Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-14-2024, 10:04 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 383
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 383
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 879
Re: Change from 16 inch wheels to 15 inch wheels
Check the date codes on the tires. Radials (from the sizes you provided) get kind of "iffy" after 10 years. Who knows how old they were when installed 11 years ago?
It's probably time for new...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 383
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-12-2024, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 286
Re: Oil Pressure Sender... 6v & 12v
Ford senders DO NOT work by "resistance". They operate on the "King-Seeley" principle that uses bi-metal strips and points that open and close at changing frequencies. Thus is why folks get weird...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,852
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,298
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 286
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,298
Re: NOS 8RT camshaft
Looks to me to be the same as an 8BA cam (.307 lift). However, we can't be sure without the duration numbers. Have you checked out the chart on "Tilden Cam Technologies"?
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 577
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 676
Re: Swapping Engines
Looks aside, Ford engineers improved the 8BA in several ways over the earlier units. Cooling probably being the most significant. If you replace the stock "Load-a-Matic" distributor with a Mallory...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,122
Re: Skip Haney
The main thing is that his are essentially new. Ford coils deteriorate over time. I'll bet there aren't more than a handful of original coils running, if any.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 479
Re: 6V vs 12V condenser
Condensers are not voltage sensitive and will also function well over a wide range of capacitances. However, current units can be shoddily made and bad out of the box (leakage and bad internal...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 691
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 257
Re: 8.8 rear end into 1951 Ford Coupe?
I have a stock rear end in my '51 Ford. It is wide enough itself so that 225/75R15 tires occasionally scrape on the fenders (going uphill around a sharp corner). I have to believe an extra 1 1/2"...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 96
Views: 5,754
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 994
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,298
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 994
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-08-2024, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 5,754
Re: Break-in gone wrong!
My 1953 Motor manual says the relief valve opens at 57 psi. That's close enough to what "flatjack9" says to probably be right.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-08-2024, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 586
Re: Navarro aftermarket heads
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will repeat my recommendation of those (formerly) cheap ol' Edmunds heads. They are unlike any others in that they have the spark plug moved juuust...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-07-2024, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 96
Views: 5,754
Re: Break-in gone wrong!
Here is my experience with a Speedway oil pump : https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1628041&highlight=speedway#post1628041. I do not recommend them.
I believe "Ol' Ron" on this forum...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-06-2024, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 476
Re: 1950 sedan rear end help
I think a couple of holes, a slide hammer, and a sheet metal screw disturb the carrier a lot less than tearing it completely apart.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-05-2024, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 501
Re: '37 ignition
That reminds me of the time about I put a top-end MSD ignition system (distributor, control box, and coil) on the 276 Merc in my old '36. The spark was so hot that it actually "ate" through the...
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