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By gyrogary - Last Year
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Finally out of the shed and into my lockup and seeing the light of day. Been a long adventure and finally working towards being certified to be on the
road.
1956 Mainline Ute
'55 Canadian 272 block
1/8th over 3.75" bore
312 crank offset ground 3.6" stroke
318ci
Mummert heads and intake 750 Summit carb
First cam Isky S-652 grind 242 @ .050 Wiped a lobe off. Did everything as you should but just a horror story.
Same grind number cam reordered but turned up intake 244 @.050 exh 253 @ .050
It's a lot of cam. Idles with 6 in hg @950 rpm. I'm half way around the world so have to live with it. Just driven for the first time today.
It's more than just alive it honks.
Also went for Trend tool steel lifters which meant another set of push rods.
10.22:1 static compression and 8.24:1 dynamic compression. Right on the ragged edge of our petrol.
C4 trans. Shift kitted and eventually a Broarder reverse pattern manual shift.
Unknown T/C stall speed but it's real loose.
'66 Mustang 9" with 4.11 gears and Detroit locker. Home made Caltrac look a likes
A big thank you to John Mummert for what you do to make y-blocks rule the world and Ted Eaton
for sharing some of his secrets
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By Deyomatic - Last Year
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Wow. I want one. Very cool.
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By DANIEL TINDER - Last Year
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I always wondered what it would be like, driving a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side. I know you have to shift with the opposite hand, but is the accelerator, brake & clutch pedal order reversed also? That would take some getting used to, I’m sure.
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By Deyomatic - Last Year
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Daniel,
I can't speak to how it USED to be, but not anymore. We went to Ireland in 2009 or so and it was pretty straightforward...even the turn signal was on the left of the wheel...the hard part was remembering to stay on the left side of the road...especially when coming to a fork in the road...we're taking a right, but I need to stay left...RIGHT but LEFT. You get the hang of it.
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By miker - Last Year
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Really a pretty car. I’m running similar compression ratios with Mummert heads on a stroker 292/320 cid. I wish I had used more cam, but I’m a stick.
Good job. Enjoy.
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