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  1. ashford

    looking for best heads for stock replacement

    i brought them in for a valve job, they replaced the exhaust guides and knurled the intake and a simple 3angle valve job with new springs. i used to have the equipment to grind valves and seats. but it was ancient stuff and worn out. the gibs were loose and the table wasn't quite true to the...
  2. ashford

    looking for best heads for stock replacement

    with the stock exploder cam i had 1 1/4 turns on the rocker from no load to seated, ran it for awhile till shorter ones came in. i got them and installed em. it was at half turn give or take a little. no change. at this point i figured the freshened up 200k motor had bad pistons(piston slap...
  3. ashford

    looking for best heads for stock replacement

    absolutly, there was no difference from stock to roller rockers, 3 set of pushrods. 2 sets of lifters, 2 sets of springs. the only time it quieted down was when i had the heads rebuilt for the 2nd time then slowly came back in about 300 miles
  4. ashford

    looking for best heads for stock replacement

    i have a rebuild explorer motor in my old falcon and the heads are giving me fits. i have rebuilt them twice and for some stupid reason the exhaust seats keep warping and not sealing after about 300 miles and give off the sewing machine noise about the same time. they WILL be going into the...
  5. ashford

    Spent some time researching the water pump rotation saga…

    oh the joy of 80's timing covers. ford used the same basic casting for timing covers from somewhere in the late 70's to 87 or thereabout. variations included dipstick hole, wheter or not the the fuel pump hole was knocked out(cast in blockoff, just need to cut it out) and i think some later ones...
  6. ashford

    "E" cam vs. tfs stg1 vs. stock ho cam

    full list on the engine is 306, sealed power coated pistons, i asked block to be decked so that piston height is within .010 of the deck 0 if possible. stock crank, rods, arp rod bolts gt40p heads freshened up with 110#seat springs, i have comp conical springs available and will use if i get...
  7. ashford

    "E" cam vs. tfs stg1 vs. stock ho cam

    what i am looking for is someone who has had all 3 to compare them to eachother. what i want to know is what the drivability of the tfs cam is like, im looking for a more well manned cam. i know what an ho cam and a "E" cam is like i have had them both. i prefer the power band of the e cam but...
  8. ashford

    Which cylinder heads is the best for 289 CID?

    failures give just as much info as successes. what i was unclear about was don't just take advice about throwing on a set of afrs on a near stock engine and expect it to be a super engine. to make it effectively make more power you need pistons to get it above 9:1 cr, flat tops are very close to...
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    Which cylinder heads is the best for 289 CID?

    i am going to disagree with the afr heads on a 289. at 1 point i time i had 2 of the same cars car 1 82 merc capri rebuilt early 289 bowl blended factory heads, just enough cam to tell it had one at idle, cruis-o-matic, offenhauser 4 bbl and headers. turned 6500rpm happily car2 85...
  10. ashford

    1986 gt, a few ?s

    i don't see it as possible without serious weight reduction or short gears with good traction.my 347 with c4, 3.27 gears, afr165 heads, xe282hr cam, truck lower with sheetmetal upper, megasquirt and heavy ass capri ran mid 12's @114. i was hitting over 80 duty cycle on 30# injectors. as i got...
  11. ashford

    BEFORE you butcher a 4 eye... (56k beware)

    ill throw mine in here too. one of my sail panels went sailing after a paint job so i put in the mustang quarter windows.
  12. ashford

    OT- MIG Welder Do you have one? I need advice

    same welder unit. looks like a promo the threw in the gas stuff and dropped the price. i bought my miller 8 yrs ago for $700 with the same accesorys as the cheaper on. the clark was $240 just welder.
  13. ashford

    OT- MIG Welder Do you have one? I need advice

    i have a miller 135 i works really nice in stuff bigger than 1/8 on lower heat it seems too touchy, i also had a clark 130en which worked better than the miller on sheet metal but was useless when the heat was turned up
  14. ashford

    351 Windsor hp limit? head options?

    it depends on the years. 69-72 blocks have seen 1000hp on turbo low rpms, 73-83 are the weakest but still way better than 302. 83 ho to whenever they stoped are the next most desirable and the roller blocks are midgrade- there are alot of 700hp turbo roller blocks
  15. ashford

    Heads: Let's air it out

    one thing i never understood is why people consider afr heads to be top of the line in quality. the only thing they have on other heads out of the box is cnc porting(assuming the gibs on the cnc machine wern't loose). the set i bought had almost all of the studs wobbled when i pulled them, the...
  16. ashford

    Fox Tattoo Idea

    worst case scenario get "PULL LEVER" below your bellybutton
  17. ashford

    Fox Tattoo Idea

    i always played with the idea of getting casting numbers tattooed on me d9zh
  18. ashford

    figured out why my engine was knocking!

    anything over .500 lift really should get roller rockers. after that you get start getting too far away from the center of the valve stem with the contact pattern, and in some cases i have seen teh patten completely on the edge. then there is how much spring pressure you run, the main body of...
  19. ashford

    picked up a v8 exploder for $500

    finally got it togeather here's what i did with the motor. new rings, bearings oil pump, timing chain. reground valves and the machinist put "Z28" springs in it #110 at seat. i put the power rack back in the car and i took a gamble and used the explorer timing cover and accessories, it worked...