (for a few hundred miles, anyway.  Like
everything, the more you get, the more you want...)
> 
> 
>-> weekend.  You'll probably be the guy using a grinder to bore the
>-> cylinder walls out, too :)
> 
> Well, it'd probably not the kind of grinder you're thinking of.  <grin>
>BTW, if anyone is aware of a company who still makes internal cylinder
>grinders - even for industrial use - please let me know.
>                                                                         
Can't help you on that one...
> 
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>Posted by: emory!chaos.lrk.ar.us!dave.williams (Dave Williams)

Mike Jamison

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