july chat thread
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yeah i've been following the build on your website, can't wait to see some youtube videos of it once it's completed.
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3V heads are all the rage, ask Jon Kaase who uses modified versions of these CHI heads (aussie company) on his stroked clevo to win the Engine Masters.
The 2V clevos in my trucks have more than enough torque to make then great engines for this purpose. My old '76 tows a large extended double horse float and has no problems with it fully loaded. I knwo plenty of guys with 2V clevos who get a lot of power out of them without resorting to 3/4V setups.
Add a bit more stroke and clevos become torque monsters.
If you need more torque than what a clevo gives you, then you should be using the 460 anyway. That's the way Ford Australia saw it, though the fact we assembling 73 through mid eighties trucks locally and were still producing cleveland engines up to '84 means it was an easy decision for them to make.
The 2V clevos in my trucks have more than enough torque to make then great engines for this purpose. My old '76 tows a large extended double horse float and has no problems with it fully loaded. I knwo plenty of guys with 2V clevos who get a lot of power out of them without resorting to 3/4V setups.
Add a bit more stroke and clevos become torque monsters.
If you need more torque than what a clevo gives you, then you should be using the 460 anyway. That's the way Ford Australia saw it, though the fact we assembling 73 through mid eighties trucks locally and were still producing cleveland engines up to '84 means it was an easy decision for them to make.
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You and me both, I've not driven it in months and fingers crossed it's only weeks away now. Wheels and tyres will be the last thing and I'm waiting on a tidy bonus from work to help fund those, as they're custom billets imported from CA, US.
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Fleet Mechanic
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haha
yeah i've posted in there. i might have to make an update soon
yeah i've posted in there. i might have to make an update soon
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From: Blue Eye, mo. hwy 86 & JJ
everyone is screaming at me to go get this car and i will as soon as i have the cash in hand... trying to contact the guy and offer him 500 for the motor now and the other 2000 for the car when i get it. i get paid friday and i'll have about 1500 in the bank but that's gotta last me another 2 weeks (its nice not having any real bills [except for gas])
EDIT- i've decided to sell the olds, mainly to pay for this car, my share would be about 400 bones if we sell for 2500 (grandpa funded the 600 for car, parts, and labor. we're setting aside 1000 for the next car project, and splitting whats left)
EDIT- i've decided to sell the olds, mainly to pay for this car, my share would be about 400 bones if we sell for 2500 (grandpa funded the 600 for car, parts, and labor. we're setting aside 1000 for the next car project, and splitting whats left)
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From: Blue Eye, mo. hwy 86 & JJ
well its about 2:30 and i just got home, that peice of **** olds left me stranded TWICE in one night, the first time all ches had to do was touch the hood and it decided to start, but once i dropped the lady off it diddent do ****! i'm sooooo mad right now its not even funny... told a guy today he could have it for 2500 cash and he said he'd see about gettin the money, if so this car is as good as gone (and here comes the torino!)