Murff
October 5th, 2008, 07:47 PM
Hey folks. How's everyone doing?
Been quite a while since I've posted over here, thought I would drop by with a couple updates.
I made some modifications to my 351W over the past winter and this summer, and we got it out to the track once (Bremerton) for testing a few weeks ago and nothing broke! That right there is a win for me!
Updates include another .010 on the bore, now +.040 for a 358", filled the block, custom dome pistons with vertical gas ports put us up to a little over 13:1, custom mechanical solid roller cam from Delta Cams in Tacoma, Vertex magneto, Howards lifters and rockers, eliminated the fuel cell from the trunk and put a 5 gallon Kinsler tank up front, had my injection system flowed, converted to alcohol, and got rid of that goofy electric fan that was in front of the radiator. Also got rid of the radiator and installed a smaller Scirroco style, and modified the front cover for use with an external electric Shogun water pump.
In testing the car showed it still isn't what I had hoped for but I am now convinced my heads are the limiting factor. Come springtime I will turn the tune up to the "Kill" position and see how it runs, then make a decision on replacing heads.
Here's a couple of recent pics.
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Startup%202008%20007.jpg
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Complete%202008%20010.jpg
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Complete%202008%20005.jpg
BTW, I still have a couple of odds and ends of '68 Futura interior and trim parts if anyone needs them. Bench seats, side glass, stuff like that.
Murff
Been quite a while since I've posted over here, thought I would drop by with a couple updates.
I made some modifications to my 351W over the past winter and this summer, and we got it out to the track once (Bremerton) for testing a few weeks ago and nothing broke! That right there is a win for me!
Updates include another .010 on the bore, now +.040 for a 358", filled the block, custom dome pistons with vertical gas ports put us up to a little over 13:1, custom mechanical solid roller cam from Delta Cams in Tacoma, Vertex magneto, Howards lifters and rockers, eliminated the fuel cell from the trunk and put a 5 gallon Kinsler tank up front, had my injection system flowed, converted to alcohol, and got rid of that goofy electric fan that was in front of the radiator. Also got rid of the radiator and installed a smaller Scirroco style, and modified the front cover for use with an external electric Shogun water pump.
In testing the car showed it still isn't what I had hoped for but I am now convinced my heads are the limiting factor. Come springtime I will turn the tune up to the "Kill" position and see how it runs, then make a decision on replacing heads.
Here's a couple of recent pics.
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Startup%202008%20007.jpg
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Complete%202008%20010.jpg
http://www.murphysromance.com/images/Falcon/2008%20Rebuild/Falcon%20Complete%202008%20005.jpg
BTW, I still have a couple of odds and ends of '68 Futura interior and trim parts if anyone needs them. Bench seats, side glass, stuff like that.
Murff