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Nov 21, 2005 | 09:36 AM

charliehorse

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Its Alive! Its Alive!!

Well, we finally got her done! This is the '66 F100 that had a worn-out mid-'70s 302 in it. We replaced it with this '90 302. Took off the EFI, etc adn went with a Weiand stealth manifold, edlebrock preformer carb, Mallory ignition and the Hooker headers. THe baby fired right up on the first crank! Tranny worked fine, too! whoops, forgot teh Ford Racing 303 cam, too!

Thanks for the help and advise from some of the forum members. THough I have been doing kart/motorcycle engines for the last 30yrs, haven't tried anything like this since the '60s. Did learn a few things along the way that the local parts guys didn't seem to know. Like some post '85 302's, the non-HO, did indeed come with 28oz flexplates and that the pre-'80 distributors are 1/2 in shorter than the post-'81 distributors!

My son and I enjoyed working on it together.

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Nov 21, 2005 | 09:50 AM

Kemicalburns

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good job, looks nice. now its time to rip up the street

Nov 21, 2005 | 05:49 PM

cjjeeper85

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Looks good, and its good to hear that everything worked on the first try, but there is a fair amount of coolant puddled on the timing cover in the picture.

Nov 22, 2005 | 12:02 AM

Kartracer39

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Yeah that was due to the fact that the intake holes for the bolts holding on the thermostat cover were just a little shorter than the ones for the stock intake off the old 302. Another quick trip down to the Autozone and one o-ring aftermarket thermostat housing later, and the leak was gone.

Just got the exhaust put on today. It's a set of Allstar mufflers with 2 1/2" mandrel-bent pipe. No more open headers, but still a good roar at speed.

Like my dad said, it's been a long and at times confusing road. Without you guys on FTE, this could have been painful. As it was, it was a long time coming, and it was a real treat to work on this with the old man and do it up like they used to. She's already drawing people every time I stop for something.

Thanks guys. Project STLRNIN (still runnin) is now done.

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Nov 22, 2005 | 05:45 AM

ken75ranger

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Looks good! Feels great when it roars to life after so many nagging questions going around in your head.
Haven't seen a master cylinder like that in awhile.

Nov 22, 2005 | 07:31 AM

charliehorse

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Besides, the new thermostat housing is chrome, too!!

Ken, I'm assuming the master cylinder is original..??
Truck had the disc brake conversion prior to our getting it. Brakes seem to work fine. I generally believe in 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. However I have been wondering about that master cylinder.....should I be??

Nov 22, 2005 | 11:37 AM

Kartracer39

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As far as external appearance goes, it looks identical to the non-PB equipped master cylinder in my '63 Falcon. Now just to get the radiator blocked-off and the carb leaned out at WOT, and she'll be ready for the winter. Oh, and putting all the EFI parts in the back of the bed for traction. Gotta have a use for them somehow, right?