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    Nothing like a late night cam break-in session!

    After almost 1 year of slow progress, measuring all clearances 3 times, checking all torque specs twice, saving for this piece and that piece, My BEAST finially came to life last night! It was beautiful.... I primed the oil pump, primed the carburator, gave it 3 squirts, cranked it for about...
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    Heater hose Alternative

    Ever since I got my first mustang 20+ years ago, I hated the way the heater hoses were routed. They lay accross the intake, or attach to the shock tower, or whatever the previous owned dreamed up. Now, since I work for a company that makes hoses for all the automobile manufacturers, I finially...
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    Done with Ebay!! (rant)

    For the second time in 3 weeks, some criminal :nonono: has hacked into my E-bay account and listed a bunch of items. Luckily, E-bay spotted the suspicous act, cancelled the auctions and locked my account until I changed my user name and password. What's up with that ?? Anyone else have this...
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    Breaking in Ceramic Coated Headers

    Anyone break in a motor with new, ceramic coated headers? I know that the supplier tells you not to. They apparently need several moderate heat cycles to cure-not a 20 minute 2000 rpm cam break-in. But heck, who wants to bolt rusted old exhaust manifolds onto a brand new 400HP beast for the...
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    '69 351W Header Advice??

    It's about time to drop in the motor, and I really don't want to take a sledge hammer to any new headers. Good or bad experiences would be appreciated. I've got a 1969 Mach 1, with original 351W block, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads and Stealth intake. C4 Tranny, PS, PB, AC, Shelby drop and...