A LITTLE ELBOW GREASE

With some tips from the folks over at the carbdford.com message board I have successfully done a pretty good cleaning on the Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum heads. Lots of WD40, brass brushes, rags, and the softest 3M pads you can find. I also found that my gun cleaning kit came in handy as well. All they need now is a good blast of compressed air to ensure all of the little stuff has been blown out. That's about it for now. I am traveling to Camdenton, Missouri to pick-up a 8.8 differential. I'll keep you all posted on that build-up. It seems that I am going a little crazy on the parts gathering these cold winter days. Later....

HEAD INFO

Ok here is one of the heads after a cleaning. I wanted to list some of the info on this head so you can get an idea of the difference between the aluminum head vs the stock ford head.
Edlebrock spec:
1.90 Intake
1.60 Exhaust
170 Intake Runners
60 Exhaust Runner
Factory 302 Head( Not perfect but close)
1.78 Intake
1.46 Exhaust
125 Intake Runner
40 Exhaust Runner
As you can see some big differences in the Edelbrock head vs the stock head. The edelrock heads should be able to help the airflow. Remember, an engine is just a big airpump. You want air in and air out and you want to do it as efficiently as possible. Hopefully these heads will help with that. Later.......

HORSEPOWER..I'M GOING TO BREAK SOMETHING NOW!

The pictures say it all. I have aquired a set of Edelbrock Performer RPM Aluminum Heads. Not only with this shave 50 pounds of the front of the car, if I match up the heads with a good intake and a quality carb, I could see a 80-100 horsepower gain...WOW....I am sure some carnage is coming this racing season. The only downfall of the heads are that one head needs one intake bolt hole fixed. I paid about a 1/3 of what the heads cost new. They even came with roller rockers, which I can sell and get some money back. Later.....

THE GREAT WEIGHT DEBATE

The weight update. I am now at 614.5 pounds off the Capri and still looking. I can't wait to hit the track again and see if the improvements and weight loss improve my 1/4 mile times. Also, you can click on most of the picture images and "super-size" the pictures. You can get more detailed images and see where I might have screwed something up.

I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN...WAIT...WHAT FAN?

Well, the new year has brought some new projects. The biggest change that was made was the new water pump. The thing always had a small leak, so I went to the Summit catalog and went for a new pump....a QUALITY pump. This one is made by GMB and it has a little different design on the back of the pump, so it won't leak. Almost every older Ford I have had leaked on the bottom back of the pump. Hopefully, this one will do what it was designed to do. When I had everything off, I decided to eliminate the clutch fan and go with an electric fan. The clutch fan weighed 7 pounds. While I was at it I decided to also eliminate the belt tensioner. That thing weighed 4 pounds. I included a picture of it to show you how small it is, but it has some weight to it. That is 11 pounds that the engine doesn't have to drag around anymore. The electric fan I am looking at weighs 2 pounds, so I netted 9 pounds off this little project. Sorry for the dark photo and the shadows. I'm no professional, so get off my back.....LATER